Bush has 60% approval

[desertalien]

Does anyone out there really buy this?  I saw this on the news
today.
I just don't believe it.  :shrug:

[Winamericaback]

1. It depends on which poll you read eom

[tsuki]

34. I am sick of polls.

Either they are right or wrong. If they say what you want them to say, they are anecdotal.

[liberalpragmatist]

45. Quite normal actually

Approval ratings usually rise after an election and immediately after a president is sworn in. After Bush was sworn in in 2001, his approval rating was 60%, and I suspect Kerry would have had a similar approval rating around this time had he won.

That doesn't mean the approval rating will stay there. It'll likely fall after a few months of the 2nd bush term. Just wait.

[Feathered Fish]

2. Fooled again

The * supporters are.

[Hello_Kitty]

3. Well if you believe that at least 10% of people who voted for Kerry

Suddenly started approving of Bush, I guess you could believe that stat.

[liberalpragmatist]

43. 20% of Kerry supporters

10% of 100% is 20% of 50%.

That said, it doesn't really surprise me. People tend to have a "rally 'round the leader"-feeling following any election. After Bush was sworn in in 2001 his approval rating was 60% as well.

Had Kerry won I think he'd have had similar approval ratings at this point.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. Let's see those polls...

In January or February. Whoohaa. As if.

[tibbir]

5. This can't be true....

That many people can't be out of their frickin' minds.

[coloradodem2005]

7. Wanna bet?

I just don't have any faith in humanity anymore.

[desertalien]

10. This must be an example of the liberal media again

Ha!

[FrenchieCat]

6. Polls, polls, polls......

The tool of the media to get us to fall in line. They used these polls throughout the primaries and the general election to manipulate and sway the sheeples to fall in line. I noticed that they selectively use whatever poll they want (whichever has the result they want).......

These doggone polls should be outlawed....especially 30 days out prior to an election.

[rjbny62]

9. that really sums it up

[ooglymoogly]

18. you hit the nail on the head frenchiecat

[kcwayne]

8. Saddam had 100% approval

and so did Stalin, Hitler, and Mao, even while millions detested them. All you need is a compliant press to get these press results.

[desertalien]

13. That's it in a nutshell.

Sometimes my mind needs some reinforcement. Thanks.

[ooglymoogly]

20. yessssss

[Dangerman]

49. Castro too had 100% approval.

[madmax]

11. Yeah, and I'm a virgin.

:eyes:

[iwantmycountryback]

12. Wow so that's about a 15-10% turnaround in a few weeks

Hmm that seems doubtful.

[Pegleg Thd]

21. If I were to believe that figure

I would have to learn to walk on water next week!!!:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[havocmom]

14. Not really approval rating. That is the % of people who cannot admit

things are as bad as they are or bush* is as bad as he is. That 60% number is more an indicator of the state of mental health/ability to deal with reality than approval of a particular imbecile in office.

[Contrary1]

33. And once the citizens...

are properly screened and medicated for mental disorders,
his approval rate will probably rise even higher.

Hmmmmm.......

[havocmom]

44. BINGO!

Meds for Mediocrity!

[BeatleBoot]

15. What's McCain's Approval Ratings....

is what I want to know.

We need to shift our focus from junior to his wannabe successor...

[Malva Zebrina]

16. I believe it

It is the condition we find ourselves in right now and it is so sad.

[charlyvi]

17. What poll is this?

Link please.

[desertalien]

23. It was on cnn this morning

I'll see if its on their homepage.

[tsuki]

38. CNN is the whore of pollsters. After the election,

they proclaimed that the Gallup Poll said that Dubya had a 55% approval rating. The surge in approval was likened to the election surge when LBJ and Nixon were re-elected.

Then someone pointed out that their (LBJ and Nixon) approval ratings were in the 60 percentile.

CNN has been trolling the polling since that day to get Dubya's numbers in the 60's.

[ooglymoogly]

28. i don't watch cnn anymore but it sounds like cnn.slime warner.trollup

they were manipulating the pols at least 6% in favor of bush to bring what they called the pol of pols over 50%in favor of bush before the election. so it wouldn't surprise me if they were up to their old tricks because i think this mistrust of bush and the elections thing is getting out of hand.

[acmavm]

19. No, not I do I not believe this, I know that there is more than a 50%

chunk of the populace that did not vote for the guy and who will NEVER approve of his handling of anything.

The polls are screwed up. They are like the curtain that hid the Professor in the Wizard of Oz. Pull the curtain away and you have an imposter, not the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz.

[ooglymoogly]

22. there is only one thing that makes this make any sense at all

1984 came 20 years late. 60%means 0%etc.

[The Doctor.]

24. Do you think when The BFEE starts getting 100% of the vote,

people will catch on?

Saddam was always in the high nineties.

[MuseRider]

25. My guess is that

he could not even pull that off with his immediate family. Who are these people tryin to fool? Oh yes, you and me. Well.....HA! We are not so dumb.

[Clark2008]

26. And, again, I wasn't polled on this subject

How many DUers are there? A few thousand? Representing every state in the union and NONE of us are ever polled?

