April 02, 2010
— Slublog Well, this is the least surprising news of the week:
Last week, President Obama signed historic health care reform legislation into law -- but his legislative success doesn't seem to have helped his image with the American public.It's not surprising because this approval rating is a direct result of how poorly the White House has managed its public image in the wake of the bill's passage.The latest CBS News Poll, conducted between March 29 and April 1, found Americans unhappier than ever with Mr. Obama's handling of health care - and still worried about the state of the economy.
President Obama's overall job approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 44 percent, down five points from late March, just before the health bill's passage in the House of Representatives. It's down 24 points since his all-time high last April. Forty-one percent of those polled said they disapproved of the president's performance.
When it comes to health care, the President's approval rating is even lower -- and is also a new all-time low. Only 34 percent approved, while 55 percent said they disapproved.
Independents, for the most part, hate the health care bill. Despite that, the White House chose to have a self-congratulatory signing ceremony that resembled a political pep rally. To make matters worse, the press secretary smugly dismisses any criticism or public opinion rather than answer questions from the press. Capping this perfect storm of bad PR is the president himself, who continues to go out on the road to sell this wreck of a law while mocking those who have legitimate concerns about it in a fashion thatÂ’s unbecoming of his office.
The president and Democrats in Congress seem to believe that if they tell us how awesome this law is often enough, eventually we'll come around to their point of view. Instead, their rhetoric seems to be having the opposite effect - people didn't want this passed and are beginning to react to the arrogance shown by the president and his allies as they try to convince us to eat the crap sandwich they created.
(h/t: Hot Air)
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Posted by: Island Polling Institute at April 02, 2010 07:59 AM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: Barack "trash talkin'" Obama at April 02, 2010 07:59 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at April 02, 2010 07:59 AM (CoBtF)
Posted by: eddiebear at April 02, 2010 07:59 AM (AnmNi)
Posted by: Lamestream Media at April 02, 2010 08:00 AM (KrRnU)
Posted by: Johnson ver Smart Polling Institute at April 02, 2010 08:00 AM (wOGfT)
And right around this time, the DNC gets the idea to sell "Health Care is a BFD" shirts. (Saw it on JWF).
Consider BFD as "Big Fucking Disaster", and there's some truth in advertising.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at April 02, 2010 08:00 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, Tar Concession Mistress at April 02, 2010 08:01 AM (UOM48)
Looks like the jump shot at the Whitehouse basketball court that the AP and Yahoo have been creaming their pants over all morning didnt help any.
Posted by: Blazer at April 02, 2010 08:01 AM (t72+4)
Posted by: torabora at April 02, 2010 08:01 AM (cD2mI)
Posted by: Commies, welfare queens, & idiots at April 02, 2010 08:01 AM (ucq49)
Posted by: Island Polling Institute at April 02, 2010 11:59 AM (4Kl5M)
What is Comrade Zero at his widest level from hip to hip?
Posted by: Rep. Hank Johnson (D) Davy Jones Locker at April 02, 2010 08:02 AM (KrRnU)
Posted by: joeindc44 at April 02, 2010 08:02 AM (QxSug)
But he's in North Carolina today. & BAM - the number of jobs just increased!
It's a unicorn miracle!
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at April 02, 2010 08:03 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2010 08:03 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Joe Biden, with a slight Indian accent at April 02, 2010 08:04 AM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: Rep. Hank Johnson at April 02, 2010 08:04 AM (6FBmU)
It polls adults, so it's dem-friendly. Which means the real number is likely worse.
Posted by: Slublog at April 02, 2010 08:04 AM (qjKko)
Posted by: eddiebear at April 02, 2010 08:04 AM (AnmNi)
Posted by: Sen. Harry Reid (D) Hades at April 02, 2010 08:04 AM (KrRnU)
#27 Never go full Biden. Example: Hank Johnson.
