The "strongly disapprove" polls. According to this week's Gallup poll, Georgie surpassed the zenith of disapproval achieved by formerly most "strongly disapproved of" president Tricky Dicky:"For the first time, George W. Bush has surpassed Richard M. Nixon in unpopularity in the Gallup Poll, receiving the highest "strongly disapprove" rating for a president in Gallup's history. [...]I can hear the wingnuts foaming and fuming "Well, it's normal for a president to be unpopular at the end of his second term!" Especially when he's being impeached or forced out, I guess, like Nixon. Like... Clinton: err whoops!
"Gallup details Bush's falling numbers in a series of graphs that appear below. They note that Bush's "strongly disapprove" rating is the highest Gallup has ever measured for a US president, though the category is not polled in every survey."
It's worth noting that this is the first time ever that 50% of those polled say they don't just disapprove, but strongly disapprove of a president. Wow. I'm old enough to remember how hated Nixon was. Outdoing that had to be... you know the next part... sing it... whine it... testify!... "Hard, hard work!"
(h/t north of centre)
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