And of course way at the bottom of the article is this:

“Virtually all Americans, more than eight in 10, blame Republicans for the current economic woes, and the only two leaders with lower approval ratings than Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and John Boehner.”

Good news for John McCain, as always.

Ah, yes, the glory days when we had a “in your face” President.

Indeed, a detailed look at recent survey data shows that the opposite is most likely true

Of course the methodology for this detailed look consists entirely of placing their forefingers in each ear and chanting La La La La.

Since statistics are the worst form of lie, after lies and damned lies, we must presume that everything statistical data tells us is wrong.

And I was hoping for a 2 liter cola that had more caffeine than Jolt. Damn you Obama…

Just more evidence of reality’s well-known liberal bias.

And, of course, proof positive of liberals’ bias toward living in reality.

The WSJ should be printed on toilet paper; the online edition would smell like farts.

I’m thinking the “detailed look” starts retro “ok, if we assume negroes only count as 3/5 of a person…, and if wimmin didn’t have the vote” and then goes through the bottom of the barrel.

The American people are coming to express increasingly significant doubts about his initiatives, and most likely support a different agenda and different policies from those that the Obama administration has advanced.

[BATS EYELASHES] I have always depended on the kindness of wingnuts….

So this is what the Wall Street Journal prints when its editors are stoned.

You should see what they print when they’re drinking rat poison and taking up serpents.

I DO kinda wish that he’d persuade Frito-Lay to keep selling the Toasted Corn variety of Doritos; all I’ve been able to find in my local markets for the past month are the awful flavored chips. They don’t go well with salsa.

Do not want new flavors of Doritos. Corn chips should taste like corn. Weird and reactionary I know, but there you are. Full employment and immortality would be nice though.

MKK

Indeed, a detailed look at recent survey data shows that the opposite is most likely true

In other words – Up is down. Black is white. War is peace. Failure is success
Ah, the good old days.

since statistics are the worst form of lie, after lies and damned lies, we must presume that everything statistical data tells us is wrong.

ah, but it’s even worse than that. as no more mister nice blog points out, the polling results actually point to favorable feelings by the majority of americans towards obama; but rassmussen conveniently ignores those numbers:

yes, nearly three times as many people said it would have been better to spend less than more — but almost exactly as many people said the right amount was spent as said too much was spent! and if you add the people who said the dollar amount was “about right” to those who said “better to spend more,” you get a majority. rasmussen and schoen’s interpretation is preposterous.

and:

so we have huge majorities in favor of “funding new government programs to help create jobs,” “giving aid to state governments in serious financial trouble,” and “giving aid to homeowners who are in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure” — but (in gallup’s own words) “regardless of whether [respondents] favor or oppose the steps the government has taken in recent months to address economic problems,” they have worries about the items rasmussen and schoen listed. (r&s get their numbers by adding the “very worried” and “somewhat worried” numbers in response to the second question group.)

you know what? if i have a life-threatening illness and i need surgery, i’m going to be at least “somewhat worried” about dying on the operating table; depending on the nature of the surgery, i might be “very worried.” that doesn’t mean i’m anti-surgery. that doesn’t mean i’ve suddenly developed doubts that surgery can often prevent death. it just means i recognize risks.

sorry to bore you with statistics, but i suspect this op-ed is going to be injected straight into the conventional-wisdom pool by mainstream pundits. it needs to be challenged.

…and Doritos in any new flavors.

Doritos are second only to Cheetos as the latest opiate of the masses. Recognizing the strategic necessity of leadership in this vital area of national security, the appointment of Snack Food Flavor Enhancement Czar was delayed due to bipartisan squabbling over whether a former president of PepsiCo has a conflict of interest if he heads this new cabinet-level position. The following new flavors, made to appeal especially to the “82nd Chairborne,” will debut next month:

Jack Daniels
Apple-tini and
Mojito-mint crunch!

I am ashamed to tell you how long I pondered this post’s title. The song was tinkling in the back of my head and I could not place it… finally, it clicked: “All In The Family.”

Thanks for the diversion, Tbogg; now, back to fretting about the economy, and Gitmo, and so on…

Read Stab me again it didn’t hurt enough the first time. Anyone who longs for Bush and Cheney has a death wish and needs immediate help.