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Bush Is Scary, Neighbors Agree
One of the most startling stories this week caught my eye with images of
- Osama bin Laden - 87%,
- George W. Bush - 75%, and
- Kim Jong-il - 69%.
So say the British public when asked, Which world leader poses a danger to world peace?
The survey also included 1000+ people polled in each Mexico, Canada, and Israel–some of the closest U.S. neighbors politically even when not geographically (or geographically even when not politically).
If they had polled U.S. citizens, I wonder what the percentage would have been. Granted I self select my peers, but among the people I talk to in Salt Lake City, Bush is likely to rank high on the scary scale.
Basic approval ratings don’t get at the heart of the question, but they show an interesting trend. Even more curious is putting the Bush slide in historical perspective among all U.S. Presidents since Franklin Roosevelt. Bush slid down then bounced back up. I find it shocking that the numbers are so high. How could a President whose administration has shown such blatant disregard for law and democracy still find approval with so many? The number averages about 38% with the 8 latest polls in the past 10 days–low 34% approval, high 42%. The numbers just aren’t that different among several Presidents, including George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Richard Nixon. Only Clinton, Reagan, and Roosevelt had an overall trend up. How amusing is that? It might be amusing if it weren’t so alarming.
What are they thinking? I want more than just an approval number or whether they have a poster on their walls that shows George W. Bush with a halo, under the blessing hands of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. I want to know what they think of signing statements, the Military Commissions Act, the Patriot Act, the deficit, military calls for cabinet resignations, congressional corruption, more corruption, lies and spin, and not least general Intelligence Quotient. What does it take for so many Americans to say, “I approve of George W. Bush”?
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