posted on July 20, 2007 08:16:30 PM new
Quote: "They do not view him as an asset, they DO pay attention to the polls and the opinions of the voters.
Also there are , I hear rumors anyway, that there are Repug who want to be president....an outgoing president who is very unpopular again , isn't an asset. "
Oh, we are on the poll thing again. Well, the latest polls say that the president is more popular than the "democan't" controlled congress.
A couple of paragraphs from recent July article:
"WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - These are tough times for the Democratic-led U.S. Congress, where partisan battles have led to little progress on big issues and have made lawmakers collectively less popular than President George W. Bush.
Congress, typically never all that popular to begin with, starts the second half of 2007 with an anemic job approval rating of about 25 percent, down from 43 percent in January, with one Gallup poll ranking lawmakers at 14 percent...."
posted on July 20, 2007 08:24:47 PM new
Poll: Pelosi's Congress Approval Sinks to 14 Percent 83 percent of U.S. voters say the Democratic-controlled Congress is doing only a fair or poor job - the worst mark for Congress in a Zogby poll
Oh, yea, Americans' are really supporting the liberals.....lol..lol...lol
and some of them are up for re-election ALSO in '08.
posted on July 20, 2007 08:40:13 PM newClue phone ringing.....President Bush is NOT up for re-election.
I didn't say he was, Lindak. It's amazing what your head imagines when you attempt to read, so no wonder you are such a frustrated and hysterical person when you try to respond to others here.
Last I heard, Bush's approval rating dropped to 29% - a new low. That's what I was referring to in my last comment - meaning that most of the country doesn't approve of his job performance as a president. Do you understand now or will I need to explain further so you don't become angrier?
posted on July 20, 2007 08:40:26 PM new
"PLEASE back up that nonsense. I'd LOVE to know which liberal HERE you're lying about."
Did you or did you not make the above statement? I gave you two examples of known liberals criticizing Clinton. I said it was a quick search. I am not about to search all the threads to satisfy you. YOU wanted to know which liberals I was "lying" about. I posted 2 examples to show you I spoke the truth. Now you are trying to obfuscate by bringing up other issues. I think you are the delusional one, Linda. Next you will accuse me of not answering your questions. Your usual MO.
posted on July 20, 2007 08:49:43 PM new
LOL....and as I pointed out CC rusty wasn't bashing clinton nor kerry's character flaws.
LOL
And two does NOT make MOST liberals here...as YOU falsely stated. Quick search or not. My position is you'd be hard pressed to find any more than you and rusty...and I'm NOT 'buying' that rusty did as you posted. imo, he didn't. He just said he didn't like clintons pardons either. Is that not clear to you?
posted on July 20, 2007 08:52:41 PM new
And kiara....your nonsense continues.
The democratic controlled congress has LOWER approval ratings than does this President.....and many are up for re-election in '08.
I have no problem with my ability to read. I addressed your comment by saying it didn't MATTER. Should have been real clear to most. That it wasn't to you comes as no surprise. You and mingo are two of a kind....game players.
Your point of what the polls say about this President don't mean #*!@. Maybe using your own terms makes it more clear for you.
posted on July 20, 2007 09:08:13 PM newYour point of what the polls say about this President don't mean #*!@.
No need to become so angry that you have to curse just because you failed to comprehend my post about how you view the majority of Americans, Lindak. You call everyone 'radical liberals' for not approving of Bush's job performance and his war in Iraq - that's a majority of your fellow Americans that you are labeling. That makes you a minority in your very own country when it comes to your views.
posted on July 20, 2007 09:08:15 PM new
"Last I heard, Bush's approval rating dropped to 29% - a new low"
I don't know where you get your figures, kiara, but it has been in the low 30s and is now at 33% compared to a 14% rating for the democan't controlled congress.
