Was Bush The Worst President in Public Opinion?

[The Rabbi]

Always fun to look back at actual historical data. The libs would have us believe Bush was the worst president, leaving office in a firestorm of failure and odium. Maybe Richard Nixon was worse. Maybe. But no one supported Bush. All through his 2 terms his support was only tepid. After all he won the 2000 election with a minority of popular votes cast. Right?

Wrong.
In fact of the post war presidents Bush enjoyed the highest level of support at any given point, 90% approval. When he left office he did not have the lowest level of support. Not even Nixon had the lowest level. The holder of that record was Democrat hero Harry S Truman, at 22% approval. Nixon was at 24% and Bush at 25%.
In contrast Obama's top number was 68%, when he got into office. It's largely been downhill since there, to 43% currently. All of this is Gallup's polling.
Presidential Approval Ratings | Gallup Historical Statistics and Trends

 

[Katzndogz]

Bush was a very good president. It was the last six months, when democrat plans reached critical mass and imploded the economy that he became unpopular. Democrats were very successful in endlessly telling us how bad Bush was, and it was all his fault. All of it hoping that no one would notice that it was the democrats themselves that caused such destruction.

 

[thanatos144]

bush wasnt great but compared to what we have now he is a fucking genius.

 

[Claudette]

I thought Bush did great in his first term. He was the right man in the right place at the right time.

Second term he should have vetoed a lot of the spending that was going on. Both parties were spending like drunken sailors and he let them.

As for the worst POTUS. Thats Carter hands down.

 

[Moonglow]

David H. Donald, noted biographer of Lincoln, relates that when he met John F. Kennedy in 1962, Kennedy voiced his deep dissatisfaction and resentment with historians who had rated some of his predecessors. Kennedy said, "No one has a right to grade a President—even poor James Buchanan

Historical rankings of Presidents of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[eagle7_31]

Always fun to look back at actual historical data. The libs would have us believe Bush was the worst president, leaving office in a firestorm of failure and odium. Maybe Richard Nixon was worse. Maybe. But no one supported Bush. All through his 2 terms his support was only tepid. After all he won the 2000 election with a minority of popular votes cast. Right?

Wrong.
In fact of the post war presidents Bush enjoyed the highest level of support at any given point, 90% approval. When he left office he did not have the lowest level of support. Not even Nixon had the lowest level. The holder of that record was Democrat hero Harry S Truman, at 22% approval. Nixon was at 24% and Bush at 25%.
In contrast Obama's top number was 68%, when he got into office. It's largely been downhill since there, to 43% currently. All of this is Gallup's polling.
Presidential Approval Ratings | Gallup Historical Statistics and Trends

Spending exploded under Bush because of the 2 wars and domestic spending. Some things Bush did I was fine with, others not so much. There have been better Presidents, and there have been worse.

 

[Black_Label]

W was the worst president in modern history, but the right wingers love him as they think lying to the nation, starting false wars, losing 3/4 of a million jobs a month, and spending ourselves into oblivion is good policy,..

 

[thanatos144]

W was the worst president in modern history, but the right wingers love him as they think lying to the nation, starting false wars, losing 3/4 of a million jobs a month, and spending ourselves into oblivion is good policy,..

thanks again for showing you have no grasp on reality

 

[Black_Label]

W was the worst president in modern history, but the right wingers love him as they think lying to the nation, starting false wars, losing 3/4 of a million jobs a month, and spending ourselves into oblivion is good policy,..

thanks again for showing you have no grasp on reality

Only a brainwashed right wing shitstain would think otherwise from what I posted.

 

[Sallow]

W was the worst president in modern history, but the right wingers love him as they think lying to the nation, starting false wars, losing 3/4 of a million jobs a month, and spending ourselves into oblivion is good policy,..

thanks again for showing you have no grasp on reality

What part of those things don't jibe with reality?

 

[Redfish]

W was the worst president in modern history, but the right wingers love him as they think lying to the nation, starting false wars, losing 3/4 of a million jobs a month, and spending ourselves into oblivion is good policy,..

thanks again for showing you have no grasp on reality

What part of those things don't jibe with reality?

exactly what obama has done.