We are all active. We are likely voters. We would participate in polls.

But none of us are ever asked this question.

Makes me wonder who they ask when they conduct these things.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

27. Where Is This Mystery Poll?

The polls I see have him in the mid fifties...


www.pollingreport.com


I'm not worried about Bush*'s poll numbers until around the mid terms....


Then I will be concerned...

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. When you think about it

that's a pretty low approval rating for a prez who was just (maybe) re-elected.

[regnaD kciN]

30. I do...

Bush's approval has gotten up that high at times in his first term.

I think what you're seeing here is a natural fallout from the election -- people see that Bush "won," so jump on the bandwagon. It will drop back to normal levels as time goes on.

Unfortunately, this will hurt us in our bid to recount Ohio and possibly overturn the election result -- another reason why Kerry shouldn't have conceded so soon. By not fighting publicly, he has helped reinforce the notion that Bush is the undisputed winner, thus allowing the bandwagon syndrome to take effect.

[Straight Shooter]

31. Maybe only bushbots are bothering with polls anymore

I certainly won't go online and respond to them. All polls are now worthless, except outside the United States. If anyone should happen to call me, I'll ask them to call bush and ask him what my opinion is.

There is just no reason whatsoever to participate in or believe any polls until the manipulation of this tainted election is exposed.

[desertalien]

39. I have decided to agree with Straight Shooter

I tried to find a link and the only one I could find through cnn search was also the polling report and it was done on 11/19/04.
60% is what they reported this morning and used a graphic comparing the new numbers to pre-election numbers. I really wanted to know if you all thought this was media manipulation or not. It was the first thing that came into my mind. My mistake for watching cnn. in the first place. Ordinarily I don't.

I also agree that this is another way to protect the chimp from the voter fraud issue.

[poppet]

48. I looked for some information

on the CNN site too but couldn't find any approval rating poll. I also saw Polling Report. PR has the result of different polls with the highest approval rating of 55%. CNN did have a poll on their politics page asking in what area do you think * will have his greatest success in the next term: Iraq War? Tort Reform? Permanently Cutting Taxes? or Social Security Reform?

Unfortunately, the poll doesn't include any of the obvious choices where * will have "success."

I don't watch CNN because I think they make stuff up (and not just political stuff) and are really not all that bright.

[212demop]

32. This poll counts, according to the msm but the exit polls were wrong?

BULLSHIT!

[FrenchieCat]

35. Yes....It is a big pile of manure....but

we see the delicious Irony. But they don't want us to connect the dots....any dots....ever.

Stop thinking with common sense....they don't like that!

[212demop]

37. off topic- just wanted to mention I worked on the Clark campaign too

so "Hi"

:)

[robbedvoter]

40. Hi to you too!

Did you check up this group?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php

[212demop]

47. It just linked me back to the main page-- maybe I need a star

how much do I donate to get one?

(and thanks for the link)

[Mike Nelson]

36. PT BARNUM STRIKES AGAIN

:(

[Julien Sorel]

41. Who cares what his approval rating is now?

What I care about is where it is as the 2006 elections come up, and then the 2008 elections. I don't want the rat faced fucker out campaigning for candidates. So let him ride high now when it doesn't mean a thing.

[robbedvoter]

42. Behold: study the new imperial reality!

''We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And
while you're studying that reality -- judiciously, as you will -- we'll
act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and
that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you,
all of you, will be left to just study what we do.''
Bush aide to Ron Suskind

[desertalien]

46. So polls and approval ratings and vote counts are

simply creations of their reality? What's a serf to do? Just study?
:shrug:

[corker]

50. i feel like i am on an alien planet

[WI_DEM]

51. It's his post election bump

[leftyandproud]

52. This was expected...post election bump. Let me just say...

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[mtnester]

53. My God!

Did anyone else just see that pig fly by?



/HEAVY sarcasm

[Pachamama]

57. No, but it sure is cold in hell these days... n/t

:scared:

[kentuck]

54. The CinC will always have high approval ratings when our nation is....

in danger...It's all part of the game.

[The Zanti Regent]

55. This is another lie from the Whore Press!

just like the economy has never been better!

[Redleg]

56. Who fucking cares? Idiots who like Bush will always like Bush.

Jeebus- Bush has done nothing to merit an kind of approval.

[Skittles]

58. only Bush-worshiping assholes and the corporate media buy such bullshit

really

[LynnTheDem]

59. No way did his approval go up 9 points in 3 days.

Total US Stenomedia bullshit. 51% has been his highest since last March. NO WAY did he go up to 60% this past week.

[Zynx]

60. Are you sure? I haven't seen any poll with a number like that.

[snippy]

61. If true, it is just the "honeymoon" period following his man date.

It is very typical for a politican who recently won election to experience a bounce in the polls. Bush will continue to be a miserable failure and to pursue policies harmful to the country and more and more Americans. I just hope that the democrats are prepared and willing to take advantage of Bush's committment to bankrupting the country both morally and financially.