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By on Jan 4th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
30%.
President Bush’s approval rating, according to a new CBS News poll. Sixty-eight percent said they had optimistic feelings about the 110th Congress, while 25 percent said they were pessimistic.
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Actually that’s way too high.
January 4th, 2007 at 11:14 pmI’m guessing it is the rapture ready group
January 4th, 2007 at 11:18 pm30% is a lot of idiots.
January 4th, 2007 at 11:25 pmPlease tell me who approves of this useful idiot?
January 4th, 2007 at 11:26 pmYeah, the 64% unfavorable rating ties with two AP-Ipsos polls for worst since Jan 06.
January 4th, 2007 at 11:31 pmDoin a heckuva job chympie.
One more time…the Lame Duck Limbo! All together now…
HOW LOW CAN HE GO?
January 4th, 2007 at 11:31 pmHOW LOW CAN HE GO?
HOW LOW CAN HE GO?
HOW LOW CAN HE GO?
There also must be a tight correlation between these 30% and the 25% who believe that in 2007, and I quote
January 4th, 2007 at 11:32 pm“”Jesus Christ will return to earth”
30% approval = 70% for incompentent, corrupt, & no good.
2 years more of this leech or leach however it’s spelled &
i’m sure the grade will finally achieve 80% – 90% disapproval
rate. So far he’s achieved a straight out C so lets make it
a B or A.
after all when the 109th congress got kicked out only 15%
January 4th, 2007 at 11:42 pmapproved which was a 85% or mid B for complete
corruption
30 out of 100 is an F double-minus.
And I thought he was a ‘C’ student?
January 4th, 2007 at 11:49 pmIt always amazes me that it’s actually that high. 30% — that’s 3 out every 10 people. One does get a bit spoiled living here in San Francisco. In San francisco one would likely not be able to find 3 out of 100 people to support THIS president. It’s just difficult to rap my head around the fact that 30% of the U.S. population is really that stupid. I guess some people can sleep through anything.
January 4th, 2007 at 11:51 pmJeremy,
Congrats today. Speaker Pelosi was quite a hit with me. Classy, dignified, charming. You know, all the things that loser Denny Hastert is not.
The new Speaker will do a great job.
Congrats.
-GSD
January 4th, 2007 at 11:53 pm#7 RUCerious
you wrote: “â€Jesus Christ will return to earthâ€
How is it that Bush is some how in the mix with your Jesus returning? I am sure you people realize now what a criminal, thug, murderer, treasonist ass this guy is.
January 4th, 2007 at 11:55 pm#12 – mad as hell
RUCerious was being sarcastic.
January 5th, 2007 at 12:00 amZooey
thought so after I posted…
I am just so pissed off… what do you do? Get away for awhile? Sometimes I wish I were a stupid republican as I used to be….
January 5th, 2007 at 12:07 amI have resigned myself to the idea that the stubborn 30% will never, ever disapprove of this administration’s sorry record.
It is simply bewildering that so many people can still support one of the worst presidents in US history. This doesn’t bode well for the future of democracy in the US.
::sigh::
January 5th, 2007 at 12:10 amI am just so pissed off… what do you do? Get away for awhile? Sometimes I wish I were a stupid republican as I used to be….
Comment by mad as hell
I just try to keep looking forward. We’re the 70%.
January 5th, 2007 at 12:16 amLeave the f*cking 30% in the dust.
Thanks Z – Mad as Hell, (me too).
I was quoting a poll on
http://www.pollingreport.com/news.htm
Associated Press-AOL News Poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs. Dec. 12-14, 2006. N=1,000 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
“I’m going to read you a list of items that may or may not happen in the year 2007. For each one, please tell me if it is very likely, somewhat likely, not too likely or not at all likely to happen in the year 2007. In 2007, how likely is it that [see below]? Is this very likely, somewhat likely, not too likely or not at all likely to happen in 2007?”
And, yes, 25% agreed with the statement
January 5th, 2007 at 12:18 amJesus Christ will return to earth
Wow. My point was a tight correlation must exist between this 25% and Bush supporters 30%.
If you know stats, the Rsquared coefficient would probably be .89 or so.
Future of democracy? It’s in great shape – one dollar one vote
January 5th, 2007 at 12:19 am/sarcasm off
MAH – some of us take time to celebrate with some BC Bud or just homegrown sensei.
January 5th, 2007 at 12:20 amThat usually puts me in a better mood.
Then I make the mistake of reading the news again.
Jesus Christ will return to earth
Chimpy will have him off for a free Cuban holiday in an orange suit faster than you can say “Christ on a cracker”.
January 5th, 2007 at 12:21 amMore accurate would be the 10% who make over 100k/year
the 20% are split between die-hard Republicans and just plain stupid.
