Fox poll: Voters “skeptical” of Obama’s World Tour
posted at 2:54 pm on July 27, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Did Barack Obama’s tour of Asia and Europe impress voters? By and large, no, according to a Fox Opinion Dynamics poll. A large plurality, almost a majority, saw it exclusively as a campaign event and almost three-quarters believe that it was at least in part a campaign event. Only 19% thought it was exclusively a fact-finding tour in polling completed the day before Obama took the stage in Berlin:
The poll found some other interesting information on how the public perceives the media in the middle of their groupie-like behavior on the tour. Only 36% think that the media has reported on the campaign objectively. While the Left tries to sell the notion that the media has given John McCain an easier ride, only 6% of the public agrees with that assessment. Forty-six percent believe that the media has given Obama more positive coverage.
In fact, two-thirds of the public are convinced that the media wants Obama to win. Those aren’t just Republicans, either More than 60% of Democrats and of independents also believe that the media wants Obama to win. The devotion of so many news reporting assets to Obama’s tour made that very obvious.
Message to the media: Next time, don’t make it so obvious.
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Weight of Glory on July 27, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Oh thank goodness! I’m alive again!
Weight of Glory on July 27, 2008 at 3:00 PM
And the public willingly going along too, judging by Obama’s 9 point lead now.
It’s gonna be awesome.
A democrat president. democrat senate. democrat house. And a non-inquisitive media.
Nirvana!
lorien1973 on July 27, 2008 at 3:04 PM
They can’t help themselves, e.g. Chris Matthews’ “I felt this thrill going up my leg.”
Karmi on July 27, 2008 at 3:06 PM
I find it comical that this is even ‘news’. Well of course the American public saw it for what it was and of course a majority thinks the press wants His Highness to win. They are determined to assign idiot status to we poor huddled masses of morons and if they’d ever turn that mirror around they’d glimpse the real idiots. It’s like that General (what is his name??) said….they are ’stuck on stupid’.
dustoffmom on July 27, 2008 at 3:09 PM
It will be interesting to see if the weekend bounce disappears, grows, or maintains.
SouthernGent on July 27, 2008 at 3:11 PM
To be fair, the Sheeple gave him a 9pt bounce in Gallup, and a 5pt bounce in Rassmussen because of his Dog&Pony tour of the bastions of Anti-Ameicanism, Socialism, and Taxes, over in Western Europe…
Dale in Atlanta on July 27, 2008 at 3:15 PM
Skeptical of the spectacle
I channel surf awhile
And there on every evening news
A medicated smile
The herd has heard the master’s call
And in a chorus grand
Proclaims the messianic birth
Across the barren land
And when his full ascendancy
Has taken ev’ry niche
His new gestapo fills the door
And freedoms for the rich
Then we will have full circle come
Yet I with mounful dread
Fear the knock upon my door
Where freedom’s fallen dead
Beto Ochoa on July 27, 2008 at 3:15 PM
The only people who will be surprised by this will be those in the media, and their enablers on the Far Left. They will scoff at this poll as biased without even examining the internals regarding the numbers.
It is truly sad to see this come out, but someday, maybe, the media will wake up and realize that much like Senator Obama, they are the proverbial emperor who has no clothes.
Marcie
MrAndMrsSmith on July 27, 2008 at 3:17 PM
This is partly a function of the Internet as a serious news medium.
Back when they had a good thing going, the glory days with stunt anchormen Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather, they put on those puppy dog eyes, “what, me? biased? but I’m so… avuncular!”
But the Internet has debunked that mythology; the masks and gloves are off.
So it’s easier to spot these bastards for what they are. It infuriates them that they’ve plummeted in credibility, but rather than working to regaining it, they’re doubling down and abusing their priveleged forum, debasing it to a pathetic vehicle of worn out, hard left propaganda. That’ll get the rating up!
jeff_from_mpls on July 27, 2008 at 3:22 PM
80% of Europeans want Obama to win.
It’s all good. The more, the better.
