ABC News: Obama lead in our poll is a "danger sign"

[featherman]

If anybody has any doubt about where Jake Tapper, George Stephanopoulus and the ABC news division stands in this election the following doublespeak article should disabuse them as Tapper takes a 6 point polling lead for Obama and turns it into an GOP attack piece on Obama.

Truly an amazing fiddle faddle even from the most pro-GOP of the major broadcast networks.


"Barack Obama has emerged from his bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination with only a six point lead over Sen. John McCain and claiming his Republican rival has been getting a "pass" from the media.

A ABC News/Washington Post poll shows Obama, D-Ill., leading McCain, R-Ariz., by a margin of 48 percent to 42 percent. It is a surprisingly small lead considering that the incumbent Republican president George Bush is at record lows and public opinion overwhelmingly feels the country is on the "wrong track".

The poll indicates that Obama did not get the traditional "bounce" in the public's opinion by finally defeating Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and getting her endorsement as the Democratic presidential candidate."

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Vote2008/story?id=5183218&page=1

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Pygmy George can go jump off a stepstool.

[Captain Hilts]

26. What's his being short got to do with it?

[DU9598]

27. His small statuture

It was a great visual and made me chuckle.

[BridgeTheGap]

2. Yeah, yeah...a bunch of crap, if you ask me. n.t

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[high density]

3. These guys live to follow the race

If it isn't close, there's nothing to follow.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. When * "won" in 2004 with 0.5% over Kerry, the MSM allowed him to

call his election a "mandate". Different standards for different candidates.

[Drunken Irishman]

5. Funny, they didn't say the same about McCain after he locked up the GOP nomination.

He still trailed in national polls when he locked up the nomination. McCain had the entire stage for MONTHS and his largest lead was like 3 points nationally.

[NatBurner]

7. they never say ANYTHING about grumpy

[Cha]

11. Obama's right...they are giving 100 year war mccain

a pass.

[NatBurner]

17. they shoulda had a field day with bottled hot water to dehydrated babies

perfect, i say, perfect soundbite

i mean, how many times did we hear "...god damn america..." totally devoid of context?

they ARE dropping the ball

100 year war
how do we beat the bitch?
bomb bomb bomb iran (chuckle chuckle)
etc, et al

but we get nada

i'll be glad when the debates start so they'll be forced to put him on tv

[NatBurner]

6. heh

this is the most bizarre political cycle ever

[TwilightGardener]

8. "Only a six-point lead"--what idiotic spin.

It's just not big enough!! If he doesn't lead by twenty points, what does it say about Obama?? He's DOOOOOMED!!!

[Cha]

9. Didn't jake tapper use to

report facts? Or am I remembering wrong? Anyway, they're trying to manipulate the news and get mccain in so they can have all the monopoly they want.

The problem is, though..who do they think is going to have the money to go to their fascist amusement parks?

abc is just pissed 'cause they can't have all the debate money.

[lurky]

19. You're remembering wrong.

When he was covering the 2000 race for Salon, he was one of the worst offenders against Gore. I was really disappointed in Salon for letting him get away with the crap he did under the guise of "reporting".

[Cha]

29. Thanks..I can stop remembering

that now. jake needs to be held accountable.

I probably had him mixed up with Joe Conason now that I think about it.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

10. A black guy with a funny name who nobody ever heard of eight months ago

is running against the long-time most famous, beloved, respected and honored POW/war hero/independent maverick Senator in the country, and the black guy with a funny name nobody ever heard of is 6 POINTS AHEAD and he's not doing well. Hmmm.

[Terran]

24. bingo

Nothing at all unusual about this race, so why isn't the Democrat ahead by 40%?? Sheesh!! He must be a lousy candidate.

[rosesaylavee]

12. 6 point lead. June 18, 2008.

The general election race is in its 3rd week and Obama is already ahead without considerable effort.

Silly ABC.

[tridim]

15. And technically the GE campaign hasn't even started yet. nt

[rosesaylavee]

25. That's right. This is just more M$M drivel. n/t

[Demit]

13. When the lead starts widening, they'll segue right back into the "cult" accusations again.

Sooner or later the American public is going to get wise to the standard operating procedure here. They're going to start putting two and two together and remember how the media gushed over Fred Thompson as the dream candidate and how EVERY EVENT was spun as good news for Giuliani (remember those two?). They're going to become more and more aware that even though this is undeniably an historic situation—our first black candidate with a serious shot at winning— the media is saying with a straight face that his lead is only 6 points?

This sounds like the media deliberately lowering expectations for McCain, to me, by unrealistically raising the bar for Obama. Someday, somewhere, they will be shamed by their behavior. I hope and pray.

[brindis_desala]

14. ABC is going to be worse than FOX between now and November.

Disney is virtually owned by the Saudis who are the ones who want us in Iraq for at least 100 years.

[Overseas]

16. ABC is quite conservative. They want the fake maverick, John Sidney McCain III . /end

[mvd]

18. Of course he got a bounce

He was even or behind before becoming the nominee. ABC is getting to be like FAUX.

[melody]

20. ROFLMAO!!!!

Only a six point lead ... that's rich.

[lurky]

21. A six-point lead on election day = electoral landslide. n/t

[K Gardner]

23. Oh, that's nothing.. last night Tweety called that poll "essentially dead even, given the "Bradley

Effect".. and surmised that voters were telling pollsters what they wanted to hear and not what they'd do in the voting booth.

Unfreakinbelievable.

[Imagevision]

28. Well, ABC news is another FOXnews, same sh*t different studio.

[City Lights]

31. abc has sucked since they aired thepathtoseptembertheeleventh.

Fuck 'em.