Lazy, couch potato, cable TV zombies "tired of hearing about Obama."

[JanMichael]

This poll coming days after the "Obama is too skinny and healthy" story.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_el_pr/poll_obama_overexposure

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama may be the fresh face in this year's presidential election, but nearly half say they're already tired of hearing about him, a poll says.
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With Election Day still three months away, 48 percent said they're hearing too much about the Democratic candidate, according to a poll released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. Just 26 percent said the same about his Republican rival, John McCain.

[GaYellowDawg]

1. Well, if they're that lazy, we don't have to worry about their vote, do we?

:shrug: They'd be too lazy to make it to the polls. :shrug:

[mrreowwr_kittty]

2. Thanks Pew Research Center, for helping to push McCain's narrative!

Assholes. :grr:

[KittyWampus]

4. Pew is actually fairly reliable. Again, do YOU know what questions were asked?

How they were phrased? Who paid for the poll?

Unless you do, you're responding to the opening post who doesn't know either.

Rather than fault the polling co or the voters, how about digging for the relevant info?

[mrreowwr_kittty]

13. Why don't you, since you're so upset about this thread?

Apparently, the OP is being mean to the dumbasses who are responsible for 8 years of Bushco. Oh, and Pew is infallible, and utterly incapable of either promoting manipulative polls or just falling for the RNC talking points themselves. I have never seen a poll in a previous election where respondents were asked whether they were tired of hearing about a particular candidate.

WTF, do you work for Pew or something? What's with the concern troll-like behavior all of a sudden?

[KittyWampus]

3. do you actually know what questions were asked? No? You just enjoy insulting voters

apparently it makes you that much more intelligent and informed.

This is the sort of attitude that feeds "liberal democrats as elitist".

[mrreowwr_kittty]

9. I imagine they were asked if they felt they were hearing too much about the candidates.

Which is a question I've never seen asked in any prior election season and just happens to push the "celebrity" meme that Rove has created about Obama.

And lazy stupid-ass couch potatoes are falling for it. 60 million of whom voted for Dumbya last time. You go ahead and coddle them but I'm done with them. Done.

[JackORoses]

10. you know all about that attitude, huh?

[Dreamer Tatum]

11. Elitist, maybe...asshole, definitely

There is nothing worse than someone who parses information for their own hateful purposes.

People who do that have a name on this website, but I won't use it.

[crikkett]

5. Ha! Only negative info about Obama is shown in this TV market..

I was sick last week and watched more tv than oh, any other point this year. All that was shown in this market was negative news about Obama. Even the positive news was left-handed.

[mcctatas]

6. I don't really see this as a bad thing....

from the same link:
"At the same time, nearly four in 10 said they've been hearing too little about McCain — about four times the number who said so about Obama. About half of Republicans, four in 10 independents and even a quarter of Democrats said they've not heard enough about the GOP candidate."

I am tired of hearing about Obama all the time as well, especially if it means McAnus (whoever came up with that is a genius btw) is getting a free pass.

:applause: for lazy couch potatoes everywhere!

[isentropic]

7. I've heard some people I know say the same thing.

...
But I dunno how to 'fix' it.

[freesqueeze]

8. They're not preempting

big brother, my hot mom, america has talents or ordinary shmo, are they?

I don't see any reason to worry about the taters or their tots. All those who care about america, let's move on.

[gcomeau]

12. Ummm... good?

Maybe the media will start actually scrutinizing McCain now instead of just letting him coast through the entire election getting away with screw-up after screw-up while devoting 24 hour in depth coverage to every breath Obama takes and what voting demographic it will give him a "problem" with today.

[underpants]

14. This is more-making it a referendum on Obama

just as CNN picked up the Rove/RNC ball earlier this week an ran with it

[mrreowwr_kittty]

17. I expect it from CNN, but not from Pew Research.

I thought they were a decent outfit. Now it looks like they're jumping on the latest bandwagon.

[Initech]

15. How ironic. People are complaining that Obama is too skinny and healthy...

When government sponsored propaganda is on TV every 30 seconds telling people that if they "get up and play" they'll feel better.

[Ganja Ninja]

16. Pew as in P U!

If people are tired of anything they're tired of Bush, the GOP, their insipid think tanks and media enablers.

[spanone]

18. i call this horseshit journalism.

[Javaman]

19. Fine, then let's really, I mean REALLY focus on mclame then.

see how pretty he looks to them after a very close examination of his life and record.

[anonymous171]

20. If they focused on McSame he would go down in the polls.

The corporate media knows this, but I don't think that the GOP does.