If Washington’s tone has changed, this is why
Here’s what President Obama’s job-approval numbers look like, from Sept. 1 to today, as compiled from major polls by RealClearPolitics:
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It’s also interesting to look at the polls individually. Here’s a list of every major survey conducted in the month of January on the question of job approval. As you’ll notice, one of the numbers is not like the others:
Every poll but one reports an eight-to-12-point differential between job approval and disapproval. I won’t mention the identity of the outlier.
And finally, we have this, which helps to explain why, despite passionate promises to the contrary, the Republicans will not be pushing the government into default or shutting down the government anytime soon:
– Jay Bookman
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RB from Gwinnett
January 30th, 2013
6:21 pm
“What this tells me is that 52% of American people, just like Obama, really don’t give a crap that we are 16 trillion dollars in debt, and that number is growing fast. My bet would be that this number is made up mostly of people who pay no federal income tax.”
The bigger issue is the POTUS and the press are telling them they’re going to make evil rich people and corporations pay all the bills and give them a tax cut. It’s a lie. And either Obama knows it’s a lie and he’s playing them for fools (which is working…just read this blog) or he’s a complete idiot. You can take your pick which you think it is.
F. Sinkwich
January 30th, 2013
6:21 pm
“Obama has decent approval numbers given such slanted media coverage?”
Nope. Case in point:
The dead tree version of the AJC printed an AP article this morning headlined, “Sandy victims still wait for relief.” It included quotes from the poor folks who have received zero relief or any help from FEMA in over three months now, which O’bozo promised would be provided immediately. A real tear-jerker. Any guess how many times “Obama” showed up in that article? Zero.
The majority of America are takers as evidenced by last November’s election. That fact coupled with the cheerleaders in the MSM ignoring any and all incompetence of all things O’bozo leads to only one conclusion: It’s over.
RIP USA 1776-2012
DannyX
January 30th, 2013
6:22 pm
Hey pogo, Jay’s first blog of the day was about the crooked Georgia scholarship tax credit. Are the people that use that tax credit also part of your 50%?
Taken a step further, are all parents who send their kids to public schools a part of your moocher, entitlement, freebie society?
Look before I leap...
January 30th, 2013
6:23 pm
and sorry, I said state of the union – meant Inaugural in my 6:14
Wilbur
January 30th, 2013
6:23 pm
If the AJC keeps pimping how well the economy is doing but today’s numbers shockingly say it’s actually contracting, does Jay’s head actually explode?
Seems that for all the shilling, Obama’s economy is lagging badly. If a republican delivered this kind of performance, the press would go bat-crap crazy.
Instead Jay and the AJC are quiet about the terrible results. I suppose they are waiting for instructions on how to spin it.
Logical Dude
January 30th, 2013
6:23 pm
Thulsa :Well if its a popularity contest of course Obama is gonna win
I’m surprised you haven’t realized that most voting is a popularity contest.
If substance mattered then we would have seen a different primary outcome for the Republicans. Ron Paul was unpopular, but had more substance than most of those ahead of him. It’s also how to explain how Gingrich won Georgia – he’s popular here.
F. Sinkwich
January 30th, 2013
6:24 pm
Oh, that article was on page A8…
DannyX
January 30th, 2013
6:24 pm
“Sandy victims still wait for relief.””
I wonder if the victims in red Barrow County will be seeking relief from today’s storm…
josef
January 30th, 2013
6:24 pm
getalife
They said they would, and they did. It’ll be interesting to see what international reaction is….
USA Patriot
January 30th, 2013
6:25 pm
JB – Never mind, fount the definition of the alpha characters – A=Adults, RV=Registered Voter, LV=?.
DannyX
January 30th, 2013
6:26 pm
” I suppose they are waiting for instructions on how to spin it.”
Wilbur, how are you going to spin it? What is your “expert” opinion on the .1% decline?
getalife
January 30th, 2013
6:27 pm
josef,
“Israel has made it clear that if the Syrian government loses control over its chemical weapons or transfers them to Hezbollah, Israel will most likely be compelled to act. Avi Dichter, the minister for the home front, told Israel Radio on Tuesday that options to prevent Syria from using or transferring the weapons included deterrence and “attempts to hit the stockpiles.” ” NYTimes.
Yup, they might want to evacuate that area around those weapons.
