can anyone remember a time that our country has a president that it supported?

Question

what would it be like to live in a country that supported its leaders....i bet it would make us Marines, life alot easier....we take and oath to do whatever our president says no matter what. i think we should be ashmed of ourselves with the way we talk about our elected leaders.

25 years old x marine

i can understand people speaking out against things they dont believe to be right...but the shows on tv that make fun of bush...the emails that fly around.... the late night talk shows that are always talking ****......

Bill Clinton was/is a disgrace

i am not talking about speaking your mind...i am talking about the people that go to far.....like the animated serious little bush and many many others..jackass

Answer 1

I can remember, the US was very supportive of Kennedy, right after he was murdered.
Maybe you like your presidents that way.

Answer 2

No President will ever have 100% support. I don't think your Marine oath says you have to do what the President says "no matter what" there is such a thing as an illegal order. The President can't use the marines to rob banks for example. Also, you should be proud that you live in a country where we are allowed to criticize our leaders, not ashamed! That's a big part of what freedom is all about! And a Marine's life isn't supposed to be "easy" anyway....

Having said that Bill Clinton's approval rating was 65% when he left office.

While Clinton's job approval rating varied over the course of his first term, ranging from a low of 36% in mid-1993 to a high of 64% in late-1993 and early-1994,[57] his job approval rating consistently ranged from the high-50s to the high-60s in his second term.[58] Clinton's approval rating reached its highest point at 73% approval in the aftermath of the impeachment proceedings in 1998 and 1999.[59]

The country was never 100% behind Reagan -- his highest approval was 71% after he got shot, and went as low as 43% at the height of Iran Contra.

PS Your comments seem to indicate that you really don't like freedom, especially freedom of speech -- but also seems like you wouldn't have a problem with people criticizing the President if it was a Clinton in office...

Answer 3

President Clinton had a 60% approval rating even while he was going through an impeachment.

Kennedy has a 70% to 60% approval overall.

Johnson's went from 75% to the low 40s% as the war dragged on without success.

Bush Sr. went from the high 50s to the 80s and then back down to the high 20s when it was revealed that nearly 15% of all Americans were living in poverty in 1983.

If you look at the chart below you will see that Americans support their presidents when they are doing a good job and achieving success both at home and abroad.

Dubya's domestic policies have been a disaster. His foreign policy stinks to high heaven as well.

Tell us, why should we approve of such a thing when it's going to cost YOU and ME a lot of money to fix his disasters?

If he does something right, I'll approve of him. For example, the House just passed a new energy bill that has some fantastic energy efficiency goals in it. It is rumored Bush will veto it because it contains a reduction of tax breaks for all his oil company, filthy rich, buddies.

This is what our King George does. He IGNORES the cries for relief from the PEOPLE and passes special interest legislation only!!!!! He OPPRESSES us----he sure doesn't defend or protect us!

WHY oh WHY would you support that unless you are the CEO of an oil company?

Please, tell us how many of your family members are on the Bush payroll before you preach why we should support this monarch.

Answer 4

I don't follow politics as much as should so I can only reflect on the past few presidents.
Americans use their leaders as "punchlines" and punching bags because EVERYONE knows who the president is. They are like celebrities to us. They are held under very close scrutiny because we have seen historically some have gotten away with murder, war, genocide, embezzlement. Even after the Lewinsky scandal, people still love Clinton. People liked Kennedy in the same way. I know that would never want to be president because it's a very tough job. One political mistake and your approval ratings hit the toilet.

Answer 5

Clinton...sure he may have had some personal problems, but they were PERSONAL problems! He didn't go around starting wars with all the countries who tried to kill his dad. Clinton had REAL problems. His wife was a *****, he was runnin low on money, all his friends were sellin him out to get outta jail free. What bullshit? Bill Clinton is and will always be the man. You see, I know Bill Clintion, as do most of you American men. I know Bill Clinton and I am Bill Clinton. ****...I'd vote for him again if i could. Just think about how safe we were when he was in office. Those were the days...

Answer 6

There was and always have been dissidents. No matter how good a president is, not everybody will be satisfied. You probably meant to ask when have presidents had popular support? Look back onto GW Bush's early first term or immediately after 911. He had the majority of public confidence.

Answer 7

Unfortunately, our leaders have become elected by creating an us vs them climate in this country. They point at liberals and blame us for all of the problems, then deny that half the country holds many liberal beliefs. Liberals are a very small minority, they say, but we control the news, Hollywood, the blogs, etc. Of course, we've played the same game, calling people neocons, fascists, etc. I've taken a vow not to label anyone, even when I prove them wrong.

Answer 8

Clinton won re-election in '96 in a landslide. Not that he deserved it, but he was well supported. The Bushes are both disasters. Then we had Reagan who overhyped the Russian threat for personal and political gain. Carter was the last president to tell the truth, but his economy was poor. Ford entered office pretty much a lame duck. Nixon was a catastrophe. LBJ kept us in Vietnam long after it was determined "unwinnable." What a string of losers we've had!

Answer 9

President John F. Kennedy

Answer 10

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Answer 11

ronald reagan , although billy carter did send 12,000 cans of beer to us USS Nimitz sailors when we were in the indian ocean for 144 days, on the 100th day he sent every sailor 2 cans of beer, first time in Naval history alcohol was allowed on a warship.. and if there are any non-believers out there I have a picture of 2 budweiser cans and two coors cans sitting on a sponson of one of our helicopters on the flightdeck, Could those beers have been the cause of why the April 10th 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt failed ?? lol