CNN Helps White Assholes Declare Obama Worst President
There’s a new poll out showing that President Obama is the Worst President Since World War II, a poll which CNN reported on with the not-even-skin-deep shallowness we’ve come to expect from the mainstream media. The Quinnipiac poll shows that Obama was rated worst by more respondents than any other president. At 33%, the President was even rated worst by more people than George W. Bush’s 28%, or Richard Nixon’s 13%.
In reporting the news, CNN’s John King joined Bloomberg’s Margaret Talev and Olivier Knox of Yahoo! News in dispensing the analysis that these are not “good numbers,” that they reflect a “partisan split,” and that Obama is the most recent president, and so the freshest in people’s minds.
What they’re ignoring is that this result was driven entirely by aggrieved conservative white people. While CNN declined to cite crosstabs based on race, they did reference party identification, and here’s how that voting went…READ MORE
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By: Tommy Christopher
Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
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Maxx44 July 2nd, 2014 at 15:57
There are snails with longer memories than most Americans. Obviously many respondents are in that category. Only 13% for Nixon? Wow!
mea_mark July 2nd, 2014 at 18:39
GWB really was worse.
fancypants July 2nd, 2014 at 19:49
this is what you post when you have an agenda Maxx. First you have to make Nixon look like a good guy.
Maxx44 July 2nd, 2014 at 15:57
There are snails with longer memories than most Americans. Obviously many respondents are in that category. Only 13% for Nixon? Wow!
mea_mark July 2nd, 2014 at 18:39
GWB really was worse.
Abby Normal July 2nd, 2014 at 18:55
Nixon and GW Bush are in a class by themselves. Thousands of Americans died needlessly during their administrations. Nixon was a criminal and, I believe, a traitor. He purposely derailed the Paris Peace Talks to enhance his chances of winning the Presidency in 1968. Tens of thousand of young Americans died as a result – not to mention hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese. He was a truly evil man.
Bush was an idiot. The evil Dick Cheney was the ventriloquist, Bush was his dummy.
Abby Normal July 2nd, 2014 at 19:07
Thousands of Americans died needlessly during the administrations of Nixon and GW Bush.
Nixon was a criminal and, I believe, a traitor. He purposely derailed the Paris
Peace Talks to enhance his chances of winning the Presidency in 1968.
Tens of thousand of young Americans died as a result – not to mention
hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese. He was a truly evil man.
The evil Dick Cheney was the ventriloquist, Bush was his dummy.
fancypants July 2nd, 2014 at 19:49
this is what you post when you have an agenda Maxx. First you have to make Nixon look like a good guy.
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker July 2nd, 2014 at 16:38
Courtesy of Dartagnan at Daily Kos:
1. Passed Health Care Reform: After five presidents over a century failed to create universal health insurance, signed the Affordable Care Act (2010). It will cover 32 million uninsured Americans beginning in 2014 and mandates a suite of experimental measures to cut health care cost growth, the number one cause of America’s long-term fiscal problems.
2. Passed the Stimulus: Signed $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 to spur economic growth amid greatest recession since the Great Depression. Weeks after stimulus went into effect, unemployment claims began to subside. Twelve months later, the private sector began producing more jobs than it was losing, and it has continued to do so for twenty-three straight months, creating a total of nearly 3.7 million new private-sector jobs.
3. Passed Wall Street Reform: Signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010) to re-regulate the financial sector after its practices caused the Great Recession. The new law tightens capital requirements on large banks and other financial institutions, requires derivatives to be sold on clearinghouses and exchanges, mandates that large banks provide “living wills” to avoid chaotic bankruptcies, limits their ability to trade with customers’ money for their own profit, and creates the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (now headed by Richard Cordray) to crack down on abusive lending products and companies.
4. Ended the War in Iraq: Ordered all U.S. military forces out of the country. Last troops left on December 18, 2011.
5. Began Drawdown of War in Afghanistan: From a peak of 101,000 troops in June 2011, U.S. forces are now down to 91,000, with 23,000 slated to leave by the end of summer 2012. According to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, the combat mission there will be over by next year.
