Bush "Most Admired Man"

sleepyjeff · 01-01-2008, 03:51 AM

Often times I hear or read people say that "Bush is the worse President...ever". I usually respond that every President has that said about them while their in office only to be told that in this case "it's really true" followed by a laundry list of reasons to which I just have to go

So, even though it is meaningless and stupid I offer the following counterpoint to the the equally meanigless and stupid assertion that he is the "worse President ever".............

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...red-poll_N.htm

mousepod · 01-01-2008, 08:12 AM

Just for fun, let's quote the article:

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According to Frank Newport, Gallup Poll editor in chief, U.S. presidents typically come in first in this yearly rite, done this month as part of the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll.

...and with his 10% (+/-3%), he's in the same ballpark as former President Clinton, who got 8%.

...and that the same poll ranked GWB's approval rating at 32%.

put on your party hats.

tracilicious · 01-01-2008, 11:58 AM

Also, the polling group was just barely over 1000 people. 100 people like Bush. Big deal.

Gn2Dlnd · 01-01-2008, 01:03 PM

Well, he did say it was meaningless and stupid.

The problem I find with this comparison is that the poll doesn't come with a comparative laundry list of reasons at which I may roll my eyes. Probably, because nobody can come up with one. The best that can be said is a percentage of Americans will admire the sitting president, no matter how bad he is. You can also say that a percentage of Americans think the South was wronged, that Guantanamo's a good deal, that Bill O'Reilly's a stand-up guy, that they've been abducted by aliens, that the Earth may be flat, that evolution is a lie concocted by Satan, that the Jewish Holocaust has been blown all out of proportion - you get my drift. For anyone to defend this man who considers the Constitution something to be circumvented, the Geneva Conventions to be "quaint," has made the U. N. irrelevant, and has sent our citizens into a contrived war to show up his own father, well, it takes a special kind of denial to support and admire a man like this. Out here, in the real world, we try to get someone like that to go to some Al-anon meetings, start looking at this person in their life a little more realistically, perhaps do some repair work on their own faulty perceptions. Problem is, Bush is surrounded by hundreds of enablers, it's unlikely any useful change is ever going to happen for him. The best the rest of us can do is walk away from the problem.

Except for Sarah Jane Moore. I mean, if the old girl's still got it in her.

JWBear · 01-01-2008, 01:44 PM

I'm sure even Hitler had his admirers in his day. (Yes, I know... Godwins law... Blah, blah, blah... whatever. I have a hangover, I'm grumpy, and I don't give a $hit!)

scaeagles · 01-01-2008, 03:20 PM

I have to admit I wouldn't have selected Bush....I probably would have voted for Cheney.

Gn2Dlnd · 01-01-2008, 05:08 PM

Dead-eye Dick!

Cadaverous Pallor · 01-01-2008, 10:59 PM

Approval ratings are not meaningless and stupid

scaeagles · 01-01-2008, 11:28 PM

Indeed.

3894 · 01-02-2008, 11:07 AM

Based on this poll, it's almost impossible to underestimate the public.

01-01-2008, 03:51 AM	#1
sleepyjeff Go Hawks Go! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parkrose Posts: 2,632	Bush "Most Admired Man" Often times I hear or read people say that "Bush is the worse President...ever". I usually respond that every President has that said about them while their in office only to be told that in this case "it's really true" followed by a laundry list of reasons to which I just have to go So, even though it is meaningless and stupid I offer the following counterpoint to the the equally meanigless and stupid assertion that he is the "worse President ever"............. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...red-poll_N.htm __________________ River Guardian-less
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01-01-2008, 11:58 AM	#3
tracilicious avatar transition Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in-between Posts: 2,487	Also, the polling group was just barely over 1000 people. 100 people like Bush. Big deal. __________________ And now Harry, let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure! - Albus Dumbledore
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01-01-2008, 01:03 PM	#4
Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	Well, he did say it was meaningless and stupid. The problem I find with this comparison is that the poll doesn't come with a comparative laundry list of reasons at which I may roll my eyes. Probably, because nobody can come up with one. The best that can be said is a percentage of Americans will admire the sitting president, no matter how bad he is. You can also say that a percentage of Americans think the South was wronged, that Guantanamo's a good deal, that Bill O'Reilly's a stand-up guy, that they've been abducted by aliens, that the Earth may be flat, that evolution is a lie concocted by Satan, that the Jewish Holocaust has been blown all out of proportion - you get my drift. For anyone to defend this man who considers the Constitution something to be circumvented, the Geneva Conventions to be "quaint," has made the U. N. irrelevant, and has sent our citizens into a contrived war to show up his own father, well, it takes a special kind of denial to support and admire a man like this. Out here, in the real world, we try to get someone like that to go to some Al-anon meetings, start looking at this person in their life a little more realistically, perhaps do some repair work on their own faulty perceptions. Problem is, Bush is surrounded by hundreds of enablers, it's unlikely any useful change is ever going to happen for him. The best the rest of us can do is walk away from the problem. Except for Sarah Jane Moore. I mean, if the old girl's still got it in her. __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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01-01-2008, 01:44 PM	#5
JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	I'm sure even Hitler had his admirers in his day. (Yes, I know... Godwins law... Blah, blah, blah... whatever. I have a hangover, I'm grumpy, and I don't give a $hit!) __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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01-01-2008, 03:20 PM	#6
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I have to admit I wouldn't have selected Bush....I probably would have voted for Cheney.
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Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	Dead-eye Dick! __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Approval ratings are not meaningless and stupid __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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01-01-2008, 11:28 PM	#9
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Indeed.
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01-02-2008, 11:07 AM	#10
3894 Next Stop: Funkytown! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cheeselandia Posts: 1,907	Based on this poll, it's almost impossible to underestimate the public. __________________ "I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. Here comes the smolder." - Flynn Rider, "Tangled"
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