Entelechy on July 27, 2008 at 3:23 PM
President of the World
Kini on July 27, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Too bad most people don’t even know he went to Europe. They won’t be paying attention until mid September. :)
Nelsa on July 27, 2008 at 3:25 PM
There was a left wing talk show host on Fox over the weekend who really had me laughing.(Wish I could remember the moonbat’s name). Anyway, he was saying that the European tour of what?, nine days gave Fauxbama foreign policy experience enough to be President..I was in Germany for a twelve hour period once, maybe I’m now qualified to be the next Chancellor….
adamsmith on July 27, 2008 at 3:25 PM
Look guys, no one is going to be thrilled about it…but McCain is going to win.
This kind of media fawning happens every time there’s a Democrat around – this time it has spun way out of control.
Take a look at peoples actual feelings about Obama – they don’t trust him, they do not think he has any experience – he has had every advantage, but he will lose.
Dorvillian on July 27, 2008 at 3:31 PM
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2052146/posts?page=5#5
bnelson44 on July 27, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Here’s a LA Times media columnist (link) who says a recent report (from Robert Lichter’s group) shows that Obama’s received more critical coverage “in recent weeks” than McCain.
Note: “recent weeks”.
Certainly seems counterintuitive. Which is a fancy way of saying baloney.
Nut graf/summary:
No timeline (horizon?) given.
Hmm, more to follow (as they say).
SteveMG on July 27, 2008 at 3:34 PM
When the bias in the media is so one-sided, it effects the credibility of those presenting the “facts”. The crowd in Germany was to have been in the 200,000 range, but a German newspaper reported it to be in the 20,000 range. Was it a typo or what is the truth? After listening to the witch from Missouri with Chris Wallace this morning demonstrate how she is a master of twisting the truth to be what she wants it to be, a person would question his own perception of reality when it is so different from what she was presenting. The truth to some is what they want it to be and to hell with the facts.
volsense on July 27, 2008 at 3:35 PM
General Honore. I have this bookmarked. For inspiration.
CrimsonFisted on July 27, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Whom
The Race Card on July 27, 2008 at 3:42 PM
Headline after Nov. Elections:
Obama Wins! Dems Win Big In Senate & House -Communism On The Way In U.S. As European Countries
Cheer
Travis1 on July 27, 2008 at 3:42 PM
The messianic powers of Obama know no bounds!
heh…Anyway, this news about the media and Obama really comes as no surprise. But the “you know what” is going to hit the fan when Obama has his first debate with McCain.
JetBoy on July 27, 2008 at 3:43 PM
You with your Fox polling
And you skeptics always contemplating
How my face you’d like to start rearanging
When that’s not what you really should do
When heaven has found you
Can’t you see
That it’s all wrapped up in the Messiah that’s me
So follow me
Come on, voters
Follow me
I’m Obama the Piper
And I’ll show you where Hope and Change is at
Come on, voters
Can’t you see
I’m Obama the Piper
Trust in me
Voters
Don’t be scared to into the White House to help me move
Hey, voters
What do you think I’m tryin’ to prove
It ain’t true
That My Michelle would like to punch and kick you
It’s just in your mind
And that’s all that’s trickin’ you
So step in line
Come on, voters
Follow me
Come on, voters
Trust in me
Come on, voters
Can’t you see
Come on, voters
Follow me
I’m Obama the Piper
MB4 on July 27, 2008 at 3:49 PM
You mean people saw it for the phony baloney it was? The drive-by parrot is nearly dead, not being able to pull this off is proof positive.
tarpon on July 27, 2008 at 3:55 PM
My Lord! I just looked at RCP. Gallup now has Obama ahead of McCoot by 9!
This represents a continuation of Obama’s front-runner position evident in the last three Gallup Poll Daily tracking updates. The margin, coincident with the extensive U.S. news coverage of Obama’s foreign tour, is the largest for Obama over McCain measured since Gallup began tracking the general election horserace in March.
Don’t blame me. Blame those who helped get Juan McCoot the Republican nomination.
MB4 on July 27, 2008 at 3:56 PM
I see that the Queen of Hearts ( MB4 ) is In The House
The Fox poll I saw did not show any bounce, and the Gallup bounce will shrink like a Johnson after getting a close look at HRC
Janos Hunyadi on July 27, 2008 at 3:57 PM
For me, Obama’s “world Tour” was one more reason to do what one can to make sure that Obama is never President and Commander in Chief.
Phil Byler on July 27, 2008 at 3:58 PM
Oh, now I see you already noticed.
