Did the Oscars clinch the election for President Obama?
By Christopher Moloney, OutFront producer
Mitt Romney moved one step closer to the Republican presidential nomination with wins in the Arizona and Michigan primaries on Tuesday night.
But President Obama may have already won the election.
Why?
"The Artist" beat "The Descendants" for Best Picture at the Oscars.
A strange pattern has emerged over the past 50 years, and it seems an incumbent president's hopes for re-election are tied to which films win big at the two major Hollywood award shows.
Specifically, if a film is named Best Picture (Drama) at the Golden Globes and Best Picture at the Academy Awards, the Republican candidate is elected.
If not, the Democrat wins.
The theory applies to the year the films are awarded, not the year they are released–this year's awards went to films released last year–and if it holds, "The Descendants' " inability to repeat its Golden Globes triumph at this year's Oscars means Obama will win.
In 2004, George W. Bush, a Republican, was re-elected when "The Lord of The
Rings: The Return of the King" won both the Golden Globe and the Oscar.
In 1996, Bill Clinton, a Democrat, won a second term when "Sense & Sensibility" and "Braveheart" split the trophies.
"Bugsy" won the Golden Globe and "Silence of the Lambs" took the Oscar in 1992, and George H. W. Bush lost to Clinton.
Ronald Reagan won his second term in 1984, when "Terms of Endearment" won both statues, and four years before that, he beat Jimmy Carter during the "Kramer vs. Kramer" sweep.
In 1972, Richard Nixon was re-elected on the strength of "The French Connection," a film about a police officer who stumbles on a French connection, only to resign two years later when a security guard stumbles on a Cuban connection.
And less than a year after assuming office for John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson was re-elected when the Golden Globe and the Oscar went to two different films: one about a young Catholic priest from Boston confronting bigotry ("The Cardinal"), the other about a ladies' man ("Tom Jones").
There are exceptions to the rule, of course.
In 1976, when "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" won both awards, things went crazy, and Gerald Ford failed to win.
But as Ford was never actually elected as president or vice president in the first place, there is an argument to be made he was never a true incumbent.
The only other time the election went off-script was in 1956, the first year the Golden Globes were held with a president seeking a second term.
That year, "East of Eden" won the Golden Globe but not the Oscar, which went to "Marty," and Adlai Stevenson, a Democrat, lost to incumbent Dwight D.
Eisenhower.
The loss must have been particularly tough for John Steinbeck, the "East of Eden" author, who had actually sent a 19-page handwritten letter to the Democratic Digest, advising them on how to prevent Eisenhower from winning a second term.
In the letter, Steinbeck wrote: "It is generally considered that novelists are not good politicians. As candidates I should (think) this would be true but as designers of political method the reverse is probably true."
Or maybe he should have just asked a screenwriter.
What do you think of this theory? Do you believe in superstitions? Do you think "OutFront" staffers have too much free time?
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Christopher Moloney is an idiot.
I love it, I just read and commented on another CNN article that said exactly the opposite! ie; Whoever the republican candidate is, they will win because the election is being held on Nov. 6th and blah, blah, blah... republicans always win on Nov. 6 blah, blah, blah STUPIDITY! How can you call this tripe news?
CNN i thought is prestigious in every aspect but this news.... sorry 🙁
I'd consider sending you a bill for wasting my time, but, in your defense, I've got to think that you yourself are quite embarrassed to have churned out such a frivolous piece of journalistic nonsense.
A trend is a trend, no matter how frivolous it may seem. At the moment, this article seems to point out a rule, not an exception.
Really?? THIS is newsworthy??
As I read these "articles" by Erin Burnett, I am quickly losing any respect I might have had for her. Seriously, what's with her.
But, I must remind myself that people like Ms Burnett are "TV personalities" and not real journalists.
She didn't write it. i't clearly has someone else's name on it. You're pretty observant, maybe you should be a journalist.
Another inane piece by Erin Burnett. Obama will definitely be elected, but it has nothing to do with all this made-up nonsense.
Again, not her name on it. Do you actually read the things - or just post negative comments about it. Moron.
i hope not!!!!...he has got to go!!
wow, CNN. Whose editing?
Another sign, America is going down. Let's start another war and hasten America's death. This slow death is cruel and unusual punishment.
Will Canada be a "Super Power" in the tradionial definition, the answer is a resounding NO. As the article mentioned, the Canadian economy is only the 10th biggest in the World and Canada's military when compared to other countries does not even rank that high.
However, what Canada can become is an "Energy Super Power". With the oilsands set to almost triple production to more than 4 M barrels / day. Canada will is set to become one of the largest Non-OPEC exporters of oil in the World. In addition Canada produces approx 25 % of the Worlds uranium. For those that desire renewable energy, Canada is increasing its hydro electric production and exporting that electricity to the US.
For a world that desires both energy and food security, Canada is the place to be for the near future
only in a Hollywood dream land does this story even begin to make sense
That Obama speech and questions ?. My take was we're not jumping into any decisions about war and Iran in a month or two or three.He's not listening to politics making any decisions and seemed very relaxed and calm about it in his discussion and not getting hyper to pull the trigger and react. He's all about think it on through and thinking of the consequences.Lives end and our US Troops at risk. Obama needs to take a trip to Israel and feel it out. Also he says there is talk Iran is opening up to share for inspection and want to get along with the international community and Obama says they know how to do that. Umm ? So,does that mean Obama thinks Iran knows how to behave and they will ?
This is what CNN has stooped to: mindless dribble.
Another 2 yrs of OBAMA? Wake up America!
2 years? Presidential terms are for 4 years, bud....This is why democracy can be so dangerous. When the education of its populace falls, so does the effectiveness of government.
Republicans don't do so well with the math... Trickle down... Huge debts...
I certainly hope he doesn't win again. I'm a small business owner and not many of us left. We can't afford 4 more years of talk and no action.
Maybe you just aren't very good at your business, and should blame the President. Small businesses are responsible for most job growth over the last quarter. Take some responsibility.
When can people stop posting their self-righteous declarations about politics.
*sigh*
Interesting! Just keyed into Yahoo News, Politics, and all of the candidates pictures come up.. Obama being first of course, and Paul being last in the pic file.. Keying into each one, and exploring their KEY views, I find that Paul by far and away explains himself better than any other contender.... His, Paul's site information is far more expressive than any of the others on every issue.. No lies, no promises, nothing to guess about....My comment here is no further off beat than this article!
As long as Obama wins, that's all I care about!
Obama's going to win because he's been the best president since JFK. He kept us from a Republican-led Great Depression, got Osama Bin Laden, restored the good name of the US through much of the world, and cares about the middle class. All the things Republicans can't or won't do because they're far too worried about which religion you belong to.
Another brilliant piece of journalism from CNN.
I am now dumber for having read this. Thanks.
Obama still has my vote.
I can't believe I just wasted 60 seconds of my life reading this article.
And yet you still manage to waste another 10 seconds to blog..Idiot
oooo an ad hominen. You really are an intellectual force to be reckoned with, coolbreeze.
it took u 60 sec toread and 30 mins to type. no wonder u cannot relate to it
MODERATION FOR WHAT..WHAT HAPPEN TO FREEDOM OF SPEACH
"Freedom of speech" means the government can't shut you down. It doesn't mean a privately-owned website has to give anyone a free outlet. Guess you missed civics class, huh?
They don't moderate if you know how to SPELL, moron.
I'm getting in on this time wasting too...another 5 seconds...up in SMOKE!
I sat here ready to comment and many thoughts went through my mind. I finally ended up with the fact this artilce is not even worth commenting about.
Christopher Moloney is full of boloney.
WHY IS THIS NEWS??????? CNN is beginning to look a lot like MTV....losing touch with what their original purpose was, in favor of nonsensical drivel. So with that, CNN, please, play more music videos and less Jersey Shore!
I think this theory is far more thought-provoking than anything uttered by any of the Republican candidates.
Erin, you need to get back to the kitchen
Obama is going to win because he is the best choice and a good president and is doing his best to help us, not a movie won an award, common CNN
ya know.....you are the same arrogant libs who just knew yall would never lose Congress to the GOP ...all while getting hammered in historic fashion.....Obama has no chance at re election.......America wants no part of the liberal agenda
Hm....you clearly have the wrong handle.
Do you and all the other pro obummer idiots realize this country has gone further in debt and farther down the crapper since that pos has been in office, and the the national average of gasoline has gone from a 1.7x a gallon to almost 5 not to mention the economy has toppled over so 4 more years of him..I don't think it will happen and I'd be willing to wager that more assassination plots will unfold and that they will be more serious this time around and god I hope successful this time around too because this man has singlehandedly brought our country down a notch.
