New York Times Distorts Reality to Fit Fantasy

Here's the short version.

Support for healthcare reform is/was falling.  The New York Times could not accept that.  So they fudged reality.

Their June 12-16 poll:

"72 percent of respondents favored the creation of a government health-insurance plan that would compete with private insurers."

HOWEVER...

"Out of 895 respondents, 24 percent were Republicans, 38 percent Democrats, and 38 percent were independents, according to a June 20 release from CBS News. While the release says the sampling was conducted at random, those numbers are significantly below the 32.6 percent who identify themselves as Republican according to a May survey from the nonpartisan Rasmussen Reports.

Similarly, the Times/CBS poll said 48 percent of respondents had voted for Obama, versus 25 percent for McCain, a nearly two-to-one advantage for Obama supporters.

Had those results been reflected in the November presidential election, Obama would have garnered 66 percent of the vote to McCain’s 34 percent, Conway, president & CEO of “the polling company,” told CNSNews.com.

“Was the vote 66-34? You tell me,” Conway said.

In 2008, Obama won 53 percent of the vote, McCain won 46 percent."

When reality doesn't agree with your fantasy world, I suppose the typical liberal viewpoint is ignore it and create your own.  And you know what the best part is?  This was back in June.  Support for Healthcare Reform is far lower than anyone at the Times could ever had dreamed up, even in a nightmare.

Article Here

Polling Data for 9/4/2009

Rasmussen Polling Data:

 

President Obama Job Approval:

Strongly Approve:  27%

Strongly Disapprove: 38%

Approve: 48%

Disapprove: 52%

Virginia Governors Race:

Republican Robert F. McDonnell:  51%
Democrat R. Creigh Deeds: 42%

Afghanistan:

Bring home troops immediately: 20%
Oppose an immediate withdrawal, but want timetable: 17%.
No need for a withdrawal or a timetable: 52%
Not sure: 11%


FOOTBALL: (Who will win Superbowl?)
Top 5
New England Patriots: 14%
Pittsburgh Steelers: 14%
New York Giants: 8%
Dallas Cowboys: 8%
Indianapolis Colts: 7%

Sources and much more here, here, here, and you guessed it, here. (Go Giants!)

Gallup:

President Obama Job Approval:

Approve: 55%
Disapprove: 38%

Party Affiliation:

Republican: 40%
Democrat:  45%

(Down from a 17% advantage for the Democrats in January!)
Gallup Here

Rasmussen Reports: 51% say Congress too liberal

From a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey:

"Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters nationwide believe that Congress is too liberal while 22% hold the opposite view and say it is too conservative."

"Republicans overwhelmingly believe that Congress is too liberal, a view shared by 59% of those not affiliated with either major party.
A plurality of Democrats have a different view. Thirty-nine percent (39%) of Democrats say Congress is too conservative, 19% too liberal, and 26% about right."

What better way to kick off the site than with some Rasmussen polling data!

I can certainly understand where a majority of the respondents are coming from, but 22% say congress is too conservative?!  I'd love to hear from some of the people and see how they could have possibly formed that opinion!  I can't even remember the last time something Conservative has come out of congress.

(As an aside, we'll be featuring all the major polling data available from every polling source daily, in one convenient post in the days to come.)

Source here