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- SAEJO, on 01/15/2009, -10/+1346% say he was one of the five best presidents? How is that even possible?
- AnotherDiggGuy, on 01/15/2009, -17/+125Their quote:
"41% of Americans said Bush will go down in history as the worst U.S. president ever"
My Quote:
"90% of Americans couldn't name 10 presidents from before their time. 99% of the remaining 10% couldn't name 1 thing the 10 named presidents did." - emecks, on 01/14/2009, -6/+104What if they asked the rest of the world??
- deweyhewson, on 01/15/2009, -4/+70Didn't you hear? He protected millions of unborn bundles of cells! </sarcasm>
His record on protecting life after that is a tad shadier. - inactive, on 01/14/2009, -7/+70Is this a surprise to anyone?
- inactive, on 01/15/2009, -8/+64Have you talked to an evangelical lately?
- Claverhouse, on 01/15/2009, -6/+57Meh, OK, one in twenty people you may meet think this.
'Five percent (5%) of adults, or about 10 million (10,000,000) Americans, have a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder.' http://www.naminh.org/action-facts-myths.php
Same proportion. Coincidence ? I think not. - anaclagon, on 01/15/2009, -3/+40@poprocksandsoda maybe you were sleeping during the genocide that has happened during Bush's reign. Darfur ring a bell?
- onestrawplz, on 01/15/2009, -4/+37Because he's a ***** evangelical. That 6% is entirely composed of people who do things like bring their children to creationist museums.
- Deeh, on 01/15/2009, -9/+41Once the facts surface over the next few years, and the horrible effects of his presidency actually sink in, he will definetly be known as the worst president ever.
Canadian funk band sings about it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JHbFQqSljE&fmt ... - badqat, on 01/15/2009, -4/+32Apparently none of you have noticed the serious cash he's pumped into Africa. He paid good money (yours and mine, btw) for each and every percentage point of that rating.
- SemperFly, on 01/15/2009, -3/+27In other news, research has proven that, on average, 6% of poll takers are under the influence of crystal meth while being surveyed.
- ohplease, on 01/15/2009, -8/+32
Over a quarter of those people voted for him. For those that did, it was obvious as hell to the rest of the world that this guy was a dangerous moron. You are responsible for him, and his actions. You're responsible for his economic choices, you're responsible for over 100,000 dead. It's your fault. - PNooch, on 01/14/2009, -1/+24He would have to be the worst, although last night on Hardball they said in some parts of Africa G.W. Bush has an approval rating over 80%! Insane!
- silent128, on 01/15/2009, -8/+29Shocker, yet people still elected him for a second term....
- lohphat, on 01/15/2009, -1/+19When people place party before country.
- JenniferInMO, on 01/15/2009, -4/+22Not until he's in a prison cell.
- Varth, on 01/15/2009, -5/+22The majority of people are also dumb as all hell. Just sayin'.
- roguewriter, on 01/15/2009, -8/+25I used to think Carter was a bad President. Now, I realize that he was just ineffective. Bush has set the bar for bad Presidents. Tricky Dick was better, he at least opened trade relations with China.
- crapuccino, on 01/14/2009, -3/+1943% think he wasn't one of the worst 5 presidents. Pretty shocking statistic TBQH.
- draculthemad, on 01/15/2009, -4/+20/facepalm.
"But, if for some reason in the next 20 years, iran and iraq and that whole middle eastern region become unstable to the point where they threaten the whole world, guess what? people will say bush made the right choice to invade."
No, if Iraq and Iran become an issue it will be *because* of what he did.
He toppled the main counterweight to Iran in the region, and all signs point towards it now becoming another Shiite theocracy when we leave.
If anything, he has increased the prospect of Iran absorbing them and becoming a regional powerhouse.
Even if Iraqis hang onto their hate for Iran, they are still a lot more likely to share long term goals.
Bush has failed across the board, relentlessly pursuing near-term goals at the cost of long term aims. He has even expended long-term assets to do so. The idea that history will reveal him to be somehow more astute is laughable. - GawtMilk, on 01/15/2009, -1/+17PEPFAR, one of Bush's successes. Only criticism I have is that a lot of money used to be spent on abstinence (until marriage) programs and education, but they changed that last year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEPFAR - vacax, on 01/15/2009, -8/+23America is a slow learner. Nine years later though, they finally figure this Bush cat out.
- inactive, on 01/14/2009, -4/+19While it shouldn't surprise anyone, what does the average American know about political history? I guarantee you of those surveyed, 90% couldn't name a single president who held office before 1900 other than Washington or Lincoln. I'm not arguing against the findings, just the idea that these people are qualified to make these judgments.
- worldstoaster, on 01/15/2009, -0/+14past 250 or so?
- inactive, on 01/15/2009, -2/+15I just woke from a coma... what's going on?
- ReasonWinsOut, on 01/15/2009, -3/+16"instead of the things he did right"............
