Poll: Disapproval of Bush at High Point (CNN/Gallup)

[Beetwasher]

President's best marks on terrorism, worst on Social Security

CNN) -- The number of Americans disapproving of President Bush's job performance has risen to the highest level of his presidency, according to the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Monday.

According to the poll, 53 percent of respondents said they disapproved of Bush's performance, compared to 45 percent who approved.

The margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage points.

The 53 percent figure was the highest disapproval rating recorded in the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll since Bush became president in January 2001.

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/27/bush.poll/index.html

If Gallup's having a tough time keeping Chimpy's numbers up, things are bad for the fuckwit.

[goclark]

1. "highest of the low" ROTFL

[sasquatch]

2. Nominated and kicked

:kick:

[Imagevision]

41. CNN/Gallop should have taken the poll after Tuesday speech!

[MichiganVote]

3. Course they're bad, he's a jerk, he runs a lousy admin.

his Defense Dept. is completely out of control and his manipulation of Congress is at an all time low.

[Imagevision]

39. Cnn/gallop are low -- I've read 56% disapprove of the way he's

handling Iraq, why do you think he's giving the speech (yaaawn!) tomorrow nite. (tues.)

[MichiganVote]

60. Why give the speech? Because he couldn't do an honest days

work if his life depended on it. I'm not interested in wasting my time listening to somebody who uses tax dollars to either vacation or address the concerns of half the population to the exclusion of others.

[BRLIB]

4. Could this be a ploy?? Exaggerate the low before the

big speech and then see if they can then push Bush approval over 50% after the Reichstag speech tomorrow?
They know the sheeple better than we do!
Surely they can float an Iran story or two to pump up Bushler.

[Inland]

5. The more you know Bush, the less you like him.

Speaking before America isn't going to help him, any.

[Seabiscuit]

19. You mean he's not the kind of guy you'd like to have a beer with?

Shocking, I say!

[AndyTiedye]

24. He's the Kind of Guy You'd Like to Pour a Beer On

[Media_Lies_Daily]

35. And then whack him with the empty bottle.

[Seabiscuit]

36. Then, with a belly full of beer, piss on him.

[Massacure]

67. Then duct tape him to a street light.

[Imagevision]

38. Why does Bush get high marks on terroris?? because we haven't

been attacked since 9-11-01 ?? any illiterate would have bombed Afganistan as retaliation for 9-11, maybe even a moron wouldn't have cut and run when US. military had OBL boxed in tora-Bora.

So why does Bushco get high marks on "Fighting terrorism"??

[leftchick]

48. cuz

ameriKans are uninformed and dense? :shrug:

[Mad_Dem_X]

51. I wondered the same thing

He should be getting low marks on *everything*. He hasn't done a thing right since he came into power.

[Beetwasher]

57. No, People Desperately WANT TO BELIEVE HE'S Doing A Good Job On Terror

It's pure projection.

[Logician]

59. We Need to Keep Up the Education Campaign on Iraq and Terrorism

We need to be relentless-- we need to continue to hammer America with the reality of the motives for, and the poor planning of the Iraq war.

Americans (particularly majorities in Red States) still want to believe that Shrub is effective against terrorism-- we need to give facts/data otherwise (and there are plenty!) to America by blog, electronic news service, and pressure the MSM to do the same.

We cannot stop until his credibility is fully destroyed, and we can then begin with a true bipartisan coalition in congress (I do not even know if this is a possibility at this point in time!) to pick up the pieces and try to save America's men in Iraq, and save our domestic programs that most Americans have come to rely on.

[Jack Rabbit]

6. Gallup says 45%

Well, my fellow evil DUers, I gues he's finally dropped under forty.

[Supersedeas]

69. yet, that number seems high to me...are there that many incompetents

to be selected at random

[grytpype]

7. Good time for a major speech on Iraq.

Yep, ol' Chimpy is gonna get in front of the cameras and give the same speech on Iraq he's been giving for years, except in a higher-pitched voice.

And the overnight polling will show he didn't change anyone's mind and we still hate the motherfcuker.

Gonna be sweet.

[sasquatch]

8. Oh yeah, I can hear the Bushisms coming out of his mouth

[Imagevision]

43. Watch the smirks on Bush's face during speech like this is a game

[confludemocrat]

50. The smirks have returned with a vengeance of late

Its chilling, watching his face transmit undefined ugly probably sociopathic feelings of increasing inner turmoil from deep in his twisted mind and soul.