6. Eliminated Osama bin laden: In 2011, ordered special forces raid of secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in which the terrorist leader was killed and a trove of al-Qaeda documents was discovered.
Here’s some other of his miserable “accomplishments:”
Turned Around U.S. Auto Industry
Recapitalized Banks
Repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Toppled Moammar Gaddafi
Reversed Bush Torture Policies
Improved America’s Image Abroad
Kicked Banks Out of Federal Student Loan Program, Expanded Pell Grant Spending
Boosted Fuel Efficiency Standards
Coordinated International Response to Financial Crisis
Passed Mini Stimuli
Began Asia “Pivot”
Increased Support for Veterans
Created Conditions to Begin Closing Dirtiest Power Plants
Achieved New START Treaty
Improved Food Safety System
Expanded Wilderness and Watershed Protection
Gave the FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco
Invested Heavily in Renewable Technology
Crafting Next-Generation School Tests
Cracked Down on Bad For-Profit Colleges
Yeah that some baaaaadddd President in spite of total obstruction from republicans organized before his first inauguration.
voice_reason July 3rd, 2014 at 14:44
there you go again, exploding a few more republican heads
Illidan Stormragge July 5th, 2014 at 16:10
This site being liberland I doubt you will see many Republicans here.
Justin Volke V July 3rd, 2014 at 20:36
Now that you’ve listed all his failures how about listing some accomplishments.
Illidan Stormragge July 5th, 2014 at 16:06
He will double the national debt by the time he leaves. Record food stamp numbers and record 20% households on food stamps. Poverty level is now as high as it has been since 50 years ago since “war on poverty” began and this makes it a record in terms of absolute numbers. Labor force participation lowest since the 70s, when there was super inflation, and declining. Obamacare meanwhile is highly unpopular with majorities disapproving. And people seem to have short memories since he was dead wrong about people being able to keep their doctors and insurances. And it’s future is very uncertain.
He ended the war in Iraq, props to him, but it collapsed right afterwards.
So all in all despite your list, much of which is minor, repetitious, and shows shallow understanding (next-gen school tests, asian pivot, recap-ed banks, lmao), the underlying trends and negatives simply outway any positives. He simply isn’t a good president or leader for this country. Even Hillary Clinton suggested that he seems to be “aloof” and unable to manage. I may not call him the absolute worst but he is definitely up there.
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker July 2nd, 2014 at 16:38
Courtesy of Dartagnan over at Daily Kos:
1. Passed Health Care Reform: After five presidents over a century failed to create universal health insurance, signed the Affordable Care Act (2010). It will cover 32 million uninsured Americans beginning in 2014 and mandates a suite of experimental measures to cut health care cost growth, the number one cause of America’s long-term fiscal problems.
2. Passed the Stimulus: Signed $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 to spur economic growth amid greatest recession since the Great Depression. Weeks after stimulus went into effect, unemployment claims began to subside. Twelve months later, the private sector began producing more jobs than it was losing, and it has continued to do so for twenty-three straight months, creating a total of nearly 3.7 million new private-sector jobs.
3. Passed Wall Street Reform: Signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010) to re-regulate the financial sector after its practices caused the Great Recession. The new law tightens capital requirements on large banks and other financial institutions, requires derivatives to be sold on clearinghouses and exchanges, mandates that large banks provide “living wills” to avoid chaotic bankruptcies, limits their ability to trade with customers’ money for their own profit, and creates the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (now headed by Richard Cordray) to crack down on abusive lending products and companies.
4. Ended the War in Iraq: Ordered all U.S. military forces out of the country. Last troops left on December 18, 2011.
5. Began Drawdown of War in Afghanistan: From a peak of 101,000 troops in June 2011, U.S. forces are now down to 91,000, with 23,000 slated to leave by the end of summer 2012. According to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, the combat mission there will be over by next year.
6. Eliminated Osama bin laden: In 2011, ordered special forces raid of secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in which the terrorist leader was killed and a trove of al-Qaeda documents was discovered.
