NEW PEW---Bush Approval Falls to 33%---LOWEST EVER!!!

[kpete]

Bush Approval Falls to 33%, Congress Earns Rare Praise
Dubai Ports Fallout

Released: March 15, 2006

Summary of Findings

In the aftermath of the Dubai ports deal, President Bush's approval rating has hit a new low and his image for honesty and effectiveness has been damaged. Yet the public uncharacteristically has good things to say about the role that Congress played in this high-profile Washington controversy.

Most Americans (58%) believe Congress acted appropriately in strenuously opposing the deal, while just 24% say lawmakers made too much of the situation. While there is broad support for the way Congress handled the dispute, more Americans think Democratic leaders showed good judgment on the ports issue than say the same about GOP leaders (by 30%-20%).

The new Pew survey underscores the public's alarm over the prospect that an Arab-owned company could have operated U.S. ports. Fully 41% say they paid very close attention to news about the debate, which is unusually high interest for a Washington story and is only slightly lower than the number tracking Iraq war news very closely (43%). There was broad opposition to the proposed deal from across the political spectrum, including two-to-one disapproval among conservative Republicans (56%-27%).

Bush's overall approval measure stands at 33%, the lowest rating of his presidency. Bush's job performance mark is now about the same as the ratings for Democratic and Republican congressional leaders (34% and 32%, respectively), which showed no improvement in spite of public approval of the congressional response to the ports deal.



http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=271

[deadparrot]

1. Hee.

:rofl:

That. is. wonderful.

[katinmn]

2. Wow!

How low can he go before he's bumped out? Guess we're going to find out.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

3. YIPPEE!!!!

:woohoo: Now, that's more like it.

[magellan]

4. Americans are awake at last!

"While there is broad support for the way Congress handled the dispute, more Americans think Democratic leaders showed good judgment on the ports issue than say the same about GOP leaders (by 30%-20%)."

Spin THAT, Repugs!

[AllegroRondo]

13. The spin from freeperville..

"Only 30% thought Democratic leaders showed good judgement...."

you can hear it already.

[magellan]

33. Then we just spin it back

"Only 20% thought Republican leaders showed good judgement...and they're the people you put in power."

[tridim]

5. Everybody Limbo!

How looooooow can he go?

[berni_mccoy]

6. 10% MORE Say Democrats SHOWED BETTER JUDGEMENT

Nice.

[cynatnite]

7. Is this the lowest any president has ever gotten? n/t

[unblock]

9. not even close

i think he's still got 10 points on truman and/or nixon at their lowest.

[underpants]

14. No Nixon stills holds that title....but the year is young

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/02/opinion/polls/main1005327.shtml

[cynatnite]

I do hope that is one record bush breaks

Thanks for the link!

[TheWraith]

21. Not quite. Lowest ever recorded was Nixon at 24%.

At the time of his resignation. Next lowest was Truman with 29%. But Bush is closing in on it.

Going from the 9/11 president to being seen as the abject failure you are is a long, hard fall.

[bunkerbuster1]

8. 44% think he's a "strong leader?"

Let me get this straight--so about one in ten Americans don't approve of the job Bush is doing, but continue to think of him as a "strong leader."

What do we have to do to change that? that's crazy.

[KingFlorez]

10. Good! On to the 20s!

Shrub is such a joke and getting what is coming to him

[Pirate Smile]

20. I saw your sig line photo the other day and couldn't get that song

out of my head - major ear worm problems. Arrggghhhh!




:hi:

[Hubert Flottz]

11. PEW * PEW * PEW * PEW * PEEEEEEW!

Looks like America has finally woke up and smelled the BUSHit!

[Pirate Smile]

12. Fun with visuals

[kpete]

18. Thanks

SO PRETTY...

[klook]

53. In a word...

Most interesting. (OK, that was two words.)

I took the table "One-Word Descriptions of President Bush" and arranged the entries to show the change for each word over time:



A few of these are especially interesting, I think:

• Good: 20-18-23 - More think he's "Good" now than a year ago? Must be the ones who think brutality, dishonesty, and incompetence make a person gooder.


• Idiot: 11-11-21 - Big uptick. And this is in addition to those who now consider him an ass, a jerk, selfish, and untrustworthy.