MB4 on July 27, 2008 at 3:59 PM
MB4,
I’m curious since your anti-Iraq war, would you have supported ANY of the Republican candidates?
terryannonline on July 27, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Apparently whale flatulence is breaking out all over the world.
SteveMG on July 27, 2008 at 4:00 PM
And a hearty peekaboo to you too.
I prefer the Nine of Clubs myself.
MB4 on July 27, 2008 at 4:02 PM
rocslmao!!! read it all!!!!!
jerrytbg on July 27, 2008 at 4:09 PM
It seems every election, the press is more firmly biased.
In 1988 the press spent time on Bush 41’s supposed war crimes.
In 1992 the press refused to look into Clinton’s record, and ran with pathetic propaganda like Bush 41’s unfamiliarity with a self checkout aisle.
In 1996 the press continued to play defense for Clinton and openly mocked Bob Dole.
In 2000 they declared Gore innocent of all of Clinton’s crimes, and decided the narrative would be Bush 43 was a moronic isolationist.
In 2004 the narrative was Bush was a draft dodging coke head while Kerry was a war hero – and during a war you always want someone with military experience to lead. Unfortunately, after searching for 4 years, they found they had to make up evidence to support the charges of Bush draft dodging. As for Kerry, his Swiftboat mates made sure the public got to know the John Kerry they knew…
And now in 2008, we have McCain, infamous for his opposition to Bush on any number of high profile issues as McSame, and some far left neophyte from the Chicago political machine presented as a post partisan secular messiah.
I imagine in 2012, if the MSM is still around in a recognizable format, the media won’t even bother paraphrasing Democrat talking points when presenting the “news”.
18-1 on July 27, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Tancredo was my first choose. I gave money to Romney.
Hunter, Fred and probably even Rudy. Even The High Reverend Huckster looks not so bad to me now.
I do have my limits though and Juan crossed them.
MB4 on July 27, 2008 at 4:14 PM
Well “warm and friendly personalities” certainly fits me, but the rest is obviously mumbo jumbo.
MB4 on July 27, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Oh ok. I’m glad I cleared that up.
terryannonline on July 27, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Well obviously, if this poll came from Fox News and is about Obama, it is by default racist.
Haunchie on July 27, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Believe it or not I actually supported McCain in 2000 and even sent money.
Now I must attempt to make amends for that sin.
MB4 on July 27, 2008 at 4:25 PM
I can clearly see that :-)
terryannonline on July 27, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Then flagellate yourself and not us.
SteveMG on July 27, 2008 at 4:52 PM
The most recent Gallup tracking has Obama up by 9 points over McCain (49% to 40%). So I’d say we’re seeing evidence of a bounce. The simple fact is that Obama did well on his Grand World Tour. Obama didn’t do that well answering Tom Brokaw’s questions this morning on Meet the Press, but so what?
Face it – unless McCain gets his ass in gear and gets out there with a confident, forceful vision of where he wants to take the country, what he’s all about, and why Obama is a catastrophe, you can kiss this election goodbye.
Outlander on July 27, 2008 at 4:53 PM
McCain needs to reschedule that trip to the oil rig…like TODAY! That would be a good place to make a VP announcement, no?
SouthernGent on July 27, 2008 at 5:03 PM
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maverick muse on July 27, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Maybe there is a bounce. It could well be. RCP has Obama ahead by 5. We shall see.
And MB4, it was the Republican voters who gave McCain the nomination, not illegal aliens or something. BTW, in the last national matchups Romney was behind Obama by about 30 points. And Tancredo could not even make it past the margin of error. McCain might not win, I hope he does, but he is the only one out there in the primaries who stood any chance against either one of the Democrats.
Terrye on July 27, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Poor BHO… “he’s damned if he dose and darned if he don’t”…follow Saint Mc’s itinerary to a tee…!
Makes one wonder; will he have to go to visit a German restaurant and the cheese cooler at a supermarket, this week?
J_Gocht on July 27, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Rasmussens has Obama ahead by 5.
Terrye on July 27, 2008 at 5:40 PM
J:
Well maybe Obama could skip a visit to the gym and go say hi to a wounded soldier. But then again, he is ahead so why bother?
But you know, Germans like anti American socialists so Obama is their kind of candidate. I really doubt any Republican could count on cheering crowds in that part of Europe. Bush did pretty well in eastern Europe, but then again they have lived under that boot heel and have no illusions about socialism.
