"The question is, who ought to make that decision?

"The Congress or the commanders?

"And as you know, my position is clear - I'm a commander guy,"

George W. Bush clarified his role for Americans in Washington, D.C. on May 2, 2007. Apparently is no longer just the "The Decider" but is now also "The Commander Guy."

The latest Washington Post-ABC News survey shows that 65 percent of Americans disapprove of Bush's job performance... does that mean that most of us are unpatriotic?

Is he our commander?

Is this mutiny? Or is this democracy?

In polls conducted by Gallup going back to 1938, only twice has a president exceeded that level of public animosity - Harry S. Truman, who hit 67 percent during the Korean War, and Richard M. Nixon, who hit 66 percent four days before resigning.

"We're kicking ass," George W. Bush said to Australian Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile, Sydney, Australia, Sept. 5, 2007, regarding the security situation in Iraq.

Iraq isn't the only issue dragging Bush's approval ratings down. In a Newsweek poll taken earlier this summer, Bush scored record or near record lows on every major issue:

• the economy (34 percent approve, 60 percent disapprove)
• health care (28 percent approve, 61 percent disapprove)
• immigration (23 percent approve, 63 percent disapprove)

In that same Newsweek poll, 50 percent of Americans disapprove of the president's handling of terrorism and homeland security.

Only 26 percent of Americans, just over one in four, approve of the job the 43rd president is doing; while, a record 65 percent disapprove, including nearly a third of Republicans. (Newsweek)

With 18 months left in office, he is in the running for most unpopular president in the history of modern polling.

Carter and Reagan at their worst moments did not face a public as hostile as the one confronting Bush. Lyndon B. Johnson at the height of Vietnam had the disapproval of 52 percent of the public. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Gerald R. Ford never had disapproval ratings reach 50 percent.

Truman and Nixon remain the most unpopular modern presidents, though barely. Truman's disapproval rating reached 67 percent in January 1952 and matched Bush's 65 percent a month later. Nixon reached 66 percent on Aug. 5, 1974, four days before he resigned amid Watergate. George H.W. Bush came close before losing his bid for reelection in 1992, with 64 percent disapproval.

The current president, though, has endured bad numbers longer than Nixon or his father did and longer than anyone other than Truman.

His disapproval rating has topped 50 percent for more than two years. And although Truman hit 67 percent and 65 percent once each within a month-long period, Bush has hit his high three times in the past 14 months. (Washington Post)

Here's the Washington Post-ABC News results showing Bush's chronic and steady decline just in the last two years alone:

This following chart shows the similarity of results from all recent polls in August and September 2007:

My questions are these -

Isn't it time for this man to stop acting like a bully and start showing a little humility?

And, since our citizens voted him in, isn't it also about time that our nation stops acting like a bully around the world and starts showing a little humility?