• Christian: 7-9-14 - Well, Bush seems to be trying to hasten the End of Days, so I guess that makes him more "Christian" in some people's eyes.


• President: 0-0-6 - This must be the same percentage who would rate him a "carbon-based life form."


• Fair: 11-9-0 - Does this mean "Fair" as in "Not excellent, good, poor, or failing"? Or "Fair" as in "Benevolent, even-handed, conscientious"? Either way, it's probably not something to brag about./li]

Downward to the roaring twenties! Go, Bush, Go!

[lonestarnot]

15. MOGOMG! FINALLY TURDEE TREE AND A BIG STINK'N TURD FOR REAL!

:rofl:

[azmouse]

16. That's still too high.

Who are these idiots that think * is a good leader????

[NYC Liberal]

17. BURN BABY BURN! The ship just keeps on sinking.

[anarch]

19. who the hell are these 33%?

I sure can't find one in three people who will admit to approving of Bush in any way, shape, or form. But then again I suppose I wouldn't really like to meet those people anyway....

[Arugula Latte]

32. I imagine them as mouth-breathing paste eaters

:scared:

[FatDave]

36. My dad and my brother-in-law

My dad's support is slipping fast. He's an evangelical Christian fundie.

My brother-in-law is just a dittohead. I used to give him credit for at least coming to his conclusions on his own, but once I started paying attention to the right-wing talking points, I realized he was right in sync day by day.

Funny thing is, they're both relatively normal people that you'd get along with fine as long as politics didn't come up. Not mouth-breathing paste eaters at all.

But they are the only people I know who EVER supported Shrub.

[cain_7777]

52. My Brother-n-law is a repuke

Just another christian fundamentalist who always tries to draq me into a debate. Don't get me wrong, I love a good debate, but only with people that have the intelligence to have rational discourse. My sisters husband does not have the capacity to have a logical discussion and its like talking to a brick wall. The last time he dragged me into a conversation he was talking about gay marriage, my view is that if two people love eachother then they should have the same rights as everyone else - human equality. He on the other hand had just voted that same week in Texas to ban gay marriage. I argued that it goes against Human rights especially to the part about liberty and the pursuit of happiness and that his religious views have no place in State legislation. I told him that he should not impose his religous views onto others. He insisted that he did not impose his views on anyone although he just voted against it. Simple rationale that he could not follow. Just another ignorant repuke 33%

[momster]

44. Actually I know a couple of them.

They are women who are so wrapped up in their kids, their kids' schools, and putting dinner on the table that they never read a newspaper, look at a magazine, or watch a news show. They would walk over hot coals to protect their child from a germ, a 'bad stranger' or a boo-boo but it never occurs to them their precious darlings are breathing dirtier air, drinking dirtier water, and $150G's in debt the day they're born so they go on voting Republican. Usually they vote the way their daddies or their hubbies do. They are not stupid, exactly, just seriously underinformed. They try to tell me that politics has nothing to do with them and just can't be bothered to listen to why it's vital to their interests. They'd rather talk about the latest diet or American Idi...Idol.

[melody]

22. Yeah, sure he won in 2004 ... sure he did ... right ... n/t

[Kolesar]

23. That Dubai ports' story was perfect for derailing globalization

Americans are largely suspicious of outsourcing and foreign ownership, and this gaffe put both aspects into the spotlight of media coverage.

[Disturbed]

25. When it goes down to 15% that will be...

more accurate. His base is the "haves and have more" and Fundie Fools.

[FatDave]

37. Actually, I've been hearing lately...

...that even fundies are abandoning him.

[calmblueocean]

24. Dear 33%

I feel for you. I really do. I feel for anyone suffering from severe mental illness.

Now, now. Don't get testy. I don't mean it as snark. I mean it as fact. You truly are suffering from a mental illness -- post-traumatic stress disorder. Yes, the same disorder our soldiers get in the field. Somehow you got it on 9/11.

