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20-04-06, 06:34 PM | #21 |
flippin 'em off
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Lol...excellent.
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02-05-06, 05:26 PM | #22 | |
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slip-sliding away...Bush is the GOP's very own Jimmy Carter
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02-05-06, 05:32 PM | #23 |
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According to the thread title it was 34% 2 months ago so now you're reporting that...it hasn't changed?
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05-05-06, 01:00 PM | #24 | |
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and here's yet another record low for the Prez, this one from the AP:
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05-05-06, 02:03 PM | #25 |
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I know I'm defintely not voting for Bush in 08, no way, not with poll numbers like these!
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12-05-06, 04:42 AM | #26 | |
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...and down into the '20s we go - pretty soon, our very own little Bush bots Hegebed will be the last two standing
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12-05-06, 05:00 AM | #27 |
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Who cares really? It's not like he's trying to get re-elected. Do you think if they get low enough he'll quit?
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12-05-06, 06:45 AM | #28 | |
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12-05-06, 08:12 AM | #29 |
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Maybe Bush should be campaigning. This low approval rating has every thing to do with the president's lack of communication to the public. As a result the media has an information monopoly. Basically all these polls tell us is that Americans believe what they're told on TV.
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12-05-06, 09:00 AM | #30 | |
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12-05-06, 09:46 AM | #31 |
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you guys are living in a dream world. it's about competence and the administration's lack thereof. period.
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12-05-06, 10:00 AM | #32 | |
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btw, a president whose low approval ratings continue to stay low, is news. - js. |
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12-05-06, 11:05 AM | #33 | |
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12-05-06, 11:24 AM | #34 | |
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I can assure they have more liberal guests than other networks have conservative guests. You people are so used to seeing one side of the news that when someone actually presents a balanced view of the news you can't fathom seeing news with like that so you instantly deride it. It's sad, the little echo chamber you looney liberals have constructed around yourselves and you're fiercely trying to ensure it stays whole. |
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I'm certain that, if you took a few minutes of your time, you could find dozens if not hundreds of positive current news stories about Iraq, the economy, and even the president. But since the media isn't actively bringing these stories to the public's attention it's no wonder that most people believe we're doing lousy as a country.
Every night, on every local evening news show, they start their reporting with a 20 minute block of bad news. Murders, rapes, car accidents, burglarys, house fires, and after the first five minutes I loose my taste for it and change the channel. By the time the local news has started reporting the stories they've been teasing all day, I've found something else worth watching. But I must be in the minority, because if everyone was turned off by the news like I am then ratings would drop and they'd change their reporting to suit. In other words, people love bad news, and the ratings are capturing that morbid obsession. You'll notice that most polls are commissioned by news agencies. Polls of this magnitude aren't cheap, so if the news agencies only used poll results to fill 25 seconds of air time or 15 lines of print, they'd stop commissioning them. Remember, they're trying to sell advertising here, and anything that doesn't increase circulation or ratings gets the boot. Obviously, polls serve an other purpose. My guess is that polls tell news agencies how effective their reporting is, and that in turn tells them how much repeat business they can expect. This knowledge equips them to tell people what they want to hear, to say the words that will have the greatest emotional impact, and to get more of their aucience to come back for more. You can probably see where I'm going with this. I'm suggesting that the news that gets on national TV or in nationally circulated newspapers is custom taylored to fit its audience, and if that means omiting or distorting vital facts then so be it. Usually the whole, objective Truth just isn't entertaining enough to keep the masses interested in current events. But when the ratings tell you that people love hearing bad news, and the polls tell you that people relate to bad news, then what do you think will happen? |
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but this isn't about me, or even you. it's about conservative america's disillusionment with a president and congress they voted for and believed in, but do so in ever decreasing numbers. hardly a liberal echo chamber. certainly not small. - js. |
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12-05-06, 01:37 PM | #37 |
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I wouldn't go so far as equating a general disillusionment with the government with a specific disillusionment with Repbulicans. It's not a monarchy or a dictatorship, there will be alternatives to the current majority up for vote in November. But people don't seem to like Deomcrats much either, and that's why I call it general disillusionment. See if you can point out one public figure that everyone, both liberal and conservative, can support, and good luck doing so. The problem isn't Republicans or Deomcrats, the problem is Republicans and Democrats. They won't work together, they simply refuse. It doesn't matter which side wins the majority this year, the result will be the same. The animosity among our elected officials is tangible and I think it's clear that neither side represents us anymore. So when you, JackSpratts, tout "conservative america's disillusionment with a president and congress they voted for and believed in," I wonder how you can be so pleased to report such news. The Deomcrats will certainly take as much advantage of this situation as they can, but I will damn them for celebrating these unhappy circumstances while I damn the Republicans for causing them, or in this instance, for allowing the media to create such a negative perception of them.
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One thing's for sure, he has a mind of his own and doesn't pay much attention to his advisors, or public opinion. |
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