Here’s some other of his miserable “accomplishments:”
Turned Around U.S. Auto Industry
Recapitalized Banks
Repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Toppled Moammar Gaddafi
Reversed Bush Torture Policies
Improved America’s Image Abroad
Kicked Banks Out of Federal Student Loan Program, Expanded Pell Grant Spending
Boosted Fuel Efficiency Standards
Coordinated International Response to Financial Crisis
Passed Mini Stimuli
Began Asia “Pivot”
Increased Support for Veterans
Created Conditions to Begin Closing Dirtiest Power Plants
Achieved New START Treaty
Improved Food Safety System
Expanded Wilderness and Watershed Protection
Gave the FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco
Invested Heavily in Renewable Technology
Crafting Next-Generation School Tests
Cracked Down on Bad For-Profit Colleges
Yeah that some baaaaadddd President in spite of total obstruction from republicans organized before his first inauguration.
voice_reason July 3rd, 2014 at 14:44
there you go again, exploding a few more republican heads
Iuppiter July 5th, 2014 at 16:10
This site being liberland I doubt you will see many Republicans here.
Justin Volke V July 3rd, 2014 at 20:36
Now that you’ve listed all his failures how about listing some accomplishments.
Iuppiter July 5th, 2014 at 16:06
He will double the national debt by the time he leaves. Record food stamp numbers and record 20% households on food stamps. Poverty level is now as high as it has been since 50 years ago since “war on poverty” began and this makes it a record in terms of absolute numbers. Labor force participation lowest since the 70s, when there was super inflation, and declining. Obamacare meanwhile is highly unpopular with majorities disapproving. And people seem to have short memories since he was dead wrong about people being able to keep their doctors and insurances. And it’s future is very uncertain.
He ended the war in Iraq, props to him, but it collapsed right afterwards.
So all in all despite your list, much of which is minor, repetitious, and shows shallow understanding (next-gen school tests, asian pivot, recap-ed banks, lmao), the underlying trends and negatives simply outweigh any positives. And these are actually things that matter in the long run in this country. He simply isn’t a good president or leader for this country. Even Hillary Clinton suggested that he seems to be “aloof” and unable to manage. I may not call him the absolute worst but he is definitely up there. But go on and blame whites I guess.
EMBuckles July 2nd, 2014 at 17:01
Aw, does somebody need to change your diaper? ;>
fantagor July 2nd, 2014 at 17:06
Goes to show you that Americans have shorter memories than squirrels. The last Chief Occupant started 2 unpaid for wars, sat dumbfounded for 7 minutes on 9/11 while the nation was under attack, had the intel to stop 9/11 but took zero action (was too busy pretending to be a cowboy on his hobby ranch), oversaw the tearing down of regulatory bodies from within by either defunding/underfunding them or packing the agencies with industry insiders, and treated the Great Recession as a minor downturn until he had to sign a 700 billion dollar bailout of the very culprits who precipitated the financial crisis.
Bush43 is the worst president since James Buchanan, the guy who dumped the Civil War in Lincoln’s lap. History and facts don’t lie.
voice_reason July 3rd, 2014 at 14:44
agree, americans suffer from short attention deficit disorder, we prove it every election and about every two weeks, which is about the longest any average american’s attention span lasts, especially on Fox News when they sing a different tune every few weeks
EMBuckles July 2nd, 2014 at 17:06
http://www.alan.com/2014/07/01/study-jerks-dont-always-know-theyre-jerks/ Maybe you need to read this article and then look into the mirror! ;>
jasperjava July 2nd, 2014 at 20:09
You should follow your own advice.
EMBuckles July 2nd, 2014 at 21:56
And you should go to a proctologist and have them look down your throat. ;>
fantagor July 2nd, 2014 at 17:06
Goes to show you that Americans have shorter memories than squirrels. The last Chief Occupant started 2 unpaid for wars, sat dumbfounded for 7 minutes on 9/11 while the nation was under attack, had the intel to stop 9/11 but took zero action (was too busy pretending to be a cowboy on his hobby ranch), oversaw the tearing down of regulatory bodies from within by either defunding/underfunding them or packing the agencies with industry insiders, and treated the Great Recession as a minor downturn until he had to sign a 700 billion dollar bailout of the very culprits who precipitated the financial crisis.
