Feel that Bush bounce!

It's quite amusing to watch Bushbots like Putz giddily jump up and down and shriek every time Bush's poll numbers go up, even 1 or 2 points. Putz has posted about this supposed "Bush bounce" twice today.

One small problem: he's still abysmally unpopular. The most recent CBS/NY Times poll has him at 37% and the most recent Gallup, 39%. For some historical perspective on just how much America really doesn't like W., we turn to Media Matters (via Atrios).

* According to Gallup, on the eve of President John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination, he was suffering the worst job-approval ratings of his presidency -- 58 percent.
* In 1968, when the war in Vietnam was claiming hundreds of U.S. casualties each week, President Lyndon Johnson was considered so unpopular that he didn't even run for re-election. Johnson's average Gallup approval rating for that year was 43 percent.
* When Reagan's second term was rocked by the Iran-Contra scandal, his ratings plummeted, all the way down to 43 percent.
* This year, according to the Gallup numbers, Bush has averaged an approval rating of 37 percent.