Matti
January 30th, 2013
6:27 pm
I don’t watch much MSNBC because they have too darned many commercials. CNN regurgitates the same stuff at us on an endless loop, and Fox Noise is a bunch of plastic heads telling me how I should feel (”be outraged!”) about a little snippet of a story they cherry-picked to kick off a segment of group squawking. No matter which one is on my TV, I think, “What real news am I NOT getting while I listen to this nonsense?”
Jack
January 30th, 2013
6:27 pm
First they want to take our facts and ratings, next they’ll be coming after our guns and gods.
jconservative
January 30th, 2013
6:28 pm
“By historical standards, Obama can hardly be viewed as entering his second term as a strong, popular, and well-respected president.”
Yet he is only the 4th president in the last 100+ years to win two presidential elections with more than 50% of the vote.
Look before I leap...
January 30th, 2013
6:29 pm
““Sandy victims still wait for relief.” It included quotes from the poor folks who have received zero relief or any help from FEMA in over three months now, which O’bozo promised would be provided immediately. A real tear-jerker. Any guess how many times “Obama” showed up in that article? Zero. ”
Might have something to do with the fact that Congress only appropriated 13% of what was requested for Sandy relief.
saywhat?
January 30th, 2013
6:31 pm
“I do, however, always find it interesting to see everyone bash Fox news on a day when MSNBC got caught, again, in a phony piece of journalism.”
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Its sometimes a weekly or daily event at FOX, having happened countless times in the past, and sure to happen countless times in the future. And yet, I have read more disapproval from the left over this one MSNBC event on this blog today , than I have read of any disapproval from the right on Kyle’s, Wooten’s, Tucker’s and Jay’s blogs combined over ANY of FOX’s transgressions over the past 5-6 years.
Why is that , do you suppose?
Thulsa Doom
January 30th, 2013
6:32 pm
Thullie D,
“Indeed. W’s National Guard Service was indeed bogus. As in, it existed on paper only. I’m so sorry this still haunts you. Bless your heart.”
Matti,
And you can prove that right? You are to the kook left what a birther is to the right.
Jay
January 30th, 2013
6:34 pm
“I wonder if the victims in red Barrow County will be seeking relief from today’s storm…
I wonder if Phil Gingrey, who voted against Sandy aid, will seek federal money for his own district.
Thulsa Doom
January 30th, 2013
6:35 pm
“Its sometimes a weekly or daily event at FOX, having happened countless times in the past, and sure to happen countless times in the future.”
Sure buddy. Its happened so many countless times that you provided several examples of these “countless” transgressions.
Uh Huh....Obama, Mr. Popularity
January 30th, 2013
6:35 pm
@pogo
January 30th, 2013
6:16 pm
Yep, we now have 50 something percent who want the government to dictate to them what they get and how much they get and how they live their lives. The idea of personnal freedom has been watered way down in the last four years to the point that the very definition is no longer relevant. No party can fight against the free money offered by government entitlements and people are more than willing to give up freedom in return for a free ride. When people find out they can sit and do nothing and still get what they need, why work? Way more people than you think are catching onto this and why not? Even the Con’s are starting to understand there is no reason to work, especially the older ones. Just give in and let the government give it to you because why get up at 4AM and go to work when you can sleep until 8AM and get it all for free like everyone else?
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Sounds like you are dictating what they SHOULD get and how much
they SHOULD get and how they SHOULD live their lives.
The only thing that is WATERED down is you CONS.
Free money? Don’t be ridiculous. Free AIN’T free.
The last time I checked CONS get MORE of the FREE STUFF than
anyone else. Prove me wrong.
YOU SAY “Even the Con’s are starting to understand there is no reason to work”
I get up at 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. because I am RETIRED and I had worked since I
was 15 years old. I get an SS check and a Pension. I have PAID MY DUES.
Have you?
josef
January 30th, 2013
6:35 pm
getalife
It looks like the transfer of the weapons to Hezbollah and attempts to get them to Lebanon means that Iran is cutting its losses…
F. Sinkwich
January 30th, 2013
6:38 pm
““Indeed. W’s National Guard Service was indeed bogus.”
W flew jet fighters.
O’bozo smoked dope.
getalife
January 30th, 2013
6:38 pm
josef.
Yup, no response from Iran yet..
