In a CBS News interview yesterday, President Obama was asked if he is
"aware of the level of enmity that crosses the airwaves and that people have made part of their daily conversation" about him.
"Well, I think that when you listen to Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck, it's pretty apparent, and it's troublesome. . . ." Mr. Obama responded. "It happens often when you've got an economy that is making people more anxious. . . . But. . . I think the vast majority of Americans know that we're trying hard, that I want what's best for the country."
Rush's response?
"I and most Americans do not believe President Obama is trying to do what's best for the country. Never in my life have I seen a regime like this, governing against the will of the people, purposely. . . . And I have never known as many people who literally fear for the future of the country."
Never, Rush?
Allow me to refresh your memory.
[Sorry for the big space here, everybody; I managed to figure out all the other little weirdnesses in the HTML formatting, but I can't figure out how to get rid of that space.]
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BUSH APPROVAL RATINGS, OCTOBER 2008
From Pollster.com
NAME OF POLL | DATES OF POLL | Approve | Disapprove | Net Approval |
Gallup | 10/3-5/08 | 25 | 70 | -45 |
CNN/Opinion Research | 10/3-5/08 | 24 | 74 | -50 |
CBS | 10/3-5/08 | 22 | 70 | -48 |
NBC/WSJ (RV) | 10/4-5/08 | 29 | 66 | -37 |
Time (LV) | 10/3-6/08 | 28 | 68 | -40 |
Newsweek | 10/8-9/08 | 25 | 67 | -42 |
FOX/Opinion Dynamics (RV) | 10/8-9/08 | 25 | 69 | -44 |
ABC/Washington Post | 10/8-11/08 | 23 | 73 | -50 |
Pew | 10/9-12/08 | 25 | 67 | -42 |
USA Today/Gallup | 10/10-12/08 | 25 | 71 | -46 |
L.A. Times/Bloomberg | 10/10-13/08 | 23 | 72 | -49
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CBS/NYT | 10/10-13/08 | 24 | 66 | -42 |
CNN/Opinion Research | 10/17-19/08 | 27 | 72 | -45 |
AP-GfK | 10/16-20/08 | 26 | 72 | -46 |
NBC/Wall Street Journal (RV) | 10/17-20/08 | 27 | 66 | -39 |
FOX/Opinion Dynamics (RV) | 10/20-21/08 | 28 | 66 | -38 |
CBS/New York Times | 10/19-22/08 | 22 | 72 | -50 |
Newsweek | 10/22-23/08 | 23 | 67 | -44 |
Pew | 10/23-26/08 | 22 | 70 | -48 |
Gallup | 10/23-26/08 | 31 | 66 | -35 |
Diageo/Hotline (RV) | 10/23-26/08 | 31 | 63 | -32 |
CBS/New York Times | 10/25-29/08 | 22 | 70 | -48 |
FOX/Opinion Dynamics (RV) | 10/28-29/08 | 29 | 67 | -38 |
CNN/Opinion Research | 10/30-11/1/08 | 28 | 71 | -43 |
CBS | 10/31-11/2/08 | 20 | 72 | -52 |
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Glad I could help, Rush. Now you are no longer "uninformed."