Bush43 is the worst president since James Buchanan, the guy who dumped the Civil War in Lincoln’s lap. History and facts don’t lie.
voice_reason July 3rd, 2014 at 14:44
agree, americans suffer from short attention deficit disorder, we prove it every election and about every two weeks, which is about the longest any average american’s attention span lasts, especially on Fox News when they sing a different tune every few weeks
EMBuckles July 2nd, 2014 at 17:06
http://www.alan.com/2014/07/01/study-jerks-dont-always-know-theyre-jerks/ Maybe you need to read this article and then look into the mirror! ;>
jasperjava July 2nd, 2014 at 20:09
You should follow your own advice.
Jeff Allen July 2nd, 2014 at 18:27
So then the poll and Quinnipiac are ok, it’s just CNN?
mea_mark July 2nd, 2014 at 18:43
It is flawed polling because it includes a sitting president that invokes irrational partisan feelings.
Jeff Allen July 3rd, 2014 at 01:22
All polling is flawed
Abby Normal July 2nd, 2014 at 18:58
It’s just a snapshot of one day in politically polarized 2014 America. It really has no significance. CNN is nothing more than a remedy for insomnia.
Jeff Allen July 2nd, 2014 at 18:27
So then the poll and Quinnipiac are ok, it’s just CNN?
mea_mark July 2nd, 2014 at 18:43
It is flawed polling because it includes a sitting president that invokes irrational partisan feelings. (especially among the right-wing)
Jeff Allen July 3rd, 2014 at 01:22
All polling is flawed
Abby Normal July 2nd, 2014 at 18:58
The poll is nothing more than a snapshot of one day in politically polarized 2014 America. It really has no significance. CNN is nothing more than a remedy for insomnia.
Abby Normal July 2nd, 2014 at 18:47
Harry Truman’s approval rating was 23 percent when he left office in 1953. He was, obviously, underrated and under appreciated when he was president. Now he is seen as the president who inaugurated the Marshall Plan and integrated the U.S. Armed Forces.
Now his name almost invariably appears in the top ten of historians’ rankings of best presidents.
I predict President Obama was see a Trumanesque rise in his approval rating after he has left office. His legacy will include, at the very least, saving an economy that was on the brink of collapse and ending a war that cost America dearly and should never have been fought. I believe history will ultimately rate Obama in the top ten best Presidents.
Bush’s presidency was a disaster for America’s foreign policy and economy. It was a nightmare for the 4,000 Americans killed in Iraq and their families as well as the thousands injured and crippled during that war.
This Quinnipiac poll is a meaningless snapshot. Historians will sort it all out in the coming years and Bush will join Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson in the bottom five.
Abby Normal July 2nd, 2014 at 18:47
Harry Truman’s approval rating was 23 percent when he left office in 1953. He was, obviously, underrated and under appreciated when he was president. Now he is seen as the president who inaugurated the Marshall Plan and integrated the U.S. Armed Forces.
Now his name almost invariably appears in the top ten of historians’ rankings of best presidents.
I predict President Obama was see a Trumanesque rise in his approval rating after he has left office. His legacy will include, at the very least, The Affordable Care Act, saving an economy that was on the brink of collapse and ending a war that cost America dearly and should never have been fought. I believe history will ultimately rate Obama among the top ten best Presidents.
Bush’s presidency was a disaster for America’s foreign policy and economy. It was a nightmare for the 4,000 Americans killed in Iraq and their families as well as the thousands injured and crippled during that war.
This Quinnipiac poll is a meaningless snapshot. Historians will sort it all out in the coming years and Bush will join Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson in the bottom five.