Thulsa Doom
January 30th, 2013
6:41 pm
Logical dude,
Well of course its a popularity contest. So again- its no surprise Obama got elected given his shocking lack of qualifications for the job. Or that he got re-elected or has decent favorability numbers. And why would any of us be surprised? This is after all a dumbed down culture where the 2 people with the biggest number of twitter followers are Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga with 33 million followers each. And low information voters are automatically skewed heavily towards the Ds imdo. No surprise there.
Matti
January 30th, 2013
6:41 pm
Thullie D,
It’s a dead subject, but the point is HE could never prove it. See, my Daddy was a fighter pilot, and in his later years of service, in the Ala NG during the years in question. He’s got pictures of him there with his buddies, their planes, and their crews. They kept in touch over the years. I met some of them as a little girl. Lots of “remember when?”s. Daddy has his pictures and his papers, and commendations, and you know… evidence. My Daddy never saw the Bush boy. Doesn’t know anyone there that did. No pictures. No missions. No stories. Just… a paper lid on an ugly jar. So much for proof. Sorry to ruin your myth.
Look before I leap...
January 30th, 2013
6:42 pm
“W flew jet fighters.”
And Alabama never was invaded by the VietCong.
“O’bozo smoked dope.”
And W snorted coke and drank like a fish – what’s your point?
Uh Huh....Obama, Mr. Popularity
January 30th, 2013
6:43 pm
@Voter
January 30th, 2013
6:11 pm
After 8 years of the Obama Administration – it will read in the history books, largest increase in National Debt(and that’s counting % wise, not just numbers), largest increase in welfare recipients, (also % wise) and their legacy of blame will be Bush and the GOP.
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Their LEGACY will be…………..Obama’s FAVORABILITY RATING IS 60%
heeheeheeheeheeheee
F. Sinkwich
January 30th, 2013
6:43 pm
“I wonder if Phil Gingrey, who voted against Sandy aid, will seek federal money for his own district.”
Let’s just say he does, Jay, so what? Hypocrite time?
Maybe he just didn’t want all that money to the NE going to union thugs, corrupt pols, and the mob.
I’m thinking his district has none of those.
kayaker 71
January 30th, 2013
6:44 pm
And how are we to feel when our economy fails to improve, our growth is at a paltry point one percent, our unemployment numbers are essentially the same and our dollar and our reputation internationally is in the tank. Leader of the free world? This clown couldn’t lead ants to a picnic. And still, the hangers on, the guilt filled white liberals, blacks who couldn’t tell a leader from a poor rap star, latinos in it for what they can get…… and who pays the bills? The most vilified, maligned and demonized people on the planet….. working white males. Bozo doesn’t give a good tinkers damn about the economy and neither do the sheep who voted for him. You just don’t give a damn. Your ideology is more important than the future of our country. We will eventually, while we still have some kind of future, split this country in half and let you liberals, blacks, latinos, welfare queens, parasites and 47%ers fend for your selves. We will have to build a rather high fence to keep you out when the riots on your side start. It will be a telling moment.
Matti
January 30th, 2013
6:45 pm
Sorry, I mean to say “paper lid on an empty jar.” I hate it when I mess up a metaphor! Wearing a uniform and having your name on a roster does not equate to “service.” Ask anyone who actually served.
Uh Huh....Obama, Mr. Popularity
January 30th, 2013
6:47 pm
@Thulsa Doom
January 30th, 2013
6:41 pm
Logical dude,
This is after all a dumbed down culture where the 2 people with the biggest number of twitter followers are Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga with 33 million followers each. And low information voters are automatically skewed heavily towards the Ds imdo. No surprise there.
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We know who the followers of Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga are.
Don’t we?
Are they the TAKERS you people talk about?
Huh?
getalife
January 30th, 2013
6:49 pm
Some of the 36 gop that voted against Sandy asked for the same thing when their State got hit.
Hypocrisy has no bounds for the gop.
Voter
January 30th, 2013
6:49 pm
@josef – “VOTER Previsionist historian, ere ye?”
Walks like a duck, talks like a duck, must be a duck.
1st four years and I see nothing changing for the next 4.
Uh Huh....Obama, Mr. Popularity
January 30th, 2013
6:50 pm
@F. Sinkwich
January 30th, 2013
6:43 pm
“I wonder if Phil Gingrey, who voted against Sandy aid, will seek federal money for his own district.”