January 5th, 2007 at 12:22 amLeave the f*cking 30% in the dust.
Comment by Zooey — January 5, 2007 @ 12:16 am
As much as I’d like to think this is possible, I am afraid it isn’t: Those 30%ers are likely reproducing as we speak (or type).
Some will probably remove themselves from the gene pool -without needing any instigation- before they can pass on their genes, but most will breed.
I fear for the human race…
January 5th, 2007 at 12:22 amWell, time for lights out at the RU Institute for the Criminally Insane. Morrow!@
January 5th, 2007 at 12:23 amThanks RUCerious, I guess.
That’s actually a pretty creepy poll result, isn’t it? No wonder these people consume, pollute, and run up debt like there’s no tomorrow. For them, there is no tomorrow!
I better get offline, we’re having a mad snowstorm over here, and the power could cut out anytime — again.
Goodnight!
January 5th, 2007 at 12:24 am“One dollar, one vote”?
Heh. Good one.
January 5th, 2007 at 12:24 amRemember, there are a small number of people that believe Elvis is still alive, or that the Earth is flat (really!), or that their wife was kidnapped by aliens, or that God speaks to that preacher they sent their tax return to. If you add them all up, it equals about 30%!
January 5th, 2007 at 12:27 amElvis is still alive
Chimpy will have him off for a free Cuban holiday in an orange suit faster than you can say “Thank you very muchâ€.
January 5th, 2007 at 12:29 am#22 Gregor Samsa
If Larry the Cable Guy can reproduce, so can the 30%ers … scary.
January 5th, 2007 at 12:34 amAshenShard,
Well, Larry the Cable Guy at least has the redeeming quality that he can be funny, sometimes. Even if a little crude for my taste.
Plus, his stage persona is an act. He’s lampooning the same people he is entertaining. They just so happen to be too thick-skulled to realise it. Sort of like the way Texans watch King of the Hill -on Fox, the neocons’ favorite TV network no less.
January 5th, 2007 at 12:42 am#29 Gregor Samsa
If that is really an act, then I must give it to him, he does it really well. Haven’t seen anything though that would show that he really is lampooning it though. If you have a link or something though, please tell me. Then I can watch reruns of all the Blue Collar tours and enjoy them even more.
Btw, in my opinion ron white comes off as the most liberal in those. just throwing that out there :-p
January 5th, 2007 at 12:57 amHaven’t seen anything though that would show that he really is lampooning it though.
Comment by AshenShard — January 5, 2007 @ 12:57 am
Well, I read somewhere he is not a Southener, and his name is not Larry. I couldn’t find the article, but I did find this in the wikipedia:
Before he moved to West Palm Beach in South Florida, he grew up in Nebraska as a teenager. He openly says in interviews (and his autobiographical book, GIT-R-DONE) that he willingly “turns on” the accent.
Larry the Cable Guy is just a character he morphs into in order to entertain with tales about his fat sister, etc. His character is a satire. I could be wrong, of course, but I doubt it.
Ron “Tater Salad” White is hilarious.
January 5th, 2007 at 1:12 am#7 RUCerious
you wrote: “â€Jesus Christ will return to earthâ€
How is it that Bush is some how in the mix with your Jesus returning? I am sure you people realize now what a criminal, thug, murderer, treasonist ass this guy is.
Beijair writes: Bush is in the mix with Jesus returning because 1. the lord told him to go to war, 2. Bush is a Christian, 3. Bush was elected twice with the majority support of Christians.
Now, if you want to see some evil behavior, just read the bible. You wonder why slavery, child abuse and other crimes were once thought to be ok? read the bible.
Sacrifices, killing of women and children, burning of “witches”. I guess that all aligns well with jesus and bush. they are a couple made in heaven.
January 5th, 2007 at 4:18 am30 percent and they are the ones that would call themselves true, hardcore Christians. They support a President that supports torture, war, killing. A president that voted against stem cell research because he doesn’t believe in killing and then sacrifices the lives of 3000 plus American soldiers and hundreds of thousands of innocent others in a war that he lied us into. Don’t forget, he was in charge when we were attacked on 9/11. Claimed/lied about WMD in Iraq. Our “moral†compass the Christian ..hahha. They seem to support strongly anything that is not moral but claim it in the name of their Jesus and suddenly claim it is justified. I burn the witch according to the command of god in his bible and therefore it is good. No, it doesn’t really amaze me that he has 30 percent support. Poll that 30 percent and I would bet they are all Christians or claim to be Christians.
January 5th, 2007 at 4:26 am25% of America believe Jesus will make an appearance in 2007
where did the other 5% come from
January 5th, 2007 at 7:20 am36. Clearchannel employees?
