George Bush attacked by a pair of shoes

[Rockefella]

lowest approval rating ever.



nixon had a low rating, but nowhere near as low as Bush's. And he was impeached, and resigned following that outcome. He wasn't a baller like Clinton who ended up with his highest approval ratings after he was impeached.

EDIT: Bush's lowest is 19% approval. next lowest is Truman with 22%, then Nixon with 24%.

LOL @ Clinton being a baller. Tis true though.

[wwgkd]

nixon had a low rating, but nowhere near as low as Bush's. And he was impeached, and resigned following that outcome. He wasn't a baller like Clinton who ended up with his highest approval ratings after he was impeached.

EDIT: Bush's lowest is 19% approval. next lowest is Truman with 22%, then Nixon with 24%.

Wow, I didn't realize that Truman had gotten that low. I knew he sucked it up a little, but beating Nixon is an accomplisment to be proud of. Of course, if you're going to be bad, you may as well be the worst (the best at being bad) but Bush had to go and steal that from him.

[cmcpokey]

Wow, I didn't realize that Truman had gotten that low. I knew he sucked it up a little, but beating Nixon is an accomplisment to be proud of. Of course, if you're going to be bad, you may as well be the worst (the best at being bad) but Bush had to go and steal that from him.

its really funny... while bush and truman have the lowest ratings, they also have the highest ratings. bush at 90% just after 9/11 and truman was a bit lower than that, i think 88%, immediately following the end of WW2. so the two lowest are also the two highest.

truman's popularity fluctuated a lot though. up and down several times through his presidency. bush reached a peak in OCT 2001 and has been in a steady decline since then.

[Quiggs]

LOL @ Clinton being a baller. Tis true though.

I believe he was also a shot caller.

[roosterjuicer]

I believe he was also a shot caller.

Pretty sure he had 20 inch blades on his Impala

[wwgkd]

Hey, so now there's a report by the guys brother that he said on a phone interview (after reports of his being seriously injured came out) "Thank god I am in good health." So maybe he was not hurt, and maybe he just considers that normal treatment in Iraq (the guys record with being kidnapped and beaten is impressive) and thus is still in good health.

So if this is a huge insult, was he meaning to insult the Iraqi president, too? He did choose a moment to throw when the Iraqi official was near, and that seems to be what he's going to appear in court for according to the BBC.

[Kitdy]

Bush had a huge spike after 911 it seemed and he didn't really have to do anything other then be the President - what president wouldn't have had the spike?


According to this graph he spiked from just over 50% to nearly 90% in essentially a vertical jump - that being 911. Did he really do anything to deserve such a spike or was it just a wash of patriotism? I would suspect although some of it may be due to the former, the large majority being the latter. HE gained popularity for an event he had no control over, but the White House's desire for war in Afghanistan and Iraq is what consequently is a major reason to his massive unpopularity later on.

[roosterjuicer]

it was a combination. he helped the country be massively patriotic, he actually gave some good speeches, he was steady, confident, he gave off an aura of being the right man for the job, he threw a hell of a first pitch for the world series that year too. America wanted to go kick some ass and we needed a badass cowboy at the time and we had one. Thats why he got re-elected too.

Would his approval rating have shot up had 9/11 not happened, no way in hell. Would his approval rating have shot up as much as it did if he had done things a different way or been a different person probably not.

[my porsche]

He gained popularity for an event he had no control over, but the White House's desire for war in Afghanistan and Iraq is what consequently is a major reason to his massive unpopularity later on.

In other news, the sky is blue, grass is green, fish live in water, and Quiggs is a pedophile.

[NSXType-R]

I wouldn't be surprised if he was. Threatening the President of the United States, albeit in a rather comical way, and a beatdown is the least of your worries.

Well he may not have killed the president (seriously, why not throw a grenade when you're that close instead? ), but he seriously damages the reputation of America in the Middle East. Which doesn't bode well kinda, which explains it if he did get beaten up.

lowest approval rating ever.



nixon had a low rating, but nowhere near as low as Bush's. And he was impeached, and resigned following that outcome. He wasn't a baller like Clinton who ended up with his highest approval ratings after he was impeached.

EDIT: Bush's lowest is 19% approval. next lowest is Truman with 22%, then Nixon with 24%.

What did Truman do to get low approval ratings? Choosing to drop the atomic bombs?

Although Clinton is a baller, I still think Governor Spitzer is classier in his choice of women than Clinton. Come on, of all people, Monica?

Bush had a huge spike after 911 it seemed and he didn't really have to do anything other then be the President - what president wouldn't have had the spike?


According to this graph he spiked from just over 50% to nearly 90% in essentially a vertical jump - that being 911. Did he really do anything to deserve such a spike or was it just a wash of patriotism? I would suspect although some of it may be due to the former, the large majority being the latter. HE gained popularity for an event he had no control over, but the White House's desire for war in Afghanistan and Iraq is what consequently is a major reason to his massive unpopularity later on.

Yeah, it's the patriotism thing. It makes you look like you're doing your job.

[Kooper]

With reflexes like that, I think it's undeniable. George W. Bush is the Stig.

[Kitdy]

it was a combination. he helped the country be massively patriotic, he actually gave some good speeches, he was steady, confident, he gave off an aura of being the right man for the job, he threw a hell of a first pitch for the world series that year too. America wanted to go kick some ass and we needed a badass cowboy at the time and we had one. Thats why he got re-elected too.

Would his approval rating have shot up had 9/11 not happened, no way in hell. Would his approval rating have shot up as much as it did if he had done things a different way or been a different person probably not.

I think it was a bit of a combination, but I'd say maybe 1 part in 10 was due to what the President did, the other 9 tenths were patriotism, and basically any President would do some aggressive action after the attack and hte approval would go up anyways.

What did Truman do to get low approval ratings? Choosing to drop the atomic bombs?

It doesn't look like it helped but things were worse later on.

Link.

[cmcpokey]

truman had the problem of the war, the bomb, the post war economics, then the korean war. not a lot of fun in his administration.

[roosterjuicer]

i think a lot of what hurt truman was the korean war, specifically his feud with general macarthur

[Matra et Alpine]

WMD == Wellies of Mass Destruction, Bush finally foudn them