He's standing behind the two on the left patting himself on the back and saying "heckuva job Bushy".
Look, like I said, I doubt it's a coincidence you posted this cartoon or responded with that Rasmussen poll without knowing the biases of those sources. As I said, Bush would have killed for those kind of approval ratings in his last term or indeed at any point in his first term before 9/11. Obama's high approval ratings during the first couple months were because some of the McCain voters were at least willing to humor the idea that Obama wasn't a bad guy but everyone knew that eventually they'd fall into their old partisan ways and change their minds, most likely regardless of what Obama did.
If you look at the numbers, they hew very closely to the election results. The same people registering disapproval now are by and large the people who wish McCain was President right now. They've also been listening non-stop to the Fox News talking heads who have been telling them all kinds of scary lies about Obama. It's no wonder they don't approve since they have no idea what Obama's actually done or plans to do.
The only reason Bush's approval ratings were as high as they were at this point in his first term was because he had screwed up 9/11 and somehow got a bump off of that. Dems, who are willing to abandon partisanship for the good of the nation, were willing to give him a shot. If Al Gore had been President, even if he did everything exactly in the same way Bush did, would not have had nearly as high an approval rating after 9/11 because Republicans are ruled by partisanship. The media would have spent the ensuing months hammering Gore on his constant vacations during the run up to 9/11. There would have likely been impeachment hearings over the ignoring of the PDB report "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in America".
These approval/disapproval numbers say more about the attitude of Republicans in this country then they do about Obama. And when you're looking at the Congressional numbers, don't forget that there are plenty of Republicans in Congress (and their Blue Lapdogs) and those numbers reflect them too.
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Date: 2009-10-07 09:43 pm (UTC)Look, like I said, I doubt it's a coincidence you posted this cartoon or responded with that Rasmussen poll without knowing the biases of those sources. As I said, Bush would have killed for those kind of approval ratings in his last term or indeed at any point in his first term before 9/11. Obama's high approval ratings during the first couple months were because some of the McCain voters were at least willing to humor the idea that Obama wasn't a bad guy but everyone knew that eventually they'd fall into their old partisan ways and change their minds, most likely regardless of what Obama did.
If you look at the numbers, they hew very closely to the election results. The same people registering disapproval now are by and large the people who wish McCain was President right now. They've also been listening non-stop to the Fox News talking heads who have been telling them all kinds of scary lies about Obama. It's no wonder they don't approve since they have no idea what Obama's actually done or plans to do.
The only reason Bush's approval ratings were as high as they were at this point in his first term was because he had screwed up 9/11 and somehow got a bump off of that. Dems, who are willing to abandon partisanship for the good of the nation, were willing to give him a shot. If Al Gore had been President, even if he did everything exactly in the same way Bush did, would not have had nearly as high an approval rating after 9/11 because Republicans are ruled by partisanship. The media would have spent the ensuing months hammering Gore on his constant vacations during the run up to 9/11. There would have likely been impeachment hearings over the ignoring of the PDB report "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in America".
These approval/disapproval numbers say more about the attitude of Republicans in this country then they do about Obama. And when you're looking at the Congressional numbers, don't forget that there are plenty of Republicans in Congress (and their Blue Lapdogs) and those numbers reflect them too.