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skip fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:33 AM Original message |
Is it too late for Obama to turn public perception around on his handling of the oil spill? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. he's been on top of it, just not enough to satisfy the media |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Then thank goodness most of us don't trust the media. n/t |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. I agree the media created the Obama not doing enough story |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Correct. He's been fine. The media are hostile |
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skip fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. so we give up? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. No. We don't let the lies we hear IRL stand |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yep. The problem is that |
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skip fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It might be a bit awkward, and Fox will shout about it for weeks, but |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. It seems that no one knows what to do and every stop gap measure... |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. It is what the people want |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes. That ship has sailed. |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think it would help if people stopped acting like sheep jerked around by cable news..... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. My sentiments exactly. n/t |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. We know the best are not in control. |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Then you must know who the best are! Tell us please! |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Whoa sport |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. First, I am not implying that the best is good enough, only that they... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. +10,000. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. How would we know |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Here is my guess. No one knows how to fix it... |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Which can one deal with better |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Well, maybe they were hoping one of the Hail Mary passes would work. |
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skip fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Barring a perfect world in terms of human attentiveness . . .? |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Yanking people around like sheep is cablenooz's JOB. It is what the Owner class pays for and gets |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
11. He needs to have a prime time speech to the nation |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
14. If we're talking about perception and not fact (perception, however, *is* reality), then "yes" |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
16. If one hurricane impacts the oil gusher and the coastal states => one term presidency |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
18. Here is an idea. Convince me that a country that which 40 years ago put a man on the moon |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
24. the media issue is peripheral |
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skip fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Nice post. The O.P. was on perception, but your analysis is that |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. maybe |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
29. Sadly yes. A little more attention to the critics and a little less relicance on his fans |
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skip fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Yes. I've done this several times. This, I think, is the last. On one |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. Yes, in my mind anyway. |
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