President Obama's Approval Ratings

[B_VinylBoy]

Oh my... LOL!!!

 

[Gnobe]

Latest Rasmussen Ohio poll puts McCain 51% Obama 44%.

National polls don't reflect the outcome of the election, true, however McCain is actually ahead on some electoral college maps now (including Rasmussens).

Uh yes that's regarding a state-wide electoral vote system where only the polls of individual states matter.

Last time I looked this thread wasn't about an election, this was just about his approval rating.

Obama's Approval Rating Hits New Low - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

Anyway it appears he has no healthcare bounce for the time being.

 

[D_Geffarde Phartsmeller]

Uh yes that's regarding a state-wide electoral vote system where only the polls of individual states matter.

Last time I looked this thread wasn't about an election, this was just about his approval rating.

Obama's Approval Rating Hits New Low - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

Anyway it appears he has no healthcare bounce for the time being.

LOLZ this poll was done on 858 adults. That's a whopping 0.00000286% of the population. Yikes! If that's not representative of 300 million people, I don't know what is.

 

[B_Nick4444]

Obama’s Approval Rating Drops to Record Low

Friday, 02 Apr 2010 05:53 PM

"...This healthcare thing apparently isn’t working out too well politically for President Barack Obama. His approval rating fell to a record low of 44 percent in the latest CBS News Poll.

That compares to 49 percent in late March, just before the healthcare reform bill became law. His approval rating was 50 percent in January and 68 percent last April.

Obama does even worse on healthcare. Only 34 percent of respondents approve of his healthcare policy, down from 41 percent in late March, 40 percent in January and 49 percent in July. ..."

Newsmax - Obama?s Approval Rating Drops to Record Low

 

[Gnobe]

LOLZ this poll was done on 858 adults. That's a whopping 0.00000286% of the population. Yikes! If that's not representative of 300 million people, I don't know what is.

Most polls are done with those sort of sample sizes. When Bush was getting his 20 shitty odd percent we all took that as credible right?

 

[justasimpleguy]

I umm don't even know what to say. Free-floating in their own sea of reality is the only way I can put it. I guess angry white people just have to believe they are still a majority in this country. But they are not. And they never will be again.

 

[B_VinylBoy]

Most polls are done with those sort of sample sizes. When Bush was getting his 20 shitty odd percent we all took that as credible right?

No, but we all had a good laugh.

 

[B_Nick4444]

Disgruntled Democrats join the Tea Party

Grand Junction, Colorado (CNN) -- They are not typical Tea Party activists: A woman who voted for President Obama and believes he's a "phenomenal speaker." Another who said she was a "knee-jerk, bleeding heart liberal."

Some Americans who say they have been sympathetic to Democratic causes in the past -- some even voted for Democratic candidates -- are angry with President Obama and his party. They say they are now supporting the Tea Party -- a movement that champions less government, lower taxes and the defeat of Democrats even though it's not formally aligned with the Republican Party. [emphasis added]

"I think we've gone too far on the side of government doing too much," Ducket said. "The Democratic Party is wanting to take care of everyone, instead of helping everybody stand on their own two feet."

Disgruntled Democrats join the Tea Party - CNN.com

 

[conntom]

Up with the Tea Party.

Down with Obama and his policies.

And the Repubs better learn from this....

 

[deleted15807]

Uh yes that's regarding a state.

Exactly what is an approval rating but a national polling? And you said 'National polls don't reflect the outcome of the election'

Up with the Tea Party.

Down with Obama and his policies.

And the Repubs better learn from this....

Rahh rahh rahhh....Repubs are immune from the concept of 'learning'. How can you learn when the ideology prohibits admitting mistakes because you're always right. There isn't a thing Bush did who left with an approval rating circa 24% that they wouldn't do again.

 

[stratedude]

Rahh rahh rahhh....Repubs are immune from the concept of 'learning'. How can you learn when the ideology prohibits admitting mistakes because you're always right.

How can you learn from "mistakes" when your ideology doesn't allow for admitting much difference between right and wrong? Just a big spectrum of grey area.

Luckily Dems are not immune to the concept of learning. How else do you suppose so many young people turn into older conservatives?

"If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain." - Churchill

 

[deleted15807]

How can you learn from "mistakes" when your ideology doesn't allow for admitting much difference between right and wrong?

