New polling data released today from Gallup and Rasmussen caused Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell to issue a challenge to the liberal media, report the facts:
The media are obsessed with polling and public opinion data - unless, of course, it goes against their narrative. The cause and effect is clear: the more America learns about Obama's radical agenda, the more they are galloping in the other direction.
"Americans, by a 2-to-1 margin, say their political views in recent years have become more conservative rather than more liberal, 39% to 18%," noted Lydia Saad in a July 6 news release at Gallup.com.
In fact, Saad noted, "more members of all three major partisan groups indicate that their views have shifted to the right rather than to the left." Last month, Gallup revealed that "40% of Americans call themselves conservative," the highest level since 2004.
What's more, pollsters at Rasmussen report that 56% of Americans rate Obama fair or poor on the economy compared to the 50% who disapproved of his economic policies just a week ago.
For the July 6 MRC press release, including President Brent Bozell's full statement on the new polling data, click here.
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Sigh. Assuming these polls
July 6, 2009 - 12:12 ET by Chris NormanSigh. Assuming these polls are accurate, beyond the challenge that Mr. Bozell issues, I'd like to see explained the schizophrenic nature of the American people, who profess to be growing more conservative, all the while electing as many left wing whack job hacks as they have recently.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
It certainly does make you
July 6, 2009 - 12:18 ET by Another Dead KennedyIt certainly does make you question the validity of the poll. Anyone have an explanation as to why we've elected the most liberal government in decades, while Americans are becoming more conservative? I think there's something missing from this story.
It would be logical to
July 6, 2009 - 13:42 ET by robert108It would be logical to assume this move toward conservatism among Americans, along with their skepticism about Obama, has to do with the results of his policies that have manifested since his election.
His failure is obvious. If not for the constant pro-Obama spin coming from the MSM, this movement would be a lot stronger.
Money talks, bullshit walks.
→ Inattention to deficit disorder
July 6, 2009 - 13:47 ET by Cool ArrowIf there is some way we can completely deny California the bailout they most desperately seek, maybe the rest of America will see the folly of any government's attempt to be all things to all people.
Too many have been seduced into nannyism. Time to get these kids off the nipple.
Nice. If you want to deny
July 6, 2009 - 13:54 ET by Another Dead KennedyNice. If you want to deny California help, would you also reject the money the state dumps into the US economy during good economic times?
→ Say what?
July 6, 2009 - 14:02 ET by Cool ArrowIf Californians want to buy goods and services from Texas, how the heck is that "dumping"?
If Texas wants to buy from California, how is that "dumping"
If the Federal government takes money from Texas to give to California, it's not only "dumping" but reinforcing bad behavior as well.
We drill here. We irrigate here. We work here.
California has made its own ill-fated decisions and the Federal Government now wants us to look to Ca. as a model State.
Yeah, "dump" is an appropriate term, but not in the context you intend.
Tax burden, Tex.
July 6, 2009 - 14:18 ET by Another Dead KennedyTax burden, Tex. California's tax burden is the 6th highest in the country, versus Texas who is ranked at 43rd in 2008.
Well, it is still on you
July 6, 2009 - 14:23 ET by BlondeTo ensure California's elected officials spend that money wisely.
You can't go picking the rest of our pockets because you all in CA ran out of money on stupid stuff.
I hope he fails, too.
B, the only point I'm making
July 6, 2009 - 14:51 ET by Another Dead KennedyB, the only point I'm making is that (especially compared to Texas) California puts a larger percent of our tax dollars into the fed than most other states (where it is then doled out to poorer states), and when the state is in trouble, it should only make sense that we give a smaller share to help ourselves out.
I see what you're driving at
July 6, 2009 - 15:00 ET by BlondeBut that isn't the point. Everyone pays the same amount of Federal tax....we don't have different rates for different states. So let's just leave that aside. We are talking about irresponsible STATE governments.
My point is this. Florida and Texas are both states that have no state income tax. We collect revenues in different ways. But the point is that California's State Government has had runaway spending for decades, with the legislature voting again and again for insane pensions for state workers, insane regulatory rules which require enforcement (more dumb state employees), etc. I seem to recall free tuition at all CA universities.
