[techweenie]

You guys just can't handle the truth, can you?

No matter how many times you try to spin it, the truth apparently hurts:

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As measured by Gallup polls, Reagan on average had a 53 percent job approval rating in office. He thus trails behind five other post-World War II presidents : John F. Kennedy (70 percent), Dwight Eisenhower (65 percent), George H.W. Bush (61 percent), Lyndon B. Johnson (55 percent), and Bill Clinton (53 percent).

Reagan's job approval rating went up and down during his presidency. He began with low job approval ratings and his overall approval rating was 50 percent for his first term. His ratings were up at the beginning of his second term but fell because of the Iran-Contra affair. His average approval rating was 48 percent in 1987 and 53 percent in 1988, though, like most presidents, he got a final lift in his last month of office, getting a 63 percent approval rating in December 1988.

Reagan's highest job approval rating was 65 percent; all other post-World War II presidents saw higher job approval ratings at some point during their terms.

Reagan personally was seen "favorably" while in office, with about 70 percent seeing him "favorably" on average throughout his presidency and 33 percent seeing him "highly favorably." But again, he trails behind five other presidents in terms of average favorability while in office : Kennedy (88 percent), Eisenhower (84 percent), Johnson (77 percent), Ford (73 percent), and even Nixon (80 percent) saw higher favorability ratings while in office.

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Upon leaving office, Reagan's approval rating was 63% positive, Bill Clinton's, 66% positive. What's that Tom Cruise line in that movie?