So what was the greatest Bush disappointment? With Poll

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Tuesday January 13, 2009 · 1:09 PM PST

2009/01/13 · 13:09

The Bush presidency has been, to say the least, a disappointing one. Almost from the start there has been disappointment and more disappointment.

So now that we are thankfully reaching the end of this presidency, the only question that remains is what was the biggest disappointment during his 2 terms?

There are so many possibilities this isn't an easy question to answer. I'll try to get the ball rolling by offering a poll below, but to be sure the answers are in no way limited to the poll.

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What was the greatest disappointment of the Bush presidency?

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What was the greatest disappointment of the Bush presidency?

Bush didn't prevent 9/11

53 votes

Bush started a war based on false pretenses

258 votes

Bush never caught Osama Bin Laden

10 votes

Bush mangled the response to Katrina

25 votes

Bush presided over the biggest economic downturn since the great depression

35 votes

Bush allowed a CIA agent to be unmasked

1 vote

Bush's ignorance in office has been a national embarrassment

47 votes

Bush has allowed global warming to proceed unabated

13 votes

Bush has slowed down any medical advances that could have been made with stem cell research

5 votes

Bush has allowed our health care system to continue to sink to even lower levels

3 votes

Bush has seen to it that we owe China our next few generations

15 votes

Bush brought to America the evilness of Dick Cheney

41 votes

Bush brought Pie to the White House

8 votes

The Twelve Days of Bushless

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Monday December 15, 2008 · 12:56 PM PST

2008/12/15 · 12:56

On the First day of Bushless
Obama gave to me
a new, vibrant, liberal DC.

On the second day of Bushless
Obama gave to me
two thieves a fleeing
and a new, vibrant, liberal DC.

On the third day of Bushless
Obama gave to me
three separate branches
two thieves a fleeing
and a new, vibrant, liberal DC.

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 7:24 AM PDT

2008/10/30 · 07:24

I don't know how much interest there may be in this, but on the newspaper endorsement front Obama is kicking major ass.

The current Wikipedia listings for presidential endorsements from daily newspapers, magazines, weekly papers and other publications shows Obama with a huge lead of 268 to 91. The circulation of publications favoring Obama is 32,921,615 completely dwarfing the McCain endorsement circulation of 8,401,635.

On the matter of party switches from 2004, there are now 48 publications that supported Bush which now go for Obama, while only 5 have switched from Kerry to McCain. http://en.wikipedia.org/...

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 11:51 AM PDT

2008/09/25 · 11:51

Jobless claims pushed to 7-year high, to a seasonally adjusted 493,000. http://news.yahoo.com/... Could we get a bailout for them?

There are still millions of Americans without health insurance. Could we get a bailout for them? Could John McCain suspend his campaign for them?

Americans are still dying in Iraq, as we already lost 21 more brave young troops this month. http://icasualties.org/... Can we get a bailout for them already? Haven't they done their job? Why can't our troops come home yet?

There are so many that are still homeless as a result of Katrina. Why have they never been bailed out? They weren't bailed out before Katrina. They weren't bailed out during Katrina. and they haven't been bailed out yet. John McCain doesn't stop campaigning for them, but he did stop to celebrate his birthday, while the victims of Katrina were at the height of their suffering..

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Tuesday September 23, 2008 · 1:25 PM PDT

2008/09/23 · 13:25

http://www.gallup.com/...
Gallup indicated today that democrats have reestablished their doublr digit party ID lead 49-39. The lead had been cut to 5 after the republican convention.

This can definitely have a major effect in future Gallup polls as well as other polls if the new numbers are picked up by other polling firms.

I know there has been some consternation about the Daily Kos poll using a 9 point voter ID model, now this finding by Gallup reinforces the use of that kind of difference.

Terrible incident at the Citadel

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Monday September 22, 2008 · 11:37 AM PDT

2008/09/22 · 11:37

I don't know if this has been diaried yet, and I'm not sure if the MSM has given this much play, but a terrible incident happened over the weekend at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. Members of the Princeton university band were subjected to what amounts as outrageous behavior on the part of Citadel cadets.

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/...

This is the type of behavior that 8 years of Bush Cheney has brought us. And you can be certain these type of actions will only increase and get worse if we continue this administration in power, by giving 4 years to McCain and Palin.

Before and during a football game last Saturday between the Citadel and Princeton University, the Princeton band was attacked physically and verbally and spat upon. The altercation, began after the band marched with prior approval from the Citadel's administration through a guarded entrance onto the campus.

