It’s official: G. W. Bush is the worst president ever as measured by his disapproval rating. According to a recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll, 71% of Americans disapprove of how he is handling his job as president. This is well above every presidents’ disapproval ratings in every poll of this kind in history. It’s even lower than Nixon’s disapproval rating just prior to announcing his resignation. In other words, Americans distrust President Bush more than they distrusted Nixon at the height of the Watergate scandal. Perhaps it’s because Watergate didn’t result in the deaths of thousands of American soldiers and tens of thousands of non US citizens nor did it cost trillions of dollars. Amazingly enough, his approval rating is still higher than the lowest experienced by Nixon (and Truman).

Okay, so polls aren’t necessarily the best way to objectively (or accurately) measure the quality of a political figure. Furthermore, it tells us what we already knew: Bush is unpopular. But at least America is waking up to what foreigners have known for year - Bush is one of the worst presidents ever.

The image is created and licensed by Brian Sims.