Agreed, Mrs. D'oh. Else I'd be worried about islands capsizing.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at April 02, 2010 08:06 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: Joe Biden, putting joke writers out of work at April 02, 2010 08:08 AM (4Kl5M)
I'm just so pleased Obama is spending our tax dollars traveling around the country campaigning for one-party tax-payer funded Democrat-CARE.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at April 02, 2010 08:09 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: joncelli the Feather Guy at April 02, 2010 08:09 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 02, 2010 08:10 AM (f9c2L)
Posted by: eaglewingz08 at April 02, 2010 08:10 AM (dv8zz)
20 Meanwhile, the Wookie is getting her spring gardening in. Maybe that will help his rating.
I would prefer it is she didn't go around poking holes in the continent. That's how the Great Lakes were formed. It's all fun and games til someone loses a broad swath of territory.
Posted by: pep at April 02, 2010 08:10 AM (3ll0O)
Capping this perfect storm of bad PR is the president himself, who continues to go out on the road to sell this wreck of a law while mocking those who have legitimate concerns about it in a fashion thatÂ’s unbecoming of his office.
"If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun."
-- Shit Lincoln Said, vol. II (2010), Leatherbound gift edition
Posted by: Cicero at April 02, 2010 08:11 AM (KrRnU)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2010 08:11 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Barry Obama at April 02, 2010 08:12 AM (GwPRU)
Posted by: Island Polling Institute at April 02, 2010 11:59 AM (4Kl5M)
What is Comrade Zero at his widest level from hip to hip?
Posted by: Rep. Hank Johnson (D) Davy Jones Locker at April 02, 2010 12:02 PM (KrRnU)
Dont' know but Meechelle's hips gotta be a least a hectare.
Posted by: dananjcon at April 02, 2010 08:12 AM (pr+up)
Posted by: Max Power at April 02, 2010 08:12 AM (q177U)
Just as Obama threw his Rev under the bus, so too will the media cast him under the bus. And pretend like they never knew him. This is how it is. Karma comes for you mf'er-believe it.
Posted by: Lunatic Fringe at April 02, 2010 08:14 AM (uFdnM)
Islands are pretty much just like rafts...pretty much.
Islands are formed by earthquakes which break off chunks of land. These chunks then float out to sea. Giving us places like Hawaii which was originally part of California.
Posted by: Mjim at April 02, 2010 08:14 AM (V8B//)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2010 08:14 AM (UOM48)
Good News/Bad News of the day:
Bad News - Coldest ever start of year in Miami Beach... http://cli.gs/HZqVG
Good News - many erect nipples on the beach
Posted by: conscious and beach enthusiast at April 02, 2010 08:14 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: Joe Biden heads for the land of Nod at April 02, 2010 08:15 AM (4Kl5M)
Do you have a link, Jane?
Posted by: Y-not at April 02, 2010 08:16 AM (Kn9r7)
In the end, the media will vacate and distance themselves from Obama. Peer pressure and the truth will be so obvious that to remain loyal will damage their credibility and their revenue streams, perhaps permanently.
No. They aren't rational with respect to Barry, at least not most of them. They will stick with him until the bitter end or they get a government bailout, whichever comes first.
Posted by: joncelli the Feather Guy at April 02, 2010 08:17 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2010 08:17 AM (UOM48)
I guess he just needs to communicate more, give another speech or some such shit.
Posted by: Vic at April 02, 2010 08:19 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2010 08:20 AM (UOM48)
Manhattan is smaller than Guam and has 40 times the population. And Manhattan has a few buildings too.
Someone should call Hank Johnson with the data.
Posted by: gus at April 02, 2010 08:20 AM (Vqruj)
So, yeah, we should all be concerned.
SHIT! your right!
We are SOOO fucked.
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at April 02, 2010 08:21 AM (V8B//)
Posted by: Comrade Spanky McFarland at April 02, 2010 08:21 AM (ubIlk)
Posted by: snafu at April 02, 2010 08:22 AM (8d28r)
So, yeah, we should all be concerned.
It's that fucking Panama Canal that's gonna do us in I tell ya.
Posted by: mpfs, I Have A Brain! at April 02, 2010 08:23 AM (iYbLN)
In the end, the media will vacate and distance themselves from Obama. Peer pressure and the truth will be so obvious that to remain loyal will damage their credibility and their revenue streams, perhaps permanently.
No. They aren't rational with respect to Barry, at least not most of them. They will stick with him until the bitter end or they get a government bailout, whichever comes first.
