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[billcoe]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46019.html

By all accounts it appears that people really are as vacuous and ignorant as Pat Gallager. Holy shit, I though that there was only one of these cretins running around, where do they get these idiots from? (truth in posting, I just learned that Peter Puget posted this link earlier, although I didn't click it then).

 

 

"By JAMES HOHMANN | 12/6/10 1:46 PM EST Updated: 12/6/10 4:09 PM EST

 

George W. Bush’s job approval rating as president has spiked to 47 percent, according to a Gallup poll released Monday.

 

That’s 1 point higher than President Barack Obama’s job approval rating in a poll taken the same week.

 

This is the first time Gallup asked Americans to retrospectively rate Bush’s job performance. And it was a stunning turnaround from his low point of 25 percent in November 2008. The 47 percent number is 13 points higher than the last Gallup poll taken before Bush left office in 2009 and the highest rating for him since before Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

 

Still, Bush’s 51 percent disapproval rating means he’s only one of two U.S. presidents in the past 50 years whose disapproval exceeds approval. The other is Richard Nixon, who resigned in disgrace 36 years ago and whose approval rating stands at 29 percent.

 

Obama’s stumbles and dimming public memories of Bush’s shortcomings appear to be helping fuel the more positive reassessment of him. And, in recent weeks, Bush’s tour to promote his new memoir, “Decision Points,” and the groundbreaking of his new library in Dallas have generated mostly positive press.

 

Bush’s 47 percent approval rating also raises serious questions about the wisdom of the White House’s decision to relentlessly attack him in the months before the Democrats’ historic losses in the midterm elections. The president had kept warning a House Republican majority would return to Bush-era policies. But Obama’s message did little to galvanize the liberal base, and independents flocked to the GOP on Election Day.

 

Bush’s rebound gives some credence to what he has long said — that history will eventually judge his presidency.

 

One of his role models is Harry Truman, who left office deeply unpopular but now gets credit for laying the groundwork to fight the Cold War. Bush sees parallels with his own efforts in the early days of the global war on terror.

 

Gallup also polled on the eight other presidents in the past 50 years, asking: “From what you have heard, read, or remember about some of our past presidents, please tell me if you approve or disapprove of the way each of the following handled their job as president.”

 

To prevent respondents from getting Bush, the 43rd president, confused with his father — George H.W. Bush, the 41st president — the pollsters added that Bush was president from 2001 to 2009.

 

John F. Kennedy remains the most popular modern president, with 85 percent of those surveyed saying they approved of his job performance. Ronald Reagan’s job approval was 74 percent. And Bill Clinton’s was 69 percent, up from 61 percent in 2006."

 

[billcoe]

PS, we welcome Gene Simmons (although a bit late) to the party as well. Unfortunately, plenty of idiots, like Pat - are only just staring to see the light that a smaller government is better for them on so many levels. Of course, jb will soon show up and say that my post means that this means I support the rich eating the poor. Uhhh, Please! Stop with the stupidity. The Bush tax cuts should expire. For rich and poor. Back to the Clinton brackets and after that we still will need to cut spending...like radically, to survive and thrive.

 

By PATRICK GAVIN | 12/6/10 7:51 AM EST Updated: 12/6/10 12:14 PM EST

 

Even though KISS star Gene Simmons voted for President Barack Obama in 2008, he's not as big of a fan anymore. The rocker announced that he "couldn't find somebody, in retrospect, more unqualified."

 

"Two years in public office, never ran his own company, so after the fact, I was questioning the qualification," said Simmons during an appearance on CNN.

 

Simmons knocked the health care bill, in addition to "the Chapter 11s and Chapter 7s. You should be able to fail. "

 

"I want the government out of my life," said Simmons.

 

Me too Gene. But it ain't Grandpa McCain and it aint Obama and it sure as hell ain't Palin. It ain't repub and it ain't dems that will get that for you, me and the rest of these folks.

 

Best of luck my brothers.

[tvashtarkatena]

OK, OK, I'll let you give me a blow job next time I'm down south.

 

Fucking groupies.

[tvashtarkatena]

Oh, and Bill, I don't need a spokesperson just yet, but if you'd like, I'll let you take the cold coffee home after my next speaking engagement. I've also got some stuff around the house a moron could probably handle.

[prole]

PS, we welcome Gene Simmons (although a bit late) to the party as well. Unfortunately, plenty of idiots, like Pat - are only just staring to see the light that a smaller government is better for them on so many levels. Of course, jb will soon show up and say that my post means that this means I support the rich eating the poor. Uhhh, Please! Stop with the stupidity. The Bush tax cuts should expire. For rich and poor. Back to the Clinton brackets and after that we still will need to cut spending...like radically, to survive and thrive.

 

By PATRICK GAVIN | 12/6/10 7:51 AM EST Updated: 12/6/10 12:14 PM EST

 

Even though KISS star Gene Simmons voted for President Barack Obama in 2008, he's not as big of a fan anymore. The rocker announced that he "couldn't find somebody, in retrospect, more unqualified."

 

"Two years in public office, never ran his own company, so after the fact, I was questioning the qualification," said Simmons during an appearance on CNN.

 

Simmons knocked the health care bill, in addition to "the Chapter 11s and Chapter 7s. You should be able to fail. "

 

"I want the government out of my life," said Simmons.

 

Me too Gene. But it ain't Grandpa McCain and it aint Obama and it sure as hell ain't Palin. It ain't repub and it ain't dems that will get that for you, me and the rest of these folks.

 

Best of luck my brothers.

 

"We welcome Gene Simmons"? You are fucking retarded! And I mean retarded in the real sense of the word. What does Whoopi Goldberg think, Bill? Has David Hasselhoff weighed in on the "gold question" yet? Who's next, Miss Cleo?

[billcoe]

Oh, and Bill, I don't need a spokesperson just yet, but if you'd like, I'll let you take the cold coffee home after my next speaking engagement. I've also got some stuff around the house a moron could probably handle.

 

Thus, you can almost handle it?

 

Sorry Prole, I pitched out what Whoopie thought earlier and Pat up there almost blew an O'ring on his backside. If you want to read that, best do a search or let Google be your friend.:-)

Edited December 7, 2010 by billcoe

[prole]

"In the words of Ted Nugent..." indeed.

[prole]

"I want the government out of my life," said Simmons.[/i]

 

Me too Gene. But it ain't Grandpa McCain and it aint Obama and it sure as hell ain't Palin. It ain't repub and it ain't dems that will get that for you, me and the rest of these folks.

 

You are actually carrying on an imaginary conversation with Gene Simmons in this passage. Are you aware of that? What does that mean? I mean, what the fuck is going on here?

[KaskadskyjKozak]

Oh, and Bill, I don't need a spokesperson just yet, but if you'd like, I'll let you take the cold coffee home after my next speaking engagement. I've also got some stuff around the house a moron could probably handle.

 

Thus, you can almost handle it?

 

 

Actually, he can't handle it apparently and needs to find someone more qualified for the work than he. TTK - a notch or two below moron.