loosecannon
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Nixon was pretty unpopular. And as has been pointed out so was Lincoln.
The American Research Group - check em out...Where is this survey getting its info?
If all this thread is about is popularity, the thread title is obviously wrong. Lincoln holds that title. A president whose election to office caused the entire southern half of the country to rebel and attempt to form a separate country must have been pretty darned unpopular. Seems self-evident that Lincoln is the most unpopular by simple comparison: No other such monumental event had ever occurred before, nor has it ever occurred since.Why are you guys arguing over best / worst president when this is about popularity?
Congress does have a terrible approval rating as well, but that's because they were elected to oppose Bush on Iraq and have failed to do so. They deserve their crappy approval rating just as much as Bush does. I consider the Democrats (esp. Hillary) to be false opposition to the neocons.My kid the "Bush basher" loves to point out to me how unpopular "W" is according to these polls and how it reflects on the entire Republican party.
He shuts up pronto when I point out to him that the approval rating of the (Democrat controlled) Congress is right at the same level - or in this case 1 point lower @ 18% - if you believe in these type of things.
Mathematically, this statement is wrong. The numbers of Islamic terrorists are not infinite. They are finite. Their finite numbers must obey the laws of physics; therefore, they cannot be in more than one place at a time.Do people really think that just because US troops are stationed in Iraq, that's going to stop terrorists from simply traveling here from the Middle East and doing their thing?
Polls are not the only way to determine popularity or unpopularity. If you can show another reaction to a president worse than the entire southern half of the country committing rebellion, by all means share it.History has a way of hiding those who were more disliked.