Terrye on July 27, 2008 at 5:43 PM
I’m not paying attention to polls too much right now. I expect Obama to be up by 10 to 15 points by the end of the Democratic Convention.
terryannonline on July 27, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Obama has made it clear that Americans are going to have to rein it their habits and tighten their belts in order that the distribution of wealth is global. Anybody who will negatively effect the greatest nation on earth would naturally be loved by most Europeans. If Americans want to live their lives as the master wants them to then they are on the right path. Freedom is not a right, it is an allowance by those who control it….democratic talking point.
volsense on July 27, 2008 at 5:46 PM
terryonbline:
I hope not. I know that the Republican and Democratic conventions are so close this year, they might kind of cancel each other out.
I was in the drug store earlier today and there on the magazine rack was Obama on the cover of the Rolling Stone {cue music}..he looked like a member of the Rat Pack. All suave and debonair.
I think people are excited by his youth and his good looks and his charm. They like the idea of everybody just getting along..of course who doesn’t?
But…when it comes to issues like energy and health care and even foreign policy I think Obama might face some real challenges once the race gets closer. After all, there was a reason that Clinton beat him in 12 out of the last 15 primaries. Deep down a lot of people don’t trust Obama.
Terrye on July 27, 2008 at 5:54 PM
A little off subject but I’ve been wondering if any more has happened with the complaint that was brought about Obama with the Illinois state bar association. And does anyone know anything about the Illinois bar, such as, are they honest?
snaggletoothie on July 27, 2008 at 5:57 PM
J_Gocht on July 27, 2008 at 6:01 PM
If they weren’t skeptical about the trip, the bill he is presenting possibly this week called the Global Poverty Bill. It will provide 845,000,000 of tax monies over a period of time to distribute wealth globally. This shill is a globalist and will use us to attain those goals.
volsense on July 27, 2008 at 6:10 PM
J:
Oh well, in that case perhaps Mr. Wonderful could skip shopping or whatever it was he had to do that so damn important he could not keep the date he made. After all that whole Commander in Chief thing is so over rated. Once Obama gets in there we won’t need an army. Just unicorns and laughing flowers and dancing butterflies.
Terrye on July 27, 2008 at 6:10 PM
volsense:
Is he going to distribute any of his own wealth, or just other people’s?
And of course the average person won’t hear a thing about it. That is who Obama got to where he is, these media people are making sure Americans do not know who he really is.
Terrye on July 27, 2008 at 6:12 PM
I luved that “Jib Jab” thingy too!
J_Gocht on July 27, 2008 at 6:15 PM
You must be very delicate.
MB4 on July 27, 2008 at 6:29 PM
NEWS FLASH
Todays(fake)headlines;
The biased Liberal MSM today had a vicious internal
fight amongst themselves today in regards of being in
the tank!
NEWS FLASH
Today in Denver;
It seemed surreal,today at the DNConvention,Lefty MSM
factions,abruptly started to argue over who was more
loyal and in the tank for Obama!
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Breaking News,from the DNConvention;
What started as a day of healing of the Liberal Party,with
UNITY and HOPE,as HilRod announced on the floor,for a party
vote,in confusion,a scuffle broke out near the journalist
area,apparently the question of loyality of who was still
more in the tank for Obama was still raw and unresolved!
As a stunned Hilrod and Obama,looked on in absolute disbelief,the enviromental wacko’s and code Pinko’s,went
toe to toe over who should be the real Democrat nominee!
NEWS FLASH,BREAKING NEWS
Due to the violence associated to the Denver Convention,
the National guard have set up a perimeter of 12 blocks,
and according to Harry Reid,and Nancy Pelosi,there will
be no surrender,according to a note provided by Howard
Dean,there will be no cease-fire,come and get us!
More details at 11,now for sports,hahaha (Snark!):):)
canopfor on July 27, 2008 at 6:32 PM
I saw something on a business site yesterday that said that Obama was having some big do-dah meeting this week on the economy (It may even be for Monday) with, among others Volker and Buffet.
What will Juan be doing? Still running his “gotcha” on Obama not meeting troops in Germany?
MB4 on July 27, 2008 at 6:33 PM
According to the people in his beloved father’s home town in Kenya, Obama’s not interested in spreading his own millions around.
