BEWARE THE IDES OF AUGUST....OR MAYBE NOT.

Some juicy tid-dits from a FOX NEWS POLL.


Presumably, Fox  News is the only Fair and Balanced news/entertainment outlet, so the results of their most recent poll are definitely interesting.  I knew there was a reason that Fox didn't feature the poll.

According to the most recent Fox News poll President Obama’s approval numbers are almost EXACTLY where they were before the Summer of Hate’s town halls and tea-bagging parties – to be precise, they’ve RISEN.  The “rapid deterioration” of support for the President that Fox’ers like Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity are alleging ISN’T actually happening contrary to what Fox viewers are being told ad nauseum.

Did I mention that this was a Fox News poll?

More fun;

• The Poll shows that while the number of responders who say they will vote for a Democrat in the 2010 election “to help Barack Obama pass his policies and programs” has remained the same since the Great Tea Bagging at 40%, the number of responders that say that they will vote for a Republican to “to provide a check on Obama's power” has FALLEN by 5% from 40% to 35%.

• Support for “health care reform legislation being considered right now” has actually INCREASED by 4% since August. Opposition has DECREASED by 1%.

• The amount of people who “think the Obama administration is proposing too much of an increase in government” has FALLEN 1% since May of 2009.

Even with the conservative semantics of the polling, the results of these key questions showed that for all of the histrionics of the lunatic fringe the general mood of the electorate – as polled by Fox – hasn’t changed at all.  If anything support for healthcare reform has seemed to pick up since August. Claims of a ‘grassroots’ campaign gaining strength would appear to be hollow.  These would seem to be a huge defeat for the Flying Monkey brigade who dedicated their summer to serving up President Obama his own Waterloo.
Did I mention that this was a Fox News poll?
Despite all of the coverage of outraged citizens at the tea parties and town halls, Beck, Limbaugh, Levin and Hannity haven’t convinced anyone outside of their already devoted based that the apocalypse would be upon us should healthcare reform be realized.  Sure, these ‘entertainers’ have made millions along the way, have best-selling books dominating the sales charts, and have given their network record ratings, but they're not really converting anyone. It would appear that even Foxnews viewers aren’t buying the hype being peddled by the Furious Few.