Well, you Californians have made your State bed, now you have to lie in it. To expect the rest of the country to bail you out merely allows the status quo to continue, instead of making the hard decisions and reigning in the idiotic fiscal irresponsibility. I think I read somewhere that CA is the 6th largest economy in the world....we can't afford your mistakes.
I know that unemployment in CA is worse than almost everywhere else in the country (with Florida not far behind)...so you ARE going to put in a lesser sum into the federal treasury (not that that is much comfort).
I hope he fails, too.
And Yet
July 6, 2009 - 15:07 ET by doug1950I just read where FL has the lowest number of people on any kind of assistance (welfare) or receiving entitlement payments. I have friends in CA and they tell me the State just rolls out the red carpet for illegals to receive every kind of assisted living known to humankind and forever. The taxpayers are carrying the astronomical burden for people who are not even citizens and some who are but are too lazy to work. Down here we call that a "parasite", something to get rid of as early as possible.
Lead, follow or get the hell out of the way!
I thought you knew, Doug
July 6, 2009 - 16:13 ET by BlondeThe sunshine is free.....everything else, ya gotta pay for yourself. :)
I hope he fails, too.
Blonde
July 6, 2009 - 19:48 ET by doug1950I guess I spend too much time looking outward at the mess going on all around us that I don't take time to see some of the good that goes on right under my nose. I have to admit, everyone I know or care to know would never take a hand out or go on Welfare if they were starving. I would rather sell pencil stubs at the offramp of the interstate than go on welfare. I am also well aware in some cases it is necessary, but a lot more where it is just people who are bone idle lazy.
Lead, follow or get the hell out of the way!
B, my state is run by
July 6, 2009 - 15:15 ET by Another Dead KennedyB, my state is run by idiots. People are dumb here. Most of them in fact. My personal position is somewhat unique. I'm very well protected in my job, make good money regardless of what I'm taxed, and am funded by a NY based company. My comments aren't making an argument for myself, but for the betterment of the state. The issue here that's missing is that when Cali voters passed all of this spending, the money was there to cover it. Gray Davis and Schwartzy have f*cked this state, along with Pelosi, Sweinstein, and the rest of our great leaders. But when our state helps fund other states, and then the people of those states who benefit from ours basically say "screw California" when we need help, it's just plain hypocritical. Fair enough?
→ Yes, they're idiots
July 6, 2009 - 15:41 ET by Cool ArrowBut your state is run by crafty idiots.
Deny, if you will, that some of California's problems would be significantly relieved if they relaxed regulations on drilling and irrigation.
Deny, if you will that rich people and their companies flee California in favor of states that have no state income tax.
Sorry, but California has dut its own deliberate quagmire, and to an outsider looking in, it looks planned.
Unless, of course you didn't see this coming. Now that really would be idiotic.
Have you ever been to
July 6, 2009 - 16:11 ET by Another Dead KennedyHave you ever been to California? Have you seen the smog in the San Fernando Valley in the summertime? Have you experienced the filthy air, troubled breathing? Have you gone to the beach for the weekend only to find that the beach has been closed do to an oil spill? One thing that unifies just about all of California is that we care about our environment. Our desert/mountain terrain, combined with our position on the coastline contribute to unique environmental conditions that do not affect other states. We do not want off coast drilling in the case of another oil spill that will affect our health, our environment, and our economy for years to come. I personally don't care if gas prices, yours or mine go to $5 and beyond.
We had opportunities to stop this from happening, but the stupid people of California screwed it up. It all goes back to the recall election intended to remove Davis and replace him with Arnold. Davis knew we couldn't afford the programs people wanted without raising taxes. But the people wanted everything for free. Combine that with a weak, inexperienced replacement, Arnold, and we ended up here. Now he's raised taxes, but only to keep us from going under - not to plan for the future as Davis knew.
→ Just wonderful
July 6, 2009 - 16:24 ET by Cool ArrowNatural tarballs wash up on your beaches each year, enough to equal your Santa Barbara Spill. That's enough to equal Exxon-Valdiz in 10 years.
All you're saying is that you're willing to let your State's policies bankrupt your State.
Fine and dandy as long as you're not begging for Federal funds to coddle your state in the manner in which it is accustomed.
My point is that we are taking our chances and living with the consequences (and rewards)
You want something for your State? Work for it.
