When will Bush's approval ratings be above 50 again?

[DownWithTheLeft]

The idea that Bush will become popular again a year and a half after leaving office has to be one of the most hackish posts this board has ever seen (and the board has seen quite a bit)

Good to see you didn't refute my analysis of the fickle American public

[Smash255]

The idea that Bush will become popular again a year and a half after leaving office has to be one of the most hackish posts this board has ever seen (and the board has seen quite a bit)

Good to see you didn't refute my analysis of the fickle American public

your analysis was so utterly insane no response was needed.  Even if Obama winds up not being popular, people aren't going to forget what a horrendous job Bush has done.

[??????????]

     As Truman & Nixon showed us, any president, no matter how hated when he is in office, will be seen as at least decent in 30 years. However, Truman & Nixon were both a lot better than Bush, so I don't know if it will hold true in this case.

Well both had the advantages of having redeeming qualities. Truman was arguably one of our better if not the best President, and Nixon would likely have been remembered that way had it not been for an incompetent burglary.

I mean seriously, has there ever been a President who accomplished as much as Nixon did in one term?

How was Truman a "great" president? He basically fired the general who had the Korean war won.

[DownWithTheLeft]

The idea that Bush will become popular again a year and a half after leaving office has to be one of the most hackish posts this board has ever seen (and the board has seen quite a bit)

Good to see you didn't refute my analysis of the fickle American public

your analysis was so utterly insane no response was needed.  Even if Obama winds up not being popular, people aren't going to forget what a horrendous job Bush has done.

Now that is hackish to underestimate the fickleness and stupidity of the American public

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I hope his approval ratings stay at 28-29%..........he's getting everything he wants from Congress at that level.......why bother with above 50%?

[Dan the Roman]

     As Truman & Nixon showed us, any president, no matter how hated when he is in office, will be seen as at least decent in 30 years. However, Truman & Nixon were both a lot better than Bush, so I don't know if it will hold true in this case.

Well both had the advantages of having redeeming qualities. Truman was arguably one of our better if not the best President, and Nixon would likely have been remembered that way had it not been for an incompetent burglary.

I mean seriously, has there ever been a President who accomplished as much as Nixon did in one term?

How was Truman a "great" president? He basically fired the general who had the Korean war won.

you mean he waited too long to fire an insubordinate General who nearly lost the war by drawing the Chinese in?

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

If Obama wins?  Mid-2010
If McCain wins? 2012 or later

what is this disaster that you think a President Obama is going to level upon the American people?  Honestly, conservatives are already talking about Obama as a guarenteed one-termer who's going to have us clamoring to have Dubya back. 

[??????????]

     As Truman & Nixon showed us, any president, no matter how hated when he is in office, will be seen as at least decent in 30 years. However, Truman & Nixon were both a lot better than Bush, so I don't know if it will hold true in this case.

Well both had the advantages of having redeeming qualities. Truman was arguably one of our better if not the best President, and Nixon would likely have been remembered that way had it not been for an incompetent burglary.

I mean seriously, has there ever been a President who accomplished as much as Nixon did in one term?

How was Truman a "great" president? He basically fired the general who had the Korean war won.

you mean he waited too long to fire an insubordinate General who nearly lost the war by drawing the Chinese in?

The Chinese and the Soviets were already well involved in the war.

[Хahar 🤔]

     As Truman & Nixon showed us, any president, no matter how hated when he is in office, will be seen as at least decent in 30 years. However, Truman & Nixon were both a lot better than Bush, so I don't know if it will hold true in this case.

Well both had the advantages of having redeeming qualities. Truman was arguably one of our better if not the best President, and Nixon would likely have been remembered that way had it not been for an incompetent burglary.

I mean seriously, has there ever been a President who accomplished as much as Nixon did in one term?

How was Truman a "great" president? He basically fired the general who had the Korean war won.

you mean he waited too long to fire an insubordinate General who nearly lost the war by drawing the Chinese in?

The Chinese and the Soviets were already well involved in the war.

But not fully involved. If they had been, WWIII.

[Dan the Roman]

     As Truman & Nixon showed us, any president, no matter how hated when he is in office, will be seen as at least decent in 30 years. However, Truman & Nixon were both a lot better than Bush, so I don't know if it will hold true in this case.

Well both had the advantages of having redeeming qualities. Truman was arguably one of our better if not the best President, and Nixon would likely have been remembered that way had it not been for an incompetent burglary.

I mean seriously, has there ever been a President who accomplished as much as Nixon did in one term?

