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Obama's Approval Rating Drops to Lowest Ever, According to Gallup

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AdamT said:
Yeah, it's working out great. They rank last or close to last in virtually every economic metric.
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Dow down 472 right now and the Obama approval rating on handling of the economy is 26%. Seems you spend a lot of time here bemoaning how bad Republicans are. Looks to me like the majority in this country don't agree with you.
 
Conservative said:
We have minimum wage jobs because of liberal social engineering that requires a business to pay minimum wage instead of letting the market decide what pay workers deserve. I never paid minimum wage and that is because the market would never let me do it. Minimum wage can also be called maximum wage required thanks to liberalism
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Okay an incredible amount of spin there.

It still doesn't change the health care situation or the various other problems that come along with poverty.
 
AdamT said:
Yeah, that's the problem. Those minimum wage workers are paid TOO MUCH!!
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Setting a minimum wage also serves as the maximum pay as well. I never paid minimum wage during my 35 years in the business world because the market wouldn't allow it. Liberals always ignore who collects that minimum wage but that is ok, the market is speaking today about Obamanomics
 
Conservative said:
Tax cuts, less regulations, reduction in the size of the govt would stimulate the private sector
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How does this plan differ from all of the other Republican plans that have produced massive government deficits?
 
Conservative said:
Dow down 472 right now and the Obama approval rating on handling of the economy is 26%.
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Once again we see a shining example of what's good for Conservative is bad for America.

Hey, how's that apology coming along? You know, the one for where you falsely accused my of lying when I accurately pointed out that Bush had a Republican Congress for most of his presidency; but it turned out you were the one who lied by claiming he had a Republican Congress for only 48 months when in fact, he had a Republican Congress for 53 of his 96 months in office.
 
Conservative said:
Dow down 472 right now and the Obama approval rating on handling of the economy is 26%. Seems you spend a lot of time here bemoaning how bad Republicans are. Looks to me like the majority in this country don't agree with you.
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Recent poll:

"Overall, which party -- the Democrats or the Republicans -- do you trust to do a better job in coping with the main problems the nation faces over the next few years?"

Democrat: 43%
Republican: 31%
 
Tettsuo said:
How does this plan differ from all of the other Republican plans that have produced massive government deficits?
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It doesn't differ. It's the same plan which gave us most of our $14 trillion debt.
 
Tettsuo said:
How does this plan differ from all of the other Republican plans that have produced massive government deficits?
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I have posted many times the results of Reagan and Bush with their tax rate cuts but like everything else positive you ignored it. Do some research and find out what the economic results were during a time when Bush had total control of the Congress and the WH vs. when it was a divided govt. and Democrats had control. Easy for a liberal to ignore basic civics and blame Republicans when it is Congress that controls the purse strings and the legislation effort.
 
AdamT said:
Recent poll:

"Overall, which party -- the Democrats or the Republicans -- do you trust to do a better job in coping with the main problems the nation faces over the next few years?"

Democrat: 43%
Republican: 31%
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What? Sounds like liberals have convinced the polls that Obama was a Republican, his 26% approval rating on the handling of the economy says it all.
 
Conservative said:
I have posted many times the results of Reagan and Bush with their tax rate cuts but like everything else positive you ignored it.
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Puh-lease, we had the worst economy under George Bush than any other president since the Great Depression.
 
Conservative said:
I have posted many times the results of Reagan and Bush with their tax rate cuts but like everything else positive you ignored it. Do some research and find out what the economic results were during a time when Bush had total control of the Congress and the WH vs. when it was a divided govt. and Democrats had control. Easy for a liberal to ignore basic civics and blame Republicans when it is Congress that controls the purse strings and the legislation effort.
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And how did the economy and the debt/deficit do when Clinton raised taxes? Want to address that one?
 
Conservative said:
What? Sounds like liberals have convinced the polls that Obama was a Republican, his 26% approval rating on the handling of the economy says it all.
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Actually it doesn't say it all. What says it all is that, as pessimistic as Americans are about Obama, they are even more pessimistic about the alternatives.
 
AdamT said:
Actually it doesn't say it all. What says it all is that, as pessimistic as Americans are about Obama, they are even more pessimistic about the alternatives.
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Right, the 26% approval rating of the handling of the economy is an exceptional record. Guess the following trump your feelings.

Obama economic results in 2011, .4% GDP and 1.3% GDP growth in 2011, 24+ million unemployed or under employed Americans in 2011, 4 trillion added to the debt in less than 3 years, and a downgrade of the U.S. credit rating. Rising Misery index 7.83 to 12.67. First President in U.S. History to have our credit downgraded on his watch! 39% JAR and well over 50% disapproval ratings and now 26% supporting his handling of the economy
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Conservative said:
Great, gave us a GOP Congress for the rest of his term
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I would be happy to accept a GOP Congress as long as it was willing to raise taxes and cut spending and pass other Democratic policies.
 