Clean up the Valley all you want. Steal those farmlands and the water that feeds them all you want.
But don't demand that I help you.
And please! Don't throw State and Local Tax numbers out there thinking I'm just a hick from Texas who can't read.
Cool, if they would just
July 6, 2009 - 16:29 ET by bassndudeCool, if they would just stop supporting the illegals, it would save the billions every year. The illegals they coddle are sucking the life and money from them.
Here, we have passed laws stating if your not legal, you cant get a drivers license, job or a collect food stamps, unemployment, wel fare or any other form of support from the goverment.
Our illegal count to date is near 0.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
You have all those resources
July 6, 2009 - 16:39 ET by BlondeYet refuse to use them....then demand that we pay for your arrogance?
We do not want off coast drilling in the case of another oil spill that will affect our health, our environment, and our economy for years to come. I personally don't care if gas prices, yours or mine go to $5 and beyond.
Not going to happen.
Let me remind you....the Gulf of Mexico gets hammered by hurricanes yearly and when was the last big spill from a rig out there, eh?
You cannot have your cake and eat it too.
I hope he fails, too.
Oil Spills
July 6, 2009 - 17:16 ET by Another Dead Kennedyhttp://www.msnbc.msn...
Reading comprehension, Kennedy
July 6, 2009 - 17:32 ET by BlondeI said oil RIGS.
The Coast Guard estimates more than 7 million gallons of oil were spilled from industrial plants, storage depots and other facilities around southeast Louisiana.
Sorry, try again.
I hope he fails, too.
What's the difference, B?
July 6, 2009 - 17:51 ET by Another Dead KennedyWhat's the difference, B? When oil spills, it destroys everything living in the water. I used to live in Florida too, and my family still does. Do you dive? I like being able to go out to a reef or a wreck every time I visit, but I think those in the gulf after a good oil spill don't enjoy it too much. Since you live on the eastern coast of Florida, you're fortunate not to have to deal with this.
What's the difference?
July 6, 2009 - 18:08 ET by BlondeYou cannot be serious.
The big rigs are built to withstand the rigours of the Gulf of Mexico (same deal, only to the nth degree in the North Sea). In fact, they are positive environmentally, inasmuch as they are FADs (fish attracting devices) and provide critical habitat for all sorts of reef and pelagic species.
The spills you cited were at refineries and/or storage facilties. The point is, KDW, that these facilities were not hardened the way they should have been...the New Orleans area has been notoriously doing the ostrich imitation in regard to infrastructure for decades, if not longer. Properly constructed facilities are perfectly safe...that is THE POINT.
If you nutters in California choose not to drill, and not to refine...get the hell out of our way with your eco-nonsense, we'll do it, and you'll pay for it (through the nose).
And yes, I dive, I've been scuba diving since I was eight. Diving on structure is very cool (can you say artificial reef?).
FYI, there is oil off the east coast of Florida, I'd love to see the drilling ban lifted here. The trick is to use and exploit natural resources responsibly, not just cover your eyes, mouth, and ears and scream "hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil". Being pro-environment and pro-oil are not mutually exclusive, no matter what you eco-freaks try to say.
I hope he fails, too.
B, you're putting words in
July 6, 2009 - 18:20 ET by Another Dead KennedyB, you're putting words in my mouth, and implying that California voters have anything to do with the decision to drill. Are the Florida voters blocking your oil drilling ban from being lifted? What if the reason behind the drilling bans is to exhaust all of the world's oil supply but ours, leaving the US as the richest country in the world, able to charge thousands of dollars per barrel? Let's not forget who's been getting rich off of oil in this country - it's not you and me, it's the oil companies. While they're selling us $4 a gallon gas, they're recording the highest earnings in history. So let's just make it easier for them to make more money? I'll vote to lift the ban, and I want a percentage of that oil and a contract that states I'll never have to pay more than $1 a gallon for the rest of my life. In the meantime, there's no denying the need for cleaner, more efficient energy sources. Going back to my earlier arguments, the air pollution sucks where I live, and cheap oil based gasoline will not help fix that.
