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Politico falsely claims Obama's job approval ratings are down

June 08, 2009 5:47 pm ET by Eric Boehlert

With this piece:

POTUS job rating down

It's based on the latest USA Today/Gallup data. But the latest USA Today/Gallup data show that Obama's overall job approval rating is up since May, from 58 percent to 61 percent.

But y'know, other than that, the Politico piece is dead-on.

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    • Author by nerzog (June 08, 2009 5:57 pm ET)
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      Well, considering the rate at which the Troglodytes are churning out lies, and the slavishness with which the media are repeating those lies, Obama's approval ratings seem to be holding up fairly well.
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      • Author by rwmacdonald2091 (June 09, 2009 4:48 am ET)
           
        They don't call themselves ditto heads for nothing
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    • Author by peebs755 (June 08, 2009 7:28 pm ET)
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      It just shows that their tactics are getting thin, and the majority of Americans are beginning to see through their Shinola.
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    • Author by truthseeker77 (June 08, 2009 7:48 pm ET)
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      Politico likes shocking headlines, and to say that Obama's approval is up or steady is just too boring for them. They'd rather go with a spicy lie.
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    • Author by magnolialover (June 08, 2009 10:18 pm ET)
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      Of course, Obama's approval ratings have been fairly steady (see link), but this makes for boring headlines, so they "must" be dropping.

      http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html
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    • Author by crease (June 09, 2009 9:07 am ET)
         
      This just shows where the media is so against Obama and his policy`s that they will conjure up anything negative/lies and put it out there and never get called on it except by a few palces such as Media Matters,Think Progress and Huffpo.These guys will go to any length to discredit Obama to see that he fails, if he fails we as a whole country fail.
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