Let’s just say he does, Jay, so what? Hypocrite time?
Maybe he just didn’t want all that money to the NE going to union thugs, corrupt pols, and the mob.
I’m thinking his district has none of those.
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So he wants it to go to the Que Kluk Clan, the Tee Party thugs, corrupt cons
and the Georgia mafia?
heeheeheeheehee
Thulsa Doom
January 30th, 2013
6:51 pm
“It’s a dead subject, but the point is HE could never prove it.”
Matti,
First of all the onus is not on W to prove it. Its on those making this bogus charge to prove it. If I just make the blatant accusation that you are high on drugs with your statements is the onus on me to prove such a provocative statement? Or is it on you to have to prove some completely bogus accusation that someone made against you.
Secondly W was only there for a short time and for very limited duty- part time. He was after all a weekend warrior. Its not as if he was with a group of buddies and served with them for years. So your comparison using your daddy’s life experiences is a foolish comparison that ignores these facts.
Thirdly there are in fact people that say he was there. Or perhaps in your rather slanted view you just don’t give enough of a damn to hear the other side of the story because it doesn’t fit your narrative. And then there is the matter of the pay stubs, the dental records from Montgomery, etc. He was in Montgomery at the time ma’am. There is no question about that.
Your problem is that you’re so full of hate for the man that you cannot and will not look objectively at other information. Or even give the man the benefit of the doubt. If someone makes up some bogus crap about W then by God it must be true in your view. You remind me of that girl in the allstate tv commercial who said “They can’t put anything on the internet that’s not true”.
getalife
January 30th, 2013
6:51 pm
kay,
Delta is ready when you are.
Jay
January 30th, 2013
6:51 pm
Sink, I see your posts, and for a brief moment I think you might actually be right about something. Maybe we really are doomed.
But don’t worry, the thought passes quickly.
Voter
January 30th, 2013
6:52 pm
@Uh Huh….Obama, Mr. Popularity – “Their LEGACY will be…………..Obama’s FAVORABILITY RATING IS 60% heeheeheeheeheeheee”
You find this funny? $16+ trillion in debt, not spending cuts in sight? Welfare and unemployment on the rise? Jobs and the economy going down?
Just what kind of an American are you?
josef
January 30th, 2013
6:52 pm
getalife
…an interesting read on that…
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/syrian-tv-israel-bombed-military-site-near-damascus.premium-1.500338
That Black Guy
January 30th, 2013
6:53 pm
indigo
January 30th, 2013
5:28 pm
Jay, no matter how much public approval he gets, cons here will still say what a bad job Obama is doing.
Fox News, Rush and their fundamentalist pastors have convinced them Obama is essentially a tool of the Devil.
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What about the ones that don’t watch Fox, listen to Rush, or go to church.
Oh, that’s right. Neat little boxes.
Easier than thinking.
In the middle
January 30th, 2013
6:53 pm
josef, BBC is also good for international news..
Thomas Heyward Jr
January 30th, 2013
6:53 pm
There are cash-strapped governments and there are broke governments. And then there’s Zimbabwe, which, after paying last week’s government salaries, has just $217 left in the bank. No, we didn’t forget any zeroes to the end of that figure. Zimbabwe, the country that’s home to some of the world’s largest platinum and diamond reserves, literally has the same financial standing as a 14-year-old girl after a really good birthday party. The country’s finance minister admitted as much in a press conference on Tuesday. “Last week when we paid civil servants there was $217 [left] in government coffers,” Tendai Biti told reporters. “The government finances are in paralysis state at the present moment. We are failing to meet our targets.”
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The sad thing is………………217 dollars is 16 trillion MORE than this………..ObamaNation………………has.
Matti
January 30th, 2013
6:53 pm
What do you call somebody who actually knows or cares how many twitter followers some little pop singers have, and then uses that “information” to try to make a point about millions of people he’s never met?
Voter
January 30th, 2013
6:54 pm
@Uh Huh….Obama, Mr. Popularity – “Their LEGACY will be…………..Obama’s FAVORABILITY RATING IS 60% heeheeheeheeheeheee”
60%? Who cares? How does this help America? How does this help people find jobs? He’s not up for re-election. Wake up!