So have Republicans given up on the idea of 'pre-emptive' war now that over 100,000 people are dead and $3 trillion in the hole because of it AND AND the reasons for doing it were bogus?

Short answer. HELL NO.

YouTube - John Bolton: We Must Bomb Iran Now

World domination and control is the goal...........

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]• we need to increase defense spending significantly if we are to carry out our global
responsibilities today and modernize our armed forces for the future;
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]• we need to strengthen our ties to democratic allies and to challenge regimes hostile to our interests and values;
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]• we need to promote the cause of political and economic freedom abroad;
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]• we need to accept responsibility for America's unique role in preserving and extending an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our principles. [/FONT]

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Statement of Principles

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That last one pretty much SPELLS it out. And if you don't know who or what the Project For The New American Century is and who is behind it, you are behind way behind the times.

 

[maxcok]

Disgruntled Democrats join the Tea Party . . .
Some Americans who say they have been sympathetic to Democratic causes in the past -- some even voted for Democratic candidates -- are angry with President Obama and his party. . . [emphasis added] . . .

Oh nicky, nicky, nicky. Now you're clutching at cocktail straws.

Up with the Tea Party.

Down with Obama and his policies.

And the Repubs better learn from this....

Up, up with people!!!

Down with zippers!!!

How can you learn from "mistakes" when your ideology doesn't allow for admitting much difference between right and wrong? Just a big spectrum of grey area. . . .

Newsflash - life is full of gray areas. The very issues you are trying to wrap your little mind around are fraught with complexity and full of gray. It's the simplicity of the Authoritarian mindset that is the problem here. Look it up. Here, I'll do it for you:

Authoritarian Mindset | TPM .. ..John Dean On The Authoritarian Mindset ....

Democracy Now! The Authoritarian Mindset ..Ayn R Key: The Authoritarian Mindset ....

Authoritarian personality - Wikipedia .....Right-wing authoritarianism - Wikipedia

As for your Churchill quote, he is one of my heroes, and I quote him often. However, 'liberal' and 'conservative' meant very different things in his time than they do today, especially the term 'conservative'. I can assure you, the great man would be appalled at today's so-called "conservatives", and he would not stand for it.

 

[maxcok]

. . . . . if you don't know who or what the Project For The New American Century is and who is behind it, you are behind way behind the times.

Oh yeah, the PNAC, that scurvy lot. Didn't they 'disband' in 2006 after the spotlight started getting a little too bright and a little too hot? Wonder what rock they're hiding under now, maybe in Darth Cheney's secret underground lair?

Weren't they the gang that had plans all drawn up for the invasion of Iraq well before the Twin Towers came tumbling down? Conspiracy theory? Nah . . . lemme put my tin foil hat back on. Anyway, y'all should read their list of alums and signatories. It's a Who's Who of the Bush II administration, staffmembers, close friends, cheerleaders and allies all. A great number of them served Papa Bush too, and many go all the way back to the Reagan administration, among them: Elliot Abrams, Richard Armitage, Wm. Bennett, Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz and others. Coincidence?? Nah . . . .

Check the 'Associations with Bush administration' chart: Project for the New American Century - Wiki

Interesting and provocative factoids: PNAC alum and WMD marketing guru Paul Wolfowitz, who served as Deputy Sec. of Defense under Sec. of Defense Rumsfeld in the Bush II administration, previously served as an Under Sec. of Defense under Sec. of Defense Cheney in the Bush I administration. He was nominated by Bush II in 2005 to become President of the World Bank, a nomination roundly criticized by Noble Laureate and former Chief Economist at the Bank, Joseph Stiglitz, and just about everybody else with half a brain. He was elected, but soon got in trouble for appointing Bush cronies to lucrative jobs, certain sexual improprieties and trying to push neo-conservative policies on things like family planning and global climate change among other stuff. He was succeeded in 2007 at the World Bank by its current president, Robert Zoellick, another PNAC alum. ????? Nah . . . .

Fun Factoids: Bush Jr.'s Sec. of Defense Don Rumsfeld, who goes all the way back to the Nixon admin, was Chief of Staff for Gerald Ford and was succeeded in that position by Dick Cheney, who was Papa Bush's Sec of Defense before becoming Jr.'s Vice Prez. Talk about your old white guys! In musical chairs!!! They's alot of these connections heah if you sniff em out.

Random thought: Does anybody besides me think Richard Perle just smells like a big old closet queen?