Your whiny opinion was voiced in the thread title.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
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Your whiny opinion was voiced in the thread title.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
I believe 9/11 increased the numbers for Bush, but I can't PROVE it. Therefore, it is my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by MannyIsGod
I think the continued "overseas contingency operations" are hurting Obama's numbers a little bit, but I wouldn't call them failures. That is also my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by MannyIsGod
Of course it can be proven. Are you an idiot? (question completely rhetorical I already know the answer)Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
:lmao is pretty much all I can muster to this.Quote:
I think the continued "overseas contingency operations" are hurting Obama's numbers a little bit, but I wouldn't call them failures. That is also my opinion.
and :lol at the buzzword "dithering". Cheney uses it in a speech and Darrins latches on to make himself feel smart.
Hell ya it boosted his ratings.Quote:
Originally Posted by MannyIsGod
Dumbest lines we've fallen for as Americans, "If the glove doesn't fit, u must acquit" and "we fixin' to get those evil do-ers they have WMD"
holy shit! how embarrassing!Quote:
Originally Posted by jman3000
DitheringS from now on!!!!!
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Originally Posted by MannyIsGod
Be my guest.
another poll?
I want to see the birth certificate!Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
HA!
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Originally Posted by DarrinS
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PRINCETON, NJ -- President George W. Bush's approval rating was at 51% in a Gallup Poll conducted Sept. 7-10 and completed just before the tragic events of Tuesday. This rating was down some from Bush's recent average, which had been in the mid-50% range. The poll also showed that overall satisfaction with the way things are going in the United States was down significantly and that most of Gallup's measures of the public's perception of the economy had reached new lows for recent years.
There has been speculation about the impact of the terrorist attacks on the public's mood and perceptions of both Bush and the country as a whole. Typically, an event in which the United States or its armed forces come into danger or conflict translates into a short-term rally effect in which presidential approval ratings increase. Polling in the next several days will determine whether or not the phenomenon occurs in this situation. What the weekend poll does show, however, is that the American public's confidence in the economy, satisfaction with the way things were going, and overall satisfaction with Bush were slipping before the watershed events of Tuesday.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/4882/Bush...s-Attacks.aspx
The next poll after the attack his approval rating was at 86%.
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Just prior to the attacks on Sept. 11, George W. Bush's popularity was waning, with an approval rating of just 51%, down from the 57% he received a month earlier. But three days after the attacks, 86% of Americans said they approved of the job Bush was doing as president, an increase of 35 percentage points and the largest "rally effect" ever recorded by Gallup. A week later Bush's overall approval reached 90%, eclipsing what had been the Gallup record of 89% -- achieved by the elder George Bush during the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
This is known as a rally effect or rally around the flag effect and its been documented before
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The “rally-round-the-flag effect” sparked by the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington and by President George W. Bush's prompt launching of the War on Terrorism cries out for the kind of timely analysis that political scientists sometimes can provide. A rally effect is the sudden and substantial increase in public approval of the president that occurs in response to certain kinds of dramatic international events involving the United States. The September 11 rally effect is distinctive for at least three reasons. First, of all the recorded rally effects, it is the largest. Bush's approval rating soared in the Gallup Poll from 51% on September 10 to 86% on September 15. 1 This 35-point increase nearly doubles the previous record, the 18-point boost triggered by his father's launch of Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. Second, the further increase in Bush's approval rating to 90% on September 22 represents the highest rating ever recorded for a president (Morin 2001). Third, the September 11 rally effect has lasted longer than any in the history of polling. As of November 10, 2002, Bush's approval rating was 68%—22 points below its peak but still much higher than his rating 13 months earlier.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action...ine&aid=140021
http://media.gallup.com/POLL/Releases/pr030702i.gif
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PRINCETON, NJ -- In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks last year, Americans rallied around their leaders and government, and expressed record levels of approval and trust. The rally effect for President George W. Bush was evidenced by a jump of almost 40 points in his approval rating. Reaching the 90% level, Bush's approval rating was the highest in Gallup's history. The rally effect for Congress was just over 40 points, peaking at an approval rating of 84%. Smaller rally effects were measured for other areas of government, and also included the public's general satisfaction with the way things were going in the country and the public's expressed levels of trust in government.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/6793/Rall...ally-Gone.aspx
Sure Darrin, it can't be proven. :rolleyes
stop calling him darrin.
his name is DitheringS.
BTW Darrin, You get bonus points if you can indentify the cause of the 2nd rally effect on the graph I posted. Think really hard and - here's a hint - use the dates along the bottom for extra help.
mission accomplished?
Not in my book. But if that's the same poll I heard of on the radio, they had to over sample democrats by a pretty high amount to get that last number.Quote:
Originally Posted by admiralsnackbar
Wow... He got more than Clinton? Simply amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
Oh wait... They didn't over sample democrats for Clinton's numbers.
Same bullshit I heard all through out the polling for the election last fall. The same principle applies now that applied then: There are more democrats than there are republicans in this country (in fact the disparity is growing) and that's why they get sampled more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wild Cobra
Furthermore its not simple amazing when you consider how Clinton got elected (and you were even talking about this in another thread this morning). What I find simply amazing is how you consistently miss the obvious yet had the gall to declare yourself in the 99.40850758175-37593871984719364374 to the 39483094830 power percentile of intelligence.
The number isn't meaningful, just the trend.Quote:
Originally Posted by admiralsnackbar
Michelle Obama and Big Bird
:lmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by spursncowboys
Yeah the right think's he betrayed the nation, the left think's he betrayed the dream, and the board of the federal reserve just want to know where to send their contribution to his relection campaign.
Fed's in the tank for Obama?Quote:
Originally Posted by hope4dopes
Where'd you hear that, micca?
Odd you'd just take that for granted. I wouldn't, necessarily.
The Fed isn't controlled by politicians.
Have you considered that maybe the fealty runs in the other direction now?