Nobody left to defend and protect the cowards of the world.
On Dec 26, 2:49�pm, "mike [never forget] 532" <[email protected]> wrote: > � �Poll: 75% glad Bush is > donehttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/26/bush.poll/index.html?eref=rss_... > (CNN) -- A new national poll suggests that three out of four Americans > feel President Bush's departure from office is coming not a moment too > soon. > > Twenty-eight percent of those polled say President Bush is the worst > president in U.S. history. > > �Seventy-five percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research > Corp. survey released Friday said they're glad Bush is going; 23 > percent indicated they'll miss him. > > "Earlier this year, Bush scored some of the lowest presidential > approval ratings we've seen in half a century, so it's understandable > that the public is eager for a new president to step in," said Keating > Holland, CNN polling director. > > CNN senior political analyst Bill Schneider added, "As President Bush > prepares to leave office, the American public has a parting thought: > Good riddance. At least that's the way three-quarters feel." > > The portion who say they won't miss Bush is 24 percentage points > higher than the 51 percent who said they wouldn't miss President Bill > Clinton when he left office in January 2001. Forty-five percent of > those questioned at that time said they would miss Clinton. > > The poll indicates that Bush compares poorly with his presidential > predecessors, with 28 percent saying that he's the worst ever. Forty > percent rate Bush's presidency as poor, and 31 percent say he's been a > good president. > > Only a third of those polled said they want Bush to remain active in > public life after he leaves the White House. That 33 percent figure is > 22 points lower than those in 2001 who wanted Bill Clinton to retain a > public role. > > Don't Miss > Iranians toss shoes Bush posters > Questions linger after Bush withdraws pardon > Poll: 23 percent call Cheney worst vice president ever > "It's been like a failed marriage," Schneider said. > > "Things started out well. When President Bush first took office in > 2001, more than 60 percent saw him as strong and decisive. That > impression was confirmed after the September 11th attacks. The public > still saw Bush as strong and decisive when he took office a second > time in 2005. > > "But no more. The public has completely lost confidence in this > president," Schneider said. > > Bush has dropped on a number of measures, but possibly the biggest is > that only 20 percent say he inspires confidence, Holland said. > > "That's an important figure when the country is facing its biggest > economic crisis in a generation," he added. > > When running for the White House in the 2000 presidential campaign, > Bush promised to be a uniter and not a divider. But 82 percent of poll > respondents felt that Bush did not unite the country, compared with 17 > percent who said he did. > > "The vast majority of Americans believe he betrayed his promise to > unite the country," Schneider said. "He took a country that was > divided under President Clinton and he divided it worse." > > Only 27 percent of those questioned in the poll approve of the way > Bush is handling his job as president; 72 percent disapprove. > > "President Bush's job approval rating has been at or below freezing > since the beginning of the year," Schneider said. "The current 27 > percent approval rating is one of the lowest ratings for any > president, ever." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
