AOL poll: Is Bush worst president ever?

AOL has a series of polls up on Bush and how history will judge him. Scroll down and you'll see a comparison of Bush vs. every president since JFK. Bush polls as worse than every other president -- even Nixon (see below).

http://news.aol.com/dailypulse/032206?id=20060322102309990001&ncid=NWS00010000000001

How would you rate Bush's presidency now?
Very unfavorably 67%
Very favorably 18%
Somewhat favorably 9%
Somewhat unfavorably 5%
Total Votes: 307,922


Who will history judge more favorably?
Nixon 60%
Bush 40%
Total Votes: 40,267

"Honey, how come you have to ask me that?"

I never thought I'd see the day I'd be pining to see'ole nixon or even ronnie up there in the oval office rather than someone else. But bush** has done it.

It has never been this bizarre or insane. Not in my 57 years. Probably not ever.

but what other choice was there? They should have an "about the same" choice as well as "better" or "worse". Voting for those two tore my moral fiber to shreds, but bush? He'll AWAYS be the worst, hands down. :puke:

I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Seems like that would have been an endorsement of some kind. I do find a certain satisfaction that Bush Criminal #2 will go down in history as the worst president ever, but the price we're paying is too high just to tag that insult upon him.

Public reaction to him will continue to decline after he leaves office, as more and more of his dirty deeds are exposed.

he fixed social security
he evened out taxes and cut upper bracket tax loopholes
he got SALT with USSR
he created EPA
he fixed VA problems and built hospitals
he increased cooperation with europe
he funded poverty programs and started meals for poor kids in schools.

that isn't even close to reaching what he did with China.

Nixon was not so bad, except for being a crook. In comparison to today's people, we would much prefer to have him in office.
He would not have invaded Iraq, he would not give Israel carte blanche, he would not have fucked up Katrina like Bush did.

It just shows how radically right wing the Republicans have become.

stupid party leaders, be they GOP or Dems, take refuge in saying black when the other side says white. Easy to remember and do, and takes no brain power or spine. (A very limited supply exists within the bloatway to start with) Besides, it is a SAFE refuge, something near and dear to their petty little hearts. It creates no waves.

We have had too much of that, and the voters punished the Dems just for such mindless approaches. They just haven't gotten the point yet. The real problem is when the issue is no longer White or Black, Yes or No, Even or Odd.

Today's GOP has gone so far into fascism, greed and corruption, that just saying the opposite of their current stance puts the democrats smack dab in the middle of conservative GOP. The choice today is far right or right, not even moderate, left or right. Hell, even financial conservatives are scared by these religious based yahoo crazies.

Thom Hartmann compared his policies to those of the current GOP and he comes up as a liberal, based on that comparison. MKJ

was when he imposed price controls.

the Great Uniter---'cause EVERYONE is ready to ditch him.:rofl:

n/t

I voted in every available poll. With the sheer mass of participants, my lone, lil' old vote doesn't seem much, I s'pose, but I feel compelled to do whatever bit I may: butterfly effect, I guess.
Those numbers are spectacular, given that the AOL propaganda page is second only to fraud republic.

Didn't it feel great to vote on all those things and see the results? :D :thumbsup:

because he was so damaging to the country and the world, but probably not quite as much as Bush, but close

How would you rate Bush's presidency now?
Very unfavorably 67%
Very favorably 18%
Somewhat favorably 9%
Somewhat unfavorably 5%
Total Votes: 314,314

How will history judge Bush's presidency?
Very unfavorably 62%
Very favorably 19%
Somewhat unfavorably 10%
Somewhat favorably 9%
Total Votes: 312,038

How would you rate Bush's handling of the war in Iraq?
Very unfavorably 69%
Very favorably 16%
Somewhat favorably 10%
Somewhat unfavorably 5%
Total Votes: 265,896

How will history judge Bush's handling of the war in Iraq?
Very unfavorably 68%
Very favorably 17%
Somewhat favorably 9%
Somewhat unfavorably 6%
Total Votes: 262,345

Do you think the media treat Bush fairly?
Yes 65%
No 35%
Total Votes: 228,034

Do you think Bush treats the media fairly?
No 67%
Yes 33%
Total Votes: 226,315

Who will history judge more favorably?
Kennedy 82%
Bush 18%
Total Votes: 68,666

Who will history judge more favorably?
Johnson 69%
Bush 31%
Total Votes: 46,590

Who will history judge more favorably?
Nixon 60%
Bush 40%
Total Votes: 41,403

Who will history judge more favorably?
Ford 74%
Bush 26%
Total Votes: 36,606

Who will history judge more favorably?
Carter 74%
Bush 26%
Total Votes: 37,262

Who will history judge more favorably?
Reagan 93%
Bush 7%
Total Votes: 34,739

And, now, Mano a Mano...
Who will history judge more favorably?
George H.W. Bush 79%
George W. Bush 21%
Total Votes: 33,546 :rofl:

Who will history judge more favorably?
Clinton 78%
Bush 22%
Total Votes: 43,238

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

knowing that his much smarter son, Jeb, will never have his chance at the White House because of what his much stupider and less talented son, "W", has done to this country? My guess is that he wishes he'd used a condom with Babs (now there's a visual that will turn your stomach) the night Dumbya was conceived. :puke:

I don't think the media treats Preznit Dumbass fairly at all. They coddle and pander to him instead of calling him the criminal, thief, liar and piece of shit that he really is!