Uh Huh....Obama, Mr. Popularity
January 30th, 2013
6:56 pm
@Thulsa Doom
January 30th, 2013
6:51 pm
“It’s a dead subject, but the point is HE could never prove it.”
Matti,
First of all the onus is not on W to prove it. Its on those making this bogus charge to prove it. If I just make the blatant accusation that you are high on drugs with your statements is the onus on me to prove such a provocative statement? Or is it on you to have to prove some completely bogus accusation that someone made against you.
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Ohhhh…..”not on W to prove it?”
But Obama has to PROVE he was BORN in the U.S?….Uh Huh
Thulsa Doom
January 30th, 2013
6:56 pm
Uh huh,
Glad to see you personally know the 66 million followers that I spoke of. Talk about popularity.
The point since it went completely over your head is that as a culture we value style over substance.
josef
January 30th, 2013
6:56 pm
VOTER
I learned a long time ago not to go predicting the future. Anything can, and usually does, happen just when we least expect it.
indigo
January 30th, 2013
6:58 pm
pogo – 6:16
That sounds like a great deal!
What are all these Govt. entitlements you speak of?
How can I get on this gravy train?
Thulsa Doom
January 30th, 2013
6:58 pm
“But Obama has to PROVE he was BORN in the U.S?….Uh Huh”
Rejected. Deflection. Do you see me bringing up Obama’s birthplace? Nope. As a matter of fact I made a mocking statement about birthers and I was on the record as believing the whole birther issue was nonsense. Try again. Sport.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
January 30th, 2013
6:58 pm
Wearing a uniform and having your name on a roster does not equate to “service.” Ask anyone who actually served.
Well, all I know is I sure wish my Daddy was a big shot back when I was in the army. They never let me go inactive or anything like that. When they told me to jump I said Yes Sir and how high. Or even go into the National Guard. I had to be there every day. I’m sure there’s lots of vets that remember old Redneck. For some reason I always got the s*** details and jobs nobody wanted. There’s lots of fat vets out there that got fat on the potatoes I peeled. Or is that “potatos”? I always get bumfuzzled about that ever since that VP corrected the kid’s spelling.
josef
January 30th, 2013
6:59 pm
MIDDLE
It is that, though there is often a slant there that you have to get past.
Voter
January 30th, 2013
7:00 pm
@josef – “VOTER – I learned a long time ago not to go predicting the future. Anything can, and usually does, happen just when we least expect it.”
I agree, I was just making a point earlier that whenever anything bad happens the Liberal Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Jay Carney and even obama himself make sure they put the blame somewhere else. It’s either Bush’s fault, the GOP’s fault, etc.
Uh Huh....Obama, Mr. Popularity
January 30th, 2013
7:00 pm
Colin Powell TOOK O’Reilly TO SCHOOL LAST NIGHT.
O’Reilly acted like the SIMPLE MINDED low IQ person that he is.
Jack ®
January 30th, 2013
7:00 pm
Chart or no chart, if Obama has a favorable rating, it has to come from those who benefit most from his drive to eliminate inequities. In other words, those who will receive more freebies.
Matti
January 30th, 2013
7:02 pm
Thullie D,
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t hate anybody, but that number is way too small to make me “full” of hate. Yes, the Bush boy was assigned a uniform. But he did not actually show up or do anything that merits the claim that he served. He didn’t, and there’s no evidence that he did, beyond a high-level CYA arranged by his own daddy. It is what it is. If that’s enough to impress YOU, then jeepers, you’re an easy man to impress. Congratulations, I guess.
Erwin's cat
January 30th, 2013
7:02 pm
in the middle -josef, BBC is also good for international news..
BBC is a life saver…i do a lot of international and you can watch only so much soccer, the BBC international hotel channel is a good break,,i remember once i was so desperate i watch a movie in japanese with french subtitles…i couldn’t stop reading the subtitles and no i couldn’t translate it…
RB from Gwinnett
January 30th, 2013
7:02 pm
“You find this funny? $16+ trillion in debt, not spending cuts in sight? Welfare and unemployment on the rise? Jobs and the economy going down?
Just what kind of an American are you?”
A liberal.
Thulsa Doom
January 30th, 2013
7:03 pm
” In other words, those who will receive more freebies.”
That’s just too much common sense for this blog.