Kealii Na Kolenekeo July 2nd, 2014 at 23:42
WTF is up CNN’s ass! … this poll was made up of libertarian’s, Tea Party and Conservatives … with less than 30% Liberals … who the fuck is truly going to believe this shit other, than the assholes CNN polled! …. assholes
fantagor July 3rd, 2014 at 15:30
The nature and purpose of a poll makes or breaks each poll. This poll,
which has been historically tried time and again, is idiotic, for the
sitting president ALWAYS scores as worst. It’s more of an examination of
the USA’s memory span or name recognition.
How does Nixon only rate 13%
of the worst vote, as the only president in history to resign to avoid
removal from office?
And why is it that 18% of 18-29 YOs said Reagan was the best. Of that same demographic, 21% said JFK. How would they know? They weren’t even alive under JFK, or they were at most 4 YOs when Reagan left office. Both presidents have been romanticized as either classic Americana or a great American tragedy. Perhaps both apply. But nobody of that age is equipped to called them “best”. It’s a popularity contest in which the past is now regarded with dewy-eyed nostalgia, while today is a bleak canvass of doom, even when all evidence points to the contrary. Jobs are up, unemployment is down, and that’s without any help whatsoever from the GOP obstructionists.
Justin Volke V July 3rd, 2014 at 20:32
“How does Nixon only rate 13% of the worst vote, as the only president in history to resign to avoid removal from office?”
Obama still has two years to go. Unless he issues himself his own pardon.
fantagor July 4th, 2014 at 02:32
That gathering storm you think you see around Obama…it’s really the end of the Republican Party as anything besides a historical footnote.
meg July 4th, 2014 at 18:34
This is all because of evil Fox News
Craig July 8th, 2014 at 08:07
How is he the worst? Unemployment is at 6.1% and the dow is at a historic high over 17,000. No president has resided over this type of stock market. My personal income is 7 figures under this president.
meg July 8th, 2014 at 08:33
I think he has always had the best of intentions and he really cares about our country and the people who live in it. I did not vote for him because of his lack of experience.
fantagor July 3rd, 2014 at 15:30
The nature and purpose of a poll makes or breaks each poll. This poll, which has been historically tried time and again, is idiotic, for the sitting president ALWAYS scores as worst. It’s more of an examination of the USA’s memory span or name recognition.
How does Nixon only rate 13% of the worst vote, as the only president in history to resign to avoid removal from office?
And why is it that 18% of 18-29 YOs said Reagan was the best. Of that same demographic, 21% said JFK. How would they know? They weren’t even alive under JFK, or they were at most 4 YOs when Reagan left office. Both presidents have been romanticized as either classic Americana or a great American tragedy. Perhaps both apply. But nobody of that age is equipped to called them “best”. It’s a popularity contest in which the past is now regarded with dewy-eyed nostalgia, while today is a bleak canvass of doom, even when all evidence points to the contrary. Jobs are up, unemployment is down, and that’s without any help whatsoever from the GOP obstructionists.
Justin Volke V July 3rd, 2014 at 20:32
“How does Nixon only rate 13% of the worst vote, as the only president in history to resign to avoid removal from office?”
Obama still has two years to go. Unless he issues himself his own pardon.
fantagor July 4th, 2014 at 02:32
That gathering storm you think you see around Obama…it’s really the end of the Republican Party as anything besides a historical footnote.
meg July 4th, 2014 at 18:34
This is all because of evil Fox News
Lord Wrayth Gerik July 8th, 2014 at 08:07
How is he the worst? Unemployment is at 6.1% and the dow is at a historic high over 17,000. No president has resided over this type of stock market. My personal income is 7 figures under this president.
meg July 8th, 2014 at 08:33
I think he has always had the best of intentions and he really cares about our country and the people who live in it. I did not vote for him because of his lack of experience.
Justin Volke V July 3rd, 2014 at 20:31
Another in a long line of Pulitzer Prize winning headlines. I thought it was stolen from The Onion.
Justin Volke V July 3rd, 2014 at 20:31
Another in a long line of Pulitzer Prize winning headlines. I thought it was stolen from The Onion.
Illidan Stormragge July 5th, 2014 at 15:29
That’s not an extremely racist title at all tolerant liberal.
Iuppiter July 5th, 2014 at 15:29
That’s not an extremely racist title at all tolerant liberal.