→ Kennedy
July 6, 2009 - 18:26 ET by Cool Arrow"What if the reason behind the drilling bans is to exhaust all of the
world's oil supply but ours, leaving the US as the richest country in
the world"
If that's the reason behind the ban, it is all the more reasonable that California deal with its own economic gambit without begging for outside help.
Well it is our Republican
July 6, 2009 - 18:49 ET by Another Dead KennedyWell it is our Republican governor asking for help after all.
→ Good thing, Kennedy
July 6, 2009 - 19:56 ET by Cool ArrowBut he's as liberal as the day is long.
He's more liberal than Colon Pole.
Love the Teddy
July 6, 2009 - 17:24 ET by upcountrywaterThe Santa Barbara Oil spill happened BEFORE man landed on the Moon.
The Billion Bucks spent on steam cleaning rocks in Alaska, was a Useless feel good stunt that actually delayed the return of natural mosses. The rock that were untouched by steam cleaning were back to their natural state QUICKER..
Most beach closings are from sewage spills.
Reagan VS Liberalism
Hoooold on a minute, baba lou
July 6, 2009 - 17:38 ET by sic721Hey knucklehead, this post is full of liberal talking-points about things that haven't happened in 40 years. I'm in my early 50's. I was born at the U.S. Naval Hospital at Camp Pendleton and have lived here in So. Cal all my life. The only time the smog gets really bad is during the Santa Ana months in the fall. I've never in my life been unable to go to the beach due to oil spills, and I've been surfing for over 40 years. And drilling? 99% of the people I know are for it. Progressive-liberal nanny-state policies are what brought California to this. I've seen it. I've lived it. And let me be clear on this, the city of San Francisco is the perfect example of everything wrong in our Country today. We don't deserve to be 'bailed out'. I'll be pi$$ed if we are. Tree-hugging, liberal, left-wing f***s got us into this, now deal with it. In other words, you stomped the grapes, now you drink the wine.
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within."-Cicero
Idiot, right? 99% of the
July 6, 2009 - 17:47 ET by Another Dead KennedyIdiot, right? 99% of the people, jerk. Am I getting this right? Just insert an insulting name and it makes my argument stronger?
PS - your note about smog is
July 6, 2009 - 17:54 ET by Another Dead KennedyPS - your note about smog is BS. Smog is noticeable every single day in the valley when the temperature is above 80, which covers at lest 4-5 months a year.
Smog is noticeable every single day in the valley
July 6, 2009 - 19:23 ET by Dan DiegoYeah, because it's a valley bordered by those things called mountains.
→ Good Point Diego
July 6, 2009 - 22:28 ET by Cool ArrowLooks to me they need to outlaw internal combustion engines completely in the Valley.
Do they still make those push mowers?
DD... I think he thinks
July 6, 2009 - 23:06 ET by bigtimerDD...
I think he thinks every one here has never ever lived in the area or been there often for years....to not know it is as you describe...
It's a basin... plus....as if the ocean isn't that far off to make a difference either weather wise.
Yeah...right.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Yep, kids these days don't
July 7, 2009 - 00:08 ET by Dan DiegoYep, kids these days don't know what smog is. Heck, when I was kid back in LA during the 60's, now that was real smog.
Yep...thru the early
July 7, 2009 - 00:21 ET by bigtimerYep...thru the early seventies too...after that things were changing.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Nope, not fair enough
July 6, 2009 - 15:46 ET by BlondeThere are many states that are net contributors on the federal level. That dog won't hunt, sorry.
Be glad you have a job you feel secure in....I felt that way too. Now I have involuntarily retired.
I like California, it's a pretty place, but I wouldn't want to live there, mainly because of the stupidity. Here in Broward County (home of the hangin' chad)....the run up in property values during the early part of the decade gave the county govenrment a $1.2 billion dollar surplus....did the idiots save it for a rainy day? Hell no....they spent it like there was no tomorrow, now they are whining because they can't support it, are having to cut back, etc. Screw them, too. I didn't ask for the Taj Mahal, they built it anyway, so they can jolly well move out of it.
I hope he fails, too.
→ Thanks, Blonde
July 6, 2009 - 16:04 ET by Cool ArrowI'm all into Natural Disaster Relief, but in Janet Napolitano's words, this is a Man-caused disaster.