AZCoyote on July 27, 2008 at 6:35 PM
We will never know, not in 2008 anyway. And if McCain does very poorly, well kiss your theory on that goodbye.
MB4 on July 27, 2008 at 6:36 PM
MB4:
According to the same polls that have Obama ahead of McCain, he was even further ahead of them. And yeah, we will not know, but since the election has not taken place we don’t know that John McCain will not win. Some of us, apparently are hoping he won’t. If he loses, the chances of the party turning to Tancredo are nil.
And Buffet is and always has been a Democrat, and Volker is whatever he feels like being. So let’s say Tancredo had gotten the nomination. Obama would still be up there with his favorite millionares and billionares opining on the economy. What would Tancredo be doing? Threatening to nuke Mecca if the Saudis don’t increase oil production?
Terrye on July 27, 2008 at 6:54 PM
Caught a few minutes of Obama on CNN this morning at that Unity thing. He was advocating more affirmative action, and calling Ward Connerly (a black man who advocates ending affirmative action) “divisive.” A few years ago, Connerly helped to get a civil rights initiative on the ballot in Michigan. The initiative made it illegal for the state government to discriminate on the basis of race or gender in awarding state contracts or admissions to state universities. Obama made a radio commercial urging Michigan voters to reject the initiative. It passed, by a large margin.
On this (like so many other issues), Obama is far to the left of most Americans. Most of us want people to be judged on their merits, not on the color of their skin. How ironic is it that Obama, a black millionaire Senator who is the favored candidate for President, is claiming that we need more affirmative action programs because black Americans don’t get the same opportunities as other Americans? I wonder how many white working-class voters in Appalachia would agree with that POV?
AZCoyote on July 27, 2008 at 6:56 PM
Even worse, the nearly One Trillion Dollars of U.S. taxpayers’ money would go to the United Nations for distribution. As we have seen repeatedly over the years, the U.N. is composed of a bunch of crooks (e.g., Oil for Food scandal) who would likely deposit most of our Trillion Dollars in their own Swiss and Cayman Island bank accounts.
It’s bad enough that Obama is sponsoring a bill to give away a Trillion U.S. tax dollars at a time when we are running up huge debts. It is even more disgusting that he is proposing that we give that our Trillion Dollars to a den of thieves!
AZCoyote on July 27, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Tell that to “President” Kerry
JayHaw Phrenzie on July 27, 2008 at 7:13 PM
I swear that when I ask any Obama supporter why he/she will vote for Obama, the answer inevitably comes up that he is young and thus brings a forward, future perspective/direction for our country or that he has not been corrupted by inside-the-beltway thinking.
It does little good to reason with these sheep. Obama’s youth equates to inexperience, poor judgment in mentors and advisors, lack of depth in knowing history, and naivete. His idealism has never been tempered with hard-knocks reality. His pursuit of popularity has the quality of a narcisstic adolescent.
Obama has been coddled by the Dem-dominated Senate by being placed on powerful committees when he lacks knowledge or experience. He has been neglectful in his obligations on those committees. His party masters made sure that his world anti-poverty bill had his signature and was fast-tracked out of committee to a vote. This travesty of a bill indicates the direction of an Obama presidency in that, if it passes, it will consume a huge portion of our GNP.
Obama may not be an inside-the-Beltway player, but he has learned an even worse brand of politics through Chicago-style corruption and power brokering.
It is impossible to get across to the Obama-sheep that Europeans see up to 60% of their earnings go towards taxes that pay for “free” healthcare and secondary education. Neither the Obama-sheep nor the Europeans care that so little of their countries’s budgets are directed toward national defense and security. The Obamatrons don’t understand that Europeans pay through the nose for a liter of gasoline, much of it directed toward taxes.
This is not a hit on Europe; I love it. But we are a much larger country without the infrastructure of established train lines. Except for our cities, public transportation is a wash. Our vast farmlands feed not only us but much of the world, and oil is vital to keeping us productive.
Sorry for the ramble, but I cannot abide Backtrack OhBummer. He is an insidious poison to our way of life.
onlineanalyst on July 27, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Surrender, Socialism, Taxes: Vote Obama ‘08
Dale in Atlanta on July 27, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Actually, I think Connelly is half black and half white, like Obama. Interesting dynamics, there.
