PaceAdvantage
12-10-2009, 10:03 AM
I find it strange that some of the biggest "presidential approval rating" poll posters during the Bush administration have failed to keep up with this story...oh well...the executive summary goes something like this:
The poll, released Monday, put the president’s job approval rating at 47 percent – a figure that is the lowest of any president dating back to [Harry] Truman at this stage of his presidency.The fun part goes something like this:
Robert Gibbs Touts Gallup Numbers When They Support Obama
White House Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, recently ridiculed a Gallup poll which showed the President's approval ratings at a record low for this stage of his presidency, for seemingly no other reason than they showed the President in a negative light. Gibbs referred to the Gallup polling organization as a wildly fluctuating EKG, labeling their results as the equivalent of ‘a 6-year-old with a crayon.'
Predictably, this administration has managed to throw a temper tantrum at every instance of failure that has defined them. The only surprise here, being that Gibbs was capable of taking the pacifier out of his mouth long enough to make the analogy.
On the other hand, it was mere months ago that Gibbs himself used Gallup poll numbers to demonstrate support for President Obama's economic stimulus plan - a stimulus plan that a 6-year-old with a crayon would have voted ‘no' on.~link to the rest of the story~
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rusty-weiss/2009/12/09/robert-gibbs-touts-gallup-numbers-when-they-support-obama
The poll, released Monday, put the president’s job approval rating at 47 percent – a figure that is the lowest of any president dating back to [Harry] Truman at this stage of his presidency.The fun part goes something like this:
Robert Gibbs Touts Gallup Numbers When They Support Obama
White House Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, recently ridiculed a Gallup poll which showed the President's approval ratings at a record low for this stage of his presidency, for seemingly no other reason than they showed the President in a negative light. Gibbs referred to the Gallup polling organization as a wildly fluctuating EKG, labeling their results as the equivalent of ‘a 6-year-old with a crayon.'
Predictably, this administration has managed to throw a temper tantrum at every instance of failure that has defined them. The only surprise here, being that Gibbs was capable of taking the pacifier out of his mouth long enough to make the analogy.
On the other hand, it was mere months ago that Gibbs himself used Gallup poll numbers to demonstrate support for President Obama's economic stimulus plan - a stimulus plan that a 6-year-old with a crayon would have voted ‘no' on.~link to the rest of the story~
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rusty-weiss/2009/12/09/robert-gibbs-touts-gallup-numbers-when-they-support-obama