Gallup: 16 MONTHS AFTER 9/11, Bush Approval Drops Below 60% for First Time

[FrenchieCat]

:wtf:

January 14, 2003
Bush Approval Drops Below 60% for First Time Since 9/11
Foreign policy, economy ratings lower than pre-9/11 levels
by David W. Moore
GALLUP NEWS SERVICE

PRINCETON, NJ -- For the first time since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, George W. Bush's approval rating has dropped below the 60% level, now showing 58% of Americans who approve and 37% who disapprove of the way he is handling his job as president. In a Gallup Poll conducted just days before the Sept. 11 attacks, Bush's approval rating reached the lowest of his presidency, with 51% approving and 39% disapproving. After the terrorist attacks, his approval skyrocketed, reaching a record 90% in mid-September 2001. It has gradually declined since then, dropping below 80% for the first time in early March 2002, and dropping below 70% for the first time the following July. By December of last year, it was below the 65% level.



This most recent drop may well be related to the controversy over North Korea's nuclear weapons capability. In a poll conducted just a week ago, when Bush's overall approval rating was at 63%, Americans gave Bush a foreign affairs approval rating of 60%. That rating is now down to 53%, with 42% of Americans disapproving of the way he is handling foreign affairs, the highest disapproval he has received on this issue. Just prior to Sept. 11, Bush's foreign affairs approval rating was 54% approval to 33% disapproval, a 21 point favorable margin that is only 11 points in the current poll.



MORE.....http://www.gallup.com/poll/7591/bush-approval-drops-below-60-first-time-since-911.aspx

[FrenchieCat]

1. Can you believe that shit......?

"After the terrorist attacks, his approval skyrocketed, reaching a record 90% in mid-September 2001. It has gradually declined since then, dropping below 80% for the first time in early March 2002, and dropping below 70% for the first time the following July. By December of last year, it was below the 65% level."


His sorry ass stayed at 65% for an entire 14 months....a guy who stole an election,
and ignored threats of attacks against this country, and then we were hit? :wow:

Of course, Barack Obama takes the guy out......
but high approval ratings for as long as Bush got them this close to next election,
well, we couldn't have that!

[CoffeeCat]

2. I don't believe that shit...

Let's all not forget that the corporations that own the media--together with our nation's political
power players--work in tandem to control information and move public opinion.

The MSM downplays important news and keeps us in the dark about many topics. They've basically become
the PR arm for powerful corporations and our corrupt government.

Do we REALLY believe that most polls aren't rigged? Do we actually believe that polls aren't used to
persuade public opinion, "Come now! Ninety percent of Americans support George Bush right now! What's
wrong with you, that you don't?"

Polls are powerful propaganda devices.

They are being used routinely--to confuse us into accepting (and even supporting) horrendous policies.

Polls that are released, which show public support for x,y,z--are often used to as a, "Everyone else
supports this! What's wrong with you, ya malcontent!" propaganda tool.

[FrenchieCat]

3. Oh...I agree that polls influence the public.....

but the fact is that they do,
and the question becomes who decides
what those poll results should be in the first place,
and why.

[Chan790]

4. I think we're at the beginning of the high trendline...

and that said, I'd rather peak late than early in an election cycle that makes politics a short pole-to-pole race.

If Obama's at 60% today and 72% in Sept. 2012, that seems a lot better to me than being at 90% 14 months into one's term and 62% a month before election day. I think we just turned the corner and started shoving the GOP back into the irrelevant column. We got Osama, we got the jobs numbers turned around, we stabilized the economy; the GOP did none of that and has consistently suffered from foot-in-mouth disease recently.

I've been critical of this President as being too moderate sometimes but I think he's going to be given the second-term opportunity to be as liberal as he wants to be. I think the GOP, between the bin Laden thing and moron Boehner's public statements about demanding $1T in cuts and the Walker thing and the shitcanning of the Ryan budget, just threw away all their Congressional gains and then some.

[Arugula Latte]

5. 72 percent ... That seems like a remarkably high rating to hope for

Remember, a significant chunk of this country consists of rightwing dumbasses.

[Hutzpa]

8. If Obama can maintain a higher percentage

going into the 2012 election,who knows what can happen.

We have to keep doing what WE do, that is putting pressure on these
scums, also we should continue to monitor their every step.

[Hutzpa]

7. Told ya

that muthaf*&^a enjoyed high percentage rating for allowing Bin Laden to strike America.

Ain't that some shit?

[RichGirl]

6. Clinton, according to Gallup was at 73% DURING the impeachment.

It was his all time high and higher than any rating Reagan ever got.

I think Bush getting in the 90's was a fluke...people were still in a state of shock and he was being the protector. He and his daddy needed war and fear to get high numbers.

The fact is he never did get OBL dead or alive and it all happened on his watch and he lied us into a bad war and tanked the economy....so....

All things considered, including Republicans trying to do away with unions, social security and medicare...Obama should be able to maintain high numbers.

[craigmatic]

9. Of course bush did because fixed noise was his propaganda arm and the rest of the

so called liberal media didn't even bother to check him on anything. They completely failed us. Just go back and look at Tweety from around that time. He gushed over bush.

[FrenchieCat]

10. I still can't fucking believe this shit!

[FrenchieCat]

11. That really is some shit.....

Damn! Guess the difference is when one has the media kissing one's ass
versus when one has the media biting at your ass.

[quaker bill]

12. I was there

and part of the 10%.

Bombing people after an attack on US soil is a very popular thing, in fact it did not seem to matter much who we bombed, as long as we were bombing someone.