Why are President Bushes' critics so enamored with approval ratings?

Question

What purpose do they serve? Should a President govern by public opinion rather than doing what he thinks is right?

twowords - he has kept terrorists from cutting off your head.

Answer 1

Libs love those low poll approval ratings. It frees them from having to think for themselves. Sort of like a mob mentality. Reason gone riot.

Answer 2

I know you are right. Approval ratings should mean nothing, some can not see that Bush has done the right thing so far , regarding the war. It will only take one attack like the terrorist would like to really do, for some to understand, that those polls, approval ratings were nothing but BS. Until it hits a city where they live, the blame Bush group will keep spewing their remarks. It is probably because they just do not understand what the war is all about. Thank goodness Bush is not listening to the ones that want to crucify him, and has continued to protect us, instead of throwing us to them dogs.
"This is not a typical geo-political war over boundaries, borders, or political bravado — it's a theological war with radical adherents to their religion who believe that their God has ordered them to purge earth of all that is not a part of their ‘pure' faith.

"There is no negotiation with those engaged in a theological war — it's naive and downright dangerous to believe they will leave us alone if we leave them alone. That's nonsense. They don't care if the war lasts 1,000 days or a 1,000 years — their goal is our annihilation and their supreme rule over the whole earth."

These are the kind of people we are dealing with. They have no regard for human life and are more than willing to die for their cause, which I say we should help them with. They treat positions of weakness with attacks in an effort to make people submit to their twisted form of religion that follows the rantings of a mental child molester prophet named Mohammad.

Answer 3

If those same approval ratings were positive, we would hear about them all the time from the President's supporters. When the Democratic ratings are low, they are mentioned regularly on Fox News.
Our founding fathers set up this nation as a Representative Republic. As such, our elected leaders are meant to represent the people. In this case the will of the President is not the will of the people. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on who you are), George W. Bush will never run for office again, so he has no fear of reprisal from the people.

Answer 4

Approval rating keep a elected public official in line with what the citizens want for leaders. In the chimp's case he thinks he is above the law and that his administration is safe because he refuses to obey subpoenas as ordered by the congress to get to the truth of a matter, in this case why he fired the 8 deputy attorney generals.

Answer 5

The president should serve the will of the people... period. This administration has been wrong on virtually every foreign front so Bush's credibility of being a maverick looks reckless and dangerous... while presidents (like Lincoln or Roosevelt) resolved to take unpopular decisions Bush has not, in two terms, made the world safer (it is actually more dangerous) or adeptly resolved ANY of our problems in the Middle East... he has actually addedmto them.... Lincoln resolved a civil war in 4-5 years, Roosevelt resolved WWII in 4 years... Bush is STILL in the same place he was in the day he attacked Iraq... people would even say that American forces in Iraq are actually worse than the first day there.

I have NO problem of people citing the polls.... In this case, it looks like the American people are wiser than the president.

"he has kept terrorists from cutting off your head".... that's just asinine, this country's population is over 250 million people, I don't care whu you are you can't cut off 250m people's heads off... STOP EXAGGERATING, this is a small terrorist movement that Bush actually strengthened by his stupidity.

Answer 6

Bush's critics cheer his declining approval rating because it is proof that the public is increasingly coming to terms with the fact that the political left has been correct about Bush from the beginning and that their movement is gaining steam.

Answer 7

properly, there are various motives, some straightforward, an excellent deal completely unfair. One became the failure to alter approach in Iraq for an prolonged time. yet another situation is illegitimate immigration. third would be intense spending. however the main important reason, in my ideas, is all the lies and distortions placed out with the help of far-left varieties and willingly unfold with the help of the driveby media.

Answer 8

And what, John K, has he done so right pray tell? Hmm?

Bush Misled America about the Threat from Iraq.
If Saddam Hussein was an immediate and serious threat to America, as the White House claimed, then Bush might have been justified in invading Iraq. But it appears that Bush misled the public, the Congress and the UN by consistently overstating the threat from Iraq. By lying to Congress, Bush violated US Laws related to Fraud and False Statements, Title 18, Chapter 47, Section 1001 and Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, Title 18, Chapter 19, Section 371.

Bush led people to believe that Iraq was involved with 9/11 by repeatedly linking them in his speeches. This was so effective that at one point 70% of Americans actually believed Saddam was behind 9/11. Bush has since admitted that this was not true.

Bush said "We do not condone torture. I have never ordered torture. I will never order torture. The values of this country are such that torture is not a part of our soul and our being." The Administration ignored the law against torture. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Gonzales are guilty of violating "Federal Torture Act" Title 18 United States Code, Section 113C, the UN Torture Convention and the Geneva Convention. Canadian Maher Arar was arrested at JFK airport and sent to secret prison in Syria for torture under "extraordinary rendition" program. He was released a year later without charges. Khaled al-Masri says he was abducted by the CIA arrested in Macedonia and flown to Afghanistan. He was then tortured for five months and released. CIA has admitted making a mistake in this case.

Cheney has made over 150% profit through Halliburton for rebuilding what we blow up in NO-BID contracts.

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Answer 9

No, its just that conservatives everywhere were OUTRAGED when Clinton had an 86% approval after they spent millions to try and bush him down. Now, the dems do not have to do anything, Bush is dragging himself down the toilet all on his own, and its FUNNY!

Answer 10

This government is supopsed to be governed by the people for the people. it's a democracy, not a lets do whatever the hell george bush wants to do

Answer 11

It shows that the vast majority of the country doesn't agree with what Bush is doing.

And in a representative republic, where our elected officials are supposed to represent the people and act in their name, it shows that what Bush thinks is right bears very little resemblance to what the vast majority of the populace thinks is right.

Of course, some just like to gloat.