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CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating

By Jeralyn, Section Other Politics
Posted on Mon May 01, 2006 at 11:12:10 PM EST
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How low can he go? A new CBS poll finds Bush's approval rating at his lowest ever, 33%.

Only 33 percent approve of his job performance, Mr. Bush's lowest approval rating yet in CBS News polls. A majority - 58 percent of those polled - say they disapprove of the president. Mr. Bush appears to be losing support from his own party. His approval rating among Republicans has dropped to 68 percent.

Complete poll results are here. (pdf)

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    CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating | 24 comments (24 topical)
    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#1)
    by Edger on Tue May 02, 2006 at 01:33:19 AM EST
    Nothing a good imaginative October Surprise can't cure...

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue May 02, 2006 at 03:31:10 AM EST
    The CBS Poll at 33% subtract 3.5% for the margin of error. Geez, That means it's time to bomb Iran.Let's Roll. I heard they just missed the ever elusive Al Zarqawi a couple of weeks ago. Now You See Him Now You Don't. Let's Roll. Maybe it's time for the Al-Queda Swimsuit Edition. Just to let us know that they are still out there and wrecking havoc everytime Bush's poll numbers tumble Al Queda will rumble.Let's Roll.We need to bring this plane down before it hit's the White House. We need to save George Bush. Let''s Do it. George Bush is a Failure.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#3)
    by john horse on Tue May 02, 2006 at 03:48:29 AM EST
    To borrow the line from Stephen Colbert, the Bush administration should not be compared to the Titanic. Its more like the Hindenburg.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue May 02, 2006 at 05:45:40 AM EST
    For war he hungered and lust, Now it's all turning to dust. Gas so high, Don't look to the sky. Not even in God can you trust.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#5)
    by Edger on Tue May 02, 2006 at 06:02:52 AM EST
    Yeah, nobody does it like Colbert:
    Ok. It doesn't matter. The point is the heart-warming story of a man who was repeatedly punched in the face. So don't pay attention to the approval ratings that say 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he's not doing? Think about it.


    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#6)
    by Che's Lounge on Tue May 02, 2006 at 06:36:24 AM EST
    Chimpeach and indict.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#7)
    by jimakaPPJ on Tue May 02, 2006 at 06:45:39 AM EST
    The question really becomes, what issues does his base disapprove of? The answer is immigration and gas... He is starting to catch on to the immigration issue - see the anthem response and the gas issue goes away immediately if the price drops. If it doesn't, the longer the price stays up, the more people will see it as something that is not Bush's fault. If the MSM starts, as Time did, implying that we should bow to the demands of Iran and Venezula to get cheap oil, the Demos immediately lose. As much as I would like to see the Repubs get a real wake up call, I don't see it. (I may be wrong.) To do a "charlieism," be happy that you are ahead, but it is still not quite halftime and you have had every bit of luck possible and some knuckle headed plays by the other team's QB. Don't even think about counting your chickens....

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#8)
    by Edger on Tue May 02, 2006 at 06:50:17 AM EST
    Krist it hurts when I fall of the chair laughing this early in the morning. Must be an age thing... approaching 68 is no fun at all.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#9)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue May 02, 2006 at 07:42:39 AM EST
    Charlie, you did it! You broke Jim. Now ne's ramnbling to himself.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#10)
    by Edger on Tue May 02, 2006 at 07:46:35 AM EST
    All the king's horses and all the king's men... etc. etc. etc...