What can you expect from a person who named himself “whight-knight” …
Hey Whight_Knight did you know advocating the assassination of the president is a crime?
Obama, the "good President," is adding $6 trillion to our national debt over the next 10 years. After our country collapses and the US dollar is worth nothing, we should all remember him (and other failed leaders).
You must miss the halcyon days when GW Bush was doing expensive flybys in AirForce One, his misguided attempts to make his dad happy by getting "Saddaam Hoosane", his never-ending vacation days–which he used AirForce One to get to Texas (more irresponsible tax money spent), his two wars that were waged without careful thought or a plan on how to pay for them, his inability to speak a coherent sentence, and the fact that thousands were killed under his watch and he kept sending troops back for multiple tours, the hatred that was aimed at the United States during all 8 years that he was in office. Additionally, the deregulation (let's not forget that the GW, the MBA president was unaware of the collapse of the economy until it was looking him and the rest of us in the face) the Bush Doctorine, Dick Cheney, Haliburton, and other acts of blatant stupidity that democrats had to put up with when GW was president.
It's our turn, republicans. Now you have to put up with our guy for the next 4 years, and believe me, you will not suffer nearly as much as we did under GW Bush. Now you run along home and try again in 2016
I complete agree he is doing the best to bankrup America,.
when you fight two wars, on credit, then u get bankrupt. i would rather have Obama spend those money on Healthcare than on useless wars for Corporate oil giants. Romney dont care about you, he ares about the corporation, wall street, the oil giants, the big wigs, business as usual like you had in the dyas of Bush. you think the Country is Bankrupt, wait till you get Romney in. Obama 2012
Argue all you want, name call all you want. The simple truth is this, productive people will stop paying for unproductive (democrats) to line their pockets with payouts.
You can name call all you want, but eventually you will run out of other peoples money. Either you will be forced to try and take it ( I hope so as you will lose, simply cause good americans wont allow it) or your base will abandon you as you dont give them enough money for doing nothing.
No matter what the deomcratic party is doomed to failure, as it is based upon the simple fact that they can continue to buy votes with other peoples money.
Eventually those people will say enough is enough, or the leeches will want too much.
Thanks, Keith. Demwits are very generous as long as it is other peoples money they throw away...and Obambam is king of the Big spenders...Pelosi,
Reid, and Obama will be the greatest slime this country ever elected...
ever notice how the Democrat controlled states are the worst in debt? the most liberal are also the most corrupt, morally bankrupt and slimy?
Works on the federal level, also, doesn't it Barrack Hussein?!!
whatever
Yes, and the poorest, and least educated states are all run by republicans–and it has been that way for decades.
What does it tell you that the poorest states (Arkansas and Mississippi and most of the other southern states) have voted republicans in to represent them, and yet they have continued to be poor and disenfranchised straight into the 21st century? This fact alone would make you want to never vote a republican in if he does not work for you so that you have a good quality of life.
Keith, I'm pretty productive and make a good living and I vote Democrat. Actually for you info there are thousands others like me.....take a look at Silicon Valley, Southern California, NY, Chicago, the entire Pacific coast states....North Carolina, and for that matter pretty much all of the Northeastern states....ummm last I heard these are the powerhouses of US economy...all are slam dunk for Obama... so let's see TN, AL, SC, KS, and a boat load of other backwards places are all that remain in the GOP's pockets....sorry your analysis just doesn't add up....
you are the same arrogant libs who just knew yall would never lose Congress to the GOP ...all while getting hammered in historic fashion.....Obama has no chance at re election.......America wants no part of the liberal agenda
Why do I still browse CNN's web site? This is embarrassing.
I think Obama will probably be reelected, but it has nothing to do with movies.
Too much free time!
stupid, stupid, stupid
So now there are 20000 others things to report on and this is the best piece that came out of your desk!!!
I felt 10% stupider reading your "theory"
Spot on. This piece is abysmal.
while my previous reply post "awaits moderation" I agree with you - bad piece
"Romney tax plan will benefit rich" I was soo not shocked to read that headline. What a joke.
This article fails to mention that the Artist took home the Golden Globe for best picture Comedy, so the theory is irrelovant. Even though Obama probably will win, since the Republicans seem hell bent on taking extreme partison positions on the issues. They'll probably lose the House too.
Brock....Brock.....Brock Please learn how to spell before you make a fool out of yourself again. I was embarrassed for you when I read your comment.
Now, now. Brock is just putting the Love in Irrelovant....
This is the saddest piece of pro-Obama propaganda garbage CNN has ever produced.
... And that's saying a lot!!
Is this what passes for news these days... Oh, wait, I forgot this is CNN! Of course it does!
4 more years of this administration and we are gone...!
Heck, I do not know how we will survive the last 10 months of the Obamagedon much less 4 more years.
that's what you guys said in 2008. Looks like i'm still here....
lol seriously. bunch of hate mongers sayin "we're all gonna die!!" really? i'm living fine.
You may be, but not everyone is...it's not being a "hate monger" as you're calling it..rather thinking rationally about the repercussions of 4 more years of that garbage. I would only hope that any assassination plots this time around are more silent and much more successful because we need to be spared the embarrassment of another term of this over spending Democratic non american.
whight_knight: I think that Obama is the worst thing that could/did happen to the USA and I hope he doesn’t win a second term. But know this; he IS my president and I don't want anyone to assassinate him. If the repubs would field a candidate that was fitting then Obama wouldn’t have a chance but clearly that isn’t happening.
Oh yes because thing are so terrible now, with all the wars and pestilence and famine, and Osama Bin laden (oh wait he's dead). We may soon join the rest of the world and have universal health care, gays can serve in the military, yep clearly Obama is ruining the country. How will we survive all this peace and freedom?
Yure also complete right, we will be gone for good,.
Ok, Bye bye. Don't forget to write.
Why don't we predict the election by seeing which cow leaves a cow patty on the field or which T-shirt a trained poodle picks. Or wasn't there something about an octopus predicting something. Erin, why don't you try being a journalist for a change?
Obama's illegal alien uncle due in Framingham, MA. court for DUI charges this week. Think CNN will cover this? Not!
What does he have to do with Obama? When do you think was the last time he even spoke to his 'uncle'?
and that surprises you? it would make front page news if he was the third cousin from his wife's side of a major republican figure.
Paul the Octopus died, so CNN couldn't check with him.
Completely unscientific... I'm amazed this dribble is even published.
Completely agree. However, the word is "drivel", not dribble.
Drivel is more common, but why not dribble? It sounds scathing enough!
...in a related note, seafaring pirates will decrease in number this year as global temperatures continue to rise...
"We put forth the argument that "global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of pirates since the 1800s."
It is clear that fanatism obscure thinking. If President Obama appoints one Justice to the Supreme Court can that transform it to a communist body? Don't you see that even China is going the Capitalism way? Have you considered that this Supreme Court stole one election from President Al Gore and put in the White House a man responsible for the unjustified death of thousands of American soldiers. By the way Sadam Hussein was our best team player in the confrontation with the real enemy of the USA, Iran. Stop listening to the thread of lies from Fox "News" and read the really informative sources like CNN, NY Times, Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, CBS, ABC, NBC, BBC, NPR, PBS...real journalism. Only the truth will make you free.
If any Democrat doesn't go to the polls this November, and the Republicans win the White House, then they will deserve what they get.
hey, he had noting 2 do with the war,he was only in right place at right time.and how would he no, hes spending money and loves talk shows.never seen him behind a desk, oo thats something u use when wrking.he is thinking this job.well,see blank.and going 2 the oscars,no desk no job.just another look at me.if he makes it again. then that really dont say much 4 us. sry get off the talk shows,get behind a desk
I think we totally deserve what we got. Stupid voters.
Did you eat paint chips as a child? never mind don't answer that, i already know.
You are fooling yourself if you think the media you listed are giving you the truth and in fact all those same media tend to run liberal. They all taint the news by choosing what to report and how they report it...the media runs this country and fox news is the only one that tells the other side of the story. We need both CNN and FOX so that we can find truth some where in the middle. You are either naive or not really seeking truth yourself.
That's BS, i have issues with CNN , but you don't find truth anywhere near fox news. That's why i watch foreign news programs such as BBC and Al Jazeera
Well said Manny most of these posts are like sick people that don't know what is really happening but if I am correct in thought I think Old man Huntsman willthrow in a billion of his fortune to see Romney elected by one of the worst smear campainns in our history.
Wow... someone really has a lot of time on their hands to keep track of stuff like this.
No kidding! I was thinking the same thing.
Our Prez will be re-elected no matter what films one or didn't win. He is clearly the best choice and know many other Repubs that feel the same way. Unfortunately, my GOP had better change course or more will jump ship. They are ridiculous.