Posted by: joncelli the Feather Guy at April 02, 2010 12:17 PM (RD7QR)
I commend you for your gloomy pessimism, solid B+!
Posted by: dananjcon at April 02, 2010 08:23 AM (pr+up)
Posted by: Jean at April 02, 2010 08:23 AM (PjevJ)
Your biggest worry is that the currents of the water around your island don't change.
Don't forget strong winds. A Category 5 hurricane can blow an island around in the ocean like it's a ragdoll.
Posted by: This is Horatio Caine at April 02, 2010 08:24 AM (WA1Ef)
He's looking to goebbels on this one, repeat a lie often enough.....
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 02, 2010 08:25 AM (cniXs)
Posted by: Mjim at April 02, 2010 08:26 AM (V8B//)
interviewed by telephone March 29-April 1, 2010. Phone numbers were dialed
from random digit dial samples of both standard land-line and cell phones.
The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be
plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups is higher.
This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National
Council on Public Polls."
Posted by: davidt at April 02, 2010 08:28 AM (aag4W)
Capping this perfect storm of bad PR is the president himself, who continues to go out on the road to sell this wreck of a law while mocking those who have legitimate concerns about it in a fashion thatÂ’s unbecoming of his office.
This is just par for the course for the Indonesian Imbecile. Remember back in the Porkulus?
"What do you think stimulus is? Ha ha. Spending IS stimulus!!"
But, that's what we get for allowing ourselves to be lectured to on finance and fiscal policy and climate theory by an idiot who has the mathematical sophistication of a retarded 8th grader. This would come to an end if some of the bigger pundits, like Krauthammer or Barnes, would start speaking the truth - that the Indonesian Imbecile is, indeed, and imbecile. But, they seem unable to be honest about the retarded nature of the affirmative action Precedent and only serve to further the, obviously, mistaken notion that The Precedent has more than two brain cells to rub together.
So, we are stuck with a guy whose IQ is is sub-90, but who is allowed to remain more arrogant than anyone I've ever seen - including people who are actually smart enough to justify such arrogance.
This could all be put to rest is someone could get ahold of the Indonesian Imbecile's SATs or LSATs (which are probably so pathetic that they would make people's heads spin), but we know what the chances of that are.
So ... we are fucked. Stuck with the dumbest person ever occupying the White House, and an inversely proportional arrogance to go along with that. Truly a pity, and one of the greatest mistakes in all of human history.
Affirmative action kills, andd it kills in the ugliest manner possible. We are going to be subjected to the arrogance of this idiot until people start having the guts to tell the truth or until this nation comes crumbling down.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at April 02, 2010 08:29 AM (tdWBE)
Posted by: Jean at April 02, 2010 08:31 AM (vb5IK)
Posted by: Cindy in San Diego at April 02, 2010 08:32 AM (IB258)
Posted by: gus at April 02, 2010 08:33 AM (Vqruj)
Posted by: Jean at April 02, 2010 08:35 AM (tpEh1)
yes, but the island still has the same long/lat coordinates, no?
I mean, I'm not making light of destructive Cat 5 hurricanes...
Posted by: This is Horatio Caine at April 02, 2010 08:36 AM (Uf4aV)
Obamalogic 101:
Every Man is an island, and as such in eminent danger of tipping over, hence the need for universal health care.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 02, 2010 08:37 AM (e8T35)
Posted by: gus at April 02, 2010 12:33 PM (Vqruj)
You know what they'll do, then. They'll just make the coming trillion billd big enough to accomodate the jackass's ego and ears and we will all be stuck carrying bills the size of posterboards. Then the Indonesian Imbecile will mock us for notbeing able to carry the massive bills in our small, normal-sized pockets. And the media will call us racists for not wanting to carry around bills with a black Precedent's likeness ... never mentioning that the bills are 3 feet x 6 feet.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at April 02, 2010 08:42 AM (tdWBE)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 02, 2010 08:54 AM (Yy9OB)
Yes but if we tie the TRILLLLLION DOLLAR bill's size to Opie's I.Q. it will be credit card size.
Problem fixed.
