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	<title>Comments on: USA Today poll puts Obama approval at 41%</title>
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		<title>By: August 2, 2010: Obama on &#8220;The View&#8221; &#38; WikiLeaks Scandal &#171; History Musings&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/03/usa-today-poll-puts-obama-approval-at-41/comment-page-1/#comment-3783914</link>
		<dc:creator>August 2, 2010: Obama on &#8220;The View&#8221; &#38; WikiLeaks Scandal &#171; History Musings&#8230;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] USA Today poll puts Obama approval at 41%: Public support for President Obama’s Afghanistan war policy has plummeted amid a rising U.S. death toll and the unauthorized release of classified military documents, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. Support for Obama’s management of the war fell to 36%, down from 48% in a February poll. Now, a record 43% also say it was a mistake to go to war there after the terrorist attacks in 2001. Only 41% of those surveyed Tuesday through Sunday approved of the way Obama is handling his job, his lowest rating in the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll since he took office in January 2009. In Gallup’s separate daily tracking poll, his approval was at 45% Monday…. – Gallop, USA Today, 8-3-10 [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] USA Today poll puts Obama approval at 41%: Public support for President Obama’s Afghanistan war policy has plummeted amid a rising U.S. death toll and the unauthorized release of classified military documents, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. Support for Obama’s management of the war fell to 36%, down from 48% in a February poll. Now, a record 43% also say it was a mistake to go to war there after the terrorist attacks in 2001. Only 41% of those surveyed Tuesday through Sunday approved of the way Obama is handling his job, his lowest rating in the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll since he took office in January 2009. In Gallup’s separate daily tracking poll, his approval was at 45% Monday…. – Gallop, USA Today, 8-3-10 [...]</p>
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		<title>By: UncleZeb</title>
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		<dc:creator>UncleZeb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What scares me is that the lower his numbers go the more likely we are to have some major problem suddenly occur that is intended to increase his poll numbers.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What scares me is that the lower his numbers go the more likely we are to have some major problem suddenly occur that is intended to increase his poll numbers.</p>
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		<title>By: Grace_is_sufficient</title>
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		<dc:creator>Grace_is_sufficient</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;If you continue to lose WHITE women, you certainly aren’t going to win back WHITE men.

technopeasant on August 3, 2010 at 1:38 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Full disclosure: I&#039;m a white woman. I&#039;m embarrassed for my sisters....too many of us are easily duped in the ballet box.

I won&#039;t say the rest of what I&#039;d like to say about women voters.

/comments off]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>If you continue to lose WHITE women, you certainly aren’t going to win back WHITE men.</p>
<p>technopeasant on August 3, 2010 at 1:38 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Full disclosure: I&#8217;m a white woman. I&#8217;m embarrassed for my sisters&#8230;.too many of us are easily duped in the ballet box.</p>
<p>I won&#8217;t say the rest of what I&#8217;d like to say about women voters.</p>
<p>/comments off</p>
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		<title>By: dthorny</title>
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		<dc:creator>dthorny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did those 41% vote with drool?

 Only 2 years and Barrah can golf as much as he wants with mirrors surrounding...so he can admire his favorite subject.

 I love me some me!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did those 41% vote with drool?</p>
<p> Only 2 years and Barrah can golf as much as he wants with mirrors surrounding&#8230;so he can admire his favorite subject.</p>
<p> I love me some me!!!</p>
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		<title>By: dthorny</title>
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		<dc:creator>dthorny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dang, I got a thrill running up my leg.