Republican for over 40 years, refusing to accept the new Republican Party. will not change Party but will not vote Republican. They have become an embarrassment
It was kind of an interesting read... A nice "fluff" story. It can't be about all hard news all the time (and I'm guessing that isn't your kind of writing assignment anyway). It's an interesting take on how the election will pan out. However don't read too much into it. The article is meant to entertain. Too much hard news all the time could worry a person to death. I'm not saying don't be aware of what's going on. Know what's happening in our world. But take time out from the craziness too... So it doesn't make you crazy.
Who in the world keeps up with this kind of trivia?
The Desparate Liberal Biased Media.
Computers and statisticians. Statistics are a wonderful thing; they can predict events tens and even hundreds of years in the future based on events happening today. So if history shows a certain trend, then you can be pretty sure it's going to happen.
The Republican Party won't be the first American political party to die, after all.
Elbert
For all the liberals and "progressives" on here, tell me, what's it like to be someone who hates America? I always wanted to know.
Actually speaking as an Independent and a former Republican it seems to be Republicans that really hate America of late.
I always wondered why so-called "Conservatives" think that so-called "Liberals" hate America, because of the "liberals" knack for holding truer to actual conservative ideals than the so-called "Conservatives."
Engaging in foreign wars: considered liberal; actually espoused mainly by Republicans
Using government to limit freedoms: considered liberal; actually espoused mainly by Republicans
Giving corporations greater rights than individuals: considered fascist; actually espoused by Republican
Being Pro-Military: Proven to be more of a Dem philosophy. Rep's want to use the military as much as possible to the benefit of certain corporations, Dems continually fight the Rep's who are constantly trying to reduce Vet's benefits.
Literally none of that information is correct
Better do some research. With, I believe, one exception it was a Republican in office at the start of every foreign war and even at the start of the War Between the States (otherwise known as the American Civil War.)
Sorry, wrong answer.
Well for once I am glad The Descendants lost and The Artist won Sunday night! Who knew?
4 MORE YEARS, YES WE CAN!
Agreed. Let's hope he wins because he's turning the economy around, not because of a movie. Don't forget to vote for Obama, loud and strong!
BO has to defend his record first.
Well, President Mittens would help the economy for the top 1-2% of Americans. That's something, sort of, I guess.
Yes we can what? Finish the economic destruction of the US by trashing capitalism, endorsing and supporting OWS and gutting the military? Seems fairly straightforward, I guess. And if the Supreme Court goes communist, as it will if Obama appoints another of his socialist elites, then game over.
Pop Quiz:
When did the Great Recession?
What is the definition of a Communist government?
Please explain how the Supreme Court could be "communist" at all.
How often in the past week have you watched Fox news?
Gee, I think that I would rather have a Comunist Supreme Court than the Supreme Court that we have today, This one should be recalled, The majesties have actually allowed to have people with money buy elections, and with the Citizen United decission. What else can they do to hurt this country.
Centerball, not much 'center' in that 'ball', is there?
Reading between lines it is easy to see who the racists are. What other reason, besides his skin color, can you find to attack a decent, educated man that rescued the No. 1 American industry (car making), saved the nation from a Depression and has not done more because the Republicans only agenda is to defeat him in 2012 even at the cost of staving Americans. On the other hand, learning about statistic would not be a bad idea...before open the mouht to talk about something we don't know.
BO didnt save the auto industry. Auto workers are saving the auto industry. The government just gave them a loan. I wonder if you know how desperate you seem trying to give BO credit for something he didnt do?
The loan was needed so the auto industry could pull itself up by it's bootstraps. Without the loan, the industry would have failed.
Griff – I'm afraid you're the one that's desperate and won't give our President credit for anything good that has taken place over the past 3 years. You all whine about everything is blamed on Bush but you do the same thing about Obama. Why can't any of you be happy that America is on its way back?
So back when these same people were vehemently against Bill Clinton getting re-elected, they were just partisan and divisive. Now that they are against Obama, they are Racist?
I think one type of 'bigotry' is the dishonest use of the 'race card' to further your own partisan agenda.
Amen
For all the liberals and "progressives" on here, tell me, what's it like to be someone who hates America? I always wanted to know.
It is this exact type of hyperbole that sends logical people to vote for Obama.
If by "hates America" means, tries to increase freedoms for all, save the economy, kill our enemies, and create jobs, then Obama hates America.
If hates america means, gut Social Security, Medicare, and welfare to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest 1%, give banks free reign so they can trash millions of people's credit ratings and finances, then Mittens hates America
You watch Fox news, right?
Todd...they are commenting on a CNN story so your continuing question about watching Fox news is quite frankly dumb. Really, you don't have to reply to EVERY comment that is against your opinion. Say it once...we get it.
It's pretty great. You haven't lived till you've had a broiled flag over a bed of pasta. To die for.
Even if they are. Correlation does not imply or define causation. If you look at any sample of results, particularly small ones, such as the 10 reelection campaigns since 1956.
A scientist tested frogs by yelling jump after cutting off each limb. The frog always jumped until there were no more limbs. The scientist yelled Jump louder and louder, finally concluding a frog with no legs is deaf.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaahahahahahahaha sure he's got his Mojo work'n.... hahahahahahahahahaha how dumb is this!
I think it is the GOP field that has assured Obama will return.
And what great reporting, CNN, but I won't believe the results until they factor in sun spot activity, divided by that number that kept reappearing on Lost...
that must by why Obama is trailing in the latest Gallup poll. Keep dreaming libs
Voting can be hard with all the sliver tongue politicians. lets not vote in 2008 like alot did cause of skin and CHANGE!!! The u.s. is in debt who knows if we will ever get out of it, but obama aint helping no reason going with him anymore, This country shouldn't be ran by muslims!! What rights do we have left? 1st. amendment is gone, hell how much longer till they are all gone. goverment is corrupt all ways has been, but obama is turning us in to communism country. welcome to obama nation!(hell)
Your post is ridiculous...so what exactly is President Obama? Communist, Muslim, Marxist, Socialist??? Gees, you people are pathetic!
TJ is what a GOP voter looks like today.
tj that may be the dumbest thing I have ever heard, its ignorant people like you who need to get a life , do you even know the definition of a communist? and Obama clearly is not muslim you racist bigot, and please explain how our first amendment is being infringed upon.
journalistic CRAP!!! no wonder fox is killing cnn in the ratings game. anyway, when we have $5 gas, 10%+ unemployment, and a nuclear device in the hands of the iranian mullahs this summer, even mickey mouse could defeat our apologist in chief. worse than carter, worse than hoover, and worse than bush!!! no matter, after our moron in chiefs policies have been put in place, it will all but assure a second great depression worse than the first. save your silver and gold, you WILL need it!!! OBAMANOS
btw you historic revisionists, the ONLY thing that pulled us out of the the great depression was WW2!!! OBAMANOS tambien!!!
I gots me a rooster chicken that prognosticates / communicates by morse code.
I axed him who's gonna win come November. He just tapped: (- -... .- - .- ) "Obama"!
How bout dat, CNN?
-....-... he said oblowzo is going to lose. dont you know morse code you maggot
I pity our nation. He will make US the next Greece!
CNN – you'd make Goebbels proud. You are surely the propaganda King of the leftist agenda. This article clearly demonstrates how far from real journalism you're willing to go. Shaping public opinion is far and away your intent.
Why are republicans responding this way? This isnt the first time I've seen this article, It is published every election season whether dem or repub. Go Obama! What Dems really need to worry about is educating the public about voter suppression and the new laws for each state. We need to get prepared now!
"Incompetent fools of the republican party". That's what a real fool writes about when he tries to say what a good job Obuma is doing, not all the great things a great President has done but what the others are doing. This is due to the fact that Obuma is a complete idiot and all and I mean ALL the people that voted for him are idiots. Now they all may vote for him again, seeing that he didn't screw this country up enough the first time lets try it again. If you look at the facts it looks like Bush and now Obuma have done everything they did on purpose for their new world order garbage. It wouldn't bother me one bit if we boxed both of them up with Carter and Gore and shipped them naked to the coldest part of Antarctica with no transportation so they can be preserved for future generations on what not to be in a President.
CNN: the Obama Cheerleading News Network seemingly operated out of Tel Aviv. Interesting pairing.
operated out of indonesia you squirrel
Past history does not guarantee future performance.
I would like to see how many pro Obama, pro illegal immigration, and pro GLBT lifestyle articles CNN runs compared to other news networks.
Why wouldn't the pro illegal immigration/GLBT network print pro Obama fluff articles.