Posted by: gus at April 02, 2010 09:00 AM (Vqruj)
"Doesn't seem to have helped?" Are you kidding me with the obsequious muddlespeak? So CBS now delivers the news in litotes, just to avoid saying that forcing through that misbegotten bill HURT Obama in the polls?
Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at April 02, 2010 09:01 AM (qoNaA)
the real world is like an anvil ... hitting it with words will have the expected results ... but "just words" is all Obama has ever had ... poor fool ...
a day comes when each liberal begins to realize their world view is at odds with reality and that day each person will have to decide if they keep living in a fantasy world or grow up and re-enter the real world. Too many liberals are already past that point and will never re-enter the real world but for the yonger generation they still have a chance to shed the nonsense taught them in school and thru the media. They are our last best hope for the salvation of the American Dream.
Posted by: Jeff at April 02, 2010 09:03 AM (wr8S+)
Posted by: Ellie Light at April 02, 2010 09:14 AM (4y0YU)
The President keeps saying that without this law, America would be bankrupt -- is actually referring to study or argument that claims that? ~Jean
Too late, Obama already said that America was broke last year. Maybe broke doesn't mean bankrupt in his mind or he forgot that he said that?
Or broke means not enough tax revenue and this bill is supposed to be bringing the federal government so much more revenue that it's imagined that it will change their balance sheets.
Either way, Obama is lying.
Posted by: Speller at April 02, 2010 09:15 AM (o0R2E)
It's that fucking Panama Canal that's gonna do us in I tell ya.
There are two bridges that cross the canal but if they go, South America crashes into Antarctic.
Posted by: Cicero at April 02, 2010 09:25 AM (QKKT0)
C'mon over to the 'House this afternoon. Michelle 'll serve up some of her delicious rhubarb and broccoli pie while I pour us some Mickey Bigmouth and whip up some of my special shit sandwiches.
Posted by: Barrack Hussein Obama at April 02, 2010 09:30 AM (90oki)
I guess he just needs to communicate more, give another speech or some such shit.
When the only thing you can do is give speeches guess what: it's time for another speech. Plus he's operating under 2 false ideas:
1) He hasn't given enough speeches
2) One more speech (two at the most) will turn things around
Posted by: ADK46er at April 02, 2010 09:46 AM (tOzKW)
Good gravy, what a hideously moronic spectacle preznit mutters makes of himself in that clip.
There's no mistaking it now- this jagoff is nothing but a lumpy 6 foot 2 sack of crap. End of fuckin' list.
The race is on to get the keys to the country away from said sack before it's too late.
Tanks fah nuttin', 52. You drooly pack of fuckstix.
Posted by: buster mcdissenter at April 02, 2010 10:14 AM (l7H1O)
Well I'll be dam+d. He's still sliding in the polls, huh?
It was only a few days ago, the day after the Chairman signed his Big F'ing Disaster into law, that the normally more sober "Fox All Stars," including Hayes, Krusty Krauthammer and some newsbabe, were squealing like school girls, so excited were they about Obama's "big win." They predicted his polls would go up, because "DC loves a winner."
Seriously, these fools ought to find new work.
Posted by: Louis Tully at April 02, 2010 10:26 AM (jat5l)
#95
At times the purchase of part of Fox by the Saudis shapes their news. But they are all we've got.
Posted by: fightobama at April 02, 2010 10:36 AM (6IV8T)
Posted by: Louis Tully at April 02, 2010 02:26 PM (jat5l)
Kraut's been behind the eight-ball for the duration of this fiasco. And he still says that the Indonesian imbecile is intelligent.
I like Kraut, but he really doesn't understand what the hell is going on.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at April 02, 2010 10:58 AM (tdWBE)
Posted by: nikkolai at April 02, 2010 11:01 AM (U0lNn)
That is not a good visual. Joe six-pack sees POTUS preaching to the kids he doesn't respect and the liberal teachers he loathes. The man just won't stop digging that hole he's in.
Posted by: Cooter at April 02, 2010 04:56 PM (OYw0U)
They will go home and spout the party line to their families, and if anyone disagrees, they will be reported and packed off on a train.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at April 03, 2010 04:25 AM (mHQ7T)
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Unprecedented !
Posted by: Blazer at April 02, 2010 07:56 AM (t72+4)