A lot of people have been talking about this Gallup poll where Bush is now more popular than Obama. I didn’t get too excited about it, though. For one, it’s Gallup, and going by their record of accuracy, we can’t even be sure there was a president Bush. And second, this is expected, as you’ll always have a worse opinion of the guy currently giving you a beating.
Still, the negative opinions of Bush by the end of his term were a bit over the top crazy. And the high opinions of Obama never made sense versus reality. So this change in opinion could just be people being more sensible about things. And much of what the left used to freak out over about Bush, Obama has now continued and made even more extreme. So if they want to defend Obama, they can’t act like Bush was awful anymore. In fact, they basically have to argue that the problem with Bush was he didn’t go far enough. “That stupid Bushitler! He should have blown up more Americans without trial!”
And if Obama wanted people to have a higher opinion of him, he shouldn’t have been reelected. It would be easier for people to argue that Obama was better than we gave him credit for if there wasn’t this second term to confirm how awful he is.
I wonder if opinion will go up for Obama after he’s out of office? I guess it would kind of be like how traumatic a traffic accident is once you’re in it, but years later you can look back and say, “That was an interesting time.”
They say time slows down when you’re in an accident– each second feels like a minute, and you watch everything moving in slow motion.
I can attest to that. The past 5 years have felt like an eternity.
A higher opinion of Obama as time goes along? hmmmm…
Well Obama has already been made into a GOD.
And he single handedly stopped Osama bin Laden.
And Obamacare will save the lives of millions!!
And the decendents of those millions saved by Obamacare
will eventually turn into the BILLIONS that populate the Galaxies
Yeah I think its safe to say that Obama’s popularity will increase.
Afterall he is the New Improved Black Jeeezus
A high opinion of Obama? Well, that makes sense, because you’d have to be high to approve of his job performance.
I don’t know. Jimma’ “the bunny marauder” Carter’s opinion numbers haven’t improved. I think it all depends who your asking the opinion of. I don’t think the messiah image is going to last much longer. You really do have to be sinless for that.
I wonder if opinion will go up for Obama after he’s out of office?
“No”
i think obama should resign right now. my opinion would improve. honest.
If o did a full “Dave” confession before a joint-session of Congress, followed by faking his own death and quietly leaving town, it might improve my opinion of him, depending on who assumes his office for the remainder of his term.