Conservative said:
Great, gave us a GOP Congress for the rest of his term
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The GOP was against him raising taxes; not a single Republican voted for it. Yet it was followed by one of the strongest expansions of economic growth this country has ever enjoyed.
 
Conservative said:
Right, the 26% approval rating of the handling of the economy is an exceptional record. Guess the following trump your feelings.
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And remind me here what was it like at the end Bush 43's 2nd term?
 
Conservative said:
Right, the 26% approval rating of the handling of the economy is an exceptional record. Guess the following trump your feelings.
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It has nothing to do with my feelings. It's the country's feeling that they aren't happy with the way things are going, but they think that Republicans would make things even worse.
 
AdamT said:
I would be happy to accept a GOP Congress as long as it was willing to raise taxes and cut spending and pass other Democratic policies.
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Why does Congress have to raise taxes? Do your civic duty if you think that taxes are too low and send in a donation to the IRS more than what you owe.
 
Conservative said:
I have posted many times the results of Reagan and Bush with their tax rate cuts but like everything else positive you ignored it. Do some research and find out what the economic results were during a time when Bush had total control of the Congress and the WH vs. when it was a divided govt. and Democrats had control. Easy for a liberal to ignore basic civics and blame Republicans when it is Congress that controls the purse strings and the legislation effort.
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Yet you rail against Obama when prior to the Republican win in 2010, the economy was recovering (slowly, but steadily). Now in 2011 after Republicans have taken control of the purse strings, we've had the economy come to a screeching halt. Yet you continue to place all blame on Obama.

If you want to blame the Congress for any current problem with the economy, do you agree that Republicans are completely responsible for the lose of America's AAA rating and the recent crashing of Wall Street?
 
AdamT said:
It has nothing to do with my feelings. It's the country's feeling that they aren't happy with the way things are going, but they think that Republicans would make things even worse.
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Way too early to talk about the Republican candidates for President but not too late to talk about what is actually happening. The country is headed in the wrong direction after 2 years of liberalism. 26% of the people still don't get it.
 
AdamT said:
I would be happy to accept a GOP Congress as long as it was willing to raise taxes and cut spending and pass other Democratic policies.
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Well that's not going to fit their agenda which is to bring Demcorats' policies to a grinding halt, even if it hurts the country. Kind of like what they did with raising the debt ceiling.

Do they care that the Dow is down some 1700 points since they held the nation hostage over the debt ceiling? No, of course not. Just look at Conservative who celebrates losing money in the stock market because it hurts Obama. That's insane ... but that's what it is.
 
Tettsuo said:
Yet you rail against Obama when prior to the Republican win in 2010, the economy was recovering (slowly, but steadily). Now in 2011 after Republicans have taken control of the purse strings, we've had the economy come to a screeching halt. Yet you continue to place all blame on Obama.

If you want to blame the Congress for any current problem with the economy, do you agree that Republicans are completely responsible for the lose of America's AAA rating and the recent crashing of Wall Street?
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Another liberal who doesn't have a clue. The fiscal year of the U.S. Govt. runs from October to September. The .4% GDP growth was for October 2010 to December 2010 the first quarter of fiscal year 2011. Amazing how the GOP took control of THE HOUSE ONLY in January 2011 but are responsible for the October-December 2010 results? How does control of ONE HOUSE cause the AAA Rating to decline and didn't Obama inherit a AAA rating from Bush?
 
Tettsuo said:
Yet you rail against Obama when prior to the Republican win in 2010, the economy was recovering (slowly, but steadily). Now in 2011 after Republicans have taken control of the purse strings, we've had the economy come to a screeching halt. Yet you continue to place all blame on Obama.

If you want to blame the Congress for any current problem with the economy, do you agree that Republicans are completely responsible for the lose of America's AAA rating and the recent crashing of Wall Street?
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You're new here so I'll break it down for you in a nutshell ... Conservative never blames anything bad on Republicans or Conservatives ... he always searches for the nearest Democrat he can find to point the finger of blame at.
 
Sheik Yerbuti said:
Well that's not going to fit their agenda which is to bring Demcorats' policies to a grinding halt, even if it hurts the country. Kind of like what they did with raising the debt ceiling.

Do they care that the Dow is down some 1700 points since they held the nation hostage over the debt ceiling? No, of course not. Just look at Conservative who celebrates losing money in the stock market because it hurts Obama. That's insane ... but that's what it is.
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Believe me, I know. I honestly think that there are many conservatives who would rather see the country plunged into a depression and Obama lose than see Obama reelected and the economy stage a strong recovery.
 
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