Unless California is willing to uproot all those pigs at their trough, I see no reason to send in the cavalry.
Texas, also is a net donor. We pay our taxes.
It's highly disengenuous of one State, whose claim to fame is "My ecological s#it don't stink", to tell those hillbilly oil-drilling Texans they need to bail out the primadonas
→ Nonsense Kennedy
July 6, 2009 - 15:34 ET by Cool ArrowYou're counting the State Income Tax as part of the overall burden.
What silly decisions your State makes are its own.
I'm looking at theper capita tax burden table, and there are lots of States whose citizens pay less than Texas.
Figures lie, and as the saying goes, you're figuring.
http://www.taxfounda...
July 6, 2009 - 15:59 ET by Another Dead Kennedyhttp://www.taxfounda...
→ New low for Kennedy
July 6, 2009 - 16:10 ET by Cool ArrowClick on this guy's link.
He's quoting State and Local taxes.
Hey, Kennedy! You might have tried reading the BOLD HEADING AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE.
I'm very much aware TEXAS has no STATE income tax
That's one of many reasons I love my State. I'll submit it's also why we attract business rather than chase them out of state.
"new low for Kenedy"... seems he wants to set the bar on a daily
July 6, 2009 - 16:19 ET by pahuberbasis now...
Keep his feet to the fire.
kangaroo, your arguments get
July 6, 2009 - 16:25 ET by Another Dead Kennedykangaroo, your arguments get slimmer and slimmer by the post.
I see you are still name calling.
July 6, 2009 - 16:27 ET by pahuberThere is no arguing with you.
wholey crap, here I am
July 6, 2009 - 16:49 ET by kangaroowholey crap, here I am lurking, minding my own biz, and I get a shameless plug again, must be espn thats twice this week, thanks for that
Better duck!
July 6, 2009 - 16:55 ET by BlondeAnd what, if I may ask, is wholey crap? Holy crap I understand. Holey crap is odd, but makes sense. Wholey crap....well I suppose it makes a little bit of sense.
I hope he fails, too.
Hi kangaroo, yep ILTK is at his usual best again. I think he is
July 6, 2009 - 16:57 ET by pahuberstarting to panic and brought in NWAHS to try and help him with the put downs. Where the hell is G.Mays since I am supposed to be him, as well...
I don't expect you to post
July 6, 2009 - 17:20 ET by Another Dead KennedyI don't expect you to post with 4 separate accounts at once. It's gotta be difficult to keep each character straight. You've already screwed up by using proper punctuation as kangaroo a few days ago. Keep up the good work.
Any way you try to spin
July 6, 2009 - 16:23 ET by Another Dead KennedyAny way you try to spin this, Texas gives less and receives more federal dollars than California. So do a lot of other states. And as I said before, we put more money in and get less money back to us. People just want to say screw California. Fine. It's not up to them. I'm pretty sure Obama likes California and will give us what we need to keep our spoiled way of life afloat. Hollywood will hold another fund raiser, and maybe the tea-party-ers will show up to protest.
→ Me? Spin?
July 6, 2009 - 17:21 ET by Cool ArrowGo ahead Kennedy, deny you linked to State and Local taxes to prove Texas is 43rd in Federal contributions.
Your link is already locked in. You can't sneak in a last-minute change to it.
Though I also have access to the vast domain of make-believe you've dipped into, I choose not to bolster my opinion with it at this time.
La La La La La
July 6, 2009 - 16:31 ET by BlondeOops!
Also note....Alaska went from paying the highest taxes in the late 70's to paying the least taxes last year. Hmmm....I think Florida needs to start drilling (although we are STILL #47 on the list).
I hope he fails, too.
→ Back to work #47
July 6, 2009 - 16:37 ET by Cool ArrowLooks like #47 and #43 might have to foot the bill for that bizarre funeral they're putting on in Calif.
Actually ITLK
July 6, 2009 - 22:54 ET by RESTLESS 1I believe this is what you are looking for. Not much difference between Texas and California.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
DUH!!
July 6, 2009 - 22:23 ET by kilrod["Tax burden, Tex. California's tax burden is the 6th highest in the country, versus Texas who is ranked at 43rd in 2008"]
Well,-- DUH.!!~~!!
