CNN reports [1] that George W. Bush, with his disapproval rating shooting past 70 percent, is the most unpopular president in modern American history, or as long as they've been polling the question – less beloved than Richard Nixon [2] in the weeks prior to his resignation, and, I'd guess, more despised than George III [3] in 1776. Bush II is identified primarily in the public mind with the bane of his presidency, the Iraq war [4], and support for that, too, has reached a new low at 30 percent. Enthusiasm for our Iraqi misadventure hasn't cracked 35 percent in many months [5], in spite of all the malarkey [6] about the "success" of the recent escalat... >>>
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[1] //politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/01/poll-bush-most-unpopular-in-modern-history/
[2] //query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02EFD71331F932A35750C0A9649C8B63
[3] //www.americanrevolution.com/KingGeorge3rd.htm
[4] //www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/35735.html
[5] //www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm
[6] //www.google.com/search?q=surge+is+working&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS176US231
[7] //www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3866946.ece
[8] //antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=12755
[9] //www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=12784