It appears the rest of the country is catching up with our opinions fast, according to
Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush ranks as the least popular and most bellicose of the last ten U.S. presidents, according to a new survey.
Only nine percent of the 662 people polled picked Bush as their favorite among the last 10 presidents. John F. Kennedy topped that part of the survey, with 26 percent, closely followed by Bill Clinton (25 percent) and Ronald Reagan (23 percent).
Bush was also viewed as the most warlike president (43 percent), the worst for the economy (42 percent) and the least effective (33 percent).
Sweet, isn't it that two Democratic presidents top the poll as most popular?
But here's the part I like best:
But [Bush] was rated most highly in response to a question on who would do the right thing even if it were unpopular.
Yeah, he's doing that all right. Stay the course, Mr. President. Keep doing those unpopular "right things" that are running the country - and your poll numbers - into the ground. And please, I beg you, make a point of campaigning with as many GOP candidates as you can in the coming year.
(Extra credit question: Does the average American even know what "bellicose" means?)