Skip
January 30th, 2013
7:03 pm
Doom, you don’t have a clue about Nam and the guard. Anyone of age during that time knows the guard was the escape from possible combat. You get a pass for not being involved, but don’t embarrass yourself by talking about what you don’t know.
Uh Huh..........Obama, Mr. Popularity
January 30th, 2013
7:03 pm
@Thulsa Doom
January 30th, 2013
6:58 pm
“But Obama has to PROVE he was BORN in the U.S?….Uh Huh”
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That was not necessarily AIMED at you.
It was for those who are HYPOCRITES.
indigo
January 30th, 2013
7:04 pm
That Black Guy – 6:53 “the ones that don’t watch Fox, listen to Rush or go to church”
Finding cons here that don’t do any of the above would be very difficult, judging by their posts.
Towncrier
January 30th, 2013
7:05 pm
Gee..I never would have thought of this, but maybe she’s on to something:
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/01/30/msnbc-guest-chicago-is-so-violent-partially-because-of-global-warming-or-something/
Or then again, maybe not. You couldn’t even make this stuff up, it’s so absurd.
Voter
January 30th, 2013
7:06 pm
RB from Gwinnett – “A liberal.”
True. His/her family were part of the Colonists that said “We love King George, his Favorable rating is 60%”
josef
January 30th, 2013
7:06 pm
VOTER
Not being a supporter of either of the two major parties, I would contend that they both play that game.
Skip
January 30th, 2013
7:06 pm
And I have nothing against those who took that road but don’t insult those of us that went and fought. And that’s just what you do when you give out the BS about Bush and the guard.
Vet
January 30th, 2013
7:07 pm
6.21 pm….RB from Gwinnett….you are 100 per cent correct ..you are the smartest person on line! The others must watch NBC or MSNBC to get their warped political views!! They probably think Al Sharpton is not a racist.
Uh Huh..........Obama, Mr. Popularity
January 30th, 2013
7:07 pm
@Jack ®
January 30th, 2013
7:00 pm
Chart or no chart, if Obama has a favorable rating, it has to come from those who benefit most from his drive to eliminate inequities. In other words, those who will receive more freebies.
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Dear Jack Arse,
I know you what to believe your rhetoric but TRY AGAIN.
Thulsa Doom
January 30th, 2013
7:07 pm
“But he did not actually show up or do anything that merits the claim that he served. He didn’t, and there’s no evidence that he did, beyond a high-level CYA arranged by his own daddy.”
Prove it. Cause if you can’t you just sound like another leftwing mindless conspiracy kook spouting nonsense that they can’t prove. I’ll say it again
P
R
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V
E
I
T
!
You can do that right?
Erwin's cat
January 30th, 2013
7:08 pm
Finding cons here that don’t do any of the above would be very difficult, judging by their posts
what’s a con?
Voter
January 30th, 2013
7:08 pm
@josef – “VOTER Not being a supporter of either of the two major parties, I would contend that they both play that game.”
I agree, that’s why I want most of them out. Any Congressman that has served 2 terms consecutively, need to go. Term limits voted in. Let’s keep getting new blood in.
Soothsayer
January 30th, 2013
7:08 pm
I’ve just got 2 things to say:
I only voted for Obama for the free gifts. And,
I got some onus on me one time and I liked to have never got it off!
Janney
January 30th, 2013
7:08 pm
RB from Gwinnett
January 30th, 2013
5:03 pm
“What’s YOUR theory on why the GOP backed away so abjectly on the showdown that they had promised in no uncertain terms?”
Because they don’t have the spine or effective communication skills to overcome the backlash that would cause from media outlets such as Jay Bookman who already vilify them for everything from toe fungus to hurricanes.
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Jay, I think RB has just said your ratings outpace Limbaugh and Fox News!
indigo
January 30th, 2013
7:10 pm
Doom – 7:07
Daddy Bush, being the smart, rich politician he was, made sure we would never be able to prove it.
Money talks.
Towncrier
January 30th, 2013
7:10 pm
Ah, yes, the beauty of interpreting “free speech” as something other than..well, you know…speech:
http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2013/01/30/boys-will-ask-you-every-day-until-you-say-yes/
Does anyone here NOT know that computer generated child pornography is also “speech”? I mean, it so patently obvious you wonder why the question had to be answered by our very august SC. Ejaculating into a camera and stuff like that – it’s just what the Framers had in mind concerning “free speech”.