(GRINS) kilrod
Remember, only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American Soldier
This is actually an
July 6, 2009 - 13:56 ET by Another Dead KennedyThis is actually an illogical argument, given the facts provided here:
Americans, by a 2-to-1 margin, say their political views in recent years have become more conservative rather than more liberal
It hasn't been years since the election, and only 6 months since Obama took office. I hardly think there was a serious shift to conservatism by Dems between the time they elected Obama and the time he took office.
Not to mention voter fraud
July 6, 2009 - 14:21 ET by BlondeACORN, stacked recounts (MN), voter intimidation (Black Panthers).....etc.
I hope he fails, too.
Hi Blond, also may I add the ultra thin margins of victory in
July 6, 2009 - 15:05 ET by pahubertraditional key states due to the horrific beating GWB took by the MSM... and the tying in of GWB=McCain.
Let's not forget the incredibly lame McCain strategy of elect me please 'cuz it's my turn' strategy. If not for Sarah it would have been a true blow out for dems.
Throw in the voter fraud w/ acorn and other groups and you have yourself a victor...
and the dems are all smiles over this.
The "my turn strategy
July 6, 2009 - 15:08 ET by BlondeTherein lies my PET PEEVE.
Bob Dole, John McCain....nuff said.
I hope he fails, too.
I so wanted to vote for Perot, So we going to get Richard Lugar
July 6, 2009 - 17:49 ET by upcountrywaterClinton won with less than 50% of the vote..How much you want to bet we will get to vote for Richard Lugar in the next election cycle?.
I'm willing to bet the next Presidental election cycle, we shall have a 3rd. party candidate. 0bama can win with less than 50% of the vote.
Lots of people here STILL drive around with 0bama stickers, so there is at least a 40% HARD CORE; D'rat voting block..
Reagan VS Liberalism
Agree
July 6, 2009 - 15:17 ET by doug1950The GOP did the same thing when Dole ran. It was his "turn". They keep trotting out these old war horses, try to paint him as some virile elderly stud muffin, whip up some snappy campaign slogans and think they have a snowballs chance in hell of winning anything. It is time for the GOP to quit running these old fossils when there were stronger, younger, smart candidates. It makes it look even more like this is just a Good Old Boys Club and you gotta pay your dues before given any considerations. Dole, God love him, talked in the 3rd person all the time and just reeked "Geezer Alert", McCain just reeked. I am no spring chicken myself and they turned me off to the GOP. Lukewarm, weak-kneed moderates who have been in D.C. for decades and too entrenched to be any good to anyone. God I hate Politcians! If you shake all the BS out of them there is nothing left but lips and a briefcase.
Lead, follow or get the hell out of the way!
a simple answer
July 6, 2009 - 14:20 ET by larry on LIwhite guilt!
I don't question the
July 6, 2009 - 17:49 ET by MazziI don't question the validity of the poll, I question the validity of the ELECTIONS. Liberals have become experts at stealing elections, and have conveniently managed to place their sympathizers in positions which will ultimately decide which votes to count and which ones to ignore.
It's time to get angry about this! Voter fraud is the number one reason that we are now watching our country sink - and these election thieves are the very ones who keep changing the rules to make it easier to cheat.
"I would rather be historically accurate than politically correct" ~ My husband's T-Shirt
I don't doubt these polls.
July 6, 2009 - 12:38 ET by LiberalliesI don't doubt these polls. However, what has happened is that the left has adopted a lot of the Conservative talk.
Think Obama's promises. "95% of Americans will not have their taxes raised!" Is this Liberal talk? heck no!
How many friends do you have, do we have that truly believed that Obama was not going to raise their taxes? How many c-workers thought the same thing?
Obama stayed away from the abortion issue. He promised things to the gay community, but he has stayed away from doing anything, knowing that most Americans are against giving especial privilages to homosexuals.
In 2006 Democrats won Congress by putting up and then electing "Blue Dog", Conservative, Democrats.
I do believe that by enlarge, most Americans are Center-Right as the polls are saying.
I also think that people are reacting to Obama's, Pelosi's and Reid's left wing radicalism.
How Dems Run
July 6, 2009 - 12:54 ET by DirjjI concurr. Dems never run as Liberals. They always run as Conservatives. The problem with voters ( and many fell for it like they did with The Teleprompter in Chief ) is that too often, the listern to what Candidates say, and never looks at what they've done.