Next the Pro-Obama CNN network will be saying Obama should and will be reelected because of the shape of clouds and because of the number of pro illegal immigration and pro GLBT articles CNN constantly runs.
soon it will be very difficult for even cnn to support obama...when the gop go after him and the current investigation (by American law enforcement) concerning obamas birth cert and the issue of his connecticut social security number come to light. It is going to get nasty...obama has not had a real media vetting and he is about to get one...like it or not.
This was so idiotic, I almost had a stroke. You're giving yourself and your fellow teabaggers a bad name by bringing up this birth certificate crap. They check this out when you go to apply at McDonalds, why the hell wouldn't they check this when being the president? Oh, the FBI and CIA and local law enforcement all have some ingenious agreement to cover this up. That birth certificate from Hawaii? A genius forger, of course. Now you can go back to drinking Drano, moron.
Uh oh the crazy troll is telling us Obama is going to lose when it comes out hes not American... yes because natural borns have been SOOO good for this country while naturalized citizens are just shat right... it really is a dead issue and I hate to keep beating the horse but some people just don't listen so Ill say it again, there is no consipiracy there is not some great left plot to steal the country, white people are fast moving to be a minority just like everyone else and as history has shown every generation is generally less socially conservative then the previous. Get over it you are a dieing breed that just isn't dieing fast enough.
Really? The old birth certificate is all you got? Move on, Jerry.
Good one!
I love the birther jokes. They just kill me. Go Donald Trump!
......oh wait, you weren't serious, were you?
I admire your optimism, Jerry. But, I don't think the mainstream media has the integrity to take a balanced, honest look at Obama. It's like they project their vision of what they want him to be and cannot see the reality.
Oh great. Another birther. Honestly, do you think the Clinton political machine would have missed this? Now some crazy sheriff and his posse are going to find it out? yeah.
Soon, hopefully your lobotomy will be complete and you won't be able to type such asinine statements.
How is the 'birther' line STILL an issue? Obama is an American citizen – irregardless of where he was born – thanks to his mother. According to the law:
If one parent is a U.S. citizen and the other parent is not, the child is a citizen if the U.S. citizen parent has been physically in the U.S. before the child's birth for a total period of at least five years, and at least two of those five years were after the U.S. citizen parent's fourteenth birthday.
Ann Dunham Sotoro was born in Witchita, Kansas in 1942. Her family lived in the mainland US until 1959 – 17 years. That, by itself, satisfies the citizenship requirement.
You don't think stating the tired old fact proven over and over would dissuade people from saying it, do you? Here's one. Remember when Obama was elected, people bought more guns because they were sure Obama would strike the Second Amendment? How'd that work out for you, right wingers?
Good one BR – it sure did help the gun industry didn't it? I had a relative tell me that Obama was going to make everybody paint their roofs white. It's amazing what the gullible will believe.
Ohh...social security numbers and birth certificates. Look out Obama! I heard he only tipped 10% at Applebees too.
Did you just land from planet Ork?
You think Obama has not had a media vetting? The President of the United States has not been analyzed by the media? Theres an entire 24 hour news network devoted to picking him apart. People MAKE UP STUFF like the birther controversy in order to have some reason to talk negatively about him. Now you think some imaginary legal investigation is going to be a tipping point that FINALLY breaks into a scandal? Obama has been scandal free for 4 years now, every lame attempt to pin something to him has failed. You will be very disappointed in November.
Give it a rest.
Trump has men on the ground in Connecticuit, and they are uncovering amazing, astounding, game-changing stuff. I mean, really! Hawaii was just the beginning, baby. This time we're gonna really have something to talk to the press about! Uh, yeah.
Oh Jerry, you're back. Jerry, do you honestly think that if Obama wasn't qualified to be President that there were many who would have found that out before he ran – think McCain, Clinton, Bush, CIA, FBI, RNC – give us a break would you please!
Sooo, we have story about presidential elections being linked to movie awards EXCEPT, there are about as many instances of the rule not working as there of it actually being right? Real good journalism there. Be proud.
"Bird signs. You're predicting a victory based off of bird signs." – Hector of Troy
Don't count your chickens before they hatch!!!!!!!!
Obama has been our WORST PRESIDENT EVER! WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!
Why is this yellow journalistic tripe even on the front page? This belongs in the onion.
The headline should be changed: "Did the Oscars mark the end of the last shred of any pretense of journalism at CNN?"
Thank God for spiritual enlightenment and common sense. It's obvious CNN is the Communist News Network and has hidden agendas and will do whatever to push liberal beliefs especially Obama. The Oscars and Obama do have other things in common besides being liberal and that is they both have lost credibility and are overrated and lauded over by liberal media and Obama is not a real Presidnet he is just playing one via a teleprompter feeding him his lines.
No matter which film wins Obama loses from the worst performance by a President in any category.
So very true!
Big 'like'! We may have to wait to see what Nancy grace has to say about it...
Shoot the side of a barn a dozen times. Go find the largest cluster of holes and paint a target with the bullseye right there. Now show people what a great shot you are!
Right, because that's not crazy or anything.
Yep the oscars did it. Not the incompetent fools of the republican party.
Yeah, and we should worship ducks as gods because Spring never comes until we see ducks flying north. Cause and effect, right? Vaccines-cause-autism folks and their cousins, maggots-are-caused-by-rotting-meat folks, can fill you in on the logic.
Actors are actors. Not real. Why would the Oscars effect Obama? Oh, because he is a good actor?
oh brother, what a crock
Has anyone heard of a President by the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt? Only president to have 3 terns... was president during most of the great depression. Stock market crashed... millions jobless... anyone remember learning about that in school? Roosevelt (considered one of the top presidents) taxed the rich greatly. He also raised the national debt. His social programs raised the decifit 40% in the first year alone! All this to get us out of a depresion. Conservatives called Roosevelt a Socialist (which to me isnt always a bad thing) and many could not stand the sight of him. Once again... all of this to get out of a depression. Well folks we are in the same situation. Obama I believe is following in FDR's shoes. Government has to spend money so that the American people can have money. Once we get out of this funk we can elect another Republican president who will not spend any money and lower the deficit for us. In the mean time we have to suck it up and do something. We cannot cut taxes because that will cause less money. And whose to say that if we cut the taxes of the rich that they will not just hoard all that money? Obama is doing the right thing. He may not always get it right but atleast he is doing something and HE IS MAKING PROGRESS. It took us almost 20 years to get out of the depression. Here it is only 4 years later and we are seeing result... its not going to be an over night miracle but we will get there... together. Bare with my if this seems scattered (it is 312 in the morning and I have not had a full nights sleep). I highly believe we must stick on the current course. Republicans... we gave your guy 2 terms and 2 wars (Bush may not have spent a lot of money but he did spend a lot of of human lives), you can give Obama another 4 years to finish what he started. Its not going to fix over night. It is getting better. It is changing. It is the right choice.
You are right.Republican candidates have no clear vision.They will increase debt instead of reducing and cutting down programs will increase chaos in society .They are getting extreme and will take USA two century behind
Consensus now is that FDR's policies extended the depression and brought on the current welfare society that productive people have to support.
LOL @ a Republican president not spending money and lowering the deficit. The past 30 years have showed it's quite the opposite.
The big difference is that we didn't have social programs when FDR became president, we had almost no national debt, and our deficits were negligible. Today, we're choking on social programs, our national debt is bigger than our GDP, and our deficit is already many times greater than what FDR implemented. FDR had a better country to work with.
One major difference is that Obama was handed an economy deeply in debt. This makes it harder to do deficit spend. But, the principle is the still there.
Roosevelt did not "spend" he invested. He built roads, dams and other infrastructure that ultimately paid back big time. Hoover dam is still pumping out power after 70+ years.
Building solar-thermal power plants in large numbers, for example. And there is a design that uses stored heat to generate power 24X7. Fixing roads, bridges, highways, water storage and delivery, sewer systems, internet upgrades and so on can create the jobs now to get America back to work now and provide the economic engine to pay for themselves for decades into the future.
And if you consider huge tax cuts spending, Bush was one of the biggest spenders in history. Using the surplus to pay down the debt would have stimulated the economy as much or more than the tax cuts did.
If you remember what the economy looked like less than 4 years ago, the fact that markets are growing, unemployment is falling and GDP is rising is nearly miraculous. The recovery is, however, uneven. Some sectors have recovered nearly 100% and other sectors are still struggling.
Obama wants to leverage the strength of sectors that are more fully recovered to help the people still lagging. The Republicans want to make the people who still struggling pay to help the people who are doing well.
4 more years!!
