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United States News Title: Kenyan McTarball's Approval Rating Falls to 27% Oklahomans don't like President Barack Obama. A lot. Obama's Oklahoma Poll approval rating fell to 27 percent in July, the lowest for any elected official in the 17-year history of the survey. The previous low for an elected official was former Gov. David Walters' 33 percent in both 1993 and 1994. The previous low for a president was Obama's 36 percent in January of this year. Before that, it was President Bill Clinton's 37 percent at the end of 1994. Reasons for the state's discontent with the current chief executive range from the state of the economy to the belief that he's planning to turn the country over to "his Muslim brothers." The relative few who support Obama give him credit for tackling health care reform and doing the best possible job under difficult circumstances. "I don't know if it's totally inexperience," said poll respondent Etta Martin of Glenpool. "It could be ignorance. But he has said and done so many things, I don't believe he's a loyal American. Unless (Obama) changes his attitude or he is voted out of office, we are in for a very bad time in this country." Martin said she believes Obama is trying to start a "civil war." "He came into office with a chip on his shoulder and hatred in his heart for this country," she said. "I think he's lousy. He ought to be impeached," said Terry Hurst, who described herself as a conservative Democrat. "He's un-American. He's against Israel, and the Bible promises that who's against Israel, he's against. "I think Obama's a Muslim, not a Christian, and he's backing his Muslim brothers." Douglas Bergman of Vinita said Obama is just not getting the job done. "I don't think he's getting the country going like he said he would. Been in office for a year now and it seems like things keep going downhill." "I'm about 50-50 on what he's done," said Mitchell Hutchinson of Broken Arrow. A registered nurse, Hutchinson said he's read most of the national health-care reform bill and, on balance, thinks it's a good step. "It's not forcing people, it's giving them a choice," he said. Obama's biggest negative, in Hutchinson's view, is his handling of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. "In Afghanistan, we're only about half-way committed. What we did in Iraq, we should do in Afghanistan and get the heck out of there." "I'm very proud of President Obama," said Rebecca Hopkins. "I support our elected officials to the max, no matter the party. I think he's handled things to the best of anyone's ability." While Oklahomans have a poor opinion of Obama, they remain happy with their other elected officials. Two-thirds gave U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn a favorable rating, with Gov. Brad Henry close behind at 63 percent and U.S. Jim Inhofe at 58 percent. For the first time, the survey asked respondents their opinions of Oklahoma's five U.S. representatives. Each generally received good marks, although more than half had no opinion of 1st District Congressman John Sullivan and 3rd District Congressman Frank Lucas. Sullivan had the lowest statewide approval rating, at 28 percent, but his disapproval rating was only 18 percent with 54 percent undecided. Sullivan had a 57 percent approval rating among 1st District respondents. The highest approval rating for U.S. representatives statewide was for 5th District Congresswoman Mary Fallin and 2nd District Congressman Dan Boren, both at 49 percent. Both were over 60 percent in their home districts. The approval ratings for both U.S. senators and all five representatives, including Fallin, were lower among women than among men.
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