Disturbing Poll Numbers
Posted by Anonymous in cnn.com, History, inauguration, judge, president bush
As you probably know by now from reading my news-related posts, I like to check out cnn.com for the latest in current events. [On that note, I could get paid for all of the promoting I do of their articles, hint hint] On their website, they have a poll, usually relating to one of the more recent news stories. Today, it featured this question:
How will history judge President Bush?
I thought that it would be very interesting, and possibly entertaining, to see what the numbers were, and if I would be anywhere close to what the real percentages were. The options were: Favorably or Unfavorably. Well I can only imagine you can guess which answer I chose (it's not hard to figure it out). I checked my answer and hit submit, wondering if most Americans decided to vote the way I had. Here are the answers:
I thought that it would be very interesting, and possibly entertaining, to see what the numbers were, and if I would be anywhere close to what the real percentages were. The options were: Favorably or Unfavorably. Well I can only imagine you can guess which answer I chose (it's not hard to figure it out). I checked my answer and hit submit, wondering if most Americans decided to vote the way I had. Here are the answers:
| Favorably | 22% | 33375 |
| Unfavorably | 78% | 119351 |
I was actually shocked that 22% of the people who participated in this poll believed that President Dubya had actually thought history, and its books, would put Bush into a good light. This means that 33,375 people that took this poll think Bush will go down in history as a good president, or did a good job, I'm not actually sure what they were thinking. I know it's really hard for us non-Bush supporters, or smart people, to think of anything good that Bush has done over his eight year reign. The only thing I can think of that Bush accomplished that was miraculous was the fact that he was elected as President the second time (also the first, but after 4 years of Bush did anyone expect him to win again?)
So what was it that he is going to be remembered for in a positive way? What good history does he have? Every thing I think of, it only ends with Bush looking like an idiot and the American people paying for his mistakes. So I pose this question to all of you dear readers: What do you think? How will history judge President Bush? And how could it be favorable when, at the moment, millions of people around the world are eagerly waiting his termination as president?
All I can say is come on January 20th!