 We were the ones we&#039;ve been waiting for....no mo.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dang, I got a thrill running up my leg.</p>
<p> We were the ones we&#8217;ve been waiting for&#8230;.no mo.</p>
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		<title>By: englishqueen01</title>
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		<dc:creator>englishqueen01</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;“Obama approval rating still well above Bush low”&lt;/blockquote&gt;

For now.  When&#039;s it going to sink below that?  Thanksgiving?  Christmas?  Next spring?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>“Obama approval rating still well above Bush low”</p></blockquote>
<p>For now.  When&#8217;s it going to sink below that?  Thanksgiving?  Christmas?  Next spring?</p>
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		<title>By: chickasaw42</title>
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		<dc:creator>chickasaw42</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Obama is heading for Bush territory in job approval, which took Bush more than five years to reach.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Of course Bush had all the glowing supportive MSM coverage throughout his 60 month tenure. Something Obama has never received in his short 18 months in office.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Obama is heading for Bush territory in job approval, which took Bush more than five years to reach.</p></blockquote>
<p>Of course Bush had all the glowing supportive MSM coverage throughout his 60 month tenure. Something Obama has never received in his short 18 months in office.</p>
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		<title>By: August 2, 2010: Obama on &#8220;The View&#8221; &#38; WikiLeaks Scandal &#171; HISTORY MUSINGS&#8230; Bonnie K. Goodman</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/03/usa-today-poll-puts-obama-approval-at-41/comment-page-1/#comment-3765760</link>
		<dc:creator>August 2, 2010: Obama on &#8220;The View&#8221; &#38; WikiLeaks Scandal &#171; HISTORY MUSINGS&#8230; Bonnie K. Goodman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] USA Today poll puts Obama approval at 41%: Public support for President Obama’s Afghanistan war policy has plummeted amid a rising U.S. death toll and the unauthorized release of classified military documents, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. Support for Obama’s management of the war fell to 36%, down from 48% in a February poll. Now, a record 43% also say it was a mistake to go to war there after the terrorist attacks in 2001. Only 41% of those surveyed Tuesday through Sunday approved of the way Obama is handling his job, his lowest rating in the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll since he took office in January 2009. In Gallup’s separate daily tracking poll, his approval was at 45% Monday&#8230;. &#8211; Gallop, USA Today, 8-3-10 [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] USA Today poll puts Obama approval at 41%: Public support for President Obama’s Afghanistan war policy has plummeted amid a rising U.S. death toll and the unauthorized release of classified military documents, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. Support for Obama’s management of the war fell to 36%, down from 48% in a February poll. Now, a record 43% also say it was a mistake to go to war there after the terrorist attacks in 2001. Only 41% of those surveyed Tuesday through Sunday approved of the way Obama is handling his job, his lowest rating in the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll since he took office in January 2009. In Gallup’s separate daily tracking poll, his approval was at 45% Monday&#8230;. &#8211; Gallop, USA Today, 8-3-10 [...]</p>
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		<title>By: joe btfsplk</title>
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		<dc:creator>joe btfsplk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheer up, Comrade Barry...just a few more months in that crappy job and you can collect that super-sweet pension and rake in TONS of dough...just like Hill &amp; Bill.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cheer up, Comrade Barry&#8230;just a few more months in that crappy job and you can collect that super-sweet pension and rake in TONS of dough&#8230;just like Hill &amp; Bill.</p>
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		<title>By: leftnomore</title>
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		<dc:creator>leftnomore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;I inherited these poll numbers from the previous administration. ~ B. Obama

ButterflyDragon on August 3, 2010 at 1:41 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

OMG!! Hahah.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I inherited these poll numbers from the previous administration. ~ B. Obama</p>
<p>ButterflyDragon on August 3, 2010 at 1:41 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>OMG!! Hahah.</p>
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		<title>By: ginaswo</title>
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		<dc:creator>ginaswo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LarryG on August 3, 2010 at 1:30 PM

Agree. I think I greatly misjudged Dubyah, and based my views on Dem propaganda and media coverage, but I repeat myself there dont I?

I am sorry. It wasnt until the media hammer turned on MY candidate (HRC) during our primaries that the blinders were taken from my eyes.

I try to enlighten others now to the media machine. 9/10 times they tell me they agree and the media absolutely lies and 1/10 I get a diehard lib under age 25 who wouldnt know their axx from a hole in the ground. They cling to O like their cheesy poofs despite the 25% UE rate amongst young peeps.

anywho, the O campaign wasnt the best run evah! it was the most assisted by media evah! it was THE MEDIAs campaign, journOlist shows that. If we ever got to see what they were saying on journOlist during our Dem primaries I guarantee they were plotting taking Hill down for the One. the frakkers.