Course the democan'ts are blaming Bush and the Republicans, as usual. Blame anyone but them. Learn to take the heat libs. You earned it.
posted on July 20, 2007 09:12:09 PM new
Congressional job ratings...most recent polls indicate satisfactory ratings are 21% for Republicans and 31% for Dems. Neither is a number worth writing home about, but there is some merit in the argument that Republicans are dragging down the overall congressional polls. No question about it.
posted on July 20, 2007 09:16:43 PM new
They SURE have. [responding to etex]
And they're proving, day by day just how totally incompetent they really are.
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kiara....that's funny coming from you who has told me to 'stick it up by axx' several times when YOU lost control of yourself.
Something you swear you NEVER do. Yea, right.
And you too are misreading my posts.
I laugh all the time at you liberals...as you always note by whining about my smilies and LOL's.
Don't be such a phony. We've all seen your posts....so all honest adults know better than what you TRY and convince some fools you really are like.
Fool them...but you'll NEVER fool me. I've had your number for years. Years and years.
You have little to add except your trolling, baiting posts. And what you live for here each and every day. Not just when your computer bell goes off any more...now everyday....24/7.
And I've been laughing at all your posts in this thread....oh so happy with the Presidents lower poll ratings....but in TOTAL denial that the new liberal congress is WORSE. You live in denial....because polls don't matter at all. As we've seen in most elections in the past 12 years.
They were wrong...all wrong. Could be again too.
[ edited by Linda_K on Jul 20, 2007 09:19 PM ]
posted on July 20, 2007 09:16:59 PM new
The 29% approval rate is listed in one poll that I see. Another says Bush popularity has stabilized at 33%. Whatever.
That sure beats the 14% rating for the democan't controlled congress.
Neither is pretty. I'm afraid that the American public will never agree with any political party again. Split right down the middle. That leads to nothing being done and the downhill slide.
posted on July 20, 2007 09:28:23 PM new
"LOL....and as I pointed out CC rusty wasn't bashing clinton nor kerry's character flaws."
Kerry was never mentioned in this discussion, so either your reading comprehension problems are surfacing or YOU are lying. No one said anything about bashing Kerry or Clinton. I said many "liberal" posters admit to character flaws. Clinton's presidential pardons would come under that heading. There have been several threads over the last month or two in which posters you term liberal have criticized Clinton's behavior. As you so often say, look it up yourself.
"Oh so ONE other poster huh, CC?" You only asked for one, you twit.
posted on July 20, 2007 09:28:24 PM new
Etexbill, since the majority show low ratings for the democrats too it seems like most Americans are in agreement when it comes to government. So it's a bit extreme for Linda_K to label others here as 'radical liberals', especially when most here, especially Coincoach, sound very reasonable in their beliefs and seem to voice what the majority of the country is saying. That was my point.
posted on July 20, 2007 09:36:37 PM newkiara....that's funny coming from you who has told me to 'stick it up by axx' several times when YOU lost control of yourself.
I didn't lose control. It was a calm and factual response. You'd probably have to hear it 'live' to know how I say it, Linda. And I never say 'axx'. I say 'ass'. And I don't say 'stick'. I say 'cram'.
Always calm and with a smile or two - just for you.
posted on July 20, 2007 10:01:12 PM new
GAWD kiara....how many MORE hundreds of times are you going to repeat that same stupid mantra? A thousand more times? A million more times? Who cares? Not me.
I like discussing politics NOT your juvenile GARBAGE/trolling/baiting over and over for years and years. GET out of your rut...it's BORING.
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Yes, CC. As I pointed out that you FAILED to prove your parameter's. Case closed. Your repetitiveness is also BORING.
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The poll shows MOST Americans' are satisfied with their lives.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 9:09 a.m. EDT
Poll: Pelosi's Congress Approval Sinks to 14 Percent
Reprint Information
Giuliani: U.S. 'Too Consumed With Iraq'
Most U.S. voters think the country is on the wrong track and remain deeply unhappy with President George W. Bush and Congress, but still feel good about their finances and optimistic about the future, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
Eighteen months before Bush leaves the White House, nearly two-thirds of Americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction and give the president negative marks for his job performance.