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#11)
    by jondee on Tue May 02, 2006 at 08:01:01 AM EST
    "The answer is immigration and gas" And you know this how? In the words of the all-knowing-one, links please.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#12)
    by Jlvngstn on Tue May 02, 2006 at 08:27:48 AM EST
    The answer is the war. Idiot americans are finally starting to realize that even if only a couple thousand americans die, the balance sheet will still grow exponentially. Rumsfeld and Cheney have always been viewed as arrogant, only now that the morons who were all for the war to keep us safe, have realized that the price tag ain't going down any time soon. People of America deserve the consequences of this administrations' policies as they elected him. The 49% who disagreed should be pissed at the demos for running the "I cannot finish a sentence in 400 words or less" Kerry for president. John Kerry is an honorable man and a great public servant, but was a horrible choice for the candidacy. 300 billion and then some could have financed a national h/c plan, instead we are quagmiring away hundreds of millions a month to what end? I still do not advocate leaving because we created the chaos in the country and it is high time americans learn that when you start a war and depose a leader, you are obligated to rebuild and stabilize the country. How about an exit strategy and some transparency as to what is really going on over there? After all, it is OUR money financing this operation and it would be nice to know how long we are going be paying for it.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#13)
    by Peaches on Tue May 02, 2006 at 09:13:32 AM EST
    John Kerry is an honorable man and a great public servant
    , Sounds like pretty good qualifications to me.
    but was a horrible choice for the candidacy.
    This is a reflection on merits of the public, not the man.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#14)
    by Jlvngstn on Tue May 02, 2006 at 09:27:41 AM EST
    Peaches - thanks for the note, do you think he was the best candidate in the field for the dems?

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#15)
    by Peaches on Tue May 02, 2006 at 09:38:44 AM EST
    I was a delegate for Dennis Kucinich. But, I quickly understood he wasn't going to win, so I had high hopes for Kerry.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#16)
    by squeaky on Tue May 02, 2006 at 10:03:32 AM EST
    PPJ reveals the empty heart of america and himself. Immigration and gas are the only issues that matter. Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me in my SUV, riding high while all the dopes die. Scarcity is the bedwetters war cry. Next verse: 'liberate' Irans oil. They don't need it they have camels.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#17)
    by desertswine on Tue May 02, 2006 at 10:15:15 AM EST
    "...the longer the price stays up, the more people will see it as something that is not Bush's fault." - Professor Irwin Corey

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#18)
    by jimakaPPJ on Tue May 02, 2006 at 12:44:59 PM EST
    charlie..... Got any cheese to go with that whine???? Show some proof, charlie, show some proof.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#19)
    by john horse on Tue May 02, 2006 at 02:15:20 PM EST
    PPJ re:"The answer is immigration and gas..." Speaking of gas, Bush and the GOP are so full of hot air that if we could only find a way to tap into them we could solve our energy problem. I figure that Rush Limbaugh by himself could light up an average sized city for a year.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#20)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue May 02, 2006 at 04:51:21 PM EST
    Sailor. How is ye boy? I was saving this for when you were around. A captain is no ordinary seaman, He's learned and adept for a reason. To safely navigate, The great ship of state. But Dub, in hurricane season.?

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#21)
    by Sailor on Tue May 02, 2006 at 06:54:17 PM EST
    Doing good OW, I'll be sending you some pics soon from this season's hotrod I'm crewing on. (3k displacement, 1/2 of it is the bulb.) Sorry all, and back on topic; bush's polls are low because he's doing a bad job. And you can only fool all of the people some of the time.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#22)
    by John Mann on Tue May 02, 2006 at 08:19:07 PM EST
    What amazes me is that 33% of those polled actually think the Littlest Cowpoke is doing a good job.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#23)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Tue May 02, 2006 at 08:53:48 PM EST
    There will always be a percentage of the electorate that will stand up and be counted, be it for Bush or some other. It is not that they think he is doing a good job, to admit he is not, is to admit they themselves have been wrong in supporting such failure. It is this misguided belief that they cannot be wrong results in the figures.

    Re: CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating (none / 0) (#24)
    by John Mann on Tue May 02, 2006 at 09:53:58 PM EST
    There will always be a percentage of the electorate that will stand up and be counted, be it for Bush or some other. It is not that they think he is doing a good job, to admit he is not, is to admit they themselves have been wrong in supporting such failure. It is this misguided belief that they cannot be wrong results in the figures.
    Thanks, Oscar. I feel comforted now.

    CBS Poll: Bush Sinks to 33% Approval Rating | 24 comments (24 topical)