IMO the American people have totally tuned out the media elites at this point. we will have the proof of where things stand this November.

can not wait.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LarryG on August 3, 2010 at 1:30 PM</p>
<p>Agree. I think I greatly misjudged Dubyah, and based my views on Dem propaganda and media coverage, but I repeat myself there dont I?</p>
<p>I am sorry. It wasnt until the media hammer turned on MY candidate (HRC) during our primaries that the blinders were taken from my eyes.</p>
<p>I try to enlighten others now to the media machine. 9/10 times they tell me they agree and the media absolutely lies and 1/10 I get a diehard lib under age 25 who wouldnt know their axx from a hole in the ground. They cling to O like their cheesy poofs despite the 25% UE rate amongst young peeps.</p>
<p>anywho, the O campaign wasnt the best run evah! it was the most assisted by media evah! it was THE MEDIAs campaign, journOlist shows that. If we ever got to see what they were saying on journOlist during our Dem primaries I guarantee they were plotting taking Hill down for the One. the frakkers.</p>
<p>IMO the American people have totally tuned out the media elites at this point. we will have the proof of where things stand this November.</p>
<p>can not wait.</p>
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		<title>By: leftnomore</title>
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		<dc:creator>leftnomore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama is holding my future hostage. Someone send in the FBI and get to the bottom of this creature&#039;s criminal enterprise.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama is holding my future hostage. Someone send in the FBI and get to the bottom of this creature&#8217;s criminal enterprise.</p>
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		<title>By: ginaswo</title>
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		<dc:creator>ginaswo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HondaV65 on August 3, 2010 at 12:51 PM

as the designated recovering Dem, (and Big Dawg fan) I cannot WAIT for them to get CRUSHED in November, then O can have the &lt;em&gt;unprecedented losses in the first term &lt;/em&gt;label, the only thing he deserves to take from Big Dawg...

the frakker

as far as October &#039;surprises&#039; unless &lt;a href=&quot;http://moderateinthemiddle.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/is-qe2-on-the-way-or-is-ben-blowing-sunshine-up-our-axxes/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the FHFA takes Morgan Stanley&#039;s advice and does a 1 pg refi for all&lt;/a&gt;, the consumer will still be sitting out the O Term and waiting for &#039;12 to get back in the game, I know I am...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HondaV65 on August 3, 2010 at 12:51 PM</p>
<p>as the designated recovering Dem, (and Big Dawg fan) I cannot WAIT for them to get CRUSHED in November, then O can have the <em>unprecedented losses in the first term </em>label, the only thing he deserves to take from Big Dawg&#8230;</p>
<p>the frakker</p>
<p>as far as October &#8216;surprises&#8217; unless <a href="http://moderateinthemiddle.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/is-qe2-on-the-way-or-is-ben-blowing-sunshine-up-our-axxes/" rel="nofollow">the FHFA takes Morgan Stanley&#8217;s advice and does a 1 pg refi for all</a>, the consumer will still be sitting out the O Term and waiting for &#8217;12 to get back in the game, I know I am&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Steve Z</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve Z</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;The mid 30’s are here by NO!vember!

Fail you despicable Marxist traitor!

csdeven on August 3, 2010 at 1:58 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

We&#039;ll take 40&#039;s--number of Republican pickups in the House.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The mid 30’s are here by NO!vember!</p>
<p>Fail you despicable Marxist traitor!</p>
<p>csdeven on August 3, 2010 at 1:58 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>We&#8217;ll take 40&#8242;s&#8211;number of Republican pickups in the House.</p>
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		<title>By: slickwillie2001</title>
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		<dc:creator>slickwillie2001</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But but but, -how can this be??? He has accomplished &lt;em&gt;so much!&lt;/em&gt;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But but but, -how can this be??? He has accomplished <em>so much!</em></p>
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		<title>By: Steve Z</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve Z</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;It was simple marketing using tremendous frequency and reach. The same tools that convince people to buy beer, soda, toothpaste and Koolaid were used to destroy a President.

