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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:48 PM
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Q: What would you call a president whose approval rating is in the low 40s after just over 900 days?
Two acceptable answers:

1) Barack Obama
2) Ronald Reagan
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:49 PM
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1. well, he does want to emulate Reagan...
much to my dismay.
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LonePirate Donating Member (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:54 PM
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3. I disagree. If he wanted to emulate Reagan, he would move to the left.
At this point, Obama is the most right wing president we have ever had - even more so than W.
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 08:10 PM
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5. Oh, come on
I would say that, in some ways, Obama has been to the right of Nixon. But he is not farther right than Reagan. Obama has not made lowering tax rates for the rich a central theme of his presidency. Quite the contrary.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 08:14 PM
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7. That's right. He's claimed he wants to tax the rich while
keeping their tax cuts intact.

How many times did Reagan raise taxes? Wasn't it 8 times or so?
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 08:20 PM
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9. Congress...
... has had something to say about all that.
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Inuca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 08:12 PM
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6. Wake up! n/t
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:51 PM
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2. Well, now we know there was at least one Raygun Democrat.
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BumRushDaShow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:55 PM
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4. Jimmy Carter's was 25% at the same point.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/carter-crisis-speech/">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/carter-crisis-speech/
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GoCubsGo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 08:14 PM
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8. Or..
3) Bill Clinton.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/116584/presidential-approval-ratings-bill-clinton.aspx
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 08:21 PM
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10. Who also had no problem being reelected (nt)
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