How was Truman a "great" president? He basically fired the general who had the Korean war won.

you mean he waited too long to fire an insubordinate General who nearly lost the war by drawing the Chinese in?

The Chinese and the Soviets were already well involved in the war.

But not fully involved. If they had been, WWIII.

And that was what McArthur failed to grasp. A bigger game was afoot, and Korea had to be fought as a component of it. Actually the exact reverse of the mistake Bush has made.

[War on Want]

     As Truman & Nixon showed us, any president, no matter how hated when he is in office, will be seen as at least decent in 30 years. However, Truman & Nixon were both a lot better than Bush, so I don't know if it will hold true in this case.

Well both had the advantages of having redeeming qualities. Truman was arguably one of our better if not the best President, and Nixon would likely have been remembered that way had it not been for an incompetent burglary.

I mean seriously, has there ever been a President who accomplished as much as Nixon did in one term?

How was Truman a "great" president? He basically fired the general who had the Korean war won.

you mean he waited too long to fire an insubordinate General who nearly lost the war by drawing the Chinese in?

The Chinese and the Soviets were already well involved in the war.

But not fully involved. If they had been, WWIII.

And that was what McArthur failed to grasp. A bigger game was afoot, and Korea had to be fought as a component of it. Actually the exact reverse of the mistake Bush has made.

[??????????]

     As Truman & Nixon showed us, any president, no matter how hated when he is in office, will be seen as at least decent in 30 years. However, Truman & Nixon were both a lot better than Bush, so I don't know if it will hold true in this case.

Well both had the advantages of having redeeming qualities. Truman was arguably one of our better if not the best President, and Nixon would likely have been remembered that way had it not been for an incompetent burglary.

I mean seriously, has there ever been a President who accomplished as much as Nixon did in one term?

How was Truman a "great" president? He basically fired the general who had the Korean war won.

you mean he waited too long to fire an insubordinate General who nearly lost the war by drawing the Chinese in?

The Chinese and the Soviets were already well involved in the war.

But not fully involved. If they had been, WWIII.

You do realize we were in a full scale air war with the Soviets/Chinese in Korea, correct? And you do realize that at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir we were fighting majority Chinese as opposed to Koreans.

[Хahar 🤔]

     As Truman & Nixon showed us, any president, no matter how hated when he is in office, will be seen as at least decent in 30 years. However, Truman & Nixon were both a lot better than Bush, so I don't know if it will hold true in this case.

Well both had the advantages of having redeeming qualities. Truman was arguably one of our better if not the best President, and Nixon would likely have been remembered that way had it not been for an incompetent burglary.

I mean seriously, has there ever been a President who accomplished as much as Nixon did in one term?

How was Truman a "great" president? He basically fired the general who had the Korean war won.

you mean he waited too long to fire an insubordinate General who nearly lost the war by drawing the Chinese in?

The Chinese and the Soviets were already well involved in the war.

But not fully involved. If they had been, WWIII.

You do realize we were in a full scale air war with the Soviets/Chinese in Korea, correct? And you do realize that at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir we were fighting majority Chinese as opposed to Koreans.

Yes, but it was a proxy war. Neither side was fully committed to war (as can be seen by the lack of such things as rations). MacArthur wanted a full war.

[Dan the Roman]

     As Truman & Nixon showed us, any president, no matter how hated when he is in office, will be seen as at least decent in 30 years. However, Truman & Nixon were both a lot better than Bush, so I don't know if it will hold true in this case.

Well both had the advantages of having redeeming qualities. Truman was arguably one of our better if not the best President, and Nixon would likely have been remembered that way had it not been for an incompetent burglary.

I mean seriously, has there ever been a President who accomplished as much as Nixon did in one term?

How was Truman a "great" president? He basically fired the general who had the Korean war won.

you mean he waited too long to fire an insubordinate General who nearly lost the war by drawing the Chinese in?

The Chinese and the Soviets were already well involved in the war.

But not fully involved. If they had been, WWIII.

You do realize we were in a full scale air war with the Soviets/Chinese in Korea, correct? And you do realize that at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir we were fighting majority Chinese as opposed to Koreans.

Yes, but it was a proxy war. Neither side was fully committed to war (as can be seen by the lack of such things as rations). MacArthur wanted a full war.

He wanted a full-on nuclear assault on China, supported by 500,000 Nationalist troops ferried over from Taiwan. Given how well the Nationalists had fought in the Civil War you can guess how that would have gone.