This is gonna give Chris Matthews a really bad headache. "Only the real nut jobs don't like Bush", right Chris? And on most issues, it's not even close. Clinton outpolls Bush more than 2 to 1. Hilarious. It's kinda funny that the right-wingnut blogs are TOTALLY ignoring this poll. I searched Technorati for links and could find nothing from the "right" about it. It must be sad watching your party take a dive like this. And it's gonna get SO much worse with Karl getting indicted this week.
Poll: Clinton Outperformed Bush
In a new poll comparing President Bush's
job performance with that of his predecessor, a strong majority of
respondents said President Clinton outperformed Bush on a host of
issues.
"The poll of 1,021 adult Americans was conducted May 5-7 by Opinion Research Corp. for CNN. It had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Respondents favored Clinton by greater than 2-to-1 margins when asked who did a better job at handling the economy (63 percent Clinton, 26 percent Bush) and solving the problems of ordinary Americans (62 percent Clinton, 25 percent Bush).
On foreign affairs, the margin was 56 percent to 32 percent in Clinton's favor; on taxes, it was 51 percent to 35 percent for Clinton; and on handling natural disasters, it was 51 percent to 30 percent, also favoring Clinton.
Moreover, 59 percent said Bush has done more to divide the country, while only 27 percent said Clinton had." Link.
And yet...I'm not that surprised.
Posted by: Juanita | May 13, 2006 at 05:09 PM
You think Chris Matthews is a right winger. You're adorable.
Posted by: kolibri | May 14, 2006 at 11:10 PM
"You think Chris Matthews is a right winger. You're adorable."
He voted for Bush. He said that the only people who don't like Bush "are the real whackjobs". He might have been a democrat 20 years ago but he sure ain't one now. He loves president Bush. And I didn't say he was a right winger anywhere did I? Nope- you just made that connection yourself.You probably thing the media is liberal too.
Posted by: Cookie | May 14, 2006 at 11:23 PM
I sat at work all day wondering why I felt it necessary to be a jerk to you.
I'm sorry.
I really enjoy your site, keep up the good work. I also like the pic of Clinton, the sexy bastard. But I still don't like him, and mostly not for neo-con reasons, but, believe it or not, civil liberties reasons. Thus my Nader vote in '96.
I just noticed the comment I made this morning was gone. I may be a bonehead, but I'm pretty sure I posted it. Did you remove it? If I did screw up posting, I'm apologizing for the comment I thought I made.
Posted by: kolibri | May 15, 2006 at 08:06 PM
I actually deleted your comment from this morning-sorry
that's wimpy of me i know-
I couldn't exactly figure out where you were coming from and didn't exactly know how to answer you
so I just lost it-
thanks for the apology-
sorry for the deletion-
I like to pontificate more than discuss-
i admit it-
Spike
i used to not even enable comments on political posts but I've been getting away with it lately...
Posted by: Cookie | May 15, 2006 at 08:29 PM
He and Bob Pollard could be brothers! They both Rock!
ps: Bush and the right-wing chumps can stick it where the sun don't shine!
Posted by: kelly Denison-Cole | May 17, 2006 at 04:20 AM
Any chance any of you out there are neither liberal nor conservative? Is everything in the world black and white?
Posted by: Svenski | May 17, 2006 at 11:47 AM
Wow - Karl Rove got indicted this week? I guess the networks ARE in bed with the Bush administration - they never even reported it!
Posted by: Culpa | May 17, 2006 at 11:21 PM
"Wow - Karl Rove got indicted this week? I guess the networks ARE in bed with the Bush administration - they never even reported it!"
Well...you're right, he didn't get indicted yet, but the week isn't over yet. Anyway, if it isn't this week, it'll be soon. Don't you think?
Bush is still REALLY unpopular though. Especially compared to Clinton. The American People LOVE Clinton! That hasn't changed. Bush is the worst president ever.
Posted by: Cookie | May 17, 2006 at 11:42 PM
The Karl Rove getting indicted story was an attempt by truthout to throw some mud to see if it sticks. He has not been indicted although blogs can say he might be and everyone then dutifully repeats that tenuous assertion. The butterfly flapping its wings becomes a hurricane etc. Momentum builds, everyone starts to believe he is guilty.
As a UK resident, I watch with disbelief as politics in the US becomes more incredibly partisan and plain weird with every passing week. It's like pro wrestling or something. The political debate needs to centre on solutions and ideas. American politics has a BIG problem exacerbted by blogs (left and right) talk radio, shows like the Daily Show (yes it's funny and great but it contributes to this feeling of hatred between the two sides) etc.
Posted by: Holy Monkey | May 21, 2006 at 08:24 AM