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Vote for one...
George W Bush 7 (29.2%)
Bill Clinton 17 (70.8%)
Total Votes: 24
Presidential Vote
Topic Started: Oct 15 2005, 09:47 AM (541 Views)
cmoehle
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Chris - San Antonio TX
Imagine we changed term limits and both could run in '08. Who would you vote for.

Sorry, only two choices, no NOTA, don't vote if you don't care about the nation, the world! :)


President's 'terrible' rating better than last 7: Worst approval marks from LBJ to Clinton all lower than Bush's
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Data from six polling organizations in October show an average of 39.5 percent job approval for Bush.

But according to the Gallup Organization, that's a higher mark than the low points for all commanders in chief dating back to Lyndon Johnson in the mid 1960s.

The low points for recent commanders in chief are as follows:

# Bill Clinton: 37 percent

# George H. W. Bush: 29 percent

# Ronald Reagan: 35 percent

# Jimmy Carter: 28 percent

# Gerald Ford: 37 percent

# Richard Nixon: 24 percent

# Lyndon Johnson: 35 percent

To find presidents with higher low-point approval ratings than Bush, one has to go back to John Kennedy at 56 percent, and Dwight Eisenhower at 48 percent.
Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
--Barry Goldwater
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cmoehle
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Chris - San Antonio TX
Neck'n'neck, might have to call on the Roberts Court to decide!
Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
--Barry Goldwater
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pentax
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cmoehle
Oct 15 2005, 09:56 AM
Neck'n'neck, might have to call on the Roberts Court to decide!

Just keep it out of Florida! :dance: :pound: :pound: :pound: :dance:
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PRT
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Don't believe I just did that :) My children would be so proud!
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cmoehle
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Chris - San Antonio TX
OMG! :o
Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
--Barry Goldwater
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mychrissy
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Chrissy
Can I vote again? :floorrollin: :floorrollin:
Chrissy

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cmoehle
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Chris - San Antonio TX
Hell no. You lose! :floorrollin:
Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
--Barry Goldwater
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bikemanb
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Some choice a competent liar or an incompetent........
Bill, Rita and Chloe the Terror Cat

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.

Benjamin Franklin
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Fr. Mike
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Chris, the problem with this poll is it is just about exactly what we are offered during every Presidential election.

I would flip a coin but I'm afraid it would land on its edge. I pass.
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pentax
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Kamloops - BC Interior
I think one question worth asking is: Was the average American better off in 1995, or in 2005?

I can't answer that, I'm not in the category....


However, there IS this....

U.S. FEDERAL DEBT 1995-2005

Prior Fiscal Years

09/30/2005 $7,932,709,661,723.50
09/30/2004 $7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003 $6,783,231,062,743.62
09/30/2002 $6,228,235,965,597.16
09/28/2001 $5,807,463,412,200.06
09/29/2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86
09/30/1999 $5,656,270,901,615.43
09/30/1998 $5,526,193,008,897.62
09/30/1997 $5,413,146,011,397.34
09/30/1996 $5,224,810,939,135.73
09/29/1995 $4,973,982,900,709.39

SOURCE: BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT



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Jelly Bean
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Bush again, for sure
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cmoehle
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Chris - San Antonio TX
spacebeing
Oct 15 2005, 09:18 PM
Chris, the problem with this poll is it is just about exactly what we are offered during every Presidential election.

I would flip a coin but I'm afraid it would land on its edge. I pass.

Perhaps that's the point.
Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
--Barry Goldwater
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TexasShadow
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We were much better off under Clinton than Bush, that's for sure. Economically.
Folks tell me that the economic crash was just around the corner when he left office.... maybe so, but we were better off.
A lot of republicans as well as demos made a lot of $$ under Clinton.
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DanHouck
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This is a choice between two big spending liberals. Have to go with Clinton for the simple reason you can't trust either party with control of both the White House and Congress. That's the real lesson here.
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5thwheeler
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Get the message?
mychrissy
Oct 15 2005, 01:59 PM
Can I vote again? :floorrollin: :floorrollin:

Only if you live in Forida! You can vote as many times as you like, none of them will be counted.
History 101: When a popular myth is believed to be factual, teach the myth.

Its not possible to underestimate the intelligence of the voting populous.

Hummm, after seeing the results of the 06 election, I may have to modify my perception of the voting populous and refer to them as "Late Bloomers".

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