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Obama's Approval Hits New Low

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(July 30) -- As President Obama struggles to get a health care reform plan through Congress, his poll numbers are looking more sickly.
The only silver lining for Obama in the gloomy polls is that he's not getting the blame for everything. While the vast majority surveyed by The New York Times and CBS News say the economy is in bad shape, only 4 percent think it's Obama's fault. In the public's mind, the blame falls mostly on President George W. Bush and Wall Street.
Lynn Sweet Is No Plant
Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin have been making the rounds claiming they know the question that prompted President Obama's incendiary "police acted stupidly" remark was planted by the White House.
The reporter who asked about Henry Louis Gates' arrest was Lynn Sweet, who has this response to the conservative firebrands: "You are both wrong." Sweet tells the whole story on Politics Daily -- and in the spirit of tonight's "suds summit" at the White House, she invites Coulter and Malkin to join her for a beer.
Tweet This
It's a harrowing experience for anyone who lives their life in bursts of 140 characters or less. True/Slant's Viv Bernstein recounts the horror of being stuck in "Twitter limbo" when the social networking site suspended her account.
Bernstein might take comfort in a new survey that found 69 percent of American adults don't even know what Twitter is.
RIP: Reverend Ike
He was born Frederick Joseph Eikerenkoetter II, but to millions who listened to him on TV and radio in the 1970s, he was simply "Reverend Ike." The flamboyant minister died Tuesday in Los Angeles. His message was all about the blessings of material wealth -- and he practiced what he preached. Detractors called him a con man who took millions in donations from his followers. Regardless, there was no denying the entertainment value of the preacher who told his flock: “Close your eyes and see green.”
Also not to be overlooked in this week's death notices is Martha B. Stern. She bred hundreds of Portuguese water dogs, including one you now know as Bo -- the Obama family's pup.
In other obit news, TIME is mourning the death of handwriting.
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2009-07-30 10:35:03
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TomLynne6

06:16 PMJul 31 2009

I believe that the American People are waking up!!!!!!! How scary is this alll!!!!!! He is shoving everything down our throats,giving us NO time to absorb all of it and The GODLY one thinks that Americans are so lame that we wouldn"t fight back....We believe in the Constitution of our fathers, WE FOUGHT,AND WE WILL DEFEND IT!!!!!!! I guess that was OBAMA"S BIg Surprise HE didn't think we remember our rights and that we would once again FIGHT FOR THEM.....GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!

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FlyboyzII

05:46 PMJul 31 2009

Obammy's popularity falling rapidly. I'm sure not seeing many Obammy stickers on cars these days.....Hmmmm REVOLUTION COMING IN 2010 ! ! !

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Dinky14

05:38 PMJul 31 2009

OBAMA IS ON THE LOOSE....SO, BEND OVER, PUT YOUR HEAD BETWEEN YOUR KNEES, AND KISS YOUR ASS GOOD-BYE.....GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD DA** OBAMA

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NoKaBosh

05:37 PMJul 31 2009

Medicare health-care costs rise far faster than in the private sector [Steyn: Nat'l Review, Jul 2009]. So, it makes sense to replace that program with another and greatly expanded Gov't program?? Hardly. Estimates are that Medicare & Medicaid waste and fraud occurs to the tune of $100B/yr. The gov't has let that happen, though yesterday several health centers and doctors offices were finally raided for bilking Medicare. Can you imagine the waste and fraud when eventuallly everyone is under the single-payer Obama Care plan?? The gov't won't really care; it will just raise taxes which is easier than raiding offices day-in-and day-out. When the private sector plans are gone there will be job loss, and the premiums that the insurance companies invested in the private sector will be gone too and still more job losses. Rationing of care and controlling doctor's salaries will be the gov't's only way to control costs. Medical quality and access will decline, not increase.

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Dinky14

05:32 PMJul 31 2009

WHAT BETTER WAY TO CONTROL THE VOTE , THAN TO CONTROL PEOPLE'S HEALTH CARE, AND WHETHER THEY LIVE OR DIE....THE MORE VOTERS LEARN ABOUT OBAMA, THE LESS THEY LIKE HIM....THE "REAL" OBAMA IS YET TO BE SEEN!!!

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NoKaBosh

05:20 PMJul 31 2009

News flash: There will be two lines one for Democrats and the other for Rrepublicans under Obama Care. The line for repubs will form at the end of the democrat line. Cut-ins for Democrats will be allowed in the democrat line only. This too: NFL players will have MRIs, bones reset, etc., scheduled after the season, but not if first traded. Obese persons (as determined by a fat cat bureaucrat) will not receive a knee or hip replacement period. Members of Congress exempted of course.

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BForr

04:59 PMJul 31 2009

i loved it when crowley served beer to the 3 stooges.....AFTER HAD CAME BACK FROM THE MEN'S ROOM...... great payback Jim..... you can't beat them, so pizz on them

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Grembros

04:21 PMJul 31 2009

Imagine that. He has the brain of a monkey and has turned the White House into a ghetto black house.

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Cooktidbit1

03:52 PMJul 31 2009

OMG ! Is the annointed 1 faltering ? Ummmm i dont really think so at this time all of our leaders that we have had in the over 200 years of this great nation have had there ups and downs. In a few mouths Mr Obama will have the frist crises of his presidency and is when the expected brake out of the H-1 virus hits how he will handle a mass population of americans sick at 1 time will determine his popularity and most of all his presidency. If u have a comment on this post you can contect me under COOKTIDBIT1@TWITTER

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Txpapa

03:28 PMJul 31 2009

JPWKAW; Apart from destroying the USA......Obama has done nothing......but give daily......meaningless ramblings......of his Socialist Plans for the USA......Socialism is a Rehearsal for Adversity......If a Lie is repeated often enough......the Lie becomes a Truth......Obama is the USA's Joseph Goebbles......Obama is more harmful to the USA......than any foreign enemy......Obama's Socialist Plans are a USA Night Mare......***************************************Gibbs is the USA's Joseph Goebbles (he was the german propaganda minister) Obama is the USA's Adolph Hitler/Carl Marx

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(July 30) -- As President Obama struggles to get a health care reform plan through Congress, his poll numbers are looking more sickly.