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ABC's White House special struggled for viewers
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Posted on 06/25/2009 11:54:59 AM PDT by wrhssaxensemble
ABC's White House special struggled for viewers President Obama's town hall meeting on health care delivered a sickly rating Wednesday evening.
The one-hour ABC News special "Primetime: Questions for the President: Prescription for America" (4.7 million viewers, 1.1 preliminary adults 18-49 rating) had the fewest viewers in the 10 p.m. hour. The special tied some 8 p.m. comedy repeats as the lowest-rated program on a major broadcast network.
The special was shot at the White House and featured the president answering questions about his health care plan. The president's primary message was that those who like their current insurance will be able to keep it and that taking no action will result in higher health care costs.
The special drew fire from Republican leadership after refusing to allow an official opposition response, or even a paid ad. ABC also interviewed Obama on "Good Morning America" to help promote the special.
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Haha so not only is his presidency and his plans misreable failures in practice but they fail terribly on TV as well
To: wrhssaxensemble
“Nobody cares about Obama or his plan to socialize”.....
They better start caring and damn fast!
To: wrhssaxensemble
From what I understand we would have been better off if more people saw it, because Obama bombed on it. Didn’t answer questions, made a crack about killing seniors to save money... Oh that’s going to make a great campaign commercial
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posted on
06/25/2009 11:57:17 AM PDT
by
Mount Athos
(A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
To: wrhssaxensemble
It was a Peter Brady party.
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posted on
06/25/2009 11:57:29 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: wrhssaxensemble
With such a shockingly low rating, 0 and abc have taken the arrows from the one-sided infomercial and gained nothing.
HA HA
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posted on
06/25/2009 11:58:28 AM PDT
by
Principled
(Get the capital back! NRST!)
To: wrhssaxensemble
The president's primary message was that those who like their current insurance will be able to keep it
So I can keep my current plan and the Govt. will pay for it? Sounds good to me.
To: wrhssaxensemble
Expensive commercial for ABC - and nobody paid for it. LOL.
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posted on
06/25/2009 11:58:46 AM PDT
by
Wicket
(God bless and protect our troops and God bless America)
To: Master of Orion
Oh shoot, it was last night?
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posted on
06/25/2009 11:59:07 AM PDT
by
Madistan
((This space for rent))
To: wrhssaxensemble
There is one after all..
Somewhere in Hell Karl Marx is smiling.....
To: Mount Athos
anyone have a video of that comment?
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posted on
06/25/2009 11:59:53 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Unfortunate headline. What it should have said is, nobody cares WHAT HE SAYS about his plan to socialize us.
There is a difference.
Once you figure out that he says only what is convenient at the time, subject to change at will, you stop listening. I did that with the slickster; it wasn't worth taking the time to hear him speak. You knew he wouldn't stand behind anything he said.
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posted on
06/25/2009 11:59:55 AM PDT
by
thulldud
(It HAS happened here!)
To: potlatch
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posted on
06/25/2009 12:00:24 PM PDT
by
devolve
( . . . . Obama confiscated Teacher & Police Union pension funds? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)
To: wrhssaxensemble
“Primetime: Questions for the President: Prescription for America”
No wonder is was a bomb. Most people tune out after the first colon. This one had two.
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posted on
06/25/2009 12:00:48 PM PDT
by
Buck W.
(The President of the United States IS named Schickelgruber...)
To: wrhssaxensemble
[The special tied some 8 p.m. comedy repeats as the lowest-rated program on a major broadcast network.]
Ha ha ha.
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posted on
06/25/2009 12:01:27 PM PDT
by
KansasGirl
(I still think Obama is just plain creepy.)
To: devolve
oh that’s good.. real good
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posted on
06/25/2009 12:01:33 PM PDT
by
Mount Athos
(A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
To: wrhssaxensemble
Let’s be fair. ABC had some very tough competition. There was the Rockies getting slammed and then this show about hot chocolate on Food Network . . . .
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posted on
06/25/2009 12:02:16 PM PDT
by
colorado tanker
("Lastly, I'd like to apologize for America's disproportionate response to Pearl Harbor . . . ")
To: wrhssaxensemble
ABC could’ve had a ratings coup if they’d only aired some of the White House Wednesday night concerts and trotted out Bo to show the new tricks the family dog has learned.
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posted on
06/25/2009 12:02:20 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: Buck W.
Was Katie Couric hosting?
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posted on
06/25/2009 12:03:00 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: Master of Orion
“So I can keep my current plan and the Govt. will pay for it? Sounds good to me. “
Yeah, until they start altering the deal.
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posted on
06/25/2009 12:03:32 PM PDT
by
Marie2
(The second mouse gets the cheese.)
To: wrhssaxensemble
ABC had a special on? /sarc
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posted on
06/25/2009 12:03:42 PM PDT
by
wbill
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