George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, drew significant domestic and international criticism throughout his presidency. His level of popular support declined from 90 percent (the highest ever recorded by Gallup) immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks to 25 percent the lowest level for any sitting President in 35 years, rivaling Richard Nixon's unpopularity at the time of the Watergate scandal and his subsequent resigna...
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George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, drew significant domestic and international criticism throughout his presidency. His level of popular support declined from 90 percent (the highest ever recorded by Gallup) immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks to 25 percent the lowest level for any sitting President in 35 years, rivaling Richard Nixon's unpopularity at the time of the Watergate scandal and his subsequent resignation. A NBC/WSJ poll also taken in June 2007 indicated only 19% of respondents believing that the country was headed in the right direction, the lowest level recorded in 15 years.
His opponents have criticized his way of fighting the War on Terrorism, his support for the USA PATRIOT Act and the 2003 invasion of Iraq, among many other acts and issues along the way, and there was even a small-scale movement to impeach him. Former President Jimmy Carter has called Bush's presidency "the worst in history", although he later said that comment was ...
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