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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: briann on April 28, 2009, 08:16:41 PM
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Obviously... the media will ignore this:
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/28/baracks-in-the-basement/
EDITORIAL: Barack's in the basement
Obama is less popular than Nixon and Carter
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES | Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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President Obama's media cheerleaders are hailing how loved he is. But at the 100-day mark of his presidency, Mr. Obama is the second-least-popular president in 40 years.
According to Gallup's April survey, Americans have a lower approval of Mr. Obama at this point than all but one president since Gallup began tracking this in 1969. The only new president less popular was Bill Clinton, who got off to a notoriously bad start after trying to force homosexuals on the military and a federal raid in Waco, Texas, that killed 86. Mr. Obama's current approval rating of 56 percent is only one tick higher than the 55-percent approval Mr. Clinton had during those crises.
As the attached chart shows, five presidents rated higher than Mr. Obama after 100 days in office. Ronald Reagan topped the charts in April 1981 with 67 percent approval. Following the Gipper, in order of popularity, were: Jimmy Carter with 63 percent in 1977; George W. Bush with 62 percent in 2001; Richard Nixon with 61 percent in 1969; and George H.W. Bush with 58 percent in 1989.
It's no surprise the liberal media aren't anxious to point out that their darling is less popular than George W. Bush. But given the Gallup numbers, their hurrahs could be more subdued. USA Today's front page touted the April poll results as positive, with the headline: "Public thinks highly of Obama." The current cover of Newsweek magazine ponders "The Secret of His [Mr. Obama's] Success." The comparison with previous presidents is useful because they are usually popular during their first few months in office - and most presidents have been more popular than Mr. Obama.
The explanation for Mr. Obama's low approval is that he ran as a moderate but has governed from the far left. The fawning and self-deceiving press won't go there. On Sunday's "Meet the Press," host David Gregory asked a panel about critics who "would say one of the things that he's done in 100 days already is expand the role of government, the size of government." Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin claimed, "That's what he ran for the presidency in the first place for."
Perplexed about complaints over Mr. Obama's expansion of government, Newsweek editor Jon Meacham asked: "does no one listen during campaigns?"
It was these pundits who weren't paying attention during last year's campaign. In all three presidential debates, Mr. Obama promised to cut government spending and reduce the size of the deficit. He blamed the economic crisis on excessive deficits. At no time did candidate Barack Obama say that more deficit-spending was the solution.
Mr. Obama's popularity after 100 days is the second-lowest for a simple reason: He is more partisan and divisive than his predecessors - including Richard Nixon.
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briann,
I think you are right, the media will most likely ignore this, in order to stay in favor with their "chosen one".
And, we all know no one is allowed to speak ill of the "chosen one".
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And the news media makes like he is the best and most loved president ever. They even had me thinking it although I despise him.
ag337 - you are right, if you disagree with obama then you are a racist. We must not succumb to the evils of thinking for ourselves or trying to understand the vast wisdom, foresight, and experience of Him. It is all about color, if you don't like socialism then common sense should tell you, you are a racist. Pretty simple, you should know these things! <---------- sarcasm
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briann,
I think you are right, the media will most likely ignore this, in order to stay in favor with their "chosen one".
And, we all know no one is allowed to speak ill of the "chosen one".
"Chosen One"!?!
The only thing Obama is chosen for is to go to Hell. Other than that I can't think of what good Obama does. 100 days so far and he has shown how inept and ill-prepared he is for this job. I just worry how this country will handle a real problem. Ignoring NKoreas missile launch, lunching with avid anti-Americans and terrorists, the insensitive fly-over of NY last week, and a plethora of other blunders should be ample evidence of Obamas flaws.
I predict the media will cease cutting him slack very quickly as the level of dissatisfaction quickly rises.
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Muman,
I would like to see your prediction about the media ceasing to cut him slack come true sooner than later.
My fear is just that this will not happen to change the media's coverage of Obama until something beyond terrible occurs that is impossible to ignore or make light of.
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Great article.
PUKE. :nono: on hussein.
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The fake media, the alphabet networks are already spinning it. They are showing two polls, one with high ratings and one with low. The high ratings are the ones favorable of HIM, but the low are the ones unfavorable of his policies.
The stupidity of the masses is just getting more overwhelming every day.
They LIKE HIM but not HIS POLICIES, well. DUH! Is this level of stupidity even possible(don't answer, just rhetorical)?
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There are still many brainwashed who support Obama.
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I would guess that the numbers are far more for the disapproval. Gallup is notorious for purposely skewing polls by several different methods... leading questions in a certain direction, picking areas or groups to poll that are more likely to answer the way their agenda leans, etc. It is a shame but nowadays you cannot have much faith in anything.
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There are still many brainwashed who support Obama.
Yeah and there not seeing that the crap is hitting the fan.