Wethal on July 27, 2008 at 7:48 PM
oneline:
I think that Obama is an inside the Beltway kind of guy. There is no other way he could have gotten where he is. If someone inside the Beltway did not like him, he would not be where he is. The speeches at venues like the DNC were all about launching this man. And if he wins, we will never see an election without this kind of media manipulation and money again.
Obama creeps me out. His wife is creepy. His message is messianic and moronic. His blatant appeal to emotion is like an opiate. This is one reason I want McCain to win. McCain does not creep me out.
Terrye on July 27, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Barry has a history of using OPM (other people’s money) from his communtiy activist days in Chicago to his campaign extravagances. Tossing taxpayers’ earned wealth around in resdistributionist schemes here and around the world will be the crowning touch. To him, when it’s easy come, it’s easy go. Money, just money…
onlineanalyst on July 27, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Barack knows that money is power. The more free stuff you give away, the better people like you. He thinks he can buy goodwill.
Terrye on July 27, 2008 at 7:59 PM
I don’t want to hijack this thread into an illegal immigration distraction, but this tidbit from yesterday’s NRO’s “The Corner” tells us which party is against our economic and security interests:
I guess that New Jersey needs more Democrat voters, legal or otherwise.
onlineanalyst on July 27, 2008 at 8:12 PM
Oh, and did you know that the much-maligned Blackwater covered Barry’s backside while he was visiting Afghanistan?
onlineanalyst on July 27, 2008 at 8:14 PM
oneline:
I heard that Homeland Security had made E-Verify mandatory. I wonder how they can just blow it off?
Terrye on July 27, 2008 at 9:17 PM
I don’t know. According to that squib, the bill is up for reauthorization. Lots of stuff going on behind the scenes while the world is dazzled by the Obama glitz.
In other news, since I thought that I had effectively killed this thread by having a conversation with me, myself, and I… oh, well…
The incomparable VDH nails the hypcorisy of the Obama Berlin speech. It is a beautiful thing to read a keen mind eviscerate the shallowness of a Rock Star.
onlineanalyst on July 27, 2008 at 10:04 PM
The link for the above: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTAzZWIwOWYzMTg1YzkyOTllODM2YmU0OTdjZGVhNjg=
onlineanalyst on July 27, 2008 at 10:05 PM
If they can put in a 100% liberal government and get fairness doctrines that put the competing media out of business, the liberal media will not have to compete for eyeballs and credibility won’t matter. They will have a monopoly they can exploit; so this may be a worthwhile investment for them.
KW64 on July 27, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Obama’s big economic summit is scary. He’s going to propose raising taxes, imposing “windfall” taxes on oil companies, and rolling back free trade in order to “boost” the economy. His economic advisers are kind of eh, in my opinion. (That said, Warren Buffett is credible, although he, like Bill Gates, fall into that category of people who have amassed so much wealth they literally can’t spend it all, and who take the position that “it’s ok to raise taxes on the rich because ah hell, we have enough money as it is.” While that’s true for guys like Buffett and Gates, it’s not so for smaller businesses and the growth economy. It’s also probably not true for their respective companies.)
Outlander on July 27, 2008 at 11:40 PM
The Fairness Doctrine, if revived, would only apply to broadcast airwaves, which the FCC holds in the public trust. Except for AM talk radio, the liberal media control most of the broadcast air. Fox News is a cable station.
The media aren’t backing Obama so they can get a fairness doctrine to shut out Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. They are backing him because they want a socialist president.
Outlander on July 27, 2008 at 11:42 PM
It’s so, so, so obvious that the MSM is forcing Obama down the throat of the American public that no one could fail to miss it. For those who do not regularly use other sources as well as the MSM for their news, MSM still retains a certain level of persuasion. That is rapidly changing and they are speeding their own demise with these one sided tactics. It appears that the American public has figured this out. However, since the MSM apparently has a low opinion of the public’s acuity, they persist in hanging themselves—and with enormous enthusiasm.
jeanie on July 27, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Seriously! Get a room for cryin out loud!!!
4shoes on July 28, 2008 at 8:29 AM
Obama’s body is so frail that his hip is requiring an orthopedic surgeon’s attention since returning home with jet lag. Der Spiegel got it wrong claiming Obama’s youthful basketball player’s brisk walk up to the speech podium proved his good health compared to his opponent’s. So much for chain smoking and all that stroking from the MSM; Obama has a weak constitution. He’s just a jaundiced weenie of a bean pole with a pea brain, weak hips and rotten lungs.
