Bush at "Unbeatable" Approval Level (Yee-hah!)

SF Gate ^ | 8/04 | Sparks

[pabianice]

"...Majority Approves of President

"Now that we all know Kerry is more warlike than the president -- after all, he would have removed Saddam without any evidence of WMDs -- Bush's job approval in the latest Gallup poll is now at 51 percent, almost identical to Clinton's 52 percent rating in August 1996 and President Reagan's 54 percent mark in August 1984. Last week, USA Today reported that "no president who has been at or above 50 percent at this point in an election year has lost."

[hoosiermama]

Has any one said where it will be aired?

[Names Ash Housewares]

Its a good indicator, I have been watching approval numbers closely as well, that being said....No excuses! Get out there every day and do something to make sure we get a landslide for our President! Campaign like tomorrow is election day! Every day counts.

Hail to the King Baby.

Hail to the King Baby.

[tubebender]

From the article...How many lies can you count in this statement? There are three. First, Nixon was not president in December 1968; second, the South Vietnamese, predominantly Buddhists, don't celebrate Christmas; and, third, Kerry was never in Cambodia.

Nice point about the Buddhists. Is Adam Sparks a FReeper?

[babygene]

"it won't be under the 60 day restrictions"

I don't believe there is a 60 day restriction for 527's...

http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/electioneering.htm#527s

[laishly]

Bob Dole just performed the most useful thing he has ever done politically for the Republicans by noting that Kerry never "bled" and calling on him to apologize to all the veterans he slandered when he came back from Vietnam. This has got to get play in the Old Line media because he has been very non-confrontational in the past, unfortunately including his campaign in 1996! I think the ABCNBCCBSCNNMSMBC hacks have a good opinion of him and will not ignore the remark, especially now that that the Swift boat issues have gained some legs.
The focus should shift from the "he said-they said" argument about Kerry's action in the field for the three months he was actually in the combat theater 35 years ago to the, in my mind, more serious problem he has with his post-war treachery. He has NO wiggle room on that! And that issue is actually more germane to the issue of what America is all about in the post-911 world. The vast majority of voters will not elect a president who hates our country and has visibly and concretely documented it time and again. Kerry's chickens, or maybe buzzards, are coming home to roost after 30 years of running wild!

[Coop]

President Bush's approval rating will go UP in the face of the Kerry Campaign implosion.

I wouldn't necessarily count on that (although I certainly hope you're right). I just think Kerry's numbers will drop more than Dubya's.

[OneTimeLurker]

Some say that the right track wrong track is more important than approval rating. They are full of it though IMO.

[Lee'sGhost]

"Hillary is launching her first salvo of torpedoes."

Did the pundit say that or you? And what exactly are the torpedoes? I want juicy details.

[Inge C]

Bush's job approval is running at avg of 51% at Rasmussen Report since 4 July 2004.

[justshutupandtakeit]

That would have been too late. This has been dominating the news for two weeks and still more needs be done to undermine the Fraud. It takes a lot to get through the thick heads of our fellow citizens.

Now after Kerry reels for a month we can hit him with more bombs and prevent him from regaining his balance.

[rabidralph]

Isn't it incredible how all your leftist acquaintances and the liberal media are so dumbstruck and mystified the day after an election because they spent the previous 16 months bashing republicans and not paying attention to what real people think? I can't wait for the debates and the election.

[mlbford2]

I just saw a former Clinton advisor saying Kerry is in deep trouble. Not something you would hear from the "Bush is a deserter" Kerry camp/Kerry Main Stream Media support at all cost folks. It was obvious this Clinton guy was not reading from the DNC counter attack talking points issued over the weekend.

[Beckwith]

South Vietnam was a Roman Catholic country.

[No_Outcome_But_Victory]

Let's not drop our packs just yet, though. Demoncrats are the party of lies, liars, and dirty tricks after all.

If we get complacent, some people will stay home thinking Bush has already won. That would be a mistake.

[blteague]

None of this matters right now...November 2, 2004...That is the only date that matters. Pride cometh before the fall. Let's just keep plugging the message for W's 2nd term and let the other side fight these battles. It shouldn't matter who the opposition candidate is, let's focus on who and what we're voting for, the opposition can only focus on who they're voting against because they have NOTHING to vote for!!! At the end of the day, that's not a very inspiring thought.

[VRWC_minion]

Some say that the right track wrong track is more important than approval rating. They are full of it though IMO.

The problem with that question is that many that figure we are on wrong track would think Bush's track is better than a Kerry track.

[Reagan Man]

James Carville and Mary Matlin were in my town over the weekend. (Colorado Springs) The local news had a clip of Carville spouting off some of his wildeyed rhetoric. He said something to the effect, that should Bush win reelection it would be the greatest upset victory of all time. LOL Carville off the wall, again!

[Coop]

None of this matters right now...November 2, 2004...That is the only date that matters. Pride cometh before the fall. Let's just keep plugging the message for W's 2nd term and let the other side fight these battles. It shouldn't matter who the opposition candidate is, let's focus on who and what we're voting for, the opposition can only focus on who they're voting against because they have NOTHING to vote for!!! At the end of the day, that's not a very inspiring thought.

Two thumbs up!

[mountaineer]

Let's not get overconfident! Remember, our man has to overcome massive voter fraud (you think 2000 was bad, you ain't seen nothing yet) as well as the hostile and dishonest news media, who are not reluctant to spin and obfuscate for the Democrats. We still have work to do. Write letters to the editor of your local paper, volunteer at GOP headquarters, talk to your neighbors. Let us not lose this election because we were complacent - and because we believed too many polls.

[Graybeard58]

Old lib ploy; "We are smart and you are a hick."

I first heard it in the Eisenhower/Stevenson campaign. They have probably been saying it before then.

Another of their ploys is to scream shrilly that the Republicans want to take away their social security checks.