George W. Bush's Approval Rating Climbing Since He Left Office

According to a new Post-ABC poll George W. Bush is enjoying increased levels of approval. Towards the end of 2008 only 23 percent of those polled said they approved of the way Bush handled his job as president. When asked last weekend what they thought of the way Bush handled his job as president 47 percent say they approved.
Support for the invasion and occupation of Iraq has also increased. In December 2006 only 28 percent of respondents said they approved of the decision to invade Iraq. Last weekend 40 percent of respondents said they supported the decision.
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It is now equal to Obama's. Somewhere Shreek is having some kind of a meltdown.
That record low of 23% was during the financial meltdown.
All forgotten by the masses now.
All forgotten by the masses now.
Yes...much like the rights of Bostonians to be free from unreasonable searches of their homes by the authorities.
All forgotten.......
PS: CHRISTFAG
That hurts more than you know.
What? The fact that in the heart of where the American revolution occurred the population is servile mass of "T o n y" like government loving morons or the CHRISTFAG postscript?
The Left forgot about the whole anti-war thing now that Black Jesus is killing foreigners.
He is a "Kenyan Muslin". Your wingnut factor is slipping.
Sometimes it's hard to be shreeky
Giving all your love to just one president
You'll have bad times
And he'll have good times
Doin things that you don't understand
But if you love him
You'll forgive him
Even though he's hard to understand
And if you love him
Oh, be proud of him
Cause after all he's just a man
Stand by your man
Give him two arms to cling to
And something warm to come to
when nights are cold and lonely
Stand by your man
And show the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can
Stand by your man
Stand by your man
And show the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can
Stand by your man
"Your wingnut factor is slipping."
You say that like it's a bad thing...
Well he is Kenyan in the same way that a white guy whose dad was born in Italy is Italian......
The Left forgot about the whole anti-war thing now that Black Jesus is killing foreigners.
EQUIVILENCY FAIL!!
BushWAR = oppression of the browns people by the corporashuns and taking the oils!!
ObamaWar = LIBERATION OF MUSLIMS FROM TYRANNY. WITH DRONES
Of course people 'approve' of bush now.... that he's out of power!! / derp
There's still something a little creepy about how obsessed the media is with GWB... as though he still influences world events.
Whats Calvin Coolidge's 'approval rating', BTW? I think being dead may have mellowed people to his nascent libertarianishness.
There's still something a little creepy about how obsessed the media is with GWB
I blame Bush
Well, since it's been established that Saddam did in fact have weapons of mass destruction, it's not really surprising.
So how many pressure cookers are we talking here?
The WMD Saddam slipped into Syria right before he was invaded?
Yeah, right.
You must be new around here:
Weapon of mass destruction: 2 pints of gun powder and some nails.
What, you don't think Saddam, somewhere in the country had two pints of gun powder and some nails-- or greater?
OK, clear now.
I just found out that Chris Christie wanted to ban all guns.
And he is the presumptive GOP nominee for 2016.
Romney II, the revenge of Romney.
A sweaty, heavily breathing Romney will surely push that 2% swing in the right direction! Halitosis be damned!
And he is the presumptive GOP nominee for 2016.
Yeah if you go by the poll you took of your sisters dolls and your old GI Joe collection in moms basement.
Honestly shreek the isolation is wreaking havoc with your mental faculties.
If anyone is nominee presumptive, it's Rubio or Santorum. And that's just because most of the other big names haven't been making too much noise to stay on the radar, recently.
Christie killed that presumption with his Obama hug, and the gun control thing is just a nail in that coffin. He's going nowhere in 2016.
Plus the media will play the "too fat to be President" card until the ink has worn off in the pre-election coverage.
Given Taft's girth, I don't see that as a problem, but his ideological swing was inexcusable.
In other words, your opinion of him just rose a few points.
If Chris Christie is nominated I promise to clog the convention toilets with superturds laced with superaids to kill all the people responsible for him nomination in your honor, shrike.
I'll hold you to this!
You're my kind of people, Killaz.
And he is the presumptive Democrat nominee for 2016
Let me be more clear: The Obama administration has unwittingly declared everything that goes BANG and kills or injures a few dozen people as a WMD.
Why do I feel I need to explain these things? Aren't they obvious?
Why do I feel I need to explain these things? Aren't they obvious?
No one can explain "things" to shreeky. Shreeky is far superior to all of us in his understanding of "things".
I find people like me better when I stop doing things.
Every president serves only to burnish the reputation of his predecessor.
I weep for the future.
PS:CHRISTFAG.
Get your own material.
Go fuck yourself.
PS:CHRISTFAG
Still hurts.
It will just make you stronger!
Also, we now have a shit ton of liberal anti-death penalty blue-staters who have discovered within themselves support for the death penalty "in certain cases"... which is the fucking point.
I'm assuming this poll was conducted before the bombings? Because I could see a jihadi (even self-proclaimed) blowing up people as giving GWB a boost in approval ratings.
Last weekend 40 percent of respondents said they supported the decision.
Nothing says STUPID like supporting a known failed war.
Who still supports the Vietnam War?
That guy at the CIA who now works at the Canada desk, in that little area by the copier and the coffee machines.
Oh him.....I wondered what happened to that guy.
Hanoi?
Hanoi Rocks
"Known failed war"? Saddam is dead, Iraq is now a democracy, and most of the people there are happy about it.
Who still supports the Vietnam War?
Obviously not the hundreds of thousands killed after Saigon fell, since they are dead.
If the last 12 years have taught America anything, it's that the next president can always be worse.
When I find myself missing Bill Clinton, your words are brought into stark relief.
I wonder what Richard Nixon's approval ratings are now?
And LBJ's?
According to Futurama Nixon is off the charts!
But Futurama just got canceled again....
Good riddance.
Awww poor shreek.
Sorry buddy.
Maybe the GOP will invite him to a Convention some day. McCain and Romney didn't want him near theirs.
Awww, he's hurt guys!
He's really hurt. It's ok shreek, it will get better.
One day we will elect someone who will make even Obumbles look competent!
He's already got a good shot at the Democratic nod.
One day we will elect someone who will make even Obumbles look competent!
Biden 2016.
Hey, I can take jokes about bombs, filthy language, and vicious personal attacks on Hand R. But you've crossed the line with this one.
Probably because Bush was still more popular with the base than either of them.
http://www.ihatethemedia.com/t.....nal-poster
Sounds pretty solid to me dude, I like the sound of that.
http://www.Dodge-CISPA.tk
It's all relative
This is why it'll always be back-and-forth between 2 parties. A drop in popularity of one will always produce an equal rise in that of the other, because there's noplace else to go or think.