The money that government spent during Roosevelt's terms was spent on necessary things not things like building mosques in foreign countries and pork projects that help no one and massive government projects like Dept of Energy that are completely worthless. Also the money the government spent then was not borrowed from China. And Roosevelt did not introduce hundreds of anti-business regulations that regulate such things as the size of holes in swiss cheese or what kind of wood you can use in guitars.
I agree... but what do you mean bush didn't spend a lot money??? The wars were not free... and let's not talk forget about the big corporate subsidies!
Your beliefs do not resonate with many people. Mr Obama is incompetent and the economy is in a wretched state. He was fast tracked into the Presidency before being ready for the job. He should have spent 5-10 more years in the senate learning and maturing. It is time now to give someone else a chance.
unfortunately, Obama is going to win by a landslide. Blame the right wing nuts that think they're qualified to be President.
better go back to your history book jr. not this revisionist crap you have been taught. WW2 got us out of the great depression, not anything that fdr did can be proven to have done squat for the US economy. you remember all this crap this summer when we have $5 fuel, 10%+ unemployment, and a nuclear device in the hands of iran. our apoligist in chief has just insured a second great depression worse than the first. BUY SILVER, BUY GOLD, you will need it folks!!! btw cnn, you call THIS journalism? no wonder fox is killing you and BSnbc!!! OBAMANOS!!!
Travis,
In this country Socialism is always a bad thing. Socialism doesn't allow for individual freedom. The primary pillar on which our society is built. It took so long to come out of the great depression BECAUSE of the socialist policies of FDR. The Great Depression was worldwide, how come all other nations exited the great depression years before we did? The answer FDR and the predecessor to Keynsian economics.
I appreciate all the comments (good and bad). All I did was state my opinion and you all were kind enough to state your own opinions in a mature and kind manner. I respect everything you all say and will continue to have my views. We forget sometimes that we are lucky to be Americans. We can have opinions... we can have freedom. We are not held down and we can change any situation we come across. America is not going to perish. We will get through all this and we will be STRONGER than we were before. One thing I have to say though is that the divisions have to end. We need mutual respect on both sides. We need to respect Obama as well as the GOP candidates. There is no right answer to all of this. There are many different ways to achieve the goals we seek. In the mean time we must all be mature and respectful. The mud slinging on BOTH sides of the spectrum are soiling the good American name.
Clearly CNN.com had some extra space/pages today that needed filling.
Like cases where a monkey or chicken makes accurate predictions of Super Bowl winners/hit TV shows/you name it, the trend is accurate right up until the point it is not.
one thing has nothing to do with the other!!!
If hollywood picks a president by the film that wins the oscar then there is NO HOPE for the US. CNN and it's writers are just trying to control politics and I hope to God that people see it for what it is. VOTE in Nov. We have to get rid of the president we have now.
Americans should recognize what a great leader they have in Barack Obama. Get behind him and your great country will once again be strong economically and America will be respected throughout the world as he steers your country from one perpetually looking for an excuse to intervene militarily abroad to one more prepared to use diplomacy to solve problems. our wolrd is made up of people & leaders of different ideologies and a willingness to talk to them does not mean that Obama is weak but on the contrary he is a statesman, a rae quality in this dangerous time.
What has Obama's statesmanship accomplished? Iran is right on track to develop a nuke. Syria is freely killing its citizens. Obama intervened in Lybia, but it hasn't stabilized (nor is he doing anything to help it stabilize). We've pulled out of Iraq, but the Iraqis are now killing American freely.
People like Obama. People like a really nice rug. They're using him the same way they would use a nice rug. You don't really want to step on it too much, but, HEY!!!, it's just a rug.
Couple all of that with his failure of leadership on the economy and you don't have a great leader. Not by a longshot. He is full of talk, but no action. His saving grace in the upcoming elections is that he is guaranteed to run against a poor candidate. Romney is just more of the same, Santorum isn't well known enough or stable enough to be widely electable, Gingrich is incediary and unelectable, and Rob Paul won't get the nomination. Ugh. I wish we had another choice.
So what you're saying is that Obama is not a good president because he's not declaring war on all these countries? I guess you could call that a solution. But unfortunately, Bush tried that, and look what great success he had. I think you need to pull your head out of your a....
James, I agree with you for the most part..The issue is human nature and greed that is really causing our planet to sour...We need a great president in American but we also need Great Leaders in the rest of the world that care less about prestige and more about the future of human kind..Until that happens it does not matter who is president for one man cannot solve the problems of the concrete jungle... Obama is a great man! But where are the rest of the leaders to the North, South, East, West! Where are these leaders going to do more for our planet than their pockets...Bring it on...
Great rhetoric, but what has he accomplished with that leadership. The only thing you've pointed out is people like him and America more. That is not a leader. That is a cheerleader. He has helped the economy, but at a very anemic pace. He has given us a health care "fix" that is atrocious and effectively killed any hope of ever reaching single payer. He has run up the national debt further than all that came before him combined.
And you adore him for it. I'd be willing to bet the earlier poster is right. You must not be from America. The only ones I could see adoring him are those sitting back and watching while America implodes under him.
Beautifully said. Thank you.
You don't live in the US, do you?
You are nuts. I want my change back. He has screwed up everything. And still blames Bush are you kidding.
Wake up get ride of the CHANGE now. Our Mexican/Latino brothers all all of the others that you think are going to vote for him again is not going to happen. If a tree gets the vote for the republican party I will take a branch. We are going backwards and the bias CNN and most others networks are that are brain washing you and everyone else on who they should vote for are wrong. Our military needs to be stronger not smaller. Take care of our vets and our education programs, we have had enough cuts.
Happy Voting....................
We need all new/ Change again. As far as that goes everyone in office should get re-voted on ths election. I would be willing to bet most of them would not win again.
Get behind Obama and back his ideas and we will become a second world country before his four years are up.
I see CNN is now getting deep into hard news reporting. This is one of there better researched articles.
President Obama won the 2012 election thanks to the Bush Administration, nothing more. The United States invaded a sovereign nation based on falsified intelligence reports that were created, in part, by Dick Cheney and the CIA, promising WMD's would be found in Iraq. The United States spent almost two trillion dollars on a war that was created for George's father, as a way of getting even with Saddam. Then the Bush Administration deregulated Wall Street and the Banking Industry. Alan Greenspan told America's Seniors to mortgage their homes, using their equity to boost the economy. When the crash came in September 2008, George Bush pulled a colossal scam, scaring the American Public into a belief that that Wall Street was about to crash. Secretary of the Treasury Paulson convinced Congress that Wall Street needed $700 Billion Dollars, with $350 Billion going to his old friends at AIG and Goldman Sachs. Congress actually gave Paulson immunity from future prosecution. I stopped voting Republican in 2008, and I am not a Super PAC, just an American who spends every day speaking to other Americans. We are going to take back the House and keep control of the Senate. The Republican Party is focused on the extreme right wing of the party and the 1% Club. Trust me, the Tea Party cannot pull the same scare tactics on the Elderly that they pulled in 2010. The Elderly, the Middle Class, the Poor, the Hispanics and Latinos are going to come in droves for the Landslide of 2012. We the People are going to vote in 2012.
Wow. . . I lost my breath laughing at that one! LOL
Every word is true.
Well he's got my vote!!
I can't believe this story has taken up virtual space.
Well they aren't allowed to report on the good stuff except with lies, so I guess that leaves this stuff. Poor us.
I am watching from north of the border.... stop hating on each other so badly. It is unproductive and will keep one of the most important countries' in the world perpetually stalled. No Leader, no party is perfect. The only reasonable solution is some form of bi-partisan success.... of course that must be my own Canadian Liberal Agenda. 🙂
Don't worry SC, many of us Americans (most I think) feel the same way as you. We're not as loud as the loud mouths, but we're here 🙂
We have enough back stabbing liberals already. No thanks.
Well said sir. Thanks for a sensible perspective.
Yes SC, you must think your neighboring country is full of nutjobs! We democratically elected not only a man to become our President and Commander in Chief but the Leader of the Free World, one that was celebrated worldwide and then spends the next 4 years being villified and denigrated at every turn by the opposition. It truly is a sad state of affairs as Barack Obama in one that sees the full picture and is trying to move the US into the 21st Century but there are so many backwards people in this country (thanks to the dumbing down by the Repubs) that we may never get there.
This is the right direction for our country? Is it the skyrocketing national debt, the long-term unemployment numbers , the record numbers of people on food stamps (sorry, the SNAP program), complete unwillingness to tap our own natural resources, thus keeping us dependent on foreign oil, or something else that has given you that belief?
Ellis, yes he is heading us in the right direction but it's going to take much more time and absolutely some cooperation from Congress. President Obama wanted to make drastic cuts during the last debt ceiling debate but it was Congress that didn't do it. CONGRESS is the problem – not President Obama.