Liberal candidates running as Liberals are unelectable.
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Exactly, very few Dems can
July 6, 2009 - 13:10 ET by LiberalliesExactly, very few Dems can run as Liberals.
Liberals have no problem being elected as Liberals in San Francisco and a few other cities in California. They do not have a problem in New York and some of the New England States and they do not have a problem in Chicago. However, they have huge problems talking Liberal talk in most of middle america and being elected as pure breed Liberals, thus they adopt Conservative talk.
Unfortunately, I blame the American people. They do not bother to do a thorough background check on the candidates. Most go by what the media says or the party they belong to.
I have also found that many Liberals may be Liberal on social issues, but when it comes to economics, they are more Conservative than Conservatives, especially with their personal finances.
Obama, however, has opened up the eyes of many Americans who were blinded by the media's Obama obssesion. I live in Chicago and countless of my liberal friends have already expressed a complete displeasure with Obama. Also, too many of my republican and conservative friends voted for Obama believing that some how he was going to bring change or truly be a different politician. Most of these came back to their senses within the first month of the Obama administration.
Americans are Conservatives, State after State, when a referndum is put on a ballot that will legalize gay marriage, the referendum looses. If you go down issue by issue, the majority of Americans land on the Conservative side of the social and economic issues.
We are not Europe, yet. Most Americans today are Center-Right. What I fear is the next generation of voters that are being brainwashed by Liberal schools, professors, etc. We see a little bit of this with today's 20some who are as ignorant as they come, despite their college degree. Who embrace Communist and Socialist ideas and do not have a clue that these have caused more millions deaths than the other horrific ideology, Facism.
I believe
July 6, 2009 - 12:38 ET by doug1950it comes back to some reports of many Americans think "their" representive is fine while everyone elses is a dunce. Kind of along the same lines that, Well, I personally am doing fine but Im sure all my neighbors are being stretched finanically. Then one has to consider how many elections are lost due to apathy, non participation by a growing numer of Americans, widespread out and out election stealing (dead voters, mulitple voting by single individuals) and those whose reps bring home the bacon and have name recognition. Until it hits home with many, they are not likely to change the way they vote; like when Jimmah Carter became POTUS. There was little doubt that he and his crew caused the problems we experienced during his tenure at the WH. What we have now is Carter on steroids and a MSM that would do pole dancing if he asked them to.
Lead, follow or get the hell out of the way!
One word...
July 6, 2009 - 13:26 ET by retroconPropoganda!
The press portrays the Obamassiah as a caring moderate who can do no wrong. The "middle Americans" who choose to have their news delivered via the MSM believe him to be many things that he is not. He has never been scrutinized as Sarah or any other conservative has been.
You only have to deceive a small percentage of the population to win an election, at any level.
And, as others like Liberallies have said here, they all portray themselves as more conservative than they really are, and as long as they are democrats, they are never questioned by the MSM.
It also doesn't help that we had McCain running. We got no global warming debate, no illegal alien debate, no substantive abortion debate, no real debate on the economy, and no facts from the MSM on the causes of the bad economy. All you heard about was a bad economy, war, racism, and it's all "Bush's fault." Bad economy = Bush = McCain. War = Bush = McCain, racism = white men = Bush = McCain. Obama = change on all counts.
No substantive debate anywhere in the last election cycle.
Oh, maybe one other word, too...
July 6, 2009 - 13:31 ET by retroconACORN.
Oh, maybe one other word, too...
July 6, 2009 - 13:31 ET by retroconACORN.
Obama has created his
July 6, 2009 - 12:45 ET by MidAmericaObama has created his own Man Made Disaster. NOTHING has improved since his election and the future doesn't look to be any different. His personal popularity means nothing if he is ineffectual in leading this country to prosperity. The voters will turn against him.
Take a look at this AP story talking about Gov. Quinn who took over from Gov. Rod in Illinois. The state still can't figure out how to get out of it's financial mess so the finger pointing has started. One comment caught my eye and wondered how AP could write it without seeing the obvious parallel:
Some lawmakers see Quinn's inexperience as a big part of Springfield's failures so far this year.