Ok, I'm game. Like what? - misterenigma07, on 01/15/2009, -2/+15I'm pretty surprised that 6% actually rated him as one of the best. What has he done that would warrant that?
- elmuerte17, on 01/15/2009, -5/+17If I was an American I woulda voted for a ***** tree stump after Bush's first four years.
- GrogInOhio, on 01/15/2009, -2/+14Yeah, that torture thing is all a liberal media lie. The drowning of New Orleans... liberal media lie. Missing WMDs in Iraq... liberal media lie. Financial meltdown... liberal media lie. Bin Laden still being alive... liberal media lie. Warrantless wiretaps... liberal media lie. Politicized Dept of Justice... liberal media lie.
Pathetic... - megapeg, on 01/15/2009, -1/+12They can't name any others.
- JigoroKano, on 01/15/2009, -0/+11More likely evidence of how ignorant and deluded voters like you are. You couldn't even give an example of why he was such a bad candidate but had to imagine one.
- inactive, on 01/14/2009, -4/+15Personally, I hate those people, because they make the rest of us look bad. It sucks when you criticize one of Bush's policies, and get accused of being another sheep on the Bush-hating bandwagon, with no real understanding of politics or history. I mean, I get it, there have been far worse presidents, but that doesn't excuse Bush for what he's done.
- FattyRooster, on 01/15/2009, -2/+12poll poll poll poll!!!!
- Murdats, on 01/15/2009, -1/+11no even those know better.
- JenniferInMO, on 01/15/2009, -3/+13I'm waiting too. Gotta hear this.
- inactive, on 01/15/2009, -2/+11I'm sorry you consistently back losers and lost causes, I really am.
You're in a minority, get used to it. - Ravatar, on 01/15/2009, -3/+12@elmuerte17: We tried.
- zyklon, on 01/15/2009, -2/+11I think Iraq and Afghanistan would be a little biased.
- ReasonWinsOut, on 01/15/2009, -2/+10@Okinsley:
Actually, you're wrong. Bush-bashing never gets old, particularly since he constantly doles out reasons to do it. Like Nixon, Bush will likely be rightfully vilified and made fun of long after he's in the grave. - samard2002, on 01/15/2009, -2/+10It's pretty true. If you asked an open-ended question like "Which President was the worst?" What would they answer? Surely someone that was President during their life. I really doubt anyone's going to bust out a Herbert Hoover or William Taft.
- awesometastic1, on 01/15/2009, -5/+13not saying bush did a good job (i think the opposite of that). But this pole is idiotic. I mean, of course most Americans think he's the worst president ever. Most Americans don't even know who the first president of the U.S. was (about 70% don't know according to a pole a few months ago). So really most Americans are basing their opinion of whether he's the worst ever on the last couple presidents (the ones they know about).
If you look through history we've had some pretty god awful presidents. Whether he'll go down as history as the worst up to this point is very debatable; but my real point is that this pole only really shows that most Americans think he's the worst of the last few presidents we've had because that's the only one's they know anything about. - ryeno, on 01/14/2009, -5/+13They must have been polling in remote parts of Africa with no connection to the outside world. One Bush blooper video on YouTube could change their mind.
- ieee, on 01/15/2009, -4/+11I love the spin the neocon faithful put on news bits like these. They are the kind of people who swore there was nothing wrong on the Titanic even while they were drowning. They would rather die than admit a mistake. Thank god these losers only have 4 more days in power.
- ReasonWinsOut, on 01/15/2009, -1/+8You're wrong. Iraq, at least with Saddam Hussein in power, was indeed the greatest counterweight to a powerful and overly aggressive Iran.
A little geopolitical history will clear that problem of yours right up. - insanebrain, on 01/15/2009, -2/+9Ignorance can be a gift.
- buughost, on 01/15/2009, -2/+9while it is true that most american's know diddly about american history, bush is still one of the worst president's of all time...
- inactive, on 01/15/2009, -10/+17Don't forget, America's enemy is the idiot who IGNORED that Bush lied to us about Iraq, IGNORED that Bush defends treason, IGNORED that Bush was asleep at the wheel on 9/11, IGNORED that Bush had already blundered our war effort in Iraq, IGNORED that Bush was going to run amok with our Constitution...
...and still voted to re-elect the bastard.
The enemy from within has perpetuated this death and devastation. Don't forget it.
Also, don't forget, 23% of America still supports this complete and utter failure.
Its scary that almost a quarter of America is too stupid to understand the Constitution, too stupid to understand high treason and too stupid to find the fvcking recruiting office or a library. - Swivelstick, on 01/15/2009, -1/+8Actually all people lack the historical perspective to make most determinations. As history is written by people with extreme bias this is why age old conflicts are still prevalent today.
- inactive, on 01/15/2009, -4/+11Me too. This is exciting! Can't wait!
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