Meant to say Walter kronkite and Ted koppel
Erin, who gave this producer a job for writing the most idiotic pathetic article of all time. The world knows that CNN is a pro Obama affiliate but to write something like this, is a joke. Report on some the dumb things Obama has done in office such as blank checks to the banks with no help for homeowners, more people on welfare now than ever, more jobs crossing borders into china and India and protecting people who hire illegals and paying cash to hide their mis steps. Ghats reporting not this idiotic article. This article is a slap on the face of the greats such as Walter Leo kite and Ted Koppel. Cnn quit being pro Obama and or once report all angles.
The left can't seem to help themselves. It's a mental disorder. They will follow the Pied Piper over a cliff, and take the rest of us with them.
Um, that was Bush who wrote the blank check to the banks with no help for the homeowners. At least get your facts straight.
I would like to know where you are getting your facts. Do you make them up like most republicans?
what? huh? this has to be the dumbest article I have read..
Can something useful be posted on this site? If he will win not because of Oscars but because of the Morons who will vote for him.
Like how the morons voted the dumber bush twice & led the country bankrupt?
I'm with you. Can't believe CNN is perpetrating such stupid theories and publishes it as journalism.
This might be one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read on CNN.Com.
I don't know about the rest of you... but I am fairly sick of some media hack telling me who is going to win. How about the media stops trying to affect the outcome? Let the people vote! It is time for change and a time to inform politicians that pretending to serve while using the public for personal gain and advantage needs to end. Media, one last thought: Report news, stop trying to make it!
For heavens sake, lighten up. This is a light hearted article pointing out an interesting statistical coincidence. If you believe that this is cast in stone I have a bridge to sell you and your competency as a franchised adult is open to debate!
Hokem. It's a coincidence. Obama will win because the Conservative candidates are too far from the middle.
How I wish it were true, but this is just silly haha pure coincidence. pretty interesting tho!
It's not a theory. It's just an observation. Pointing out a possible relationship between two variables isn't a theory. When you provide an explanation for that relationship, then you're theorizing.
Amen, why cant folks think and discuss anymore? I know, rational folks don't reply to or comment on cnn articles. Point well taken.
Why did you respond?
You are so right..maybe she was pointing out the mindset country..Gop presidents get us riled up for wars and Dem presidents gets us riled up about country
Thanks for the grin. This is like a parlor game....fun, interesting, and not at all harmful. 🙂
and one sided CNN mucis flow....
What's a "mucis?"
MUCIS = Mormons Uniting Completely Instills Stupidity
What a bunch of meaningless drivel. I don't care who wins the presidency, as long as Christopher Moloney isn't allowed to write any more articles on cnn.com.
+1. Tease of a headline and way too many words to get to a stupid punchline.
Thanks, Dad.
This seems as good of a reason as any to just cancel the GOP clown show for this round. Think of the time and effort saved if these buffoons would go and get real jobs.
Amen!!!
Lord of the rings helped Bush win? Ahh man...
Frodo was wrong.
Bush had the ring.
Too Mordor we will take you.
You know what? It was just fun to read. A bit of fluff. Whatever. Most of you are making a federal case out of it....
fun to read? It was a stoopid article.
Some people need to lighten up.
So a film that had nothing to say is the basis that a president who has nothing to say will win reelection? Come to think of it, I wish Obama was a silent, albeit, horror film. The damage he has done and is doing should not be vocalized, it is painful enough living it.
What damage?
I do so enjoy these non-specific posts that insinuate something but never have any actual facts to back them up.
They never do, OY,
they never do.
Just rant and rave and sound like harping children.
Yes, because of him Osama is dead. That is a lot of damage.
This article makes no logical sense.
OK Mister Spock.
The only thing that clinched Obama's up coming victory are the backwards neanderthal republican corporate poster boys who are trying to confuse uneducated America into thinking "family values" is an actual issue.
Statistically this is balony, even if it appears to make sense otherwise (which it doesn't). You need a much larger sample of numbers. This is like those stupid Superbowl statistics. After about 100 more presidential elections (and Superbowls), let's revisit.
Come on now–How could that ever happen–Those people have no influence on anything political. Anyone who believes that they do is just plain dumb–Or swallowing Obama insane rhetoric–
People on here are so ridiculous. Who looks up to their government to take care of them anyway? Losers. Obama clearly has a better grasp of what's goin on tha n 3/4 of the GOP field. Ron Paul being the exception. Mitt Romney? Really???? He couldn't beat John MCcain last election. John McCain couldn't beat Bushin 2000!!!!!!!!! Rick Sanitation??? Really??? Newt???? lolol The people who actually buy into politics are jokes themselves. You better go get yourself a lucrative business. Loser bloggers i swear.
No doubt that Obama will win – he has not even started his $ 1 Billion Dollar media Campaign yet – – but the Oscars prove that RICH artists can create "Loan Corporations" and pay only 20% TAX – and the President LOVES it – while he cries about people paying only 17% "double tax" on previously taxed earnings – and he wants to DOUBLE their taxes – – I say "Loan Corporations" for ALL ! ! Not just for the Hollywood Types who LOVE Obama – –
Christopher Moloney...more like Christopher Baloney. Or should it be Bologna? This writer is a joke.
Ron [Jeremy] for 2012
a failing america over three years without a real president has left speculators free to push up oil prices whenever they please now that obama's failed presidency is ending they are looking to cash in while they can
Your post show that you know absolutely nothing about politics or oil markets. I suspect that these are just two of the many areas about which you know nothing.
Because there's never been speculation under any other president right?
what the heck are you talking about??? Are you so slow that you forgot what gas prices were like in 2008 when your savior was still in office??? Remember, the one that walked hand in hand with a Saudi prince and is friends with the Bin Laden??? He might have been a good old american but you could see where his loyalties were
Bravo Annie! What makes me laugh is how the Repubs are all now whining about the gas prices... that it's Obama's fault. However, when they went to $4 under Bush it had nothing to do with him. Does anyone think it's just coincidence that gas prices under Obama for the first two years remained around $2+ but ever since the Repubs took over the House they have been climbing ever since?
This is from T. Boone Pickens who owns BP:
The worry over increasing fuel prices in the United States rests in part on a lack of understanding of the energy market. Energy prices in America are by far the cheapest in the world, with Europeans paying more than double to fuel their cars and with natural gas costing four or five times as much in Europe and China.
Promises of much lower fuel prices are a fantasy, Pickens said, since the world's demand for oil is roughly equal to the amount that is being produced.
Pickens said the media should challenge GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on his claim that if elected he can lower gasoline prices to $2.50 a gallon.
"You've got Donald Trump saying don't pay OPEC $100 for the oil. Just tell 'em you'll give them $50.
"Really? I go into Trump's hotel, it's $1,000 for a suite and I say I'm not going to give you that, I'll give you $200. I'm on the street looking for another place to sleep. You can't tell 'em I'll give you $50 when the world market is $100. It just doesn't work that way."
Yup, the minit Obama took office, Gas prices went from $2:00 a gallon
to $5:00 a gallon.
Its his plan to destroy America.
Dont forget, he also eats children.
What a load of hooey. I can't believe they actually let this story on. Maybe CNN needs to start drug testing all their employees, from Ted Turner on down.
** What a load of hooey........
And yet, you not only clicked on the story and read it,
but you couldnt resist posting a comment.
How silly of you.
I am looking for the 30 seconds I used on Leap Day back for schimminng through this foolishness
Actually, the soaring economy has already locked in the election for Obama. I just filled up my tank for $1.50 per gallon on my way home from work today, where I just received a 20% bonus and a 15% raise – my third since January. The value of my house has more than doubled in the last month and I've got money coming out of my ears. Thanks to Obama, we're all rolling in the dough!
Not sure if trolling... or, yeah definitely trolling.
Ah hilarious. Be careful though, sometimes liberals will take obvious sarcasm on the internet as factual info and repeat it to push their agenda 🙂
There is that word again 'agenda' what is it with the GOP and the word agenda? it's the communist agenda, the socialist agenda the liberal elite agenda.... bla bla bla how come everytime someone disagrees or comes up with actual facts then it's considered a liberal agenda? there is no liberal agenda or vast conspiracy. The GOP is just wrong on many issues & they get called out on them by those who are paying attention. Trust me there is no hidden agenda. the GOP just sucks & alot of people are not buying into thier crap anymore.
/sarcasm
Bite me – any mistakes in that one?
Works for me Anne.
Funny they can dish it out, but they cant take it.
Yeah vote for Romney or whoever else is there come november and see how much better you fare if they win, you stupid idiot! (look a whole sentence without sacarsm, you should try it once in a while)
name calling...mature. was that sarcastic enough?