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Sunday September 21, 2008 · 6:50 PM PDT

2008/09/21 · 18:50

The other day I went to the racetrack; had a bundle of cash, and ready to invest it in picking the winning horses. I had wonderful dreams and aspirations about leaving the building a very rich person.

I started out really well pickiing the winners in the first two races, and hitting all sorts of exotic bets, exactas and trifectas. It was sheer joy.

By the third race things began to sour a bit, and some of the money I had earned began to disappear. However not to worry I just kept on investing more, and then more, and then more. It wasn't long before, it was all gone, and I was out of cash.

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Friday September 05, 2008 · 11:15 AM PDT

2008/09/05 · 11:15

One of the really unfortunate effects thus far from the Palin VP candidacy has been what is happening in the Alaska senate race pitting democrat, Mark Begich, against Alaska's senator Ted Stevens.

Stevens, 84, an Alaska Republican, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington. He had been under federal investigation for more than a year on public corruption charges.

Stevens is charged with seven counts of making false statements for failing to disclose gifts and home renovations from VECO Corp., an influential Alaska oil services company, on his annual Senate financial disclosure form. The total value of the unreported benefits exceeded $250,000, according to the indictment.

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 9:39 PM PDT

2008/09/01 · 21:39

Do you remember, it wasn't long ago, all those accusations about Barack Obama being a Muslim? Do you recall all the rants from republicans and their supporters that Barack Obama's birth certificate is a forgery?

Do you recall how the republicans tarred and feathered John Kerry for mentioning that Mary Cheney was gay? They called him a "bad man" even though Mary Cheney was admittedly gay.

Do you recall how John Kerry, a true American hero, was swiftboated to death in that campaign? The republicans even went so far as to state that Kerry shot himself to get a purple heart? Do you remember the humiliating purple bandaids at the 2004 RNC convention?

Do you recall how Walter Mondale, a good man, was trashed in his senate race in 2002, after the tragic death of Paul Wellstone? The republicans actually used the Wellstone funeral to turn voters against Mondale.

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 8:53 PM PDT

2008/08/30 · 20:53

http://www.bloomberg.com/...

The DNC convention was easily the most watched one since records have been kept about such happenings starting in 1960, according to numbers just released by the Nielsen Co. The convention actually had more viewers than the recently concluded Olympic games. Furthermore there was a 57% gain in viewers, who watched Obama's acceptance speech, 38.4 million viewers, compared to John Kerry's in 2004 when he attracted 24.4 million.

This definitely speaks to the exitement that is being generated by the democrats in this campaign, and bodes very well for November.

Thus far there has, strangely, been a dearth of post convention polls, not counting the two on-going tracking polls, Gallup and Rasmussen; both of which show a nice bounce for Obama. Nonetheless these Nielsen ratings may be even more pertinent than any polls that may come out, because it speaks directly about the peoples interest in the democratic ticket shown by their daily desire in wanting to hear and see the democratic team in action.

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Monday August 04, 2008 · 1:28 PM PDT

2008/08/04 · 13:28

For those of you that are worried about recent fluctuations in tracking polls, take heart. Polls don't always tell us the complete story of what's going on out there. What you should be looking at is how the battle is being fought. What may be different. Which candidate is taking the battle to the other. Who is playing defense? And most importantly, who is on the offensive?

Today we have this story which is quite meaningful--"Obama makes bid in 7 longtime Republican states." http://rawstory.com/...

Alaska is young. Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia have growing populations and many black voters. Montana has seen recent Democratic inroads, and North Dakota has sent only Democrats to Congress since 1986. Indiana borders Barack Obama's home state.

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Friday August 01, 2008 · 12:35 PM PDT

2008/08/01 · 12:35

http://www.brcpolls.com/...

The political wire reports that a new Rocky Mountain Poll in Arizona's most populous county, finds Sen. John McCain's lead "which was a comfortable 15 to 17 points for most of last and this year, has shrunk significantly."

McCain's lead is now just five points, 43% to 38%.

Key findings: "McCain's narrowing lead traces not to any sudden up-swelling in support for Obama, whose support has hovered around 38 percent for the past year and remains at that level today. Rather, it traces to a decline in support of McCain, especially among men, registered Independents and Latinos. Simultaneously, the proportion of voters who are uncommitted rose to 16 percent from only nine this May and Ralph Nader drew a small but important three percent, mostly from McCain."

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