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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:27 PM
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Survey: Bush is "least popular" and "most bellicose" of presidents --->>>
Edited on Fri Dec-16-05 03:42 PM by Stephanie

:rofl:




Under a portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, President Bush speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House, February 28, 2005. Bush ranks as the least popular and most bellicose of the last ten U.S. presidents, according to a new survey. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/051216/photos_ts/2005_12_16t145424_298x450_us_bush_presidents




http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051216/us_nm/bush_presidents_dc_2

In survey of ten US presidents, Bush fares badly

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush ranks as the least popular and most bellicose of the last ten U.S. presidents, according to a new survey.

Only nine percent of the 662 people polled picked Bush as their favorite among the last 10 presidents. John F. Kennedy topped that part of the survey, with 26 percent, closely followed by Bill Clinton (25 percent) and Ronald Reagan (23 percent).

Bush was also viewed as the most warlike president (43 percent), the worst for the economy (42 percent) and the least effective (33 percent). But he was rated most highly in response to a question on who would do the right thing even if it were unpopular.
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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:29 PM
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1. what happened to his sunny nobility?
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:58 PM
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21. and his sublime manliness?
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:29 PM
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2. Look at the guy...
He's a prick. It's that simple.

Peace.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:46 PM
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16. LOL! It really is.
:)
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:29 PM
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3. Clinton beats Reagan, Nixon beats Dumbass and...
...JFK beats everyone.
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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:29 PM
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4. WTF?
"But he was rated most highly in response to a question on who would do the right thing even if it were unpopular."

This idiot wouldn't recognize the 'right thing' if it walked up to him on the street, and bit him in the ass.
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atommom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:35 PM
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9. If he did do the right thing, it would be by accident.
Now, I do agree that he likes to make unpopular decisions, so if he accidentally did the right thing, he might let it stand. ;)
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:29 PM
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5. He's like a fucking fog horn ... somebody pull out his batteries!!!!
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Oceansaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:32 PM
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8. LoL...n/t
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:31 PM
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6. I was particularly offended when I saw THIS picture on the W.H. wall:


:evilgrin:
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:31 PM
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7. Lincoln would be barfing all over W if he could
I can't believe that he was highly rated on doing the right thing even it were unpopular, because W NEVER does the right thing, imho.
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Amonester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:35 PM
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10. ... who would do the right thing even if it were unpopular(??)

the right thing ????

yeah... sure... like thaking 5 weeks vacations is unpopular...

or

strummin' the wrong chord on a guitar while a major city sinks and thousands suffer is unpopular also...

:shrug:


(so many other unpopular .right. things too) :grr:
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:39 PM
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12. comparison to Nero is inescapable
even though fiddles did not exist then
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MidwestTransplant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:38 PM
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11. rated most highly on would do the right thing even if it were unpopular
I think if you asked if he would do the dumb thing even if he knew it were dumb, he would rank most highly on that.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:40 PM
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13. He's "doin' a heckuva job", isn't he? nt
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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:42 PM
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14. Sadly, a large hard-core base of RW ideologues and religious zealots
will support his every action, no matter how ruinous, disastrous, or wrong-headed. :cry:
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ourbluenation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:44 PM
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15. bellicose...I'll have to look that one up!
Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious. See Synonyms at belligerent.

Yep - he's bellicose!
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LunaC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 04:00 PM
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23. Thanks for saving me the time
I would have gone to the dictionary too!
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:47 PM
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17. Bush is flaming out.
The news is coming faster and faster! Today we have a HUGH revelation about domestic spying (4th amendment, anyone?) coming right on top of the Pentagon database which came right after the secret gulags. It's like the wheels are coming off the wagon while we watch. I'm lovin' it!

They richly deserve every bit of what they are about to get.
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:54 PM
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18. just don't ask the little wanker to spell bellicose . . . n/t
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RepublicanElephant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:55 PM
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19. it should read...
"But he was rated most highly in response to a question on who would do the right thing, even if he were the ONLY one who thought it was the right thing."
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 03:57 PM
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20. Bill beats raygun!!!!
:rofl:

and bushit gets NINE WHOLE FUCKING PERCENT?????

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Gato Moteado Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 04:00 PM
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22. i wish they included most intelligent in the poll
he'd be at the bottom of that one too.......just under reagan.
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 04:05 PM
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24. This is off topic, but I think you'll get a laugh from it:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4452539
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 04:12 PM
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25. most bellicose? good thing for * most american don't know james k polk...
Edited on Fri Dec-16-05 04:13 PM by unblock
but then, at least james k polk knew how to pick WINNABLE battles.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 04:41 PM
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26. I want to see the actual survey questions.
Now ma'am, who would you say is the most bellicose president? Did they really ask that? LOL!
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:02 PM
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27. reagan SHOULD be in single digits, but the press has canonized him
since he left office. His popularity will dip when his papers are FINALLY outed.. Even though they have been scrubbed for 20 + years, they cannot get it all:)
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