TheBigOldDog on August 3, 2010 at 2:01 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

That must be it! Obama&#039;s poll numbers are sinking because he&#039;s drinking Kool-Aid!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>It was simple marketing using tremendous frequency and reach. The same tools that convince people to buy beer, soda, toothpaste and Koolaid were used to destroy a President.</p>
<p>TheBigOldDog on August 3, 2010 at 2:01 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>That must be it! Obama&#8217;s poll numbers are sinking because he&#8217;s drinking Kool-Aid!</p>
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		<title>By: Steve Z</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve Z</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;I absolutely cannot wait for the coming &lt;39% numbers from Rasmussen. Bush territory in a scant 18 months. What a worthless douchebag.

Jaibones on August 3, 2010 at 12:19 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Rasmussen&#039;s job approval numbers have been around 46% for months, because Ras polls job approval the sum of &quot;strongly approve&quot; and &quot;somewhat approve&quot;, and some voters might approve of some of Obama&#039;s policies, disapprove of others, and classify themselves as &quot;somewhat approve&quot;. 

Rasmussen also polls the difference between &quot;strongly approve&quot; and &quot;strongly disapprove&quot;, and &quot;strongly approve&quot; has been mired in the upper 20&#039;s for months, while &quot;strongly disapprove&quot; has been in the low 40&#039;s. Combined with &quot;somewhat disapprove&quot;, total Obama DISAPPROVAL has been a MAJORITY (low to mid 50&#039;s) for many months. Rasmussen is now telling us that 10% of the electorate mildly disapprove, and 40+% are PO&#039;d!

Some of the other pollsters, who only measure &quot;approve/disapprove&quot; without a &quot;somewhat approve / somewhat disapprove&quot; option, give people a choice of &quot;no opinion&quot;, meaning that total &quot;approval&quot; will be lower than Rasmussen, but disapproval may be only a plurality, not a majority. 

What is new here is that people are now willing to tell MSM pollsters, not just Rasmussen, that they don&#039;t approve of Obama. Wonder why USA Today didn&#039;t publish the disapprove number?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I absolutely cannot wait for the coming &lt;39% numbers from Rasmussen. Bush territory in a scant 18 months. What a worthless douchebag.</p>
<p>Jaibones on August 3, 2010 at 12:19 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Rasmussen&#8217;s job approval numbers have been around 46% for months, because Ras polls job approval the sum of &#8220;strongly approve&#8221; and &#8220;somewhat approve&#8221;, and some voters might approve of some of Obama&#8217;s policies, disapprove of others, and classify themselves as &#8220;somewhat approve&#8221;. </p>
<p>Rasmussen also polls the difference between &#8220;strongly approve&#8221; and &#8220;strongly disapprove&#8221;, and &#8220;strongly approve&#8221; has been mired in the upper 20&#8242;s for months, while &#8220;strongly disapprove&#8221; has been in the low 40&#8242;s. Combined with &#8220;somewhat disapprove&#8221;, total Obama DISAPPROVAL has been a MAJORITY (low to mid 50&#8242;s) for many months. Rasmussen is now telling us that 10% of the electorate mildly disapprove, and 40+% are PO&#8217;d!</p>
<p>Some of the other pollsters, who only measure &#8220;approve/disapprove&#8221; without a &#8220;somewhat approve / somewhat disapprove&#8221; option, give people a choice of &#8220;no opinion&#8221;, meaning that total &#8220;approval&#8221; will be lower than Rasmussen, but disapproval may be only a plurality, not a majority. </p>
<p>What is new here is that people are now willing to tell MSM pollsters, not just Rasmussen, that they don&#8217;t approve of Obama. Wonder why USA Today didn&#8217;t publish the disapprove number?</p>
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		<title>By: GarandFan</title>
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		<dc:creator>GarandFan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barry is certainly UNPRECEDENTED in his numbers UNEXPECTEDLY tanking in only his first 20 months in office.

Can&#039;t wait to see what those numbers will be in November.

