“Limbaugh’s Favorable Rating: 19 Percent,” shouts the headline at the top of CBSNews.com tonight. A look, however, at the PDF of the full CBS News poll results, posted at 6:30 PM EDT Tuesday, pegs House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's favorable rating a point lower at 18 percent -- within the margin of error, but evidence Limbaugh is no less popular than the leader of congressional Democrats. (Friday's CBS Evening News highlighted President Obama's 62 percent approval level and a few other results about the bailouts, but didn't mention the Limbaugh or Pelosi numbers.)
CBSNews.com's Brian Montopoli had a news hook with Limbaugh since it was the first time the network asked about Limbaugh (at least in recent years), but his “CBS News Political Hotsheet” post failed to make the contrast with Pelosi, who stood at a mere 10 percent approval a month ago, as he used the Limbaugh finding to expound on the efficacy of the White House attacks on the radio talk show host:
Over the past few weeks, the White House has been casting right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh as the head of the Republican Party, and based on a new CBS News poll, it appears they may be onto something: According to the poll, Limbaugh’s favorable rating stands at just 19 percent, a full 43 points lower than President Obama’s.
Another “Political Hotsheet” posting, by Kevin Hechtkopf, is headlined: “Congressional Job Approval at 30 Percent.” Hechtkopf did note, with a matching pie chart:
[P]ositive views of Democrats in Congress have not translated into a positive opinion of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Thirty-five percent have an unfavorable view of the California Democrat, while 18 percent have a favorable view. Nearly half of all Americans haven't formed an opinion either way.
But that post is not on the CBSNews home page.
Limbaugh's unfavorable is at 40 percent, a little higher than Pelosi's 35 percent, but more know or have an opinion about Limbaugh: 41 percent “Don’t know” or have “no opinion” on Limbaugh, yet, as noted above, 47 percent offered that reply when queried to assess Pelosi.
The survey, conducted March 12-16, was weighted to count more Democrats than Republicans: 265 Republicans, 442 Democrats and 435 independents.
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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Sure, but how many of those
March 17, 2009 - 20:30 ET by RR GOPSure, but how many of those polled actually listen to Rush Limbaugh? Also, it's pretty sad when they're polling a private citizen, albeit someone in the public eye. That is, he's not an elected official nor a government appointee.
Maybe if he gave away free stuff he's be a little closer to Oprah.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
I've heard him give away stuff
March 17, 2009 - 20:46 ET by nwahsI've heard him give away steaks and mattresses.
You're irrational if you don't want the new president to succeed - Gingrich
I've heard him give away
March 17, 2009 - 20:55 ET by BlazerI've heard him give away steaks and mattresses.
I'll take that over pork and Skittles anyday.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
You can have the skittles
March 17, 2009 - 21:08 ET by nwahsBut Pork? Pork Rib's 1 1/2 down? Rub with dry rub, cook 1 hour indirect heat, put in foil with apple or orange juice, cook indirect 1 hour, take out of foil, cook 1 hour indirect heat and baste with favorite sauce. You can't beat that pork ;)
You're irrational if you don't want the new president to succeed - Gingrich
Sound's delicious. What
March 17, 2009 - 21:15 ET by BlazerSound's delicious. What kind'a beer ya' drink ? I'll hop on my Unicorn and gallop on over.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
It is , seriously try it - use charcoal and not gas
March 17, 2009 - 21:21 ET by nwahsBud light. It might be quicker to Fax it :)
You're irrational if you don't want the new president to succeed - Gingrich
Blazer
March 17, 2009 - 21:55 ET by the struggler...I'll hop on my Unicorn...
Now that's funny
Rush gave someone a car
March 17, 2009 - 21:52 ET by kgRush gave someone a car because they had no means to go get cold medicine. And lets not forget the two million dollars matching donation for Dingy Harry's letter.
Pelosi's poll numbers is because she is dizzy and doesn't know anything. Obama's poll numbers reflect his blind followers. Rush's poll numbers are because 1. they asked mostly Democrats and 2. because he is right and that scares the hell out of liberals.
