Google Search Results: 'Obama continues Bush policies'

[Political Heretic]

http://practical-vision.blogspot.com/2010/04/google-search-obama-continues-bush.html

Perhaps there's a reason why some criticize the administration for being too similar in politics to the Bush administration? I know its the "cool" thing to do to act as though anyone who might suggest that is a leaper and a, well.... Heretic. But "cool" and "true" do not seem to always be the same thing.

[LakeSamish706]

1. Can't hide the facts. n/t

[uppityperson]

18. Leaper?

it's my new saying, thanks to the OP here, that anyone criticizing Obama administration now gets called a leaper.

Dang, sorry, maybe I have it backwards and those who don't criticize are leapers.

I'm confused

[ixion]

2. Indeed... no matter how many of Bushes Policies Obama continues, there are those

who will continue to claim that he is "changing" things.

The mind boggles.

[Name removed]

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[tridim]

4. I guess that's where FDL et al gets their news.

[Swede]

5. Google "I hate dogs".

:shrug:

[Political Heretic]

36. And? It's not about quantity of hits, its about the content of the results

[SidDithers]

6. When I google "Obama continues bush policies", I get 26,000 hits...

this post being the second on the list.

Nothing like a little creative dishonesty to make a point, eh?

When I google Obama + Hitler, I get over 7 million hits. Just sayin'.

Sid

[Political Heretic]

37. It's not about quantity of "hits" - its about the content of the results

just sayin'

[cali]

7. do you have any idea how silly and weak that is as an argument.

google? really?

lame-o.

but I like "leaper".

[SemiCharmedQuark]

11. I don't even disagree with the underlying premise

Of course Id like Obama to move to the left!! But what an absolute silly bit of "evidence"...

ZOMG! Google "faked the moonlanding!"

[Political Heretic]

33. Would that search have the same quality of content?

Probably not.

[Political Heretic]

32. It's not quantity of links, its content of links

[SidDithers]

8. And then there's Obama + changes + bush + policies...

which yields almost 54 million hits.



So, twice as many people think Obama changes Bush policies, compared to Obama continues Bush policies. :rofl:

Is that how this works?

Sid

Edit: added pic to replicate the link in the OP

[cali]

10. lol.

but the usual "Obama is just as bad as bush crowd" will flock to this moronic thread, all bobbing their wee heads in earnest agreement.

:rofl:

[SidDithers]

13. Logic and reasoning aren't strong with that crowd...nt

Sid

[Political Heretic]

31. Not quantity, but content.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

9. Google "Obama is a socialist"

Perhaps there is a reason why so many people say it's true!!

[Political Heretic]

34. It's not about quantity is about content.

[cali]

40. you keep parroting that without illustrating your claim.

sorry, just repeating it over and over, isn't evidence.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

45. Sure it is. Each time you repeat it, you get a new Google search hit

And thus it becomes *more* true.

[NeedleCast]

12. I never cease to be amused when people make the "cool" argument

Yeah, we're all the cool kids on the playground supporting Obama, but not you, you're edgy.

Gimme a break...

While I won't disagree that some Obama policies are not what I'd like to see him doing the argument that he's no different than Bush because of google search results if laughable.

[uppityperson]

14. Google Search Results: 'Obama birth certificate'

Perhaps there's a reason why some criticize the administration for not being a True American? I know its the "cool" thing to do to act as though anyone who might suggest that is a leaper (sic)and a, well.... Heretic. But "cool" and "true" do not seem to always be the same thing.

[Political Heretic]

35. It is not about quantity of "hits", its about content of the results

[uppityperson]

44. What content of the results do you mean? I can pick some good ones out for

most every collection of words. What content do you have?

[LanternWaste]

15. I googled Political Heretic absurd'

I googled Political Heretic absurd' and received 133,000 hits.

Perhaps there's a reason why...

[cali]

17. lol.

:rofl:

[Political Heretic]

30. It's not quantity, but content

[uppityperson]

16. Who suggests those criticizing Obama admin are "leapers"?

[Name removed]

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[Political Heretic]

29. It's not "based on the number" - its based on the content

[4lbs]

20. Hey look, doing a Google Search for "Economy Recovers Under Obama" yields 22 million results.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=economy+recovers+under+obama&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

[Political Heretic]

38. Again, its not about the quantity of the "hits" - its about the content of the results

[emulatorloo]

48. Content seems like a bunch of hyperbole and exaggeration. But if you like that sort of thing, enjoy

[Mari333]

21. knr

[Capn Sunshine]

22. "Cranach, the Blog of Veith" is the first entry

Hey, THATS some reliable info you got going there.
If it's on the internets, it must be true!

[namahage]

42. Quoting Charles Krauthammer, no less. n/t

[Political Heretic]

23. Leave it to DU to ignore the content of links.

The issue isn't the number of "hits." The issue is the content of the stories.

[cali]

24. look, if you had a cogent argument, you should have made it and picked

a few of the links to illustrate your points.

don't blame us for your shortcomings. Your post was silly. it got treated with scorn.

you earned it.

[uppityperson]

25. simple, precise. good. nt

[Political Heretic]

26. I wear your scorn like a badge of honor

It's being "treated with scorn" by the same three posters posting over and over.

Methinks thou dost protest too much. :)

[cali]

39. My scorn isn't for you. It's for your less than persuasive OP

and no, it's not only three posters on this thread who are pointing out how weak the OP is.

[SidDithers]

49. +1...nt

Sid

[4lbs]

27. A Google Search of "George Bush Great President" yields 38 million results!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=george+bush+is+a+great+president&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=


Thus, it must be true. ;)

[Political Heretic]

28. It's not quantity, its content.

[cali]

41. yeah? show us the goods then.

you haven't. you just keep whinging away about how the links from your google search are quality links.

truly laughable.

[emulatorloo]

47. looks mostly like a handful of bloggers suffering from a HYPERBOLE OVERDOSE

[Mari333]

43. WELL,I just watched Capitalism, a Love Story and it looks like the same old shit to me

[emulatorloo]

46. Google "Obama is a Nazi" - you will probably get just as many hits

Just because people write shit on the internet does not mean you should believe them.

[Swede]

50. It's about the quality of hits,not the quantity.

nt