I never realized how terrified that day made you, 33%. Yes, it was a horrible, scary day. I remember. But obviously much more frightening for you than for me. It scared you so much, your mind simply gave up rationality. We 67%ers know -- we've listened to you. We've listened to you in one breath say that Saddam was a butcher and that this is a war to save innocent lives, and then just a few seconds later say Islam is inherently violent and all Muslims need to be targeted, surveilled, and destroyed. We've listened with pity as you described in ever more complete detail the architecture of your delusion, the monsters you fear will kill you. You tell us we have to fight them over there, so we don't have to fight them over here, but then you tell us we must surrender all our rights because we are surrounded by your demons.

These are not the workings of a rational mind. Can you see that?

33%, you are sick. You need help.

You need treatment. A good liberal psychologist could help you work through your PTSD. Failing that, a good liberal friend. If you can't find treatment on your own, let us know. Just ask 3 people for help -- we'll be two of them.

Love and hope for your recovery,
67%

[underpants]

29. WOW that is excellent --EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS

Did you write that?

[myrna minx]

34. If I could nominate an individual post, it would be this one.

Great work. :toast:

[SheepyMcSheepster]

42. Nice post! eom.

[ms liberty]

26. BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH!!!!

WOOOOOOO!!!

33%: my personal feeling is that is just over the ultimate tipping point for *; the point from which he will never recover - he may have a blip or a momentary uptick, but in general, it's too late...there is nothing he can do now to save his ass. He's goin' down, so let's pile on, see if we can get it lower. And hey, while we're at it let's see if we can take down all the 'pukes with him. NO MERCY!

[Pachamama]

27. I've always believed that they "buffer" it w/ 10+% to make him look better

This means that he really is closer to 23%....the few die-hards: His "loyal" fundies and ueber-rich beneficiaries....

Gawd, he sucks doesn't he?

[glitch]

45. That's what I believe too. And I doubt they would stop doing it now.

Otherwise the drop would look way too drastic. So, he is finally down to his true base, IMO.

[ProfessorGAC]

48. They Don't

I know people who work for Pew, ARC, and Gallup. (Others, too!) The numbers are valid, as long as the stratified random sampling methodology is sound. The report EXACTLY what they get. The people who do the actual work at these companies are not ideologically driven. In fact, every one of the folks i know are liberals or moderate independents. (Except for one who is a liberterian and proud of it.) Everyone that works there isn't, but there no ideological bias at these firms.
The Professor

[Rebelry]

28. Oh My God! I can barely believe it! This is good news. Hope it stays there

[lebkuchen]

30. Even Paul Harvey is dissing Bush.

Paul figures, either diss Bush, or I go down w/the ship, and my fill-in son as well.

[DoYouEverWonder]

31. That's right Georgie

Put you're glasses on. 33 fucking percent.

[ClayZ]

35. Whoo Hooo... everyone is waking up * (mr. sandman is dead)

The good witch is back!

[SeattleGirl]

38. 33%????? Woohoo!!!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[spanone]

39. ..and he's sending in MORE TROOPS!

[Czolgosz]

40. Bush vs. Nixon graph

[Rainscents]

41. Democratic Senators...

See this poll number of GWB? Now act on it!

[Marie26]

43. ... so far.

:D

[free_belmont]

46. he'll attack Iran

his numbers will go through the roof. More innocent civilians will die, Halliburton will make more money, Republicans will win 06 and celebrate Jaysus KKKhrist on Christmas 06.

Unless Democrats get a fucking spine.

[lonestarnot]

47. Heh heh heh .... I predicted this turdy tree and a stink'n turd for some

time now. heh heh heh

[mondo joe]

49. I almost wish we didn't get news like this.

I think it weakens our resolve in elections - it's too damn easy to relax when you think the majority is with you.

Fact is, even with polling like this, elections are not sure things.

[twaddler01]

50. Pathetic!

:eyes:

[yurbud]

51. wow--Democrats take a stand and public APPROVES? consultants

must be working overtime to to explain this away.

"It was an anomaly. The way to win in '06 is with Joementum me-tooism."

[Mz Pip]

54. Time to bomb someone!

Yep, we did. Biggest bombing since 3/03. You can sent your watch by his reaction to bad polls.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[katty]

55. yup! at 33%, OMG let's go a-bombing! he just screwed himself

and GOP even harder by doing this-what an uber a-hole.