I couldn't agree with you more! When do people stop blaming Bush and when does this excuse of a president take responsibility for the mess?
Why would he take responsibility for the mess when things are getting better and better every day? If anything he has taken responsibility for the clean up of the mess caused by the republicans.
But it's true. It's George Bush's fault.
Yup, i crashed the car, but i gave you the keys,
so it must be your fault.
Do Republicans ever own up to thier mistakes ?
Nope.
You mean the mess that he's been cleaning up over the last 3 years? He took the ultimate responsibility by becoming President and taking on the challenge. Give it up with the blaming Bush stuff...it's getting old. The rational people in this country know where the mess came from and who is getting us out of it.
Or, the Hollywood angle could be the millions they will donate to the Obama Super PAC that will be the largest in history even though Obama railed against them until a few weeks ago as destroying the integrity of the system. Luckily saying one thing and doing another is a Hollywood staple.
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
With the Koch brothers injecting billions of dollars into other campaigns, Pres. Obama doesn't stand a chance if he stands on principle.
Its called a level playing field.
You have to play with the rules that you have.
Ah yes...to add insult to injury...my previous comment has been placed in purgatory – also known as moderation...because I dared to put this ridiculous news organization in a bad light – in the tank for the Democrats & squelching opposing view points that CONTAINED NO CURSE WORDS...
kind of funny that the comment you complain didn't get approved by CNN is right below the comment where you state that CNN is biased!!!
Once again, CNN proves that they are in the tank for the Democrats – no such thing as unbiased in this joint. They think by throwing George W.'s name in the mix, it will make this ridiculous story legitimate. Trust me – if a Republican was occupying the White House, this story woudl have been a non-starter. Keep it up CNN – with each passing day, you become more & more irrelevant.
yes i agree this article is about as pathetic as the GOP candidates.
I like the article better.
Irrelavant Patrick... Irrelevant as in Sarah Palin, Donald Trump and let us not forget that now non-existent Michelle Bachman. These as well as the rest of the Fox Snooze Network is about as irrelevant as Paris Hilton.
But you don't mind Faux News being in the tank for the Republicans? At any rate, CNN is NOT pro-Obama as neither are any of the other news stations as everything is always doom & gloom. When there is good news reported however, the Obama haters don't believe it so the President is ALWAYS in a no win situation.
I did not realize that "dumb and dumber" came out in 2007.
interesting.
This has to be (hands down) one of the THE most idiotic articles I have ever read ...
Then maybe you should have not read it.
Duh.
If the oscars have anything to do with government elections that is probably a good indicator of where the problems start
This is just like how every time the redskins win the last game b4 the election, the party in power retains power and when they lose, the party loses power. just a remarkbale streak to point out, but nothing to get mad about or accuse of bias
I'm not sure why this was even considered for publication. What a waste of time.
What a waste of time reading your post.
Whatever gets Obama a second term, I'll be happy with that.
The articles this paper prints, and the ones it doesn't, should be an embarrassment to anyone that works here. Except Bill Maher, CNN seems to be in love with the guy, like he matters. What's a warped, socialist, self righteous moron got to do with the elections, and why do you print anything he says. Are you a news site, or a comedy club?
I agree, who is bill mahar? I guess anyone can get in the news if they say the right thing, must be liberal, must live in the past. This guy is still whinning about G Bush. This guy just hates middle America, gun owners and conservative people. If this guy is for Obama, that's enough to make me vote for anyone else. Keep him off the air. There has to be better things to write about,or listen to. YOU REALY CAN DO BETTER!!!!
Oh! Socialist! That's a word that's not thrown around nearly enough by people who have no idea what it means.
I have an old turtle. When it comes out and decides it is spring time early – the DEM's Win. When he sleeps in 3 more weeks the GOP Win.
REALLY ? Did I have you going....makes about as much sense as this article.
Go Turtle – Go...
I'm going to start writing down all of these absolutely moronic headlines that CNN puts up, and eventually (depending on copyright law) release a book of them. One at a time, you don't quite realize that CNN must have a drunk 7 year old writing their headlines, but all in a row there's no other conclusion to draw.
A drunk 7 year old... that's so awesome! What's funny, is that it's probably true!
Best. Line. Ever.
If you are going to do that, then I am going to invest in paper.
your arms gonna fall off.
Obama/Biden 2012
Clinton/Warren 2016
Hey genius ... Warren is his FIRST name. I think you mean Clinton/Buffet ...
I hope you are joking and understand (I hope and believe) that person means Elizabeth Warren
Ron 2012
Rand 2016
Adults can believe in fairy tales, but they still aren't true
A vote for Ron Paul = a vote for republicans
Elizabeth Warren, genuis..
It's called push polling, MSNDNC, and CNNDNC will be doing a lot of this. It won't work, but at least it should remove any doubt that journalism died in 2008.
My guess is that both CNN and MSNBC are way more non-partisan and "fair and balanced" than you are.
Nobody seems to care about the artical just stupid comments about the president. Could be expect any more from our republican clowns Obama 2012
clueless
What's more entertaining is that you can't spell "article"... please get an education and master spelling before posting.
Calm down, one typo doesn't make someone stupid. An overarching generalization and judgment is another story.
There were actually 2 misspellings. The entire post is lacking even basic punctuation. K02's post is to comment boards what Obama's first term has been to our country: a hot mess.
Yeah, because we all know this mess had nothing to do with W. I love how facts never really hold any bearing whatsoever on the GOP and the fools who follow
Spelling Nazi.
Do you feel better ?
I am pretty sure that stupid people fall on both sides of the party divide. Lets face it, the nation is quickly filling up with adhd infused r-tards. Political commentary such as this has been cheapened to an entertainment piece
What a stupid article.
You're too kind...
Jello Biafra.
The power of Lard.
Luckily I only scanned and did not waste my time reading this entire pointless and stupid article.
But you had to waste our time with your reply.
Does CNN know no bounds? One could invoke a correlation between those who believe in the giant spaghetti monster and the likelihood of Obama's re-election. There's an election year January stock market trend that predicts the opposite: Obama will lose in a landslide. Are any of us really to believe this garbage? Shame on CNN for publishing this drivel.
did you know that the candidate with the shorter fingernail length on April Fools Day before election day often predicts the winner? It's correct almost 51% of the time.
Obama will lose in a landslide.
Are any of us really to believe this garbage?
During the Democratic primaries everyone I knew was saying it would be terrible for the Democrats if they were to get elected because the economy was crap and was only going to get worse. Did the people here not pay attention during the last days of Bush? Were you all so unaware of how bad things were that the current economic situation is surprising to you? Or is this just politics, an attempt to create a plausible narrative without regard to actuality?
Great point. Bush created a mess and washed his hands. Obama gets all the blame.
you know how we tend to forget how it was b4 President Obama took over. we just went thru 8 yrs of the Cheney admin (bush was a puppet no way he called the shots he is to stupid) got in 2 wars we didnt pay for and a tax cut for the rich that we didnt pay for.well rich ppl u still have your tax cut u suppose to be these "job providers" well??? oh yea us 99% live way to good of a life so u cut everything from our salary to benifits to even our ability to bargan for a fair wage by stripping unions power oh but this is all for the good right. BS repigs. look at your canadates THEY R COMPLETE JOKES. One logical choice President Obama 4 more yrs re elect him in 2012. period.
you know why do you want to destroy the country? 8 years of busch/chenney was horrible and obama has made it worse, why do you want us all to suffer more? you SUCK... also, keep in mind that Obama did NOT win by a landslide, he barely won (less than 5%) I just can't understand why you people want unemployment and lack of hope in EVERYTHING.... that's not an endorsement for anyone but come on.. Obama is NOT doing a good job.
Finally, this artcle SUCKS too.. how in the hell is this woman drawing a pay check for writing this crap? She's a complete tool/moron..
