Informed Speculation

…or just the latest in BDS headlines, the Huffington Post has you covered!…or, if you prefer, you can bask in the reflected glory that is Cenk Uygur (yes, you heard me right – THAT Cenk Uygur):

I have a question for reporters to investigate: Is Dick Cheney the most unpopular American politician of all time?

This is a serious question. I have never seen a politician with an approval rating below 18% in my lifetime. But I’m not a historian, so I don’t have all the numbers in front of me. I’d love to see where he ranks among the most hated politicians of all time.

Was Spiro Agnew below 18% before he was convicted? I know Nixon was higher than 18% when he resigned. How about other indicted, impeached and disgraced politicians – did any of them ever get below 18%? Has anyone ever made it that low?

What’s amazing is that anyone takes Dick Cheney seriously. He has got to be one of the largest political liabilities of all time and elected officials still listen to him? Who takes advice from a guy with an 18% approval rating?

…18% approval rating is stunning. The only thing more stunning is that he is not a pariah on Capitol Hill and in the White House. Which politician in their right mind embraces a guy this universally disliked?

(emphasis mine)

Never mind all that, Cenk! Did you hear about Cheney’s 18% approval rating? Where are all the historians and journalists when you need them?…