I'm sorry .. but I just don't see it.
Take this item from Rush Limbaugh's website for instance:
Internal Democrat Poll Says They're in Trouble
May 10, 2006
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RUSH: Martin Frost, a former congressman from Texas -- one of the most bitter ex-Democrat members; he was routed after the Gingrich revolution, and is really one of the big partisans -- has a piece on the Fox News website today: "Democrats' Message Misses Middle Class." They've gone out and, "Third-Way, a 'center progressive' think tank made up of former Democratic Congressional and White House staffers, has now addressed this issue with some real insight... Lots of people bemoan the fact that the Democratic Party does not connect with white middle class voters, but few of the complainers offer workable solutions... In a study released on May 4, Third-way notes that Democrats believe they are talking to middle class voters but that their message is all wrong. The study then makes some very specific suggestions on how to solve the problem.
"First, middle class is defined as household income between $30,000 and $75,000 a year. Obviously this figure could go higher in some parts of the country, depending on cost of living factors. In 2004, John Kerry," who served in Vietnam, "lost middle class white voters by 22 points and Congressional Democrats lost middle class white voters by 19 points. Kerry lost all middle class voters as a group (including whites, Blacks and Hispanics) by 6 points. This was not an aberration but part of a trend. In 2000, Al Gore lost middle class white voters by 15 points and Congressional Democrats lost them by 14 points."
Is there any wonder why they're making a move on the illegal immigrant front and on the felon front? "According to Third-way, 'Americans are optimistic about the nation's future and their own; (Democratic) messaging is not." Wait a second. Wait just a second. Wait just a second, just one darn minute. That can't possibly be. Yeah, here it is in the New York Times today. "President Bush, Republican Congress showed nearly record low ratings while Democrats are viewed much more favorably in their performance on the issues that matter most to Americans, according to latest CBS News/New York Times poll."
What is this? Who are we supposed to believe here? By the way, have you noticed something about these polls? We're getting presidential approval polls more frequently than we get campaign tracking polls in the middle of a presidential election. I'm wondering if these networks and pollsters are coordinating their work so that every other day we get another poll. We get two or three of these a week. I can't remember this many approval polls coming out in such rapid succession, one after another. Now, who are we supposed to believe, Martin Frost's group, a bunch of ex-Democrat congressional and White House staffers, or the CBS/New York Times poll?
This is a stark difference. "According To Third Way..." and I'm going to tell you something, folks. I would much rather trust Democrat internal polling because that's what they're going to believe, "...'Americans are optimistic about the nation's future and their own; (Democratic) messaging is not. Americans see our society as a basically a fair one, where hard work is rewarded; progressives emphasize obstacles to middle-class success.'" They're down-talking everybody, doom and gloom. Seems like this Third Way bunch has figured it out, but how do you explain the New York Times/CBS poll? Easy. It's BS!
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RUSH: Just a couple more little bits here from Martin Frost's piece, writing about this Third Way survey of the middle class, how Democrats are not connecting with the middle class. It doesn't matter -- white, black, Latino -- they're not connecting with the middle class. They're losing the middle class across the board, and it's a trend. In addition to the Third Way report -- and it's a 20-page study; is that right? Twenty pages? In addition to it saying that Americans are optimistic about the nation's future and their own and Democratic messaging is not, the study also "faults Democrats for always attacking the wealthy, noting 'the middle-class aspires to wealth and doesn't see big business or the wealthy as enemies.'
"It adds that Democrats 'downplay the strengths of the American economy… and fail to inspire conviction that America can continue to lead the world.' Stated another was: 'Let's be clear – no one can deny that there are serious and legitimate concerns about our economy. The nation's federal budget deficit is at a record high...'" and they don't care about that. As I said yesterday, they're just upset that all this spending went on without them being in charge of it. "...as is America's trade deficit with the world. Manufacturing jobs have declined, and the gap between the wealthy and the middle-class is increasing.
These are not trifling problems that should be glossed over by progressives. But for every piece of bad news, there is also good news about the economic health and future of America.' The study added, 'It is in the American nature to believe that America…will prevail in an economic battle against China, Japan and India and that the American standard of living can only get better." Folks, they have to have been listening to this program because they have somehow swerved into capturing here the essence of America and being an American, which is optimism, and the expectation of a better life each and every day.
So you juxtapose this with this New York Times/CBS poll and not only is the polling data in this thing bad for Bush and the Republicans, the language in the story, to describe it is hateful and mean-spirited while peppered with some glee and happiness. So again I ask you, which of these two stories are you going to believe? Are you going to believe the Democrats' own study into their problems and why they're losing the middle class and failing to connect, or are you going to believe a standard CBS/New York Times poll that is predictable in its criticism and results that Bush is hated, the Republicans are hated, American people have no faith in the country anymore blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. You can throw that New York Times poll right where it belongs, and that's in the bottom of your bird cage or the toilet or what have you.
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NOW WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT SOME "BALANCE OF POWER" GOING TO THE DEMOCRATS!!
Some of the base may be upset with the President, but they're NOT STUPID enough to allow the likes of these TRAITORS to take over power in the govt.