Freepers go wild>> CNN/USA Today/Gallup: 75% Give Bush Thumbs Up

[sabra]

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=12086

CNN/USA Today/Gallup: 75% Give Bush Thumbs Up

An instant poll taken by CNN/USA Today/Gallup gave President Bush a 75% positive rating. CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer said more than 400 adults who watched the State of the Union address were surveyed in the poll.

When asked to rate the president’s speech, the poll broke down like this:

48% gave Bush a very positive rating
27% gave Bush a somewhat positive rating
23% gave Bush a negative rating


Although those numbers may not look remarkable on first glance, that’s actually a 75% positive rating for Bush when the top two categories are combined.

:rofl:

[thinkingwoman]

1. oh yes, 75% of 400 Republicans...

think Bush is great.

Wonderful reporting their Wolf. :eyes:

[NanceGreggs]

2. More than 400 adults !!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!!!!! Now, THERE'S a poll that truly reflects the thoughts and opinions of an entire NATION!!!!!

[sabra]

3. an instant poll done @ freeperville

[Wrinkle_In_Time]

6. If that's how they voted, they're not really "adults" n/t

[Lone_Star_Dem]

4. pfft!

Not like they called me!

Seriously, who here was polled?? Wha? none of you? Didn't think so. :rofl:

[Sydnie]

5. Did they fail to mention that Wolf said that the majority of those that

were watching and were polled were republican? Wolf qualified that when he reported that poll several times. People that watched the speech and most people that watched the speech were republican.

Then, he went further to show how blivet's** poll numbers had dropped after every speech, starting in the 80's in 2000 to the lows now of 48%. There is nothing to crow about with those numbers.

[Crunchy Frog]

17. Those of us who find him too sickening to even watch

don't get polled at all.:-(

[cry baby]

19. No, he mentioned that they were mostly repubs.

He actually mentioned that fact several times. He was pretty fair about it (unusual).

[Hissyspit]

7. A 'somewhat positive rating' could as easily mean they didn't fall asleep.

And from the mostly Repug audience, that's actually pretty bad.

[Zen Democrat]

8. Mostly Republicans watched the speech.

Almost every Democrat I talked to today said they would not watch, COULD not watch it.

[Quixote1818]

9. The AOL on line poll has very different numbers

How convincing was Bush's speech?
Not at all 49%
Very 40%
Somewhat 11%
How would you rate the state of the union?
Poor 40%
Excellent 30%
Good 16%
Fair 13%
Total Votes: 87,459

http://news.aol.com/dailypulse/013106?id=20060131105209990001&ncid=NWS00010000000001

[Journeyman]

10. Think I'll wait for the import to set in. . .

check back in a day or three, see what the real assessment proves to be.

[kevinbgoode]

11. Somewhat positive also can mean somewhat NEGATIVE too

which means, if you take the two BOTTOM categories together, it seems that Bush has a 50% NEGATIVE rating for the SOTU.

[Neil Lisst]

12. it's a poll of people who watched. Most people didn't watch.

totally bogus

[lpbk2713]

13. Wolfie ... Now compare your poll with other "major" polls.

See the glaring difference?


Obviously you took your poll from an audience of Haliburton employees.

[Mr_Spock]

14. Why subject ourselves to this?

It's so dumb.

[Dr Fate]

15. None polled were from Gulf states or have family in Iraq.

Count on that.

[Crunchy Frog]

16. Thumbs up their asses?

What exactly do they mean by that expression?

[cry baby]

18. To be fair, I heard Voofie say that this poll was "very partisan"

because only people that like * were watching. He and Candy Crowley (barf) said that these numbers were actually not very good since they were mostly repubs that were surveyed.

[renate]

21. I'm doubly glad he said that

One because it was the fair and accurate thing to say (on CNN! Who knew!), and two because that qualifier absolutely and blatantly invalidates the number they just said.

It's not often I feel like saying this, but good for Wolf and Candy. It really is encouraging that they took the air out of that poll right away.

[TexasLawyer]

20. "Human Events" is a malicious, right-wing rag

affiliated with Regnery Press, of Swift Boat fame. I would double-check anything that this group says.