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AP Poll: Americans high on Obama, direction of US
Associated Press ^ | April 23, 2009 | Ron Fourner and Trevor Tompson

Posted on 04/23/2009 2:04:24 AM PDT by Zakeet

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To: Zakeet
There's probably actually a fair amount of truth to this.

It's been said "He who robs Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul".

0bama has clearly split the country into "Peters" and "Pauls".

And he is clearly a favorite of the "Pauls".

41 posted on 04/23/2009 6:00:38 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

““He presents a very positive outlook,””

A long enough lever might move the earth, but I’ve never seen an outlook do anything.


42 posted on 04/23/2009 6:12:57 AM PDT by RoadTest (" -strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it)
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To: AlexW

Funny, everyone I know is depressed.


43 posted on 04/23/2009 6:18:24 AM PDT by gussiefinknottle (woof!woof!woof!)
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To: Rebelbase
Hey Cheryl, how’s business? Obama running a lot of folks into your chocolate shop to spend their disposable income?

Her store went out of business on April 18.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2235908/posts?page=50#50
44 posted on 04/23/2009 6:21:04 AM PDT by jeffrho ("An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Winston Churchill)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

My thoughts exactly. These same comments were probably made by many a German citizen in the 1930’s regarding Adolph Hitler.


45 posted on 04/23/2009 6:29:04 AM PDT by BooRadley
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To: Zakeet
The Clbuttic Mistake: When obscenity filters go wrong (The Telegraph (London, UK) 9-2-08 Matthew Moore)

The phenomena, known as “The Clbuttic Mistake” after a mangling of the word “classic” that is believed to be the first identified instance of the problem, can be found on tens of thousands of websites.

The error is caused by poorly programmed anti-obscenity filters – similar to spell checkers – that automatically replace words considered rude or offensive with more acceptable variants. “Butt” replaces “ass”...

The problem is fairly widespread; Google searches turn up 3,810 results for “clbuttic”, 5,120 for “consbreastution”, and 1,450 for “Buttociated Press”, a corruption of the US news agency the Associated Press.


46 posted on 04/23/2009 6:52:05 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: BooRadley

Goebbels was there to see that the German People were made to have a positive opinion of Adolph Hitler and his “CHANGEs”.

The media was down on GW Bush from Day One. There was no honeymoon period.

The MSM is America’s Pravda. It serves the Party, not American interests.


47 posted on 04/23/2009 6:53:42 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: RC one
They’re not all long haired,homosexual, pot smoking, hippes with a hardon for Barack Obama though that surely describes many of them.

Some of them have short hair...


48 posted on 04/23/2009 6:54:51 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: sergeantdave
"These are the offspring of Goebbels in our midst."

Then it's Off-Springtime For Hitler?!

49 posted on 04/23/2009 7:00:29 AM PDT by cartoonistx
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To: nhwingut

Wow..How do they get away with this crap?

The only poll I check consistently and give any merit is Rasmussen.


50 posted on 04/23/2009 7:02:11 AM PDT by HailReagan78
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To: jeffrho

“Her store went out of business on April 18. “

Not exactly the change she was hoping for!


51 posted on 04/23/2009 7:05:22 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Zakeet
This is a man who:

Is considering bringing charges against former government officials for allegedly being too tough interrogating the modern day equivalents of Assassins

Has attacked America abroad before our allies and enemies

Has selected the worse cabinet of misfits and criminals in history to advise him

Is planning to disarm the American public

Has no concept of freedom of political speech

Believes in coddling Islamic extremists

Has allowed one of his chief creatures to malign American veterans and citizens expressing their opinions on matters of constitutional law

I could on and on. It would read very closely to the charges against George III in the Declaration of Independence.

Yet he does well in a popularity poll????????

Apparently the villains in the mainstream media, Hollywood, and, MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, the Educational Establishment, have done their job VERY WELL.

52 posted on 04/23/2009 7:16:36 AM PDT by ZULU (Obamanation of Desolation is President. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: RC one

Sorry, I don’t believe the same scenario will work with Obama as Bush. For one, the media won’t go after OBama. The media will always do it’s best to shift blame somewhere else rather than blame Obama. As long as Obama pushes for big gov programs, the economy won’t hurt him. Our uneducated dolts and the educated useful idiots in country will always fawn over Obama. The only way that bond of trust and lust is broken is if Obama starts to govern like a true conservative.


53 posted on 04/23/2009 7:27:08 AM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Hope and Change. Rhetoric embraced by the Insane - Obama, The Chump in Charge)
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To: Zakeet

46% democrat, 28% republican. Thats fair.


54 posted on 04/23/2009 7:28:05 AM PDT by Go Gordon
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To: Zakeet
OBAMA'S POWER
55 posted on 04/23/2009 7:44:21 AM PDT by odin2008 (EVIL TRIUMPHS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

“He presents a very positive outlook,” said Cheryl Wetherington, 35, an independent voter who runs a chocolate shop in Gardner, Kan. “He’s very well-spoken and very vocal about what direction should be taken.”

Hey, I know where that shop is. I’ll be sure never to stop in.


56 posted on 04/23/2009 8:05:02 AM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: KansasGirl

From the link at post #44:

“I was just listening to the Stigall show this morning on 710AM (Kansas City). They called Wetherington’s Chocolate shop this morning....the store went out of business. It closed on April 18 according to a voice message left at the store’s number. “

50 posted on Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:00:00 AM by jeffrho (”An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.” - Winston Churchill)


57 posted on 04/23/2009 9:19:28 AM PDT by happygrl (Hope and Change or Rope and Chains?)
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To: nhwingut; Timesink; martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; GOPJ; ...
Media Shenanigans PING

Dems 46%

Repubs 28%

A whopping 18% difference in oversampling. And even at that bogus number the internals are bad for zero.

Even more stilted. see page 21 and 22 for the sample size:

http://www.ap-gfkpoll.com/pdf/AP-GfK_Poll_Topline_April_2009.pdf

28% Republican was 9% heavy Republican + 9% moderate + 9% indep - lean Republican (note ~9 +~9 +~9 = 28).

46% Democrat was 16% heavy Democrat, 20% moderate, 10% indep - lean Democrat.

Biased sample to say the least.

7% "Indep - Don't lean"

19% "Don't know" (note, this is DIFFERENT than "other party" of which there was no significant declaration, Libertarians will tell you they are Libertarians. Communists and Democrats will lie about party affiliation)

58 posted on 04/23/2009 1:45:28 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: Zakeet

IMO, there is only one media outlet worse than the AP: The New York Times.


59 posted on 04/23/2009 1:53:24 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must...)
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To: Wyatt's Torch

yikes...sorry..I should have posted a link. it was a PITA to sort thru all the crappola to get to the party affiliation.

And goofy RON FOURNIER used it as the guts of his article today.


60 posted on 04/23/2009 5:02:26 PM PDT by stylin19a (Obama - the ethically waivered administration)
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