"DumbAssity of Dope"
RUSH DOES NOT REPRESENT
March 18, 2009 - 09:29 ET by Nortothe GOP, but the conservative wing of it, to wit, the low numbers. Ask conservatives in the polling and the numbers will be staggering!
Yes?
Oh yeah
March 18, 2009 - 09:08 ET by cvgbuckeyeA poll of CBS watchers. Now there's some credibility for you. Wonder how the fox would poll from the chicken house? Why didn't they just take the poll from msnbc watchers?
Lets take a poll about Chairman Obama from Rush's audience and see how he comes out.
How dumb these people think the American people are. Well based upon the last few elections, they are probably right.
The truly funny thing
March 17, 2009 - 20:37 ET by BlazerThe truly funny thing here is, being this was a CBS poll, more liberal's probably voted in it, than conservatives.
Ouch !
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Thought the same thing
March 17, 2009 - 20:45 ET by FastEdwonder how Barry would do on this site, compared to Rush? (wink, wink)
So, if the poll says Rush is in a "tie" with Palooney, then what do libs REALLY think of her? I wonder what she thought when SHE read the Stupidlus bill? Or the thoughts of Barry and Reid - after they read it?? Asking too much? Um, Barry - if AIG was soo bad, why did you let them have the money in the first place? Same question to the grandmother from SF.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Now I'm not sure
March 17, 2009 - 20:51 ET by nwahsBut I would bet my magnolia tree could poll higher than Pelosi.
I'd look into that 1% and whats behind that. Something isn't resonating.
You're irrational if you don't want the new president to succeed - Gingrich
So, if the poll says Rush
March 17, 2009 - 20:52 ET by BlazerSo, if the poll says Rush is in a "tie" with Palooney, then what do libs REALLY think of her?
It tell's me most lib's are center left and got snookered into believing Obama was a moderate.
Judging from the polling maybe Rush should challenge her for her seat in 2010.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Now this is hilarious...all
March 17, 2009 - 20:41 ET by bigtimerNow this is hilarious...all of it!
bt
March 17, 2009 - 21:28 ET by jdlybrandIf she has one more face lift, she'll be sporting a beard! I'm guessing at least a Hitler moustache.
Der Frauline Furher
CBS
March 17, 2009 - 20:41 ET by 10ksnookerConstant Bull Shot.
What's new.
Shocked, I tell ya. I am just shocked.
March 17, 2009 - 20:56 ET by thebutlerdiditAfter they trashed Rush in the media for the last 2 months, (well, last 20 years), liberals, wishy-washies, and Rinos in NYC didn't care for him? How ever could this be?
I liked the last line there where they had the people polled broken down into R, D, and I. Notice how many more I's and D's there were? And you can count on the vast majority of R's are of the Frum, Brooks, Parker variety, and there you go! CBS, isn't it bad enough you still pay Katie Couric to torture elderly people (AKA, your main audience) watching ? Cruelty Bull S#!t Network.
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
When I was a kid, I had a
March 17, 2009 - 20:47 ET by celatorWhen I was a kid, I had a chicken that would dance when I whistled. She was more popular than Pelosi.
The Government cannot give to anybody anything which the government does not first take from somebody else. Dr. Adrian Rogers
Re When I was a kid...
March 17, 2009 - 21:10 ET by slickwillie2001Probably easier on the eyes as well.
But the popularity of Pelosi and Limbaugh is irrelevant. No one votes for Limbaugh, and only Pelosi's fruits-and-flakes Congressional district votes for her. The much bigger news on polls today is that the generic Republican/democratic identification poll results have pulled into even for the first time in about ten years! That's an enormous change.
NPR Poll: http://www.weeklystandard.com
Sen. Schumer - see the poll?
March 17, 2009 - 20:54 ET by Gary HallAnother interesting finding in the heavily weighted Democrat and Independent poll was:
We couldn't picture Katie Couric inviting Chuck on her broadcast and asking him if he'd like to comment, could we?
We couldn't picture
March 17, 2009 - 20:58 ET by BlazerWe couldn't picture Katie Couric inviting Chuck on her broadcast and asking him if he'd like to comment, could we?
