George Bush I ‘s approval ratings were never quite the same after he vomitted all over the Japanese Prime Minister. Clinton’s upsurge into his re-election campaign is said to have started with the Showdown over the Partial Government Shutdown.

Back to Bush’s ill-received State of the Union speech. Just… freeze-frame it. That’s all. (The decline in approval rating that followed Bush’s Great Stand Against Steroids does do ill to the current RNC line “Well, we have a one-sided debate going on with the Democratic Primary beating up on the President.”)

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