Anyway, we will get nothing new from this mofo.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

56. game!

cyberpj has created another Bingo card for tonight's sling-fest....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3964366

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[Arugula Latte]

65. We should all go along with him because he SAYS SO!

That is his entire philosophy boiled down. He gets cranky when he doesn't get exactly what he wants, when he wants it, no matter what is occurring in reality.

Spoiled little whiny shits want to get their way or else they have a tantrum.

[Cobalt Violet]

9. And wait 'til gas goes over $3.00.

I think that will be what sets people off.

[BillZBubb]

11. That's what it will take.

Until the failures of Busholini actually effect the millions of sheeple directly, he'll remain above 40%. Iraq won't change that. But, once they start seeing too much of their money go for expensive gas, they'll get upset.

Economic pain is the only thing that will turn the sheeple.

[ogradda]

21. It's terrible that I have to agree with you.

But I do.

[Imagevision]

44. I cape oral Florida, the gas went up a dime in 3 days!!

quite obviously they're getting ready for the fourth of July holiday weekend travel fuel bucks.

[trogdor]

53. That is...

...when gas goes to $3 in the Heartland...or in Dixie. $3 gas in New York or in So. Cal. won't raise as many eyebrows.

[stevedeshazer]

10. Unbelievable headline. How about, "Approval of Bush at Low Point"

:shrug: :crazy:

[progressoid]

14. Or how about, "Bush's Non-rising Approval Reaches New Higher Disapproval"

Double Speak is hard work.

[stevedeshazer]

15. That was Triple Speak

Maybe even Quadruple Speak :)

[are_we_united_yet]

27. Or how about

A majority of unshakeable Bush supporters still approve of him. The remaining unpatriotic dweebs disapprove of the President's performance.

:crazy:

[gtar100]

37. Spin Spin Spin -- the best they can

Sounds like they're trying to make it sound not so bad. I read that like "it's as low as it's going to go and it will get better". Those M-F'ers. Just who the hell do they think they're talking to? As the boat sinks, they'll be touting how there is so much more water outside the boat than in. What assholes.

[Imagevision]

45. why , do you live under a rock??

[mondo joe]

61. Because that does not describe the measure. The disapproval rating IS high

Which is NOT the same as the approval rating at a low.

This is how they're always measured, or have been for many years.

[leesa]

12. Not high enough. Must be at least 70% if CNN/USA Today and Gallop

are forced to go above 50%

[Nothing Without Hope]

13. Yeah, if GALLUP says 45% approve of the blivet**'s job performance,

you know the REAL number must be REALLY low.

Or perhaps they asked the questions really carefully, like:

"Do you approve of the job our Fearless Leader is doing in putting on his pants facing the right way?"

"Do you think The Annointed One In The White House does a good job putting his left shoe on his left foot every day?"

...I'm sure you can come up with other questions that would do the trick.

[DaDeacon]

16. This is bad news ...

Get ready for a "new" crisis to come up that the right can use to stage a false rally!

[rpannier]

17. 45% approved??

I don't see what there is to approve of...unless you are a multi-billionaire who was able to move your corporation overseas.

[zann725]

40. And THAT's his inflated numbers. I've been saying he's in the "30's"

for some time now. You got to figure the Repugs' control of the media has to inflate it some.

So THEY say "45"...translated means: "30-35" at best.

[mzmolly]

18. "best marks on terrorism???"

:crazy: We've got work to do.

[Erika]

28. Yeah. Somehow they admire Bush's warring behavior

They haven't yet stopped to think we are running out of troops, let alone the money.

[mzmolly]

62. Nor have they considered: the fact that Global Terror is increasing

that recruitment for terrorists are at an all time high.

that the war had NADA to do with terrorism until WE made Iraq the largest bastion for so called terror on earth.

that Osama Bin Laden is at large and planning his next move.

that Bush is a failure in every sense of the word.

They fail to i]consider period ...

[AuntiBush]

20. Other Site Polls Rank his Disapproval Much Higher - 60%

I don't believe a thing CNN/USA Today says, nor MSNBC, FAUX and all the others any longer. Here's betting his approval rating is sunken still lower then all reports.

Why? Because many of my local, normally staunch Republican voters hate him more then we do if you can imagine.

It's astonishing. And we all know how "angry" Republicans can be, since they didn't take winning so well, either.

:)

[Stevious]

22. brace yourself...

for a GOP induced 9/11 style tragedy.

That's the only thing * has in his book of tricks that will pull these numbers out of the basement.