Now that's just crazy talking.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Rush spends his own
March 17, 2009 - 21:07 ET by TN MomRush spends his own money.
Democrat Pelosi spends OUR money.
It's not good for the speaker to have such a low approval rating/lack of public confidence...........
error
March 17, 2009 - 21:11 ET by trickle_down"The survey, conducted March 12-16, was weighted to count more
Republicans than Democrats: 265 Republicans, 442 Democrats and 435
independents."
The article states that more Republicans are counted, but lists a far greater number of Democrats that answered the poll. I assume the writer meant more Democrats were counted, which would almost certainly skew the poll that much more against Rush and in favor of Pelosi.
Please clarify.
I think the article mispoke
March 17, 2009 - 21:49 ET by nwahsThe may have polled too many independents. I don't know as its is so hard to find a decent demographic of political leanings ( Democrat, Republican, Independent) on the net. In my experience, I've found the harder it it is to find something on the net, the less the backbone of the net( read government) wants you to know it. I'm thinking if you switch the Republican and Independent numbers, thats about right, and Republicans would be over represented - they're in the 25- 29% range compare to about 35% Democrats.
You're irrational if you don't want the new president to succeed - Gingrich
Maybe it means . . .
March 17, 2009 - 21:46 ET by kareling. . . they asked more Republicans than they usually do in their polls.
Not being a pissant but...
March 17, 2009 - 21:51 ET by MotherThere are a lot better pictures of Limbaugh to choose from this particular event. Oy Vey. He looks like he's exhaling a toke off of a hookah pipe in that still. lol
Well he's verified
March 17, 2009 - 22:01 ET by nwahsHe said himself, he did inhale. So did I for that matter but that was a long time ago, in a land far, far away.
You're irrational if you don't want the new president to succeed - Gingrich
~but that was a long time ago, in a land far, far away
March 18, 2009 - 11:08 ET by choselife3xAKA The Land of One-Eyed, One-Horned Flying Purple Sheep Poo Eaters.
Hope and Change= Despair and Socialism
The Corleone White House
March 17, 2009 - 22:05 ET by slickwillie2001Re attacking your enemies from the White House, this is a fun read: Welcome to Francis Ford Coppola's White House: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/
Check Rasmussen
March 17, 2009 - 22:24 ET by pgrossjrcheck Rasmussen for another take on Barry's numbers. his index, the strongly approve less the strongly disappove has shrunk from 30% after the inauguration to 5% in the most recent poll. their overall approval index is in the same range as CBS, currently 56%, but trends are not looking good the ONE. They keep missing the point 20% represents a huge radio audience; it represents a landslide defeat for a politician!
Love Limbaugh, but Dracula has a higher rating than Pelosi...
March 17, 2009 - 22:29 ET by wnaegeleSigh!
If this poll is so noteworthy....
March 17, 2009 - 22:39 ET by SayAnythingThan its safe to say Obama's approval rating is at 62% (as it has been recorderd to be over 60% over at Gallup too). Despite what some claim to beleive with the Pew poll (which is advertised on this site) that obama is below 60%. So.... which is it Newsbusters?
SA... O has been in the
March 17, 2009 - 22:46 ET by bigtimerSA...
O has been in the high 50's for quite some time now with the margin of error...but shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...nobody is suppose to know this about the Traveling Salvation Show that Nobody Knows... that Walks on Water and will cure all...
One thing about it...The Man is awakening this country....
Thank God!
Miracles do happen.
Wrong
March 17, 2009 - 22:52 ET by SayAnythingMore like he's been in the mid to low 60s. 59% approval rating has been his lowest so far and that was back in February. So really which is it. Is he at 62% as he is recorded in the CBS poll that Newbusters deemed to be newsworthy or is he below 60% as Pew suggests and this webiste suggests??? Really not that hard of a question to answer.
Say
March 17, 2009 - 22:56 ET by Free StinkerActually, Rasmussen Reports has Obama down to 56% overall paproval, and the number of people who *strongly* Disapprove of his performance has DOUBLED form 16% to 32%.
