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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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To: devolve
Lol, sorry you had to go through all that explanation.
No, I don't believe MSM photos of Obama and his wife are usually altered.

I am on Google searching every day and I will go up into the 40’s and 50’s pages looking. I see the same photos taken of them by various media and from different angles all the time.

No doubt there are instances of them being ‘fixed up’ but the general media doesn't have the time to alter all photos.

More of the bikini babe photos have been ‘altered’ than the Obama’s, lol.

61 posted on 06/25/2009 1:08:46 PM PDT by potlatch ( Those who cry 'appease, appease' Are hanged by those they tried to please.)
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Well, both sides know what he wants to do, and what would and wouldn't be 'allowed' on the infomercial, so who would bother watching?

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62 posted on 06/25/2009 1:08:53 PM PDT by polymuser ("We have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!" (HRC))
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To: wrhssaxensemble
Photobucket
63 posted on 06/25/2009 1:14:53 PM PDT by mojitojoe (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: wrhssaxensemble

Don’t they mean viewers struggled to avoid it?


64 posted on 06/25/2009 1:15:47 PM PDT by popdonnelly (The Democrats have returned to their game of supporting totalitarian regimes. Now they're muslim.)
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To: devolve
I don't think these photos. LOL PhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucket
65 posted on 06/25/2009 1:19:10 PM PDT by mojitojoe (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: Mount Athos

Under usual circumstances, maybe. But Obama’s a unique circumstance. people used to watch him on anything just for the novelty and he made them feel good. Sky high ratings. This may mean the popularity cult is declining. Once that happens, they’ll view him as any standard politician and then he becomes vulnerable.


66 posted on 06/25/2009 1:27:33 PM PDT by Soul Seeker
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To: Trillian

I think others had to do the same. I heard that the ratings for Barry’s infomercial weren’t too hot.


67 posted on 06/25/2009 1:30:07 PM PDT by tips up
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To: tioga

I would give my eye teeth if just one person had stood and prefaced a question with, “You seem a bit disoriented and confused.” Wow, would pay to see the meltdown!


68 posted on 06/25/2009 1:35:32 PM PDT by 1951Boomer
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
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.

69 posted on 06/25/2009 1:39:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.troopathon.org/index.php -- June 25th -- the Troopathon)
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To: tioga

Yes, he didn’t even throw her under the bus and gramma didn’t get run over by a reindeer. He threw her into a hearse.


70 posted on 06/25/2009 1:40:16 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Jimmy Carter - now the second worst POTUS ever. BHO has #1 spot in his sights.)
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To: SunkenCiv

DearLeader is NOT happy about his ratings. LOL


71 posted on 06/25/2009 1:41:01 PM PDT by tioga
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To: wrhssaxensemble
ABC's White House special struggled for viewers

That's what they get for removing the TV privileges of folks who refuse to pay for cable.

72 posted on 06/25/2009 1:43:41 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: ravingnutter

Raising Death Tax to pay for Government Medical care sounds like a good idea. That tax bracket will increase under the government’s management skils are applied.


73 posted on 06/25/2009 1:47:52 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: tioga
Maybe this isn't going to help. Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller.

That is the core of government Health care. It is no longer about lives and living but cash and costs. When the guy deciding on live or death surgery for you is more interested in his budget than your life, you're a dead man walking.

And to top it off, saving even 50% of the costs in health care from supposed "waste" will not pay for expanding health care costs by ten times. Half of a five gallon bucket cannot fill a swimming pool.

74 posted on 06/25/2009 1:57:59 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: mojitojoe

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Compare your top photo of Michelle walking the dog with Michelle in a tight black outfit in the garden

Pay attention the her very slim legs and upper arms in the garden pic

That photo was Photoshopped

I’ve know media editors and photographers

They alter photographs to suit their agendas


75 posted on 06/25/2009 2:01:41 PM PDT by devolve ( . . . . Obama confiscated Teacher & Police Union pension funds? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)
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To: tioga
:') He's getting a steady diet of reality, and it ain't gonna stop.
76 posted on 06/25/2009 2:01:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.troopathon.org/index.php -- June 25th -- the Troopathon)
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To: wrhssaxensemble

Obama’s “Let-the-Old-Folks-Die-Health-Care-and-Social-Security-Plan”

Senior Medicine
Costs a fortune
So Obama’s Plan
Is an early coffin

Barack O’Shave


77 posted on 06/25/2009 2:12:46 PM PDT by xzins (Chaplain Says: Jesus befriends those who seek His help.)
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To: American in Israel
Raising Death Tax to pay for Government Medical care sounds like a good idea.

They want to ration health care to the elderly so they'll die off faster because they plan to steal their inheritances to pay for others they deem more deserving of health care...and you think that is a good idea? You might want to rethink that one, dear.

Obama: Euthanasia of the elderly may be necessary

Obama Administration Considers Pro-Euthanasia British-Style Health Care

Cal Thomas: Why Obamacare may beget euthanasia

78 posted on 06/25/2009 2:13:17 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: wrhssaxensemble; SunkenCiv; ml/nj; ExTexasRedhead; LucyT; Yaelle; Atom Smasher; Arizona Carolyn; ...
Heard about the low ratings on Rush Limbaugh's show today.

Let's hope that they are indicative of low support for his disastrous health care plan.

79 posted on 06/25/2009 3:35:18 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93

Still four million — four million too many IYAM.


80 posted on 06/25/2009 3:50:03 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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