Remember when Barry said the 2010 election would be a referendum on his policies?  You don&#039;t hear him saying that anymore.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Barry is certainly UNPRECEDENTED in his numbers UNEXPECTEDLY tanking in only his first 20 months in office.</p>
<p>Can&#8217;t wait to see what those numbers will be in November.</p>
<p>Remember when Barry said the 2010 election would be a referendum on his policies?  You don&#8217;t hear him saying that anymore.</p>
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		<title>By: TheBigOldDog</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/03/usa-today-poll-puts-obama-approval-at-41/comment-page-1/#comment-3765089</link>
		<dc:creator>TheBigOldDog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Honestly, it’s one of the strangest things I’ve ever seen.

Though, I can also say I knew quite a few people who didn’t like Bush because of his “smirk”. They couldn’t name a single policy or objective they disliked, but because of his smirk, they disliked him on a whole.

ButterflyDragon on August 3, 2010 at 1:46 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

It was simple marketing using tremendous frequency and reach. The same tools that convince people to buy beer, soda, toothpaste and Koolaid were used to destroy a President.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Honestly, it’s one of the strangest things I’ve ever seen.</p>
<p>Though, I can also say I knew quite a few people who didn’t like Bush because of his “smirk”. They couldn’t name a single policy or objective they disliked, but because of his smirk, they disliked him on a whole.</p>
<p>ButterflyDragon on August 3, 2010 at 1:46 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>It was simple marketing using tremendous frequency and reach. The same tools that convince people to buy beer, soda, toothpaste and Koolaid were used to destroy a President.</p>
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		<title>By: Extrafishy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Extrafishy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;
joeindc44 on August 3, 2010&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;LarryG on August 3, 2010 at 1:30 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Similar points and both well said.  Don&#039;t expect the MSM to do anything but ignore these facts for two reasons.  It will show Obama as a cojoneless incompetent with a real marxist bent and it will expose their complicity in the Democrats effort to demonize anything Republican from late 2001 through 2008.
They may not be able to keep people from realizing they&#039;re a bunch of stinking 5th columnists, but they aren&#039;t going to consciously help us connect the dots.]]></description>
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joeindc44 on August 3, 2010</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>LarryG on August 3, 2010 at 1:30 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Similar points and both well said.  Don&#8217;t expect the MSM to do anything but ignore these facts for two reasons.  It will show Obama as a cojoneless incompetent with a real marxist bent and it will expose their complicity in the Democrats effort to demonize anything Republican from late 2001 through 2008.<br />
They may not be able to keep people from realizing they&#8217;re a bunch of stinking 5th columnists, but they aren&#8217;t going to consciously help us connect the dots.</p>
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		<title>By: csdeven</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/03/usa-today-poll-puts-obama-approval-at-41/comment-page-1/#comment-3765084</link>
		<dc:creator>csdeven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mid 30&#039;s are here by NO!vember!

Fail you despicable Marxist traitor!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The mid 30&#8242;s are here by NO!vember!</p>
<p>Fail you despicable Marxist traitor!</p>
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		<title>By: Badger Blogger &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Hillary 2012?</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/03/usa-today-poll-puts-obama-approval-at-41/comment-page-1/#comment-3765075</link>
		<dc:creator>Badger Blogger &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Hillary 2012?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] The more you see, the less there is to like. [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] The more you see, the less there is to like. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: furytrader</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/03/usa-today-poll-puts-obama-approval-at-41/comment-page-1/#comment-3765070</link>
		<dc:creator>furytrader</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reason for O&#039;s sinking numbers is simply because the American populace is waking up from a media-enhanced hallucination - the hallucination being that the Federal Government, as long as it&#039;s run by the &quot;correct&quot; people, can do anything or solve any problem.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The reason for O&#8217;s sinking numbers is simply because the American populace is waking up from a media-enhanced hallucination &#8211; the hallucination being that the Federal Government, as long as it&#8217;s run by the &#8220;correct&#8221; people, can do anything or solve any problem.</p>
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		<title>By: ButterflyDragon</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/03/usa-today-poll-puts-obama-approval-at-41/comment-page-1/#comment-3765057</link>
		<dc:creator>ButterflyDragon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;I personally believe that the good old MSM was the major contributing factor in George Bush’s numbers. After years of bashing and smear campaigns the average dumb-ass American simply was not able to fend off the attacks on the President. President Bush had several critical situations arise shortly after taking office which influenced the economy on top of the Dems preposterous activities in the Florida election after which the heat never really lowered. This current fool has brought it down on himself for helping to engineer a failed economy and then not being able to fix what he helped ruin. If you disagreed with this assessment you are welcome to do your own homework. I suggest you start with George Soros, Apollo, ACORN, CRA, FannieMae, FreddieMac and everyone involved. Thank you.