As you may remember, Rasmussen called (correctly) the % of the vote that Obama and McCain ended up getting in 2008.
LOL
~SpewAnything
March 17, 2009 - 23:07 ET by choselife3xSo his approval rating has dropped 20 points in 2 months, and that's all you've got?
Hope and Change= Despair and Socialism
Rassmussen clear Right-wing bias as everyone knows...
March 17, 2009 - 23:47 ET by SayAnythingbut besides that my question remains unanswered. Yawn.
Way to cherry-pick stats in order to fit your desires and beliefs. Major Fail.
Face it, dumbass, your "president" is a complete dud.
March 17, 2009 - 23:58 ET by R D HelmThe more you try to defend this incompetent, teleprompter-dependent, empty-suit imposter boob of a "president", the stupider you appear.
Buy all means, keep it up. :-)
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
Rasmussen and who else?
March 17, 2009 - 23:56 ET by SayAnythingbut besides that my question remains unanswered. Yawn.
Way to cherry-pick stats in order to fit your desires and beliefs. Major Fail.
Also choselife - his approval rating since Jan. 21 according to Rassumussen was at 65%. So are they wrong here? Or are they right at his approval being at 56%? So does that make you wrong?
SayAnything,
March 17, 2009 - 23:51 ET by R D HelmYour boy the Organizer's numbers are tanking faster than any other POTUS's in memory.
I bet when your hero's plan to stab our wounded military vets in the back gets out, his approval numbers just might hit negatives for the first time in polling history.
I cannot wait to see what you be in here saying when his numbers have landed squarely in the center of hell.
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
Tanking?
March 18, 2009 - 00:09 ET by SayAnythingAccording to who?
I mean you have stats here from CBS that show his numbers are steady.
But than you folks claim that his numbers are tanking (by like 20%). According to who? What stats are you working with? Are they from the same polling company? Because If I'm to believe that Rasmussen poll that he's at 56% now than his starting approval rate was at 65% on Jan. 21. That's a 9% drop. Not 20%.
Yet Newbusters is claiming this CBS poll is newsworthy here, where they poll Obama at 62% (so does Gallup) and that has been consistant and a healthy number. Yet this website is also advertising the Pew poll that he's under 60%.
So once again I ask:
Are these numbers that you want to make sweeping comparisons to from the same polling companies? Or is this about cherry-picking facts. I remember on election day. McCain Palin folks were keeping their spirits up by looking at "other" polls. Ones that made their hopes of a McCain victory seem likely. Boy were they wrong. Guess the "Liberal" media was right in their assessments on how Americans were going to vote on Novmeber.
But I am basically highlighing the fact that people cherry pick their polls in order to suit their beleifs and hopes.
Who cares about polls anyway, dumbass?
March 18, 2009 - 00:27 ET by R D HelmAfter all, 65 million idiot government-schooled Americans were stupid enough to vote for this Marxist moron to begin with.
Why should we now care that his numbers are sinking even among them?
Face it, dweeb, Obama is a 110% bust. He has loser written all over his face, and he has only been in the WH for two lousy months.
Most of us who are linearly educated and "plugged in" saw this disaster coming two years ago.
Why are you so late arriving to the party?
Is it perhaps because you are among the less intelligent, government "educated" among us who actually voted for this fraud?
I am guessing that you were.
BTW-I have seen the demographic studies that were done on the average Obama voter.
Tax consumers to the core, they are.
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
Thanks for agreeing with me RD helm
March 18, 2009 - 00:32 ET by SayAnythingPolls are stupid... if they don't agree with you 100% of the time. Gotcha, thanks.
By the way, I stopped reading after your subject heading.
Sad though that a dissenting opinion can only be approahced with over-the-top hysterical name-calling. Me thinks I hit a nerve. Sorry that I called out the cherry-picking of polls, lest I seek the red-hot hate of a thousand burning-suns from beloved Newsbuster commentators.