Thulsa Doom
January 30th, 2013
7:10 pm
“Doom, you don’t have a clue about Nam and the guard. Anyone of age during that time knows the guard was the escape from possible combat.”
Skip,
That’s not the issue sir. The issue is very simple. If you’re going to make the charge that W didn’t do his guard svc in Montgomery then prove it. Your points are completely irrelevant to the discussion.
DownInAlbany
January 30th, 2013
7:11 pm
Matti
January 30th, 2013
6:27 pm
about a little snippet of a story they cherry-picked to kick off a segment of group squawking.
Like what happens on this blog only a daily basis?
Look before I leap...
January 30th, 2013
7:12 pm
“And how are we to feel when our economy fails to improve, our growth is at a paltry point one percent, our unemployment numbers are essentially the same and our dollar and our reputation internationally is in the tank.”
In that premable to your rant, not one single thing correct. Impressive.
Euro to Dollar Jan 2009 about 1.45
today about 1.35
Yen to Dollar Jan 2009 about .011
today about .011
Unemployment rate – Oct 2009 10
now 7.8
And sixteen of the top 25 contributors to US GDP went blue in the last election and those 16 states accounted for 67% of total GDP. Good luck with your economic secession.
Thulsa Doom
January 30th, 2013
7:12 pm
“Daddy Bush, being the smart, rich politician he was, made sure we would never be able to prove it.”
So now we got to W guard service conspiracy kooks. You guys are funnier than the birthers. If you say that Daddy Bush covered for little W then the same challenge goes to you- PROVE IT!
Brosephus™
January 30th, 2013
7:14 pm
This has got to be the funniest sh*t ever posted here. I feel sad for anybody who can say such bullsh*t with a straight face and mean every last word of it…
@ 6:44
“The most vilified, maligned and demonized people on the planet….. working white males…”
But, before and after that particular sentence you find…
“the guilt filled white liberals, blacks who couldn’t tell a leader from a poor rap star, latinos in it for what they can get…”
“welfare queens, parasites and 47%ers…”
I don’t like to pick on old people, but just damn. How can one vilify, malign, and demonize damn near everybody in this country but “working White men” and then claim they are the most vilified, maligned, and demonized group in this country. If that’s the type of logic it takes to be “conservative”, then this country is truly f**ked up.
Matti
January 30th, 2013
7:14 pm
Thullie D,
Bless your little
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Uh Huh..........Obama, Mr. Popularity
January 30th, 2013
7:15 pm
@RB from Gwinnett
January 30th, 2013
6:21 pm
My bet would be that this number is made up mostly of people who pay no federal income tax.”
And either Obama knows it’s a lie and he’s playing them for fools (which is working…just read this blog) or he’s a complete idiot. You can take your pick which you think it is.
@Vet
January 30th, 2013
7:07 pm
6.21 pm….RB from Gwinnett….you are 100 per cent correct ..you are the smartest person on line! The others must watch NBC or MSNBC to get their warped political views!! They probably think Al Sharpton is not a racist.
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RB, My bet is YOU ARE WRONG.
Republicans and Rush Limbaugh are playing CONS for fools.
Vet, Are you a Parrot or a Puppet?
BTW, we think CONS are racists.
Uh Huh
Skip
January 30th, 2013
7:16 pm
Doom, you don’t get, that’s fine with me.
josef
January 30th, 2013
7:18 pm
ERWIN’s
Is this YOU!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYdwe3ArFWA
TBS
January 30th, 2013
7:19 pm
Kayaker
That cross of supporting everyone must be a burden and tribulations of all tribulations…
You must feel like you are walking toward Calvary with all that burden of being the provider of you are disdain..
Give me an effn break..
Get over yourself already
TBS
January 30th, 2013
7:21 pm
Matti
Haven’t seen you on lately. Hope all is well and you had a great holiday season…
JohnnyReb
January 30th, 2013
7:22 pm
I see Jay like a good soldier is supporting the latest from the Left propaganda machine – anything not rosie is the fault of FOX News and/or the Republicans.
Nancy is blaming the Q4 negative results on Republicans. More Lefties will be yelling the same; we may even get a post from Jay that states the same.
