Posted on 06/18/2006 11:54:50 AM PDT by Kaslin
Question is why did they approve of him......I think most Americans still believe that Kennedy is off limits to objective criticism.
No one who lived through his 4-year term could possibly approve of him or his performance. He was the worst, the most inept president of my lifetime, anyway. I imagine that what they approve of today is his grandfatherly appearance and his Habitat for Humanity activities.
I wouldn't say that
I think Gallup made a typo. They really meant Jimmy Peanut Carter 1t 16% approval rating instead of 61%. Anyone disagree?
Not to mention the Bent One (and Gerald Ford?)
Well I dono, I think JFK is doing a fine job where he is.
He turned Iran over to the radicals, starting with the Ayatolla.
I'm not defending Carter. I'm just saying that such polls are worthless because people have no idea. Carter's this smiling older man who helps folks build houses. That's all the polled people know about him.
Best to simply ignore polls like this one.
Hey, he kept us out of the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Adult onset dyslexia, probably.
Don't trust POLS either!
:o)
the same people who refer to bin laden as binnie
the same people who refer to bin laden as binnie
Inflation, joblessness, high interest rates, gas shortages, America humiliated by some punks, malase, that Jimmuh Carter? Could it be?
I'd like to see what the polling questions were.
Carter was the worst President in my lifetime, born 1955. The amazing thing about him is that he was a terrible President and he managed to make his post Presidency even worse. Any objective historian (if there be such an animal) would make the point that he was terrible and only got worse.
Proves that Gallop has been oversampling democRATS for a long, long time.
I was medically discharged from USN in '78 and went to work for a "black ops" contractor at NRL in DC. Jimmy was the reason I left govt service. First off, he limited contractor pay raises to those of the govt/military. I had an outstanding eval in 1979 and received a 4/10 of 1% pay raise. It was a damned insult. Then, he decided that all contractors had to pay for parking on govt. facilities. That was another $68 out of my pocket. I couldn't deal with it anymore. Told my boss at TRW that I was out of there. The attrition rate was staggering during the late '70's.
Plus, I'm living in Northern Virginia trying to buy a house and the interest rate is 21%. Good Effing Luck!!!
As a combat vet, I was totally embarrassed by what that idiot did wrt to a hostage rescue. I was more embarrassed that he let it happen to begin with, and didn't respond with immediate, crushing force (sorta like dubya did).
A friend of mine from "WACA" (White House Communications Agency), who did presidential duty, told me that Rosalyn was an absolute harridan and that Jimmy would sit in his study after hours and knock back Jack Daniels like they were going to quit brewing the stuff.
Maybe the 61% vote is from people who think he does such a great job building free houses for poor people. I wouldn't give him 11%. And I'm one who lived through his BS...
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