Polls are stupid
March 18, 2009 - 00:48 ET by R D HelmFunny how polls are only "stupid" if they go against you who worship lefty freedom-hating Marxist bullshit artists like Barack Hussein Obama.
So be it.
Face it, comrade, the Manchurian teleprompter POTUS Obama is burnt toast. Beyond recognition, even. Nuked toast, actually.
It will be a little while before that cold, hard reality finally hits you of the government "educated" persuasion, but hit you it will.
Right in the nuts. :-)
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
§ Dave!!! Polls??? 1000 People Define 300 Million??
March 18, 2009 - 00:59 ET by TheSterUmmm...
Seriously???
Who has a Land Line anymore??? I Don't. Not For 10 Years.
Who Answers a Poll?? ...and takes the Poll???
Where was the POLL taken?
What AREA was the Poll Taken??
What TIME OF DAY was the Poll Taken?
What ZIP CODE was the Poll Taken??
HOW was was the QUESTION Phrased?
What Was the OPTION on the ANSWER?
I got MORE Questions on how a POLL is Conducted.
Am I WRONG????
Ster.
My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
Says the guy who cherry
March 18, 2009 - 04:58 ET by Jack BauerSays the guy who cherry picks polls.
Rasmusen Daily Obama Tracking Poll has a conssistent closing of the lines on Approval/Disapproval since November.
That is approval falling down, disapproval rising up. It's now at a plus 5 index.
The lines will cross towards the end of the month if Obama maintains the same negative momentum. That means he will have a minus index whereby disapprovals and approval move apart.
~SpewAnything!
March 18, 2009 - 09:01 ET by choselife3xthe red-hot hate of a thousand burning-suns from beloved Newsbuster commentators.
Someone get the poor troll some sunscreen.
Hope and Change= Despair and Socialism
If I were Pelosi, I'd be really worried.
March 17, 2009 - 23:06 ET by pbthinker"The survey, conducted March 12-16, was weighted to count more Republicans than Democrats: 265 Republicans, 442 Democrats and 435 independents."
That doesn't make any sense but I'll assume the figures are correct and the weighting was wrong. Anyway, if Majority Democrats give Limbaugh any edge over Pelosi, she's in trouble.
It really doesn't make any difference since the poll is worthless as a guide to anything. It is fun to think about, though.
Election 2008-God's way of showing us that elections count.
Polls!
March 18, 2009 - 00:55 ET by blazermaniacWhy should people be surprised that Rush Limbaugh has a higher approval rating than "Air Pelosi"? The fact is that a dead skunk would get a higher approval rating than Pelosi. In fact, the only person that probably wouldn't would be "Turbo Tax Cheat Tim Geithner".
I wonder.... Do a poll and
March 18, 2009 - 07:32 ET by BDI wonder.... Do a poll and compare Pelosi to Osama Bin Laden and I bet it would not be terribly far off...
But then again, she only outscored me by a few points and I was not even listed in the poll...
All I know is I listen to Rush every day...
March 18, 2009 - 02:18 ET by jawebster1Today he did a masterful job with a hostile woman caller. She was argumentive, disagreeable and cantankorous, but then, I repeat myself. She said, "You never let Liberals on your show". Rush said, "That's not true I let you on and I put you to the head of the line". She said, "I don't want any favors". Rush said, "OK" and he put her back in proper order. Needless to say, time ran out and she didn't get a chance to come back on the show. Rush, being the polite person that he is, said maybe they would be able to get her back on the next day. The point is, I can listen to Rush every day and be thoroughly entertained. I couldn't listen to Pelosi or any other Democrat for ten seconds. That is we call, "Talent on loan from God!" Jim Webster
EL-RUSHBO...
March 18, 2009 - 07:18 ET by danybhoyI was listening to that when I was out shopping, I started laughing when I heard him put her in the back of the order. I looked at my watch, & there was about 22 minutes left in the show. I just know that would happen, & when it did, I cracked up.
