One More Fake News Standing Headline: Barack Obama Was A Popular President

There's actually two kinds of #FakeNews. The first occurs when CNN reports stuff that isn't true. The second is when CNN doesn't report stuff that should be reported, stuff that really is kind of noteworthy, stuff that they'd report if circumstances were different. Such as this article from Investors Business Daily, Here's One Poll The Press Doesn't Want You To See:

Gallup report that came out last Friday, which took a final look at the President Obama's popularity over his eight years in office.

That poll found that Obama's overall average approval rating was a dismal 47.9%.

Only three presidents scored worse than Obama since Gallup started doing these surveys in 1945: never-elected Gerald Ford (47.2%), one-termer Jimmy Carter (45.4%), and Harry Truman (45.4%).

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By the way, how did 'W' do, compared with Obama?

Obama even did worse overall than Richard Nixon, whose average approval was 49%, and was less popular overall than George W. Bush, who got an average 49.4%.

Alrighty then. So basically CNN has been lying to us all this time. Good to know.

Complete Analysis From The Ace Of Spades

It's Still Bush's Fault

Has anyone ever enjoyed a more pampered life than Barack Obama? Imagine a life where no one ever held you accountable for anything. For the brainwashed, nothing, nothing, nothing will ever be blamed on their messiah. As much as I dislike George Bush I do feel a lot of sympathy for the man. I suppose the myriad flaws in the Affordable Care Act can also be blamed on Bush. Yes we can! http://politicaloutcast.com/2013/07/gallup-poll-its-still-bushs-fault/

Axelrod vs. Gallup

Are there any true liberals left? A true liberal would spit out their Kool-Aid when the Feds passed a secretive health care bill. If they learned what's in the bill that would create 16,000 new IRS agents but zero doctors, a true liberal would put his finger down his throat to purge the Jonestown brew. If a true liberal learned that the Obama Administration used the IRS to harrass nascent political organizations, a true liberal would sever loyalties to the Chicago mob forever. If a true liberal learned that the Obama DOJ tried to intimidate Romney donors, they would denounce the most corrupt administration since Nixon's band of crooks (and when all is said and done, Tricky Dick might look good in comparison.)

Now we learn that pollsters are not immune from the thug-in-chief's henchmen. http://www.dickmorris.com/obama-thugs-rough-up-gallup-for-polls-they-dont-like/
Not content to control 90+ per cent of media coverage, Axelrod is trying hard to get the pollsters to fall in line. This is scary stuff.

For better or worse, Pollsters are a part of our political process. A candidate with bad numbers cannot raise funds. An unpopular candidate can still rake in the dough if his numbers are inflated. It is highly unethical, immoral and an abuse of power for the White House/DOJ to intimidate third party pollsters.

Can free elections survive Axelrod and Obama? Guess we will find out.