Worst President in America History Is Trying to Spin His Nightmare Legacy

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http://www.alternet.org/worst-president-america-history-trying-spin-his-nightmare-legacy


Americans are a forgiving and forgetting people. That’s all that can explain the rise in George W. Bush’s approval ratings since he left office in 2009. Back then, he had the lowest approval rating of any departing president since Richard Nixon (who departed in a helicopter after resigning in disgrace) with a 33 percent overall approval rating. Only 24 percent of Americans approved of his handling of the recession-bound economy. As recently as last November’s election, more voters blamed Bush than President Obama for the country’s ongoing economic woes.

Now, on the eve of the opening of his presidential library and an apparent Bush-rehabilitation tour, starting with a Diane Sawyer interview Wednesday night, Bush faces a kinder, gentler American public. According to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, Americans are now split on the former president, with 47 percent approving of his performance and 50 percent disapproving. He’s still underwater, as the pollsters say, but that’s not a bad jump in four years. He’s even climbed on the economy, with 43 percent now approving of the job he did, while 57 percent stayed tethered to the reality-based community, and still disapprove.

Bush has even climbed among Democrats: 25 percent approve of the job he did, up from only 6 percent when he left office. (Who says Democrats are haters?)

What’s going on? And will Bush’s comeback tour bump his numbers up even more, which would be some rare good news for the broken, embattled Republican Party?

[Solly Mack]

1. "Americans are a forgiving and forgetting people. That’s all that can explain..."

Yeah, right.

[graham4anything]

2. Jeb's running in 2016. This is to get this out there prior to 2015 and put it behind

This is all part and parcel of the Bush game plan and always has been.
Every move the Bush family has made in 50 years is choreographed to benefit the Bush family.

Beware. It is planned. And it will somewhat work.

Not to mention 41 is very old, and very ill.

Jeb IMHO will be the republican nominee. Anything we say won't matter to that fact, as everyone here come election time is suppose to back the democratic candidate for President.
(hope that assumption is true in 2000 it wasn't).

So one needs to fight Jeb.
The battle on W is so he can deflect anything for Jeb.
The war will be in 2016 and Jeb. Winning in 2016 at all costs is needed to move forward.

Beating W but having that lead to Jeb will be a major loss.

Keep the eye on the prize not vengence.
(and no I am not sympathetic to W. )

[lunatica]

3. Catapulting the propaganda

This is about as true as the sock in his crotch.

[GeorgeGist]

4. Got stupid?