W.H mocks Gallup - Gibbs: Poll like a 6-year-old

[Geezah]

The White House lashed out at the Gallup Poll on Tuesday after the survey's daily tracking numbers showed President Obama's approval rating dropping to a new low of 47 percent.

Asked for a response to Monday's tracking poll, which placed Obama's approval numbers among the lowest of any recent president in December of his first year in office, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs mocked the reliability of the widely respected polling firm.

"I tell you, if I was a heart patient and Gallup was my EKG, I'd visit my doctor," Gibbs said. "If you look back, I think five days ago, there was an 11-point spread, now there's a 1-point spread. I mean, I'm sure a 6-year-old with a crayon could do something not unlike that. I don't put a lot of stake in, never have, in the EKG that is the daily Gallup trend."

He added: "I don't pay a lot of attention to the meaninglessness of it."

Gallup's tracking poll showed an uptick in Obama's numbers last week following his speech outlining a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan. But in Monday's polling release, Gallup's Jeffrey M. Jones wrote: "Any slight bump in support Obama received coincident with his new Afghanistan policy proved to be very short-lived, as his approval rating returned to below the majority level by the weekend and slipped further to 47 percent in Dec. 4-6 polling."


linl (http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1209/w_h_mocks_gallup_7386fd84-4620-4e10-b7cd-3550967127b1.html)

They don't like the message, so they attack the messenger in true Libtard fashion..........

I'm sure if the numbers were positive they would be all over it!

[Thugut]

I'm sure if the numbers were positive they would be all over it!

You mean the same way some asshats are all over it now that the numbers are negative?

[Imp]

You mean the same way some asshats are all over it now that the numbers are negative?

True. The point is that on the internet we call them trolls, and asshats, and not Press Secretary. Can't you just agree that it is a little pathetic to see the White House stoop to such behaviour?

[LineDoggie]

Is it just me, or does anyone else wanna smack that fcukstick Gibbs in his smarmy mouth once in a while? a little E-Tool Counseling to wipe the sneer off him.

I cannot remember a Press Secretary so full of himself and combative and I even remember back to Ron Nessen under Ford.

[seraosha]

I think Gibbs is actually helping the GOP each and every time he acts like that.

Carry On Gibbs!

[Thugut]

True. The point is that on the internet we call them trolls, and asshats, and not Press Secretary. Can't you just agree that it is a little pathetic to see the White House stoop to such behaviour?

Of course, it just doesn't surprise me though, so I don't make a big deal of it.

[seraosha]

Of course, it just doesn't surprise me though, so I don't make a big deal of it.

You're so jaded that nothing the White House does surprises you anymore, or just the current Administration?

[Thugut]

You're so jaded that nothing the White House does surprises you anymore, or just the current Administration?

The first one of course. How stupid does one have to be to think it wouldn't be business as usual, no matter what party is in-charge? The only reason I voted democrat was because I thought McCain was liable to start yet another war for no good reason.

[Wimbly]

After years of non-stop poll bashing against Bush, the talking heads are all out tonight telling us how worthless they are. Hmm, thats weird. I wonder what changed?


I think Gibbs is actually helping the GOP each and every time he acts like that.

Carry On Gibbs!

The press described him as "the smartest press secretary we've ever had". The guy has an inflated ego.

[LineDoggie]

The first one of course. How stupid does one have to be to think it wouldn't be business as usual, no matter what party is in-charge? The only reason I voted democrat was because I thought McCain was liable to start yet another war for no good reason. Even though it was Obama who said he would invade Pakistan?

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama
said Wednesday that he would send troops into Pakistan to hunt down
terrorists even without local permission if warranted - an attempt to
show strength when his chief rival has described his foreign policy
skills as naive.

The Illinois senator warned Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf
that he must do more to shut down terrorist operations in his country
and evict foreign fighters under an Obama presidency, or Pakistan will
risk a U.S. troop invasion and losing hundreds of millions of dollars in
U.S. military aid.

"Let me make this clear," Obama said in a speech at the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars. "There are terrorists holed up in
those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. They are plotting to
strike again. It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a
chance to take out an al-Qaida leadership meeting in 2005. If we have
actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President
Musharraf won't act, we will."

And just for ****s an giggles heres the Link:

http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/afrikan-world-news/23934-negro-imperialist-obama-vows-invade-pakistan.html

Its from an AP story, it was pretty clear who was talking about widening the war and it wasnt McCain.....

[seraosha]

So no matter who is in the White House, SSDD?
Forever?

[Geezah]

The first one of course. How stupid does one have to be to think it wouldn't be business as usual, no matter what party is in-charge? The only reason I voted democrat was because I thought McCain was liable to start yet another war for no good reason.

This is almost comical, the only reason you voted for Obama, so nothing else about him appeals to you?

Good move there......

[Kit]

I wrote in Ron Paul as a symbolic middle finger to all the candidates. Never regretted it.

The Republicans have a great opportunity to reform and respond to the Obama administration. I hope they don't screw it up and become the Palin Party. That would murder my soul.

[Geezah]

I wrote in Ron Paul as a symbolic middle finger to all the candidates. Never regretted it.

Nothing wrong with that, because atleast you believe in his ideas and values.

[Silent Reader]

politicians are funny.. some googling:

Feb. 10, 2009:

It’s true. A national Gallup poll conducted Feb. 6-7 found that 67 percent of respondents approve of the way Obama has handled efforts to pass the stimulus package, while just 25 percent disapprove. For congressional Democrats, that ratio is 48-42, while congressional Republicans stink up the joint at 31-58. Likewise, Research 2000 polling for Daily Kos conducted last week found that favorability ratings for congressional Republicans were an abysmal 21 percent, compared to 68 percent unfavorable.

Thankfully, the Obama administration finally seems willing to call the self-appointed “experts” out on their obliviousness to mainstream public opinion.

“I think it’s illuminating, because it may not necessarily be where cable television is on all of this. But, you know, we’re sort of used to that,” said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, pointing to the Gallup poll. “We lost on cable television virtually every day last year. … [T]here’s a conventional wisdom to what’s going on in America via Washington, and there’s the reality of what’s happening in America.”http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/markos-moulitas/24458-republicans-ignored



:D

[Panchito12]

Is it just me, or does anyone else wanna smack that fcukstick Gibbs in his smarmy mouth once in a while? a little E-Tool Counseling to wipe the sneer off him.

I cannot remember a Press Secretary so full of himself and combative and I even remember back to Ron Nessen under Ford.

Well, well, well. Speaking of ol' Ron Nessen, check out what that douchebag has been up to lately in DC:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120204345.html

[Dan2004]

So no matter who is in the White House, SSDD?
Forever?

Pretty much. :|

[Winger]

Typical hypocrite to sideline one of the polls he based campaign decisions on. He was checking those Gallup poll numbers every day for the better part of the year last year during the campaign.