 

[Black_Label]

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thanks again for showing you have no grasp on reality

What part of those things don't jibe with reality?

exactly what obama has done.

No, that was W. Far right wing politicians are the biggest parasite to the nation.

 

[thanatos144]

W was the worst president in modern history, but the right wingers love him as they think lying to the nation, starting false wars, losing 3/4 of a million jobs a month, and spending ourselves into oblivion is good policy,..

thanks again for showing you have no grasp on reality

What part of those things don't jibe with reality?

all of it....Would have been spot on if he was talking about Obama

 

[Unkotare]

I thought Bush did great in his first term. He was the right man in the right place at the right time.

Second term he should have vetoed a lot of the spending that was going on. Both parties were spending like drunken sailors and he let them.

As for the worst POTUS. Thats Carter hands down.

Carter comes after FDR on the list of worst.

 

[Unkotare]

W was the worst president in modern history, but the right wingers love him as they think lying to the nation, starting false wars, losing 3/4 of a million jobs a month, and spending ourselves into oblivion is good policy,..

thanks again for showing you have no grasp on reality

Only a brainwashed right wing shitstain would think otherwise from what I posted.

Only a childish coward turns off his rep before posting idiotic nonsense like that.

 

[Black_Label]

thanks again for showing you have no grasp on reality

Only a brainwashed right wing shitstain would think otherwise from what I posted.

Only a childish coward turns off his rep before posting idiotic nonsense like that.

Whats wrong, butthurt because you have the inability to handle the truth and discuss anything, so you have to resort to childish neg repping to make you feel better?

 

[Unkotare]

Only a brainwashed right wing shitstain would think otherwise from what I posted.

Only a childish coward turns off his rep before posting idiotic nonsense like that.

Whats [sic] wrong...

What's wrong? I guess your deep, personal insecurity is a large part of it, but only your therapist knows for sure.

 

[Yurt]

W was the worst president in modern history, but the right wingers love him as they think lying to the nation, starting false wars, losing 3/4 of a million jobs a month, and spending ourselves into oblivion is good policy,..

who controlled congress when the jobs were hemorrhaging?

and even dems agreed with bush about the WMDs...

 

[healthmyths]

Bush was a very good president. It was the last six months, when democrat plans reached critical mass and imploded the economy that he became unpopular. Democrats were very successful in endlessly telling us how bad Bush was, and it was all his fault. All of it hoping that no one would notice that it was the democrats themselves that caused such destruction.

It was when we were told daily by the MSM.. xx killed in Iraq, where are the WMDs?
And then we had these people lighting the flames of terrorists/barbarians that put bombs on kids reaching for candy from USA troops.. and these idiots ENCOURAGED the terrorists by calling our troops "Terrorists".. Nazis, and our military methodically and all the time air-raiding villages killing civilians"... these words were used to prolong Iraq..

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid(D) "The war is lost, the surge is not accomplishing anything "

U.S. Rep. John Murtha(D) "Our troops killed innocent civilians in cold blood,”

Senator Kerry (D) "American soldiers going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children."

Durbin (D) "must have been done by Nazis, Soviets"--action of Americans in the treatment of their prisoners.
Senator Obama said "troops are air-raiding villages and killing civilians,"

And during this time the MSM???

"Well, our job is to bash the president, that's what we do." -- Evan Thomas responding to a question on whether the media's unfair to Bus on the TV talk show Inside Washington, February 2, 2007.

BUT when it comes to Obama???

"I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God." –
Evan Thomas on Hardball, June 5, 2009.

 

[Black_Label]

W was the worst president in modern history, but the right wingers love him as they think lying to the nation, starting false wars, losing 3/4 of a million jobs a month, and spending ourselves into oblivion is good policy,..

who controlled congress when the jobs were hemorrhaging?

and even dems agreed with bush about the WMDs...

W and the GOP caused the nation to completely collapse. Thank god the democrats kicked the right wing's ass in 06 to take back the house and senate to stop the GOP destruction machine from completely destroying the nation.

W and his cabinet flat out lied to congress about WMD's to go to Iraq. Countless democrats have regretted voting for it knowing now they were lied to, even W stated Saddam didn't have WMD's.

Billions of dollars spent and thousands of US troops lives lost all over GOP greed,...