Obama has spent us into the poor house, one more quarter of negative and it’s an official recession. Wonder what the excuse will be then?
Hint – the problem is Obama.
BTW – all those approval numbers for Obama, I wonder what they would be if no one was allowed in the poll if on the government dole?
Towncrier
January 30th, 2013
7:23 pm
Malkin can be funny at times:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/339197/law-abiders-under-bus-michelle-malkin
You follow the rules for immigration, you’re a chump! ROFL.
Erwin's cat
January 30th, 2013
7:24 pm
Bro….what’s up?
I kinda get the victimized white guy syndrome thing on some levels…not that i buy into it it, but i get the perspective….if you wanna discuss it…..it requires serious objectivity and a realization that no matter our background…we are all human
tryin to keep it interesting so you stick around
F. Sinkwich
January 30th, 2013
7:24 pm
WaPo:
“Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is keen on having a skeet shooting contest with President Obama. The White House? Not so much. A reporter at Wednesday’s daily briefing raised Blackburn’s challenge and asked press secretary Jay Carney: “Your reaction?” “I have none,” was the response from Carney, who quickly moved on to the next questioner.”
Does anybody here think O’bozo has EVER fired a gun?
Really?
He can’t even throw a baseball.
JohnnyReb
January 30th, 2013
7:26 pm
One more item of interest – seems increasing numbers on the Left are so pumped they are openly suggesting we dump The Constitution. Apparently, it hinders their desires. Next thing you know, they will be expecting taxpayers to pay for those desires. Ohhhh wait, we already do.
Treason anyone?
Towncrier
January 30th, 2013
7:26 pm
More GOP stupidity:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/339184/pointless-amnesty-editors
And why I never really cared for McCain. He just doesn’t think straight about a lot of things. You want to bolster the GOP? Come up with and get the credit for viable long term solutions to many of our problems. Americans aren’t stupid.
Uh Huh..........Obama, Mr. Popularity
January 30th, 2013
7:26 pm
@Brosephus™
January 30th, 2013
7:14 pm
I don’t like to pick on old people, but just damn. How can one vilify, malign, and demonize damn near everybody in this country but “working White men” and then claim they are the most vilified, maligned, and demonized group in this country.
If that’s the type of logic it takes to be “conservative”, then this country is truly f**ked up.
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Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation.
Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.
Brosephus™
January 30th, 2013
7:27 pm
EC
I kinda understand it in a sense. Everybody thinks they’re the worst treated people ever. I usually don’t even say much about that as he makes those rants damn near every day. That particular passage is an exception to the rule. I don’t see how a rational person cannot see the problem with demonizing everybody with whom you disagree with while claiming to be the most demonized person in the country.
That topic would likely be a good one to discuss over a beer or two.
Erwin's cat
January 30th, 2013
7:27 pm
josef
yeah, every once in a while i even impress myself
Statistics are what you make them...
January 30th, 2013
7:29 pm
And what do Obama’s job-approval numbers look like stratified by race, SES, education???
Thulsa Doom
January 30th, 2013
7:29 pm
Matti,
I’ll take your 7:14 post as an admission that you simply cannot prove your load of BS. Thank you.
Corey
January 30th, 2013
7:29 pm
@DownInAlbany
January 30th, 2013
5:03 pm
Is this the same Gallup consistently showing Romney leading until final end?
TBS
January 30th, 2013
7:29 pm
EC
Good point and will never say there isn’t any merit to it all, however when looking at the entire picture….
It is a piece of the puzzle without a doubt but surely not the majority of that puzzle in my opinion… And surely not the cross that kayaker has elected to put on his back within his own mind
That Black Guy
January 30th, 2013
7:29 pm
indigo
January 30th, 2013
7:04 pm
That Black Guy – 6:53 “the ones that don’t watch Fox, listen to Rush or go to church”
Finding cons here that don’t do any of the above would be very difficult, judging by their posts.
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Instead of “judging by their posts”, why not ask them?
I know some of the self identified “liberals” here, but I don’t assume I know what they watch or get their news. I ask.
People don’t always fit in those neat little boxes.
For example.
I’m a Black man
Mid 40’s
Center right politically
War vet
Voted for Bush once
Voted for Obama twice
Support gay marrage
Against abortion, but will do what ever I can to make sure it remains legal.