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How is this possible.....tRump's approval numbers.....ARE GOING UP!!!!! (Original Post) a kennedy Oct 2018 OP
Fox and Limbaugh's lies. sharedvalues Oct 2018 #1
If nearly half of Americans watch right wing "news" shows we're toast. AJT Oct 2018 #7
Yes!!! That's why: engage on the propaganda, NOT on the facts sharedvalues Oct 2018 #13
42% is not 1/2 redstateblues Oct 2018 #21
repeated lies and gas lighting, spread with the help of our ecstatic Oct 2018 #2
The media is not doing their jobs. Dawson Leery Oct 2018 #3
Good news for our side! This close to the election, we need all the news we can get stopbush Oct 2018 #4
What other direction zipplewrath Oct 2018 #5
It's the Turkish bone saw massacre greymattermom Oct 2018 #6
His approval rating has been steadier than any predecessor. He has a cult following. Garrett78 Oct 2018 #8
This. orangecrush Oct 2018 #9
A death cult. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2018 #16
Judge KavaNaughty Grassy Knoll Oct 2018 #10
GOP played the PR game like a violin. Poor guy, blah, blah blah. She had no Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2018 #18
70-90% accurate. Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2018 #19
Rasmussen Accounts for about 2% of that and They've Been About 8-10 Points Off Stallion Oct 2018 #11
That's the most since May Polybius Oct 2018 #12
Not approval numbers. They're ratings . . . . . . no_hypocrisy Oct 2018 #14
Trump needs Rasmussen to prop up his numbers, and they're John Fante Oct 2018 #15
I know ! I watch Gallup Weekly tracking and get depressed every Monday. It's Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2018 #17
Not being funny here, it's the Kanye bump JCMach1 Oct 2018 #20

AJT

(5,240 posts)
7. If nearly half of Americans watch right wing "news" shows we're toast.
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:59 PM
Oct 2018

Have you ever tried to have a conversation on policy with a right winger? They just parrot faux or limbaugh talking points and don't care about facts or evidence.....it's all "fake news".

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
13. Yes!!! That's why: engage on the propaganda, NOT on the facts
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 10:18 PM
Oct 2018

Tell them about who owns Fox. Tell them why Rupert Murdoch lies to them.

Watch "Brainwashing of My Dad". Show it to them.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-fox-news-made-my-dad-crazy

There is NO POINT talking facts or policy with them. You MUST aim to get them off of Fox and Limbaugh. ENGAGE on Fox and Limbaugh. Explain WHY rightwing media lies to them. It will feel useless - no one will ever admit being a sucker. But their behavior will change as a result of your conversation. I've seen it.

ecstatic

(32,720 posts)
2. repeated lies and gas lighting, spread with the help of our
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:55 PM
Oct 2018

wonderful media and news organizations. I think the gas lighting is starting to affect a lot of journalists as well.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
4. Good news for our side! This close to the election, we need all the news we can get
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:56 PM
Oct 2018

that inspires Ds to get to the polls. Were the news that tRump was down to 32%, it would result in Ds staying home because it was in the bag. This news keeps everyone on alert to the job at hand.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
5. What other direction
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 09:57 PM
Oct 2018

In the absence of anything particularly substantive to change people's minds, there wasn't any particular direction to go but up. Remember Nixon left with something like a 20% APPROVAL rating. i.e even if you get caught doing the most unbelievable thing of the day, 20% Will STILL approve. If you're just a run of the mill moron, (trump) 30% is easy. The last 10+ % is the whole "he ain't Hillary" crowd.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
8. His approval rating has been steadier than any predecessor. He has a cult following.
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 10:00 PM
Oct 2018

The little up and down here and there isn't worth getting worked up about. The big picture is that he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose a supporter. It's a cult, plain and simple.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
18. GOP played the PR game like a violin. Poor guy, blah, blah blah. She had no
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 11:08 PM
Oct 2018

proof. How many sexual assault victims have proof? probably close the zero.

I have been meaning to look up the accuracy rate of a lie detector. Key point NO ONE ever mentions. (that she passed and that he refused).

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
15. Trump needs Rasmussen to prop up his numbers, and they're
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 11:02 PM
Oct 2018

still a miserable 42.6%. Obama had better numbers while tackling 10% unemployment and two wars.

Given the dream scenario Trump was handed, his numbers are ABYSMAL.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
17. I know ! I watch Gallup Weekly tracking and get depressed every Monday. It's
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 11:05 PM
Oct 2018

Like we have surpassed the tipping point of horrible stuff thrown on. His worst polls were in October 2017. Which I conclude was the tipping point. Now, the other side just thinks we are obsessed and piling on the dude.

JCMach1

(27,562 posts)
20. Not being funny here, it's the Kanye bump
Wed Oct 17, 2018, 11:16 PM
Oct 2018

Kavanaugh is actually still under-water... Because he is interacting with a black celebrity, people see that as positive... pointing out just how damn stupid these polls are...

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