"The Fairness Doctrine = Jim Crow laws for Conservatives". Jim Quinn from "Quinn & Rose"
Limbaugh is smart to put the
March 18, 2009 - 07:35 ET by BDLimbaugh is smart to put the liberals on as soon as they call. Confrontation on the air is a better show than simply a man reciting his beliefs. And he does devastate them when they show up.
outstanding
March 18, 2009 - 02:48 ET by bknownstIf you run the numbers Rush's approval rating is outstanding. Out of the total people polled only 23% were Republicans ( or people with a brain). If you take the 19 rating and divide that by the 23, that count, his actual approval rating is 82%.
I'm guessing
March 18, 2009 - 09:27 ET by nwahsI'm guessing thats "linear education".
You're irrational if you don't want the new president to succeed - Gingrich
How crazy does a TV network
March 18, 2009 - 04:47 ET by Jack BauerHow crazy does a TV network have to be to run an opinion poll about a Talk radio host and offering his "approval ratings"?
CBS CRAZY.
This is the level of corrupt idiocy we've come to in US "journalism"?
Ed Murrow must be spinning at 78rpm.
Scientific Polling?
March 18, 2009 - 06:27 ET by GeneralAlThis poll wasn't slanted, it was lopsided! Almost twice as many Democrats as Republicans? How about these independents? Are they tending to vote Democrat or Republican? I'm sick of these polls! How about a random generic poll of 1200 people without asking party affiliation? Just ask up or down questions. Do you approve of Congress, Obama, Pelosi, and Limbaugh! I bet the numbers would be different! Of course that would not achieve the goal of the Communist dominated MSN aka Pravda!
Britney Spears Effect
March 18, 2009 - 07:55 ET by slickwillie2001Folks are going to get real tired of hearing Obammy and the look back-and-forth everywhere but the camera and that droning uh-um voice. He is in danger of a Britney Spears-style of overexposure. Why does he do it? Because that's all he's got. Obammy is a one act pony. Can't manage crap, lousy judge of character, lazy, but man can he read that binky-teleprompter!
So by my figures, Rush is
March 18, 2009 - 08:00 ET by USA4freedomSo by my figures, Rush is liked by: 57.7 MILLION PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!
LET ME REPEAT THAT.. 57.7 MILLION PEOPLE!!
Not too shabby for someone that is sooooooooo right wing,and out of touch..
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
Limbaugh’s favorable
March 18, 2009 - 08:23 ET by general companyLimbaugh’s favorable rating stands at just 19 percent, a full 43 points lower than President Obama’s
Realy? Then why does Obama and his Admin spend so much time trying to diminish the good work he does?
The survey, conducted March 12-16, was weighted to count more Democrats
than Republicans: 265 Republicans, 442 Democrats and 435 independents.
Where the hell do you have to go to find twice as many Independents as Repubs, and equal to the Dems? Remind me how many votes Bob Barr got? This poll is simply made up, this is just another ruse to try to compromise all things conservative
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
A relevant question for
March 18, 2009 - 08:33 ET by NL207A relevant question for these pollsters: How many of those who have an unfavorable opinion of Limbaugh have ever listened to his program?
They should only poll...
March 18, 2009 - 10:21 ET by jawebster1people with brains. Ann Coulter said it, "If Democrats had brains, they'd be Republicans". Poll a Democrat on Rush and you will get a negative response. Would you like him if you were a fraud and he exposed you? I think not. Count the Democrats polled as 100% against Rush. Independents don't know what they are. Poll them as 90% against Rush. Republicans are infested with RINOs. Poll them 15% against Rush. Depending on who gets polled, you can arrive at any conclusion you desire. Jim Webster
So whats that leave?
March 18, 2009 - 11:45 ET by nwahsThat leaves Dittoheads! And Rush pulls his Saddam Huessein/Castro type 99.9% approval rating :) Save your flames, I'm probably swinging a hammer by now !
You're irrational if you don't want the new president to succeed - Gingrich
What was that
March 18, 2009 - 12:40 ET by general companyYou said about RINO's Jim?