LarryG on August 3, 2010 at 1:30 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I watched the Bush-bashing with fascination.  It became a meme all it&#039;s own without any basis in fact for many people.  It was almost like a lemming march with the way people would react.

I know when people would start Bush-bashing to me and I wouldn&#039;t reciprocate or I would say something positive about him, people would literally do the &quot;ewwwww&quot; thing as if we were 10 year olds and I just told them I like brussels sprouts.

Living in a college town, I watched firsthand people being pressured by their peers to buy into the Bush-bashing for no other reason to &quot;fit in&quot; with the crowd.

Honestly, it&#039;s one of the strangest things I&#039;ve ever seen.

Though, I can also say I knew quite a few people who didn&#039;t like Bush because of his &quot;smirk&quot;.  They couldn&#039;t name a single policy or objective they disliked, but because of his smirk, they disliked him on a whole.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I personally believe that the good old MSM was the major contributing factor in George Bush’s numbers. After years of bashing and smear campaigns the average dumb-ass American simply was not able to fend off the attacks on the President. President Bush had several critical situations arise shortly after taking office which influenced the economy on top of the Dems preposterous activities in the Florida election after which the heat never really lowered. This current fool has brought it down on himself for helping to engineer a failed economy and then not being able to fix what he helped ruin. If you disagreed with this assessment you are welcome to do your own homework. I suggest you start with George Soros, Apollo, ACORN, CRA, FannieMae, FreddieMac and everyone involved. Thank you.</p>
<p>LarryG on August 3, 2010 at 1:30 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>I watched the Bush-bashing with fascination.  It became a meme all it&#8217;s own without any basis in fact for many people.  It was almost like a lemming march with the way people would react.</p>
<p>I know when people would start Bush-bashing to me and I wouldn&#8217;t reciprocate or I would say something positive about him, people would literally do the &#8220;ewwwww&#8221; thing as if we were 10 year olds and I just told them I like brussels sprouts.</p>
<p>Living in a college town, I watched firsthand people being pressured by their peers to buy into the Bush-bashing for no other reason to &#8220;fit in&#8221; with the crowd.</p>
<p>Honestly, it&#8217;s one of the strangest things I&#8217;ve ever seen.</p>
<p>Though, I can also say I knew quite a few people who didn&#8217;t like Bush because of his &#8220;smirk&#8221;.  They couldn&#8217;t name a single policy or objective they disliked, but because of his smirk, they disliked him on a whole.</p>
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		<title>By: technopeasant</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/03/usa-today-poll-puts-obama-approval-at-41/comment-page-1/#comment-3765056</link>
		<dc:creator>technopeasant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks this has not gotten much play but in the Gallup Weekly Summary (based on averaging last week&#039;s approval numbers of the Gallup DTP)Obama hit an all-time low with the GWS in his job approval with Hispanics at 48%. It was 55% the week before. That&#039;s right folks: 48%.

For those who don&#039;t remember, Obama got 66% of the Hispanic vote in the 2008 election.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Folks this has not gotten much play but in the Gallup Weekly Summary (based on averaging last week&#8217;s approval numbers of the Gallup DTP)Obama hit an all-time low with the GWS in his job approval with Hispanics at 48%. It was 55% the week before. That&#8217;s right folks: 48%.</p>
<p>For those who don&#8217;t remember, Obama got 66% of the Hispanic vote in the 2008 election.</p>
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