Obama approval rating continues to drop on the Peoria.com Forums - Page 5

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1524, Scottish, probably from a Scand. source, such as O.N. blağr "to chatter, babble," probably of imitative origin. Blatherskite "talker of blatant nonsense" (1650) was popularized in U.S. during the Revolution by the Scottish song "Maggie Lauder."

Ya, that about sums it up. Thanks Rog.

I'm impressed

Me too, AV8 admitted he has no response, and Big Rog has learned how to look up definitions of words on the internet! Yesterday was a big day!

Funny Roosevelt was criticized for all of his social programs too, funny thing was it helped end the depression. Sure it wasn't without fault. But many great social programs came out of the Roosevelt administration. Would you criticize the McCain Administration if he decided to start social programs that would keep the money in America? Look how prices went up with Bush at the helm. He threw money in the Middle East with no thought to what the consequrenses would be. We will never see that money again. The money that is being thrown at social programs will at least stay in America, and there is a potential for getting a return on the investment. If you go to a casino and there is a machine with a sign that says out of order will you decide to sit and throw money into that machine even though you will lose ever dime you put into it or will you play the machine that says every third pull wins money? Obama is taking a risk but at least there is a chance for a return on the money, Bush( and every representative who voted for war) threw our money into the broken machine and then acted perplexed when they lost money.

The problem with North Korea has been ongoing, it is not new, it became heightened when Bush ,with his itchy trigger finger ,tried being a bully to a country that doesn't give a crap because they too are bullies with nothing to lose.

It was under the last administration that the goverment started acting like Mcarthy era police state, by tapping phones without just cause, holding detainees indefinetley without legal consult or without even knowing why they were being held in jail. No Miranda rights,just because someone might have thought you were a spy, or even worse an enemy combatant. The goverment didn't have to have proof of your guilt just someone had to report you as being a terrorist and bam you could be held. I like having privacy I like not needing to worry that big brother is listening. because I have rights to free speech. you can't have it both ways eithe you enjoy free speech or you have incresed intelligence capabilities

inflation happens so even though prices are higher, the average earnings are also higher. this sight shows gas prices in perspective http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6440

The French president is trying to ban Burquas, Do you want to ban Religious attire from Americans, no Yamikas, no Burquas, no crosses, no habits, collars ect ect. That is what The french president is in effect doing, he is trying to ban a religious symbol. It is easy to put down another religious belief but remember if you want to support a stripping of religious freedom for one group the next group stripped of religious freedom might impact your beliefs.

Well said, Doop

I agree, well said. I disagree on content, but presentation was excellent!

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 27% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-one percent (41%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -14. These figures mark the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President.

I said it earlier in this thread and I'll say it again.

He'll go down in history as our country's worst president.

I highly doubt that....

Maybe highest spending President...

That's a mighty tall order gebrill, considering Carter. But you may be right.

Oh Barry will definitely jump ahead of Carter...Hell he is catching up very very quickly and hasn't even got a year under his belt.

Man, you guys never heard of Franklin Pierce, Warren G. Harding, and James Buchanan, huh? All considered the worst Presidents.

Here's a good list from Rassmussen Reports.
Favorably-viewed Presidents

1. George Washington (94% favorable)
2. Abraham Lincoln (92% favorable)
3. Thomas Jefferson (89% favorable)
4. Theodore Roosevelt (84% favorable)
5. Franklin D. Roosevelt (81% favorable)
6. John F. Kennedy (80% favorable)
7. John Adams (74% favorable)
8. James Madison (73% favorable)
9. Ronald Reagan (72% favorable)
10. Dwight Eisenhower (72% favorable)
11. Harry Truman (70% favorable)
12. Andrew Jackson (69% favorable)
13. Gerald Ford (62% favorable)
14. John Quincy Adams (59% favorable)
15. Ulysses S. Grant (58% favorable)
16. George H.W. Bush (57% favorable)
17. William Taft (57% favorable)
18. Jimmy Carter (57% favorable)
19. Woodrow Wilson (56% favorable)
20. Bill Clinton (55% favorable)

Unfavorably-viewed Presidents

1. Richard Nixon (60% unfavorable)
2. George W. Bush (59% unfavorable)

Notice that Carter is ranked in the list of Favorable Presidents.

ABC poll

An ABC News poll about presidential greatness, taken 16–20 February 2000, asked 1012 adults nationwide, "Who do you think was the greatest American president?"[11]

1. Abraham Lincoln (19%)
2. John F. Kennedy (17%)
3. Franklin Roosevelt (11%)
4. No opinion (10%)
5. Ronald Reagan (9%)
6. George Washington (8%)
7. Bill Clinton (7%)
8. Theodore Roosevelt (4%)
9. George H.W. Bush (4%)
10. Thomas Jefferson (3%)
11. Harry Truman (2%)
12. Richard Nixon (2%)
13. Jimmy Carter (1%)
14. Dwight Eisenhower (1%)

Carter also made the Gallop Poll, The Washington College Poll, and the Quinnipiac University Poll's list of favorably viewed Presidents.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_United_States_Presidents

Only time will tell.

Abraham Lincoln wouldn't be viewed nearly as favorably if people actually knew the truth about him and did some research. But I will leave that to another thread.


Jimmy Carter was a joke, the only thing that over shadowed his idiocy was his brother Billy.

I would be very interested to see who was Polled for the ABC poll. I am betting mostly people with no real knowledge of History at all.

I also have a hard time believe 55% of the people polled felt Clinton was a good president, or are they thinking about what they might think of Hillary?