Like the lefty newspapers and magazines though, I suspect the alphabet news to die, die, die.

Lies just don’t sell.

I’m converting friends and family by the boatload to more honest news venues.

If nothing else, tell people to “try out HotAir.com and tell me what you think.” This is what I do.

Let’s roll.

And that you think FOX is news, when the highest rated show is a weepy televangelist in clown shoes posing as a newscaster.
How is Beck not comedy?
LOL! Ratings explained, AllahP.
;)

strangelet on April 16, 2009 at 7:10 PM

Beck does not consider himself a journalist; he is a commentator, as he emphasized on his show not more than a week ago. The left insists on casting Beck, Levin, Rush, et.al., as newscasters when they clearly represent themselves as pundits. Ironically, the left insists on casting those who are clearly entertainers, Stewart and Colbert, as newscasters. How many have repeated the SNL canard about Sarah Palin being able to see Russia from her house? What else can you expect from people who think Sean Penn and Danny Glover are experts on foreign policy?

Conservative overlaps with Republican more than it overlaps with Democrat, but they are not interchangeable terms.

Afterall, most of the rest of the country get our news from Steven Colbert, John Stewart, SNL and NPR. ;)

strangelet on April 16, 2009 at 5:54 PM

Astonishing that one would even admit that.

How about getting news from the SciFi channel and Cartoon Network?

Might as well.

See what you could be ProudRino if you just shaved and lost 70 pounds.

When people watch the news they want to be able to trust that what is being reported is the truth. Who wants to listen to a bunch of misinformation & lies.

No, but you said it wasn’t record turnout, and it was.

By that standard, just about every election is a new record. I mean percentage of eligible voters casting ballots.

Well, in retrospect, because he lost, I think it seems like McCain was a bad candidate. And he made some big mistakes. Then again, by the time he was making those mistakes, the thing was pretty much over. I don’t think they were mistakes as much as they were hail mary passes.

I don’t think anyone could have beaten Obama this time around.

Anyway, I’ll leave it at that. Thanks for being civil.

Proud Rino on April 16, 2009 at 11:29 PM

McCain lost in part because of his flaccid campaign style, but mostly because Lehman Brothers went under. Plus also the general feeling of discontent with the incumbent party in the WH. Remember, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy Obama and his wonderful campaign were trailing in the polls.

Um, the number of people in the country increases from one election to the next. Nothing to go ga-ga over.

No, but you said it wasn’t record turnout, and it was.

McCain was a bad candidate. Obama didn’t have to run a “hell of a campaign”. He had various media outlets doing all the work for him.

Well, in retrospect, because he lost, I think it seems like McCain was a bad candidate. And he made some big mistakes. Then again, by the time he was making those mistakes, the thing was pretty much over. I don’t think they were mistakes as much as they were hail mary passes.

I don’t think anyone could have beaten Obama this time around.

Anyway, I’ll leave it at that. Thanks for being civil.

And obviously it almost goes without saying that it was the highest turnout in American history in terms of sheer numbers…

Proud Rino on April 16, 2009 at 10:30 PM

Um, the number of people in the country increases from one election to the next. Nothing to go ga-ga over.

And look, I think McCain was a good candidate. Fred Thompson would have been annihilated. McCain got the Republicans, plus his name was virtually synonymous with bipartisanship and integrity – things independents tend to love.

Obama was an exceptional candidate. That’s not a value judgment on him as a leader or as a person, but he ran a hell of a campaign.

Proud Rino on April 16, 2009 at 10:40 PM

McCain was a bad candidate. Obama didn’t have to run a “hell of a campaign”. He had various media outlets doing all the work for him. Obama was an exceptional candidate in two ways: he’s probably the most leftward-leaning since Henry Wallace, and he’s black.

Dude he’s been president for only 3 months… what do you expect?

terryannonline on April 16, 2009 at 7:41 PM

And his numbers are below Bush’s for the same period — that’s gotta hurt.

Bush was unpopular. The general feeling was that the country was headed in the wrong direction. The media was sycophantic in it’s Obamania. Obama should’ve won a Reagan-like landslide. The truth is, he didn’t.

Reagan won by 10 pts in 1980 – 51-41, if I remember correctly.

Obama won 53-46.

It wasn’t as much of a blowout, but McCain was a more compelling candidate than Jimmy Carter. And I would argue that the country is much more ideologically divided today than it was in 1980, in the sense that there is larger portion of the population that simply would never vote for a Republican/Democrat under any circumstances.

And look, I think McCain was a good candidate. Fred Thompson would have been annihilated. McCain got the Republicans, plus his name was virtually synonymous with bipartisanship and integrity – things independents tend to love.

Obama was an exceptional candidate. That’s not a value judgment on him as a leader or as a person, but he ran a hell of a campaign.