Obama Approval One Year Later

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/11/03/obama_approval_one_year_later.html

Obama Approval One Year Later


A year after he won the presidential election, 54% of Americans approve of the job President Obama is doing, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research survey.

Said pollster Keating Holland: "Obama's approval rating of 54 percent is nearly identical to the 53 percent of the vote he won a year ago. And in nearly every demographic category, the percent that approve of Obama today is within two to three points of the percent who voted for him in 2008."

[jonnyblitz]

1. thank gawd most people stay relatively uninformed , right?nt

[Baltoman991]

2. No!!!

Thank God that the majority of Americans aren't as narrow minded as those of you who never stood behind anything Obama. Those Americans who know that 8 years of fuck ups is not fixed in 10 months. Americans who listened to Obama when he said it's a long road ahead and it might not be done in his first year or even his first term. You know, those Americans who aren't whining about their fucking ponies.

The haters of all things Obama prove daily that A. They never really listened to him or B. They listened but it doesn't really matter because nothing the man does will be good enough for you.

[monmouth]

4. Wish I could rec your post....Excellent!...n/t

[goclark]

5. Thanks for your wisdom~

[impik]

8. Amen, dude.

[jgraz]

9. How did you manage to type that while spinning on your back at K-Mart?

Impressive.

[Baltoman991]

12. Spinning on

my back at K-Mart? Is that some kind of jab at me? Do you know me? I don't think so. You're just another of the haters I was talking about.

[jgraz]

13. Yes, sometimes when children throw irrational tantrums, they spin on their back while screaming

This tends to happen a lot at K-Mart and other Mart-type establishments.

See, when you call anyone who disagrees with you a "hater", you sound like a two-year-old. Just FYI...

[NatBurner]

17. dude, if you have to explain it...

[jgraz]

18. Well, it seemed the poster might need a lot of things explained.

I thought I'd start there and then move on to how real activism works.

[Baltoman991]

21. Trust me when

I tell you, I need nothing explained to me by your and your ilk. You, the folks who day in and day out ask the same fucking question "what has Obama done" are the ones acting like children stomping their feet because you're not getting your way.

Myself, I'm a grown up who understands grown up things such as the shit hole Obama walked in on won't be fixed any time soon. You on the other hand live in that make believe world where one wave of a magic wand fixes everything.

You call me a child? I'd suggest a long hard look at you and your ilk and the way you're acting towards Obama.

[jgraz]

23. Oh noes!! That's two "you and your ilk"s in one day!

One more and you win the official Glenn Beck Memorial "Trying To Sound Like You're Intelligent and Failing Miserably At It" Award.


Edit: as I hit POST I noticed you snuck another "you and your ilk" in at the end. Congratulations, you're a winner!!! And, for using it twice in the same post, you also win the William Kristol "I Couldn't Write An Original Thought if it Crawled Up My Ass and Died" Trophy. I'm sure YOU AND YOUR ILK will love it.

[treestar]

34. With your back spinning comment you started it

Great thing about message boards, you can literally see who started it.

Wondering if you support the President before the right wingers.

[Number23]

28. For real. "Jokes" that damn painful and unfunny should be taken to the grave.

That was just... pitiful.

[Baltoman991]

20. Ah, ok

so now, because you and your ilk have proven time and again that you hate all things Obama, I suddenly become a child.

Perhaps, just perhaps, you should take a long look into a fucking mirror for it's not me sitting here like a spoiled rotten fucking child wanting everything in the damn toy store.

Now, do you get that analogy or do you need me dumb it down a bit for you?

[jgraz]

22. No, you didn't suddenly become a child

From the way you wring your panties out, I'm guessing you've been acting like a child for quite some time.

Oh, and since you seem to be new around here, I thought it might help you to know some pathetically tired-ass phrases that most of the adult posters on this board retired years ago:

+ "you and your ilk"
+ "you should take a long look in the mirror"
+ blah blah blah ... child wanting toys .. blah blah blah

Just let me know if you'd like some more help at not sounding like a bad DLC phrase generator. I'm here for ya, buddy.

[Baltoman991]

27. I've been

around quite awhile and I'll just say, I haven't seen those terms used much, at least not the children wanting toys.

You and your ilk? Yeah, I use that when it's appropriate and around here, it's quite appropriate.

And please, I need no help from fools such as yourself. And I'm far from your buddy. You see, I deal with rational people, not those who can't get over the fact that Barack Obama won in November 2008. Yes, you and your ilk aren't here for discussion, you're only here to piss all over all things Obama.

[HughMoran]

33. Big time hater

I finally had to put that twit on ignore - couldn't take the stupidity any more.

[mkultra]

30. is that a racist comment

like hes break dancing or some such bullshit?

[mkultra]

29. +1 truth to stupidity

[HughMoran]

32. Rec'd

Well, I would have if I could have.

[Arkana]

25. Actually, I was thinking that it's a good thing that the majority of the country

doesn't go all Chicken Little when their pet issue isn't immediately addressed.

[Peacetrain]

3. Not a bit surprised!

[jenmito]

6. K&R. I'm glad that we who voted for him know it's gonna take more than 9 months to accomplish

what he wants to accomplish, and that he's working harder than most presidents to make our country and world a better place.

[impik]

7. But, but, but

He struggle, and he lost the left and he lost independents and he lost the blacks and he lost the whites and he lost the memo saying he lost all the above.

[HopeOverFear]

11. lol

[CitizenLeft]

16. "...and he lost the memo saying he lost all the above."

:rofl:

[bvar22]

10. In every public poll, I give Obama the highest marks.

In private and on DU I strongly disapprove of a number of "Centrist" policies (LABOR/Healthcare/WAR among others).

I am still "waiting to see", but if he signs a Health Care Scam that channels a Trillion Public Dollars to the Health Insurance Industry, I will begin voicing my disapproval in public and in the polls I respond to.

I may be alone, but I don't think so.
What I'm saying is that while "The Polls" still show strong approval, it may be softer than it looks, especially if casualties keep mounting in Afghanistan.

[Bluenorthwest]

14. Same here

pollsters are the enemy, and I praise the President to them. If I speak to them at all.

[TheKentuckian]

24. Would it be incorrect that you feel about the same as you did a year ago?

I'm pretty sure you won't be voting for Huckebee, Mitch Daniels, or whoever they roll out if your hair was on fire. Further, you'll vote for Obama rather than allow Team Sarah to take the reigns because you are way to smart to act like there is little to no difference.

[bvar22]

26. Neither you nor the Democratic Party....

...should take my future votes for granted.
THAT has allowed the Party to slide ever rightward for the last 30 years.

Nader didn't cause Gore to lose in 2000. The Democratic Party sliding to the RIGHT,taking The Left "for granted", and creating a vacuum on The Left is what really caused that loss.
If not Nader, someone else would have stepped in to fill the void created by the "Centrist" Democratic Party.

After 40 years of straight Party Line voting, my NEXT vote must be earned.

I believe that The Democratic Party seriously underestimates the OUTRAGE if they pass what is currently on the table and call it Health Care Reform.

[mkultra]

31. but the dems are not the greens

and its unrealistic to expect that they will suddenly change to the greens. They may not want to throw your vote away, but they wont be changing their principles just to earn it.

[treestar]

35. Well that's good

I'm wondering if the critics here at least defend him, and the other Democrats, when dealing with the right wing.

[ind_thinker2]

15. Whats up with gallup?

Today is is -3 to 50...

[Jennicut]

19. Gallup always goes up to 54 or 55 and then back down to 50. It fluctuates being

a daily poll.