George Bush has fallen off a statistical cliff.

[achtung_circus]

[spuddonna]

1. And has no one to blame but himself... n/t

[Ioo]

2. Damn I wanted it to be true

That he really did fall off a cliff...

[achtung_circus]

5. KKKarl won't let him near high places. nt

[ironman202]

6. and rounded off scissors

[LoKnLoD]

3. If 9/11 never happened

He would have been this low the whole 5 years. Hell if 9/11 never happened he probably wouldn't have been office right now.

[Tari]

7. If he hadn't been in office, 9/11 wouldn't have happened. eom

[Hissyspit]

25. Yes. Welcome to DU, Tari!

:toast:

[Tari]

30. Thank you, Hissyspit.

:hi:

[Hissyspit]

31. Drove to Wisconsin one summer with a friend to try and escape the heat...

We got to Chicago, went through the city heading north; before we got to the state line, we looked at the map of Wisconsin, saw how really truly far it was to the top of the state which is where we were heading to be part of an audience at a radio show, realized how far it was and turned East, went to Boston and then came home to North Carolina.

So I still have never been to Wisconsin.

Never did escape the heat, either. I think it was the summer of '94 or something.

[Tari]

36. Geez, that's quite a roadtrip. I lived in California for awhile,

& a friend of mine was moving/driving back to Queens, NY, & I rode with. Took the southern route as it was December & one of the states we drove through was North Carolina. It was during the night & all I saw of your state was freeway. What the heck was the radio show that made you drive that far?

[Hissyspit]

39. "Whaddya Know?" which I think is American Public Radio

It was just an excuse to do a road trip.

Even as we drove across Canada, we were burning up. (He didn't have a very good air conditioner.)

[Ladyhawk]

32. Even if MIHOP and LIHOP aren't true, you're right.

He and his whole admin are such fuck-ups they basically allowed 9-11 to happen. That's a form of LIHOP, really.

[PunkPop]

4. "He's fallen and he can't get up"!

Thanks goodness.

[Neocondriac]

8. Another factor.....

This fall mirrors the performance of Time/Warner over the same period.I dumped that poor performer way back though.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

9. And all his invoking of 9-11 can't put georgie back together again

It took too long for that little maneuver to fizzle out for him. He has nothing left with which to rally his people.

Worst President ever!

[Tyranny_R_US]

10. I knew it was too good to be true :/

[DinahMoeHum]

11. Worse than Nixon - unfuckingbelievable. . .

Link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/big-media-lie-people-l_b_6171.html

(snip)
Here’s the mainstream media myth that’s driving me crazy: Americans really like George W. Bush.

News Flash – George Bush’s approval ratings are at 36%. Those are pre-coup numbers. That’s when a politician in a third world country becomes so unpopular that a couple of generals decide to show him the door. Nixon at the height of Watergate was at 39%, three points HIGHER than Bush is right now. And people despised Nixon.
(snip)

:rofl:

[achtung_circus]

16. Nixon vs Bush? Here:

This guy incorporates ALL major polling data to factor out poll bias.

[Chichiri]

22. Why use Gallup?

[achtung_circus]

I'm not sure why he's using solely Gallup in this instance.

He seems to use as broad a data set as possible, when possible. Perhaps Gallup was the only set of data available for Nixon.

<http://www.pollkatz.homestead.com/#anchor_44>

[ultraist]

46. Also worse than Johnson at his low point during the Vietnam war

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000981193

Broadly speaking,” Gallup comments, “presidents who have had similar quarterly averages to Bush's most recent one did not show much improvement going forward … :thumbsup:

“Clearly, Bush is off to an inauspicious start to his second term in office. He had average a 62% approval rating during his first term in office.”

And midterms are right around the corner. It's going to get very interesting.

[MADem]

51. My first thought was that graph looked VERY Nixonian! n/t

[MADem]

52. Dupe, sorry, tricky mouse

[catmandu57]

12. I can't see anything that will stop the fall

Not if by some miracle Osama drops into our lap, not if all of a sudden they start throwing flowers in Iraq, not another attack herem nothing will get it up again for the chimp*. Not even a truckload of viagra.

[BlueIris]

35. I'd agree with two out of your three conditions.

There's that other thing, though, which I'm still scared to death about, that I think might cause some extra dumb people to get behind * once again.

[bullimiami]

13. with those numbers noone sane could think that the election was honest

personally I believe the real numbers are worse.
i also believe the election was rigged by quite a few million votes.

[Imagevision]

14. It'll go well with Fitzgerald report/indictments...

http://downingstreetmemo.com /

[KamaAina]

15. Don't tell me he was riding his bike again!

:evilgrin:

[Richardo]

17. A metaphor - how disappointing

:)

[achtung_circus]

18. Boring, but the tail end of that graph is, well, graphic. nt

[Richardo]

19. That it is...

...my comment was based on your original subject line, which was more literal. :)

Great graph - thanks for posting it.