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
I really doubt I'm going to change
March 18, 2009 - 21:23 ET by nwahsI don't see me going to my registrar of voters to change my party affiliation, but I consider myself more an Independent than a Republican these days. If Dittoheads want to purge the Republican party, they're doing a good job. Godspeed. I have little in common with the dittoheads that post here. If that is really conservatism, I probably am not. I don't think it is, but it all boils down to semantics and labels. I don't want to be in the dittohead group. So Independent is fine by me. The reality is, if a decent candidate, Democrat or not, ran against Vitter in a couple of years, I'd vote against the hypocrite. I'm not dittohead material. That's just a fact.
You're irrational if you don't want the new president to succeed - Gingrich
If you don't know if you
March 18, 2009 - 21:34 ET by bigtimerIf you don't know if you are a conservative or not nw...you aren't.
Which we all know that post here regularly with you that you aren't.
Your obsession with Rush is so amusing to me anymore I consider what you post regarding this all a side-show.
I don't have an obsession with Rush
March 18, 2009 - 21:45 ET by nwahsI've done plenty AM/FM radio gigs in my life, disk jockeys and radio guys don't impress me. I've been inside their bubble, and know well the illusion. Rush impresses me no more than Ryan Seacrest. Its the same bubble. I do find Rush's fans extremely intriguing. I'm not one of them. Hell I don't even own a cat.
Your're irrational if you don't want the new president to succeed - Gingrich
nw...
March 18, 2009 - 22:07 ET by bigtimerI've done plenty AM/FM radio gigs in my life, disk jockeys and radio guys don't impress me.
Evidently you didn't impress them much either or you wouldn't be here bitchin' about Rush daily/nightly.
Well I don't follow your logic
March 18, 2009 - 22:13 ET by nwahsI'm missing something. What does that mean? Failures read NewsBusters? Successes agree with Rush? See - THIS is why I find Rush fans intriguing - even more than Art Bell fans ( and they're a hoot!)
You're irrational if you don't want the new president to succeed - Gingrich
bizarro
March 18, 2009 - 22:17 ET by botgbizarro shawn
"Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend,------------inside a dog it's too dark to read" ---Groucho
You mean to tell me that
March 18, 2009 - 12:08 ET by pitter43You mean to tell me that there's someone in America that thinks Nazi Pelosi, or her henchmen, are doing a good job? Maybe they should learn to read or take meds for ADD.
It is unbelievable
March 18, 2009 - 12:46 ET by RD Kingthat Pelosi would even post in positive numbers.
So I could take from this poll that if I polled 77% conservatives to 23 % democrats that Rush might have an approval of oh about 62% or higher and comrade maobama would post in the single digits or lower.
"The survey, conducted
March 18, 2009 - 21:09 ET by gopcongress"The survey, conducted March 12-16, was weighted to count more Democrats
than Republicans: 265 Republicans, 442 Democrats and 435 independents."
Well, jeepers. A moderate is nothing more than a democrat who doesn't want to admit it. Ain't no such animal nowadays, at least by any measurement structure. You either are a conservative, or you aren't. Most moderates agree with democrats far more than with republicans.
So, back to the numbers. Nancy polls FAR LESS than Rush when the numbers are adjusted. at 887 non-republicans, compared to 265 republicans (moderates who favor conservative balance out RINO's; dems are all socialists anyway), she should have at LEAST a 50% ratio. For Rush to poll at 18% with less than 25% of a predetermined favorible audience, that would show up as a 70% favorable rating.
In other words, in a FAIR poll on a breakdown consistent with the last voting registration (47% democratic or more liberal, 40% republican or more conservative, and about 10% moderates, Rush would EASILY oushine Obama on the poll.
In other words, Rush has 19% at LESS than 25% likely supporters, while Obama has 69% at MORE than 75% likely supporters. This extrapolates to Rush at around 70% while Obama would get around 50%. My figures are estimated right now; perhaps a mathematician can come up with a more exact figure, but the ballpark figure cannot be that far off.
The point is that Rush's vs Obama's figures are being used in a mathametically skewed manner. This, of course, does not explain how Nancy can only get 18% of the same pool that the Bamster got over 60%. Go figure.
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Moderate... Democrat... Liberal... Progressive... Socialist... Communist—The progression is clear as day.