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CNN Poll: Was Bush better president than Obama?
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Posted on 10/08/2010 11:59:31 AM PDT by mandaladon

(CNN) - Americans are divided over whether President Barack Obama or his predecessor has performed better in the White House, according to a new national poll.

And a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday also indicates in the battle for Congress, Republicans hold large advantages over the Democrats among independents, men and blue-collar whites. The poll also indicates that Republicans are much more enthusiastic than Democrats to vote.

By 47 to 45 percent, Americans say Obama is a better president than George W. Bush. But that two point margin is down from a 23 point advantage one year ago.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; bushbashers; cnn; decisionpoints; georgewbush; obama; pages; politics; poll; polls; presidentbush; presidentgeorgewbush; thelastpresident
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To: mandaladon
Pretty soon Carter will poll better than Obama

King George III will poll better than 0bama.

101 posted on 10/09/2010 4:01:57 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: DoughtyOne
There are a lot of Republicans and Independents who are kicking themselves for not seeing through Obama in 2008.

What scares the hell out of me, is the idea that our side would have been championing McCain for doing much of what Obama has done.

Thank God in heaven, what has been done by Obama is universally deplored by people calling themselves Conservatives, because they sure wouldn’t have been saying it if McCain had been at the helm.

Both of these men were unfit to serve.

It scares me to think what Romney might do if elected. I hope I am wrong about that if he wins. I used to think he might be OK in until 2009 when he flipped again:

LINK: Romney believes that one way to attract more minorities to the GOP is to pass immigration reform before the next election, saying the issue becomes demagogued by both parties on the campaign trail.

102 posted on 10/09/2010 5:24:37 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Lt. Col. Ralph Peters: Obama is the dog who caught the fire truck!)
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To: mandaladon

It was great to have a prez who loved his country.


103 posted on 10/09/2010 5:40:35 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: DrDeb; STARWISE
I'm w/y'all in LOVING the pic!

Wasn't there also one of President Reagan raising a toast?

I don't care what their critics say, both of them were MY own kind of Presidents!

104 posted on 10/09/2010 5:51:11 AM PDT by Carolinamom (R)
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To: Carolinamom

My favorite picture of Bush was in his flight suit.

Could someone please post it here. Thanks


105 posted on 10/09/2010 5:59:07 AM PDT by tirednvirginia
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To: tirednvirginia

You have good taste! That flight suit pic is burned into my memory bank....w/me ALL the time. LOL


106 posted on 10/09/2010 6:02:05 AM PDT by Carolinamom (R)
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To: reaganaut1

I’m really disappointed in Black America. It’s reached a point where, unless I know they’re conservative, I’m afraid to even ask a black friend why they support Obama, and to explain it to me.

I realize the struggles they’ve been through, but it saddens me that Obama simply being black trumps all logic and common sense for ~95% of the black population. It’s as if all the things MLK fought for have been negated in one election cycle. This time they’ve put THEMSELVES back on the plantation.


107 posted on 10/09/2010 6:35:41 AM PDT by RockinRight (if the choice is between Crazy and Commie, I choose Crazy.)
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To: Deagle

Bush was flawed, and I often thought he was too liberal. However, he did what he felt was right for America, the nation he loved.

Obama does what he feels is the right thing to destroy America, land that he hates.


108 posted on 10/09/2010 6:38:40 AM PDT by RockinRight (if the choice is between Crazy and Commie, I choose Crazy.)
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To: re_nortex
This may sound shallow but the one big thing that has always turned me off about JFK was his womanizing and cheating in the WH and everywhere.

If you can't trust a man to be true to his wife and vows, how can you trust him at all? IMO, he had no character...just like his li'l brother and his father.

I'm with you....still a Nixon backer!

109 posted on 10/09/2010 7:08:02 AM PDT by CAluvdubya ("Sarah Palin fights, we cannot spare her."--GonzoGOP)
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To: colorado tanker

Yes sir, I do miss you


110 posted on 10/09/2010 7:12:19 AM PDT by therightliveswithus
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To: tirednvirginia; Carolinamom
I have this one but I can't find the one where he's walking towards the camera.

Photobucket

111 posted on 10/09/2010 7:15:16 AM PDT by CAluvdubya ("Sarah Palin fights, we cannot spare her."--GonzoGOP)
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To: mandaladon; All

It is fascinating they are even asking this question. Is this a norm in polling?


112 posted on 10/09/2010 7:28:04 AM PDT by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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To: Theodore R.

I hate to say it but you have a point.


113 posted on 10/09/2010 7:39:08 AM PDT by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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To: CAluvdubya
I like the cowboy swagger in this one.


114 posted on 10/09/2010 8:10:59 AM PDT by GalaxieFiveHundred
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To: GalaxieFiveHundred
Versus the Pee Wee's Big Adventure sashay in this one. With apologies to Pee Wee...


115 posted on 10/09/2010 8:17:20 AM PDT by GalaxieFiveHundred
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To: oldfart
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116 posted on 10/09/2010 9:16:18 AM PDT by pillut48 (Israel doesn't have a friend in President Obama...and neither does the USA! (h/t pgkdan))
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To: Deagle

I’m with you there.

Bush’s second term was especially negative for conservatives. But overall both his terms were poisoned by the 2000 election and by his “brand” of compassionate conservatism”-— not conservatism at all.


117 posted on 10/09/2010 9:20:05 AM PDT by eleni121 (http://www.serfes.org/orthodox/memoryof.htm)
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To: So Cal Rocket

RE: “I saw a Bush-Cheney bumpersticker on a car yesterday. While this might not be unusual... what made it unusual was that it was a new car - no more than a few months old, as it still had its paper plates.”

***************

What? You’re in So. Cal? Where did you see the sticker? I’m in the SFV and would get into an accident if I saw one of those stickers because my area is SO leftist. I must admit the Obama stickers are getting harder to spot though. I’ve seen a few more Don’t Tread on Me stickers lately (I’ve had mine a LONG time).


118 posted on 10/09/2010 9:22:36 AM PDT by CaliforniaCon
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To: GalaxieFiveHundred

Yep, I like that one, too! :)


119 posted on 10/09/2010 10:32:11 AM PDT by CAluvdubya ("Sarah Palin fights, we cannot spare her."--GonzoGOP)
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To: napscoordinator
A serious question...how did you feel on that horrible day in November? You seem to hate this guy [JFK] enough that you probably were psyched about it. I hope you didn't but you just have this intense hate for him.

Like most Americans, I was shocked when John F. Kennedy was assassinated on what you rightly characterize as a terrible day, November 22, 1963. The murder of the President of the United States brought no joy whatsoever to me. Regardless of what you may think, I'm not planning to host a celebration when the anniversary comes in a few weeks.

As was also the case when FDR died while in office, I was saddened and mourned the loss. It was likewise with me when John's brother Robert was cruelly murdered in 1968.

Like most Conservatives (and with the dimension of being a Christian), I am able to distinguish between the policies and the person. That too was evident here on FR not too long ago when Jimmy Carter was hospitalized when prayers were offered by a number of posters for his recovery.

FDR, JFK, Carter, Clinton and Obama are among the worst presidents in history and certainly in my lifetime. Without a doubt, I stand firm in my contempt for their policies and the shame they have brought to America. And I wish (or wished) that they all live beyond the years predicted by the actuarial tables so that they'll realize just how wrong they were.

120 posted on 10/09/2010 10:38:16 AM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas...)
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