[redqueen]

20. So FAUX News's ratings are still falling, too, then?

I swear that spew is on EVERY TV in a public place in N. Dallas. x(

[RethugAssKicker]

21. Georiga too!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

23. Now if we could get the true stories to come out on Abu Ghraib, Rove's

treason, and Sybil Edmonds' lawsuit going forward, we might see how really liked the Chimp is, once America wakes up to what is really going on in this administration.

[Hissyspit]

24. Off to the Greatest Page with you, chart!

nominated

[babsbunny]

26. And he doesn't care!

[Wizard777]

27. The Fool!

Tettering procariously on the tip toes of one foot at the edge of a cliff with teh dog of Peace barking at his heal. Bwahahahahaha!

Pull the rip cord Dick! Pull the rip cord!
Oh shit! There is a reason they don't make parachutes out of gold.
LOOK OUT BELOW!

[HadItUpToHere]

28. would another 9-11 help or hurt the little prince?

if another terrorist strike of 9-11 magnitude were to occur in the u.s. tomorrow, i doubt that the country would rally behind him, the way so many of them did after 9-11...
at this juncture, another 9-11 would probably push his poll numbers into the teens...the low teens.

[Eloriel]

29. I'm concerned about exactly that -- concerned why they aren't worried

too. Maybe they're a little worried, but not greatly worried.

OTOH, they may also realize that they might not be able to get away with it -- too many people are onto them. We can hope (is there a smilie for fingers crossed?).

[Ladyhawk]

33. I thought they'd be smart enough not to attack Cindy Sheehan,

but the bastards did it anyway. Would they be dumb enough to stage a terrorist attack? I'm still not completely certain of MIHOP or LIHOP, but I will answer "LIHOP" on a poll.

Are they capable of staging an attack? Are they that stupid? Are the American people stupid enough to fall for it?

[Surya Gayatri]

49. I somehow doubt it, too

Especially as one of the major justifications for his criminal war has been "we're fightin''em over there, so we don'haf ta fight'em here! And you hear so many wrong wing-nuts yelling "Well, we haven't been attacked since 9/11, have we?

[karlrschneider]

34. Drat. I was hoping "Statistical" was the name of some big cliff in Idaho.

:evilgrin:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

37. And the lower the numbers, the louder they strike up the band,

dress up the soldiers, wrap him in flags and bunting and crank up the old 9-11 films. If they surrounded him with scantily dressed girls twirling lit batons, and a few white tigers, he could star in his own act in Vegas. No shame.

[dxstone]

38. The neocons should start their own NEW party, and call it HELP!

The Hopelessly Evil Lemmings Party!
Then Dubya could be a REAL leader of SOME sort!

LOOKING WHERE YOU'RE GOING IS

HARD WORK!

Great post, ac! Have you seen this other MSNBC poll?

OMG! 81% AGAINST THE CHIMP in latest MSNBC Poll on Iraq!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4454154&mesg_id=4454154

[HereSince1628]

40. Great! But I prefer saying his popularity has slide into the abyss.

Which leads to the use of modifiers like abysmal.

Which is also a really good descriptor of his abilities.

[Gloria]

41. Memo to wimpy Dems: link Bush to GOP officeholders, and crucify

them. Take advantage of these numbers and muse aloud: and we should feel beholden to give Roberts and easy pass?????

[Vinca]

42. Looks like he's drilling for oil. nt

[Vox_Reason]

43. And we know how successful he was drilling for oil...

I think the fascists are at pretty much full-court press given what they've got now. Another terrorist attack that kills less than hundreds of thousands will likely turn more against * than for him, given the current polls.

One of the favorite fascists talking points is "but we haven't been attacked since 9/11!" If they can't use that anymore, the game will be completely up. They may try "The bombers were from Malaysia!! We have to invade!!" But with things as polarized as they are now, I don't think there's any way that * gets his numbers out of the 50s for the rest of his illegitimate occupancy.

[Miss Chybil]

44. I like the first heading...

I wish he would fall off a cliff, or the face of the earth. Maybe, if he peddles his bike fast enough... Nah, I'd rather he stick around for the impeachment and prison. Oblivion is too good for the ass.

[Cleita]

45. Now, if he can ride his bicycle off a real one,

the world will be a better place. Sorry, the devil made me say this.

[Nothing Without Hope]

47. Let's just hope that the Bushies aren't looking at the same thing and

plotting the next MIHOP domestic attacks. They'd like another trifecta: rise in polls like 9/11, excuse to bomb Iran, and exuse to declare martial law. I'll feel a bit safer after Congress returns to session. With them out of town, martial law would be an easier proposition for the neocon fascists.

[ignatius 2]

48. OOOHH,me loves pretty pictures and that one is beautiful,

thanks for posting it.

[the other one]

50. Just checkin out my new comment line...

[DistressedAmerican]

53. Thanks For Inspiration!

[achtung_circus]

54. OOOhhh.

I like it.