Bush 41 had approval ratings in the high 80s when he spent time praying in the White House with Billy Graham hours before unleashing U.S. ground forces in Kuwait against Iraq. Likewise, Bush 43 had sky-high approval ratings when he addressed a joint Congress after 9/11. They were still in the high 70s when the Allied intelligence agencies convinced the …
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