January 5th, 2007 at 7:40 amOkay, so if these poll results are to be believed (and when should any poll about opinions be believed, given how uninformed they often are?), there’s at least five percent of the population who approve of the job that Bush is doing, but who are not “pessimistic” about a Democratic takeover of Congress. How is this possible?
If you approve of the president’s performance, you would have to have approved of the way the previous Congress did its job, or else the president could not have performed as “well” as he did (in their eyes.) Now, the nation as a whole completely rejected the way the Republicans have run Congress (in part because of the way they rolled over and let the president do whatever he wanted to do), and turned it over to the Democrats who have said they will change many of the things the Republicans did, especially when it came to giving the president anything he wanted.
So I ask you. How could you approve of the president’s job performance but not be pessimistic about the Democrats taking over the 110th Congress? To me, these five percent are extremely uninformed. That’s why I think opinion polls like this are bullsh*t.
January 5th, 2007 at 8:05 amwell if Jesus comes for the loonies, he’s gonna be pissed. They have lived not like Christians but like the heathens they claim everyone else to be.
The President deserves a -10 rating, and as for the 110th Congress, we shall wait and see, and if they screw up, we send their butts home too.
January 5th, 2007 at 8:30 amJesus Christ will return to earth
My understanding is Jesus will return to Earth when He’s good and goddamn ready! But then, I’m just an atheist, so what do I know?
January 5th, 2007 at 8:48 amIt looks like halbert holmert is a hardcore member of GDumbya’s “30 percent group”.
Do us all a favor, hal. Take time off from your vapid posting and feed this monkey –> http://thumbsnap.com/v/6YvXAPG0.jpg
January 5th, 2007 at 9:05 am#14 mad as hell
I am just so pissed off… what do you do? Get away for awhile? Sometimes I wish I were a stupid republican as I used to be….
All you can do for now is put it into perspective. Think about that 30% when some of them start trolling around here. Imagine what a pathetic clueless loser you’d have to be in order to somehow admire or approve of Bush. Imagine how frustrating it must be for them to know that 70% of the country doesn’t approve of Bush and 68% is optimistic about a Democratic-controlled Congress.
I’d like to see what the poll numbers are now for a) impeaching Bush and b) impeaching him if it’s determined that he lied to get us into a war. Then I’d like to see the poll numbers again after next Wednesday when he announces that he’s sending 20,000 more troops into Iraq. I’m guessing that, from here on out, every time a House or Senate committee subpoenas documents and the White House refuses, claiming executive privilege, those numbers will go up. At some point, impeachment gets put back on the table.
January 5th, 2007 at 9:30 amI wish I lived where it snowed. It’s not right that it’s 75 degrees in January AND I have to live with most of the 30%-ers. I said something about Nancy Pelosi at work yesterday and they looked at me like I had a second head.
January 5th, 2007 at 9:31 am#4 johnny
Please tell me who approves of this useful idiot?
Please tell me who thinks this idiot is useful.
January 5th, 2007 at 9:32 am#33 halbert holmert
Some last words of wisdom for you progressive freaks with your homesexuals and curdogs of society who have that body jewelry and believe not in God the Almighty
I am like a really fat lady at crazy daze sales or at garage sales…
Hey look everyone. It’s Angie (aka vinnie, answeil, George of the Jungle, etc.). She’s the one who was bragging about the $7 million…no, $17 million…no, $70 million…no wait, $77 million that she had gotten from Bush’s tax cuts. I’d say it’s just about time for her to start getting really abusive and having all of her posts suddenly disappear.
January 5th, 2007 at 9:41 am30% = hard core, incorrigible dumbasses.
January 5th, 2007 at 10:08 am#33
January 5th, 2007 at 10:09 amDoes that mean you’re leaving us?
Bye!
RUCerious is correct, there is an extremely high correlation between the Bush supporters and hard core Xians. They have a different worldview than the rest of us. We have peeled the onion of Bush supporters down to the core 25%, the faith based Xian loonies.
And what a rotten, pus-filled core it is.
The other 5% in the core are in there for the tax cuts.
January 5th, 2007 at 10:22 amOy! Angie again!
January 5th, 2007 at 11:55 amSomehow I keep harking back to IRI as well… Memories…
Or maybe even Santo!
Next time you get on an elevator with 9 other people, just remember that 3 of them are part of that 30%.
And if they have Dale Jr. NASCAR stickers on their lunch boxes, a dog-eared copy of Guns and Ammo (and/or a Brittany Spears fan club membership newsletter) under their arm, and listening to the Oxy-con Rusher on their headsets, it won’t be too hard to pick them out!
January 5th, 2007 at 12:04 pm30% of republicans would support even the most evil man in the world as their president…and they already do so I rest my case.
January 5th, 2007 at 12:27 pm