An even bigger majority, 83 percent, say the Democratic-controlled Congress is doing only a fair or poor job - the worst mark for Congress in a Zogby poll.
But despite their dim views of government, majorities of Americans remain upbeat about their personal finances and security, and nearly two-thirds are very or fairly confident their children will have a better life than they do.
Pollster John Zogby said the split between voters' views of government and of their personal well-being has grown in recent years, particularly after the failed federal response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
"Americans feel their government is not accomplishing the people's business," Zogby said. "They feel the system is seriously broken."
In the national survey of 1,012 likely voters, taken July 12 through July 14, about 66 percent said Bush had done only a fair or poor job as president, with 34 percent ranking his performance as excellent or good.
That is up slightly from his low of 30 percent in early March and in line with other national polls showing Bush's approval ratings lingering at or near historically low levels amid continued chaos and bloodshed in Iraq.
But the marks for Congress, mired in gridlock over a series of partisan political battles after Democrats took power in the 2006 elections, continued to drop.
While 83 percent said Congress was doing a fair or poor job, just 14 percent rated it excellent or good. Last October, in its final days, the Republican-led Congress earned ratings of excellent or good from 23 percent of voters.
"There is a growing sense that people voted for change in 2006 and they aren't getting it," Zogby said.
The poll showed only 26 percent of Americans thought the United States was on the right track and 64 percent thought it was on the wrong track.
Americans also have little confidence in U.S. foreign and economic policy. Two-thirds of those surveyed, 66 percent, said the direction of economic policy was fair or poor, and 76 percent said U.S. foreign policy was headed in a fair or poor direction.
But on a personal level, Americans feel relatively secure and comfortable with their own finances and safety. Nearly 82 percent of Americans said they feel very or fairly safe from "threats from abroad," and nearly 70 percent feel very or fairly secure in their jobs.
While 14 percent rated their personal financial situation as excellent and 10 percent as poor, the vast majority found themselves in the middle. About 43 percent rated their finances as good, and 43 percent as fair.
"Americans have made a serious adjustment. Their expectations have been tempered," Zogby said. "With little faith in government, you feel you are pretty much on your own."
Several years of headlines about possible torture of U.S. detainees, treatment of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center and international anger over the Iraq war has not dented the pride of Americans.
About two-thirds of the likely voters surveyed said they were "very" proud of the United States, with 22 percent saying they were "fairly" proud and 8 percent saying they were not very proud of their country.
The national telephone survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
reuters
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So there you have a poll of a few more than 1,000 Americans vs 300,000,000 American citizens.
posted on July 20, 2007 10:22:37 PM newGAWD kiara....how many MORE hundreds of times are you going to repeat that same stupid mantra? A thousand more times? A million more times? Who cares? Not me.
Well, YOU were the one that just brought it into the discussion AGAIN so obviously you still DO care otherwise you'd let it go and move on, silly.
And you can fiddle the #s all you want, you can go to bed dreaming that everyone in America loves 'your guy' as much as you do, whatever makes you happy as you live in your state of denial.
Sweet dreams! (as the nightmare of Bush's presidency continues on)
posted on July 20, 2007 11:37:39 PM newkiara, I realized your point. Thanks.
Etexbill, I'm glad someone did. I don't recognize any 'radical liberals' posting on the Round Table and then when 'anti-American' or 'unAmerican' is also added to the insulting labels it makes little sense to me because the views expressed here seem to be much the same as the mainstream - otherwise most of Americans would be against their own country. I don't see that at all.
posted on July 21, 2007 04:32:05 AM new
"Yes, CC. As I pointed out that you FAILED to prove your parameter's. Case closed. Your repetitiveness is also BORING"
Only to your reading-challenged mind. And there is no apostrophe in parameters. And there is no one more repetitive than you Linda. Same LOL, same tsk, tsk, same bullcrap. Keep trying to convince yourself and other that everyone else is wrong, everyone else has FAILED. You haven't been successful so far.
