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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-11 01:15 PM
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Notice the media never mentions that President Obamas approval rating is higher than Reagans?
http://zennie62blog.com/2011/09/16/president-obamas-approval-rating-higher-than-ronald-reagans/

President Obama’s Approval Rating Higher Than Ronald Reagan’s

The mainstream media has made much of U.S. President Barack Obama’s approval ratings news of late – especially when they’re low. This blogger’s theory is the media itself drives the approval ratings just by reporting on the President’s numbers in a selected way, but that’s not what this blog post is about.

Still, here’s an example: The Huffington Post just reported that President Obama’s approval rating was low, but for one state: Virginia. And rather than say Obama’s approval rating was at 46 percent in the state, HuffPo said his “disapproval rating” was at 54 percent.

If the notoriously liberal Huffington Post were really supportive of Obama, they would report what this blogger discovered: that President Obama’s average approval rating is higher than that for Ronald Regan during his first term.

Ronald Reagan’s overall average first-term approval rating was just 50.3 percent. By contrast, President Obama’s average first term approval rating checks in at over 51 percent. Ronald Reagan posted that average during an economy hammered by inflation and the first surges in the overall decline of America’s manufacturing industry.

Yet Reagan was re-elected to a second term.

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Quick, look over there. I think I see a disgruntled Democrat.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-11 01:18 PM
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1. Now, where would the deception be if they told the truth?
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