Bush Hits New Low: Ties Carter Approval (ABC News Poll - 28%)

[sabra]

Source: ABC News

28 Percent of Americans Approve of How President Bush is Handling Job

Driven down by the weak economy and the unpopular war in Iraq, President George W. Bush's job approval rating has reached a new low for the third month straight.

Just 28 percent of Americans approve of how the President is handling his job, matching Jimmy Carter's career low.

Only two presidents have gone lower: Richard Nixon, 24 percent in July and August 1974; and Harry Truman, 22 percent in February 1952.

Bush Hits New Low in Record High Disapproval

Sixty-nine percent disapprove of Bush's performance, a record high in presidential approval polls since 1938 (by ABC News to 1981, and Gallup before us). Fifty-six percent "strongly" disapprove of Bush's performance, another record.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Politics/story?id=5377846&page=1

[flakey_foont]

1. 28 percent???

seems kinda high to me

[intheflow]

12. Really.

This reads like it's a new low, but I thought he was down in the low twenties a few months ago. :shrug:

[sabra]

14. new low for ABC News poll

[Virginia Dare]

2. I'd like to ask those people exactly what it is that he's doing..

that they approve of?

[sabra]

3. the usual answer is "he's kept us safe" - which we know is a bunch of BS

[Virginia Dare]

4. The old tired meme that there have been no more attacks..

on U.S. soil since 9/11 (anthrax doesn't count to those numb skulls).

I guess that's how low the bar is. If there haven't been any mass killings of citizens on U.S. soil by foreign terrorists we're doing just fine...:banghead:

[bdamomma]

15. he kept us safe, what a lame excuse that is, do these people

want a daddy? :puke:

[Jefferson23]

20. I keep thinking its the clueless and those profiting from the war.

[Wednesdays]

22. "He's a Christian"

Honest to God, a lot of people in my area would actually say that!

:puke:

[indepat]

5. If we had a truly libral media, me thinks junior's ratings would be in the low teens

:D

[Hugin]

7. Oddly enough...

Fox News reported he'd hit 28% a couple of weeks ago.

Go figure.

I guess each and every "news" service is going to report it as it happens on their own pet polling organization.

[corkhead]

17. It appears the corporate media has his approval numbers confused with the current inflation rate

[Doctor_J]

6. I had the misfortune to spend several days with some of the 28%

They don't really think much of *, but "he's better than having a Democrat in the White House".

Ignorant doesn't even begin to describe their mindset.

[Hugin]

8. I almost choked on the "Moral Man in the WH" crap in 2001...

Lemme tell ya, if you want a Moral Man in the White House put Sen. Obama in there!

[Raster]

9. Let's be real: Bill Clinton, even with his Monicas and cigars, was more of a moral, decent man

that george dumbya bush* will ever be.

[Hugin]

10. I wholeheartedly agree...

But, I could never get that point to soak in with the 28% backwash.

[Raster]

19. Let me be VERY FRANK: I believe the bush* approval numbers are fudged.

Yep, I believe his approval rating is actually lower than reported, as is the unemployment rate and the overall satisfaction with the course the country is heading. I also believe the MSM is deliberately stalling on producing a competent, unbiased poll concerning impeachment for both bush* and cheney*.

[NRaleighLiberal]

11. I sat at dinner with a 28 %er last night. "Wikipedia is all lies". "Climate change is BS".

"why are you going to vote for a muslim". etc....ad infinitum. This is a smart fellow, college grad - but hard core Catholic - 9 children, take every word spoken from the pulpit as the truth, Bush keeps us safe, etc. I just don't understand the thought processes of these people. My daugther thought that the problem is that he is severely repressed!

[Virginia Dare]

13. They do get much of that propaganda from the church..

I see now where the Pope is faced with the task of convincing these people that climate change is NOT b.s. I'm sure this will briefly confuse them if they stop to think for themselves for a nanosecond.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

21. Congratulations on keeping your dinner down...

I don't think I could have done it. These people simply frighten me.

[tuckessee]

16. If we don't count the knee jerk flag humpers

who support "Our President" because we're at "war" his approval rating would be at about 10%.

[yardwork]

24. Flag humpers. LOL!

I hadn't heard that before. Mind if I use it? Still ROTFL!

[tuckessee]

26. Feel free. I didn't make it up.

I wish I had. It's a good one.:)

[sakabatou]

18. Bush still wants to play limbo

"How low can he go?"

[spag68]

23. The sad part of this

is that J Carter was and is a decent honest man who got crushed for telling the truth. He was way ahead of the curve on energy, wasn't he?

[yardwork]

25. Yes. Carter was slimed by....Poppy Bush.