You can tell he’s swell…he’s Marx Mattel. Pull string and hear prefab message: “With 20/20 hindsight, I wouldn’t change a thing”.
maverick muse on July 28, 2008 at 8:34 AM
No doubt.
But Bush’s bail-out is feeding the housing gobblers and won’t be any working American’s piece of cake or apple pie, either.
Progressives suck.
maverick muse on July 28, 2008 at 8:39 AM
Excellent! And a little scary too.
4shoes on July 28, 2008 at 9:01 AM
MS-NBC’s reporters are saying that from their perspective, Barack Obama has a very healthy colon. No polyps and he seems to be eating plenty of fiber.
MS-NBC promises to let us know how the corn on the cob ate for lunch progresses through Obama’s digestive system.
Live, from Obama’s ass, it’s MS-NBC.
NoDonkey on July 28, 2008 at 9:40 AM
What should really creep people out about this election is how many members (look at the percentages) of the news media are in the tank for and say they will vote for Obama. The news media, well in the tank for this guy, will crash and burn if Obama doesn’t win. The American people don’t trust the media and for good reason.
Travis1 on July 28, 2008 at 9:40 AM
“We all believe he will take the presidency.”
Aleph, Yeshiva student, Western Wall prayer pirate according to Channel 2 Jerusalem.
So is Aleph for real, or just another ploy of the ruse for sympathy?
maverick muse on July 28, 2008 at 10:26 AM
I heard over the radio that he had hurt his hip while playing basketball while in Europe. No time to visit those wounded for our country in Landstuhl, but he wounds himself practicing for that on-camera jumpshot broadcast around the world!
Let him limp a little–maybe he’ll feel just a little of what the wounded soldiers feel…
Steve Z on July 28, 2008 at 11:02 AM
I thought the MSM was Ubama’s vice presidential candidate..
SaintOlaf on July 28, 2008 at 1:21 PM
I bet, if Obama wins, he won’t help the Beluga whales, not one tiny bit.
Save the Belugas! Don’t vote for Obama!
S on July 28, 2008 at 2:02 PM
That “my hip hurts” thing “from playing basketball” is just the bottom of the pit, as far as I’m concerned.
The guy can’t visit U.S. military in the hospital overseas yet he can get into a hospital lickitysplit back in the U.S.A. for “small xrays” (whattheheck).
Really, really either stupid or just plain old callous. Probably both.
S on July 28, 2008 at 2:05 PM
It DOES “creep (me) out,” no doubt about it: exceptionally creepy. It’s like the media has finally admitted they’re all on one big tanker together, not like the Love Boat, more like the Stinker Boat.
S on July 28, 2008 at 2:07 PM
I am so glad to be back on HotAir!
Yep
Poll samples are usually a thousand or less. The sample selection is easily skewed to fit the need
The Euro trip was placed in the dead heart of summer when Americans are least likely to pay attention to the nightly news. It cost a lot of money so that was not a mistake.
I am supposing the handlers did not want a lot of Americans to watch the performance or hear any criticisms of the performance. Later on, crowd photos and a couple sound bites will be rolled out as if America was riding the same wave
He had to spit it out before the convention to film the cheering crowd for the convention backdrops
Meanwhile it was a lead balloon around my neighborhood. Unspoken but obvious in these parts is the resistance to vote for a black radical cagey about his muslim past.
The hard core Democratic Club types have no problem swallowing that image, but it goes down like a dose of Epsom salts with so many who know one thing for sure:
You will be slapped down if you admit publically you do not want to embrace a black radical activists with obscure muslim origins so you save up the resentment for the polling booth
O the sweet sounds of summer
entagor on July 28, 2008 at 2:21 PM
I can post to HotAir now but I cannot get a Preview
entagor on July 28, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Need a clue about how much Obama is all image, all of the time? Check out the puff piece from AdAge in the Headlines section. Bleech!
onlineanalyst on July 28, 2008 at 4:11 PM
McCain could tour with the “Rolling Stones”. Considering the condition of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, McCain would look like a young pup.
Johan Klaus on July 29, 2008 at 9:49 AM
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