OpEdNews - Diary: Bush exodus from convention likely has a lot to do with low approval ratings

August 31, 2008 at 18:58:56 Permalink
Bush exodus from convention likely has a lot to do with low approval ratings

Diary Entry by Jackson Thoreau (about the author)

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Bush still has low approval ratings, and that has a lot to do with why he was shunned from the Republican convention.

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While Republicans blame Hurricane Gustav four pushing Bush and Cheney out of the Republican convention spotlight for the first night, that act probably has as much to do with Bush's latest job approval ratings in a USA Today/Gallup Poll: a dismal 29 percent .

If you compare that to other presidents since the 1960s, only Nixon's is lower towards the end of their presidency. And it's interesting to see whose approval ratings were the highest: Republicans' favorite target Clinton, who even bested Reagan. Ouch, that has to keep the Rush Limbaughs and Kenneth Starrs of the world up at night.

I'm still waiting to see what D.C. will name in Clinton's honor. Reagan has an airport and building complex named for him.

End-of Presidency Job Approval Ratings Bill Clinton (2001) 65% Ronald Reagan (1989) 64 John F. Kennedy (1963) 63 Dwight Eisenhower (1961) 59 George Bush (1993) 56 Gerald Ford (1977) 53 Lyndon Johnson (1969) 49 Jimmy Carter (1981) 34 George W. Bush (Aug. 30, 2008) 29 Richard Nixon (1974) 24

Jackson Thoreau is a Washington, D.C.-area journalist/writer. His latest book, "Born to Cheat: How Bush, Cheney, Rove & Co. Broke the Rules, From the Sandlot to the White House," debuted at the Take Back America conference in June 2007. More info on (more...)

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