I also think that at this moment, 68% of the people would rate Satan himself as better than Dumbass.

He gets favoritism treatment rather than favorable treatment.

hard to tell by the results. mabe there is a koolaid shortage goin around.

How would you rate Bush's presidency now?
Very unfavorably 67% :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Very favorably 18%
Somewhat favorably 9%
Somewhat unfavorably 5%
Total Votes: 320,851

How will history judge Bush's presidency?
Very unfavorably 62% :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Very favorably 19%
Somewhat unfavorably 10%
Somewhat favorably 9%
Total Votes: 318,595

Even LBJ and Ford are waxing W!

is a testament to how much * is losing his grip. Can you imagine this poll a few years ago? I can't.

Although Reagan was 93% over Bush. It was kind of rough to have to vote on that one.

and he is a turd scraping the bowl below 30% on most of the questions.

what a fucking loser.

Bush may make it into the bottom five, but what people forget is that we have had some really bad presidents. It's always easy to say someone's the "best" or the "worst" when you are living through that time period.

bush has been

couldn't figure out how to see the other pres vs polls.

When you're well on your way to surpassing the likes of Franklin Pierce and Warren Harding as the worst ever, you're in a heap of trouble. :-)

How would you rate Bush's presidency now?
Very unfavorably 67%
Very favorably 18%
Somewhat favorably 9%
Somewhat unfavorably 5%
Total Votes: 321,162

How will history judge Bush's presidency?
Very unfavorably 62%
Very favorably 19%
Somewhat unfavorably 10%
Somewhat favorably 9%
Total Votes: 318,908

How would you rate Bush's handling of the war in Iraq?
Very unfavorably 69%
Very favorably 16%
Somewhat favorably 10%
Somewhat unfavorably 5%
Total Votes: 271,545

How will history judge Bush's handling of the war in Iraq?
Very unfavorably 68%
Very favorably 17%
Somewhat favorably 9%
Somewhat unfavorably 6%
Total Votes: 268,016

Do you think the media treat Bush fairly?
Yes 65%
No 35%
Total Votes: 228,034

Do you think Bush treats the media fairly?
No 67%
Yes 33%
Total Votes: 233,014



The percentages don't appear to have changed since Laylah's post at 5:48 a.m. (CST), but the counts have increased.

Even Little Lord Pissypants can't compare to HERBERT HOOVER with the Great Depression and the crash of '29. We are currently in a recession, offshoring our jobs, etc. and things may get a lot worse before they get better -- but Hoover presided over the worst hardships ever endured by Americans of all time.

Look, I can't stand Bush at all, but we're not suffering under 75% unemployment (yet) and we're not all being forced to dig up turnips to eat (you know that half of you had a Starbucks yesterday...)

So, let's please remember our history here, and not just spout red meat rhetoric for once. It does a great disservice to the 1920's generation -- THOSE people knew suffering and hardship. It seriously takes a bunch spoiled little princesses to compare our current state of an economic downturn and a bad president who loves war (while we all continue getting fatter from all of our food and protected from manual labor) against what my grandmother and her family (being one of 13 children) went through during that time while living in the dustbowl of Texas during the Great Depression.

as historians typically bring up these names as worst: Hoover, Adams, Coolidge and Harding. But for our generation, there's no doubt that Bush and Reagan rank up there as 1 and 2.

you see the policies that led t the 1929 crash are the same that are being followed right now... so the operative word is YET for a great depresion. Also... the great depresion was covered by the Media and all that, we truly do not know what the level of REAL unemployment is in the country... will give yuo an example. My husband is looking for work, he had not received any assistance, guess what... he is NOT part of the statistics.

And there are millions like that right now.

launch a preemptive war based on lies, or allow a major U.S. city to drown because of sheer incompetence. Nor did Hoover claim to be above the law, willfully violating laws passed by Congress and defying Congress to do anything about it.

Plus Bush's refusal to recognize global warming threatens not only residents in the U.S., but the entire planet.

Bush, in my book, is far worse.

for twiddling his thumbs while the Confederacy was forming.

And Ulysses Grant for having the most corrupt administration of all time.

The first poll said there was an error and couldn't give me the results.


Do you think the media treat Bush fairly?
Yes 65%
No 35%
Total Votes: 233,105
Note on Poll Results

of the 321,360 votes cast...67% Bush presidency NOW is viewed unfavorably, and out of the 319,106 votes cast, 62% view Bush presdiency in history as very unfavorably...

This is encouraging... I went through the comparisons with other Preznits, he is LOW... only candidate the loyal repukes "agree" with us on is Reagan, how in the world they think Reagan was great I don't knwo but he's got an inch on Dubya.

I gagged when I voted for raygun.

Had a hard time with the media question - has Bush been treated fairly. I said "No" because they've been way too easy on him.

nt

worst. EVER.