[kath]

25. Time for another terra attack, yessiree.

[Arugula Latte]

64. But that's very risky for them.

They know many people would say "But, he didn't keep us safe!"

[prodigal_green]

23. compare his numbers to Clintons

Clinton's approval ratings were always in the high fifties to seventies and his disapprovals never got above the high thirties. This includes during the Lewinsky scam the pukes tried to pull on us.

http://www.pollingreport.com/clinton-.htm

[osaMABUSh]

26. Now that * is on the demise I want to see that speech

He is going down and I want to see it but I cancelled cable last month. I guess Icould dig out the rabbit ears...

[deadparrot]

29. Down, down, down we go...

where it stops, I don't want to know. :scared:

[The_Casual_Observer]

30. Those numbers are fitting for a chimp

So what do we get tomorrow? The defiant chimp? The leader chimp? Or perhaps a humble chimp?

[NightOwwl]

31. More like...

drugged, wired chimp.

[calimary]

34. Indeed. Wonder if he'll be wearing a wire again like he did during

that debate? It would NOT surprise me.

[Imagevision]

47. I'm sure Bush now is constantly wired -- he's been able to answer

questions, but that pic of him packing a receiver and Bush blaming it on a poorly talored shirt is a slap in your face for intelligence.

[elehhhhna]

32. Karl's headline tomorrow: Bush polls at High Point!

[Catrina]

33. *lol*

I wonder how many times he'll say 'Iraq'/'terror'/'9/11' in the same sentence?

And I wonder how many times he'll say 'freedom' and 'democracy' and 'terrorists are trying to break our will' but 'we're going to stay the course' because we have 'resolve'.

I think the words 'freedom' and 'democracy' are beginning to strike 'terror' into the hearts of people around the world! I wish he'd stop saying them.

Oh, and maybe we should take bets on how often he mentions Osama!

[greyl]

42. but not THE high point.

The tide has turned and the shores upon which it will crash are accelerating near.

[Clarkie1]

46. Delightful news.

More and more Americans are realizing the truth about this travesty of a president.

Edit: Still, National Security is his "strength." Unbelieveable.

"The lone bright spot for the president in the poll was his handling of terrorism, which scored a 55 percent approval rating, compared to just 41 percent who disapproved."

It is truly mind-boggling. I understand the reasons why, as wrong as they are, that many people still feel this way, but still it is mind-boggling.

[Burried News]

49. So much for Landslide George & Political Capital.

Hope you have better luck next time Newt, which I would guess might be in 2048. These little experiments in hypocracy are wearing us out guy.

[catmandu57]

52. So, when MIHOP II comes

As it surely must now, then maybe we'll be at the whitehouse gates with torchs and pitchforks.

[Patty Diana]

54. the last time this fucker addressed the nation his polls took a dive

How can one forget his GLORIOUS social security will be cut for everyone but the poor address!!

[indepat]

55. Were it not for his being tough on terrorism and keeping us safe, one

wonders where W's numbers would be?

[Roland99]

58. Add about 2-3% to the disagree and subtract the same from approve

Gallup skews to the GOP

[Massachusetts]

63. 53 percent of respondents said they disapproved of Bush's performance

Then it should be easy to IMPEACH the bastard!

[HockeyMom]

70. Let me count the ways Americans are pissed

Iraq, LIES, High Gas/Utility Prices, Outsourcing, Bad Job Market, Social Security "Personal Accounts", Prescription Drug Plan, Teri Schiavo.

Feel free to add to the list.

[cliss]

66. Now just imagine how nervous Bush's caretakers must be.

After all, Bush is a PR creation. Everything he does is enhanced, modified and always brought out in the best possible light. Bush is surrounded by experts in media; I've read that these people have been in TV and broadcasting. They know what they're doing.

So just imagine their frustration as they attempt to put "lipstick on a pig". They know Bush is not very inspiring. He's a rogue - they just never know what he's going to do when he's up on stage. He stammers, stutters, merges sentences together and comes up with creative new meanings.

Now, more than ever, they need to enhance their product. Bush doesn't do well under pressure, and the pressure has never been so intense. All of Washington's plans are riding on public approval.

They're working frantically behind the scenes to make sure nothing goes wrong. Bush has sweat building on his forehead...

[jus_the_facts]

68. best news i've had all week......

.....thank you for postin' this Babe! :hug: :loveya:

[ooglymoogly]

71. cnn/gallop, totally bogus

designed to keep the pugs in power. note that it is always 5-7 points above other polls which are also pug, all in favor of the pugs. skewed polls + diebold = the end of democracy