Sunday, January 20, 2013
Steven
Whenever I see one of the two or three black reporters FOX News have managed to dredge up, I think of the Samuel L. Jackson character in "Django Unchained."
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
The Leap of Faith - But Not the Public Faith
"Hold on" said Thelma to Louise as they went over. "Where is that Ripcord, again?" thought Evel Knevel as he was airborne over the Snake River Canyon. My wife puts on a grin when she's at the top of The Dragster at Cedar Point, about to plummet 420 feet at a 90˚ angle at speeds of up to 120 miles an hour. But supposedly, the Republicans are more daring than any of that.
Why are they more daring? Because of their willingness to go over the fiscal cliff - that is, allowing an end to the tax breaks and spending cuts - they are risking more than anyone. And that isn't just me thinking that they are going to be the villains here. It's most Americans.
"Democrats are in a strong position with the public" declares yesterday's Pew Research Center report. The new national poll released yesterday revealed some interesting things. Among them that the public views President Obama making the most serious effort to avoid the fiscal cliff - at 55%. How many think Republican leaders are making a serious effort? 32%. Are any alarms going off yet Repubs?
President Obama's first post reelection job approval rating has risen to 55%, up 5 points since July and 11 points since the start of the year. Obama's job rating is quite a bit higher than President George W. Bush's first job measure after he "won" reelection in 2004. (48%)
53% to 33% of the public sees the Republican Party, rather than the Democrats, as "more extreme in it's positions." Ah, and those Tea Baggers still think they are so damn smart.
Democrats are seen as "more willing to work with leaders of the other party" by roughly a 2 to 1 margin (53% to 27%)
This kind of reminds me of the polls Pew did for The Washington Post in November and in early December. 53% said the Republicans would be more to blame than the Democrats, and a mere 27% said the Democrats were more to blame for going over the Fiscal Cliff and the impending economic repercussions.
It would seem that the Tea Baggers and the other Republican extremists still don't get it. They are not the heroes they think they are. The people see through the political nonsense. They are dragging the Republican party deeper into the muck. It's the Republicans fault because they don't have the intestinal fortitude to kick the pitiful dummies out onto the street. They are not "visionaries". They don't have the gumption to form their own party, so they just leech off another. It's obvious that they don't watch polls and realize they (the Republicans) are coming off as the villains.
I know, I know. They will come up with their usual tired lying excuses. "Pew Research Center is part of the liberal media." ("Liberal media" is anyone who doesn't agree whole-heartedly with them.) What else do you pitiful excuses for human beings have?
Keep it up. Please keep it up. If you want to keep losing, stay on course!
Why are they more daring? Because of their willingness to go over the fiscal cliff - that is, allowing an end to the tax breaks and spending cuts - they are risking more than anyone. And that isn't just me thinking that they are going to be the villains here. It's most Americans.
"Democrats are in a strong position with the public" declares yesterday's Pew Research Center report. The new national poll released yesterday revealed some interesting things. Among them that the public views President Obama making the most serious effort to avoid the fiscal cliff - at 55%. How many think Republican leaders are making a serious effort? 32%. Are any alarms going off yet Repubs?
President Obama's first post reelection job approval rating has risen to 55%, up 5 points since July and 11 points since the start of the year. Obama's job rating is quite a bit higher than President George W. Bush's first job measure after he "won" reelection in 2004. (48%)
53% to 33% of the public sees the Republican Party, rather than the Democrats, as "more extreme in it's positions." Ah, and those Tea Baggers still think they are so damn smart.
Democrats are seen as "more willing to work with leaders of the other party" by roughly a 2 to 1 margin (53% to 27%)
This kind of reminds me of the polls Pew did for The Washington Post in November and in early December. 53% said the Republicans would be more to blame than the Democrats, and a mere 27% said the Democrats were more to blame for going over the Fiscal Cliff and the impending economic repercussions.
It would seem that the Tea Baggers and the other Republican extremists still don't get it. They are not the heroes they think they are. The people see through the political nonsense. They are dragging the Republican party deeper into the muck. It's the Republicans fault because they don't have the intestinal fortitude to kick the pitiful dummies out onto the street. They are not "visionaries". They don't have the gumption to form their own party, so they just leech off another. It's obvious that they don't watch polls and realize they (the Republicans) are coming off as the villains.
I know, I know. They will come up with their usual tired lying excuses. "Pew Research Center is part of the liberal media." ("Liberal media" is anyone who doesn't agree whole-heartedly with them.) What else do you pitiful excuses for human beings have?
Keep it up. Please keep it up. If you want to keep losing, stay on course!
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