Before his six years as lieutenant governor, a post with few duties, much of Quinn's public life was spent as an activist and organizer - criticizing government but not taking part in the difficult chore of finding agreement among people with major policy differences. He also served as state treasurer
To those who refuse to see the point
July 6, 2009 - 12:38 ET by DaleMcCThe point is obvious. The people are now seeing just how far left Obama is and they are not happy. The media was happy to paint Obama as a centrist to get him elected, but now (as Rev. Wright would put it) the chickens are coming home to roost. Last time I checked, there hasn't been a major election since last fall. Look for a major swing right in 2010. The way the left is pushing through their socialist agenda (don't bother reading those bills), they know it's coming soon. The next presidential candidate should run on un-doing the nonsense that a growing government has wrought upon our rights as citizens. Basically, the anti-Obama candidate.
Polling data don't matter if it's non-supportive
July 6, 2009 - 12:51 ET by east tennessee johnLet's see you expect the state run media that had "tingles" and god-like references to this dedicated black liberationist marxist to all of a suddenly report that he's no centrist and that the country is moving away from himself policy wise? That would be not only an admission of their being wrong, but of their complicity with him being elected in the first place. Spit in 1 hand and wish in another and see what gets there first.
I sense another slew of
July 6, 2009 - 12:55 ET by Jack BauerI sense another slew of state run TV and Newspaper polls on Rush Limbaugh any day soon.
Participatation
July 6, 2009 - 13:25 ET by jdlybrand"We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority of those who participate." Thomas Jefferson
I feel another Reagan Revolution coming! Liberalism is unsustainable. Eventually people come to their senses. At least most of them do.
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
The more America learns about Obamas radical agenda?
July 6, 2009 - 14:33 ET by teeaa01Where the hell were they during the 18 months PRIOR to the election? Drinking kool aid? What did they base their votes for him on? All style and no substance is a very poor combination. What was it, white guilt, he speaks well (off a teleprompter), he's nice looking, he couldn't possibly be like the people he associates with (Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright, Rahm Emmanuel, CHICAGO POLITICAL MACHINE). What the hell were these people smoking? And now they wonder, how could we have been so wrong? as they wring their hands and fret about the new Socialist Kingdom they have created.
"Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly bright idea" Andrew Brightbart
California Bailouts?
July 6, 2009 - 16:27 ET by slickwillie2001California is going broke because of the lavish pensions that state government workers and politicians have given themselves, along with gold-plated medical care:
Pension Hike of a Decade Ago Backfires: http://www.sacbee.com
The money may have been there then, but that's no excuse. Governments that make lavish commitments to mandated and entitlement spending based on revenue coming in when the economy is booming, are doomed to failure. California has also tilted their revenue 'progressivity' so much to depend on taxes from the wealthy that when the economy sours their revenue base crashes.
The government of California has the power to tax residents of California and they have the power to cut spending in California. All they lack is the political will to do either.
Strikes me funny that when
July 6, 2009 - 21:55 ET by RR GOPStrikes me funny that when things are going in a positive direction, people can be convinced that they actually suck and then vote in the Leftists to "fix" everything. Then they make things far worse than before and people start getting conservative.
When the average person loses their job, loses money, gets taxed more or a foreign group attacks us he decides that he's conservative.
When there's plenty of jobs and money to go around and people feel secure, then they're Liberals.
Hmm.
I guess reality is the best cure for the disease of Marxism.
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!?).
Congratulations, You've Just Signed Your Own Death Sentence...
July 7, 2009 - 00:21 ET by The7SticksWant to hear some other interesting polling data that I heard on the Michael Medved show? Did you know that in states that John McCain won, the more conservative US Senate candidate lost in that election, and vice-versa for the states that elected more liberal Republican candidates but McCain lost in?
Perhaps you think the big-tent idea isn't working right now, but you've just signed your own death sentence for the Republican party if you think the only way to win is by becoming a more exclusive party.
I could care less. I tend to vote on an issue-by-issue, person-by-person basis. I must be a liberal if I voted for Obama, but I also must be a conservative because I voted agasinst all those California propositions presented by the state Democrat legislature. Bullcorn. Truth is my bitch, and the truth doesn't get any sweeter than that.