No Julie you SUCK. if you put down the meth pipe for a bit and get sober for a while u will understand that President Obama spent the first term of his Presidentcy cleaning up the mess Bush made. and your meth out azz wants to put another repig in the white house so they can finish the job bankrupting this country. YOUR canadates would have let the auto industry fail and put thousands more out of work YOUR CANDATES would have let the banks fail and sent this country into a financial hole that we would NEVER in our lifetime dig out of. the choice is simple. put the repigs back in so they can finish the job of robbing the middle class and poor or re elect PRESIDENT OBAMA and give him a congress that he can work with but this time when we do this congress GET SOME STUFF DONE. Oh and Julie go back to sucking on a meth pipe.
wrong, you're wrong obama has made what busch did worse.. I am working person and you're one of those people who just want to see something that is not there... i went through the unemployment and when i did get back to work had to settle for a job making way less money while the cost of EVERYTHING has gone up.. you are just wrong.. this has nothing to do with anything but that Obama is NOT doing a good job, he is continuing bad policy after bad policy, he has cleaned up NOTHING.. we are in debt so heavily to China we cannot get out yet he wants to continue to spend money.. where is the 2nd and 3rd stimulous adn the "Shovel Ready" jobs he promised (and that we have now paid for 3 times.. we have paid for shovel ready jobs 3 times dear Sir!! and that is a fact.. where are they?) speak about facts he's just ill equipt to do this job and should NOT be allowed to continue.. if you did you're job like this guy you'd be fired all of us would wake up and get your head out of your "azz" (funny... NOT)
4 MORE YRS OF OBAMA!!!, if Julie NC needs to put down her meth pipe, then YOU need to stop ingesting your crack. It's messing up your brain!
Just like YOUR president and Michelle, you sound like an angry Black man. I suggest you show a little more respect; a little more tact for other posters.
Obama along with his cronies have done is made the country worse.
Brought us more into debt than we have ever been.
You like all the other people probably voted for him for one of 2 reasons:
– only because he was Black.
– believed the Hollywood script he read.
And if all you people here that say Obama is making things worse think that one of these Repub candidates will make it better than you're smoking something much stronger!! Why in the world would anyone want the same people back in charge that started the mess in the first place? What did you all expect from Obama – he's one man that has no help from his Congress trying to steer the ship in the right direction and he is doing that. It may not be as quickly as most would like but the mess he's had to clean up was enormous. He has not made things worse as there are many indicators that say otherwise. Jobs have been going overseas for years and he is trying to provide incentives for them to move back here which they are starting to. Do you ever watch ABC news and their reports on the companies that are moving jobs back to the good ole' USA?
1. The country was LOSING 750,000 jobs PER MONTH when the last Republican president left office.
2. The country has been ADDING 100,000 PER MONTH for the last 2 years. Over 2.5 million jobs have been added in the last 2 years. Check the Bureau of Labor Statistics if you don't buy it.
3. GDP was SHRINKING by an astonishing 8.9% when last Republican president left office.
4. GDP has been INCREASING for the last 9 quarters.
5. Osama bin Laden was still drawing breath when the last Republican president left office. He has a new address now. It's not quite as sunny as his compound in Pakistan.
6. Moammar Gadhafi was still drawing breath when the last Republican president left office. He's history now – for less than 1/1000th of the cost of the Iraq war and with ZERO AMERICAN CASUALTIES.
7. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars were still in full swing when the last Republican president left office.
8. 4500 American lives nearly a trillion dollars later, the justifiably unpopular war in Iraq is over. The end of the war in Afghanistan is also on the horizon – 10,000 troops came home in 2011 and about 25,000 will come home before summer's end, 2012. All American troops will be out by the end of 2014.
9. When the last Republican president left office, insurance companies were still free to drop people when they got sick or deny coverage to kids with asthma (a "preexisting condition"). Medical bills were the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in America and Republicans hadn't lifted a finger to change this.
10. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies will no longer be allowed to drop people or deny coverage on technicalities. Personal bankruptcies due to medical bills will decline dramatically in the coming years (since most of them are due to insurance company chicanery or lack of insurance).
Lowest Unemployment in over 3 years, 23 months of private sector job growth, Dow up 60% since bush, Bin Laden dead, Troops out of Iraq. 2.4 million more with health ins., seniors saving millions on drugs, and record deportations.
Yeah, he's doing a terrible job.
Rex Raptor has it right. Do you guys know how bad it was when GWB left office? 2 unpaid for wars, Financial sector and wall street meltdown. We were clearly headed for a Great Depression. Economists recommended we spend 3 times as much as was spent to head off the depression and hold it to a recession. The blocking (by congress) of other stimulus plans and everything else is why the recovery is so miserable. Obama with his stimulus and his car industry bailouts (and Bush on the financial bailouts) did it. Yes Obama saved major American industries like the auto industry and our World dominating financial sector. He stopped things from becoming unimaginably horrible. He also signed key healthcare legislation, Equal pay legislation, Consumer protections and killed Osama Bin Laden and along the way figured out how to accomplish America's military objectives with minimum expense and minimum American Casulaties (see Khadafi). Do you really think Romney or Santorum would do better? Or are you so blinded by personal dislike for our president that you can't give him the same credit you would give Romney if he was president and had done the same things?
Excellent points Rex.
What has everyone else accomplished in the last 3.5 years.
Obama/Biden 2012
But don't you know Rex, Obama haters don't want to know facts. They think everything you listed is either lies or just doesn't amount to anything. So sad!
Julie: In 2008, Obama won the popular vote by over 7 points. He received 365 electoral votes, nearly 70% of the total. Maybe not a "landslide" victory in the conventional sense, but it was one of the strongest and most convincing victories since George H.W. Bush in 1988.
By the way, everyone else commenting on this post (both the pro- and anti-Obama people) are barely coherent and should probably stick to talking about things they actually understand (i.e., not the pros and cons of a president).
And who the hell is President BusCh?
Your choice of words here are so intellegent.
UGH
Every economic indicator has been trending up since Obama took over for Bush. The stock market just topped out over 13,000 for the first time since '08 and unemployment is dropping faster than expected now. I would really like you to explain worse because it doesn't seem like you have a clue what's really really going on. You are merely parroting a talking point that you want to believe.
you know why do you want to destroy the country?
8 years of busch/chenney was horrible and obama has made it BETTER.
There sure is a lot of hate in your words and your statements. You should try to actually have a non-name calling discussion with an opposing group if you want them to be in agreement or if you want them to help your cause. If you don't work in a constructive way, it ends up taking a lot more time and a lot more effort for you to get your ideals to become reality. Try it...you might be surprised and you also wouldn't appear to need blood pressure medication.
Let me guess, I pay for your welfare, I pay for your healthcare, I pay for your kids to go to school, I pay for the roof over your head, and your probably in the 50% who pay no taxes. No wonder you want Obama back for four more years.
And if Romney gets elected you will still be doing all that stuff, so what's your point? You want the poor to balance the budget while the rich in this country get a free ride. Do you realize how obsurd that sounds? The country is ni debt so we want the people who are already in debt to help bail us out while people who have tons of money get a break. The GOP has some crazy logic.
Everyone pays taxes, including federal taxes (social security, medicare/medicaid). Not everyone pays income taxes because... wait for it... they don't earn a high enough income.
Nope.
We pay for our own.
Try again.
FLIndependent, just one quick/simple/straight question. Please enlighten me. In your book, isn't a hater exactly the same as a racist. Just asking!
We should not monopolize this means. I think it's unfair to other posters. Therefore I will no longer be responding.
However, you may want to admit (consider?) that you and I are closer than when we started this exchange. At least, I opine that way. We still disagree, but I thought it was still a HEALTHY chat.
Jerry, you confuse me. I'm sure if I look up the words "hater" and "racist" in the dictionary I would get different definitions. I'll concede that if one is racist then they do "hate", however I did not call you a racist and wasn't inferring that when I said you were an Obama hater. Maybe I was wrong about that but all I see from your post is complaints about the President so I don't think I'm far off.
Erin, if that is how you base your vote your registration card needs to be revoked
Now I know where he got the notion that he has 5 more years, as the President said, who needs election.
When he gets re-elected, he will begin his term in 2013 and that will last until 2019 (January 20, 2013 to January 19, 2017.) That's 4 years. This is only February 2012 so he still has just under 11 months to go on this term. I think it's safe to round that up to 1 year. 4 + 1 = 5. That's how he has 5 years. Think smarter, not harder.
OBAMA 2012! OBAMA 2012!! He will WIN! 😀
You are probably right, and what a shame
I really hate to say it but he probably will win.
Only because his reelection has been bought and paid for again.
Not because he did a good job
George Saros bought the election the 1st time and put Obama in the White House.
4 more years of misery.
The Koch brother have pledged 100 million to the GOP to try to get Obama out of Office. Soros hasn't donated 1/10 of that amount to Obama. Fox "news" and the GOP hacks have turned Soros into the GOP boogeyman. Too bad he doesn't have as much pull as they think.
Bought and paid for? No, honey, the GOP candidates are just THAT BAD.
Take an honest look at what the economy was like before President Obama gained office and look at it now. Unemployment is down, hiring and manufacturing are up. So-called Obamacare is helping seniors save money.
He will be re-elected b/c he deserves it, but you are too biased to admit it.
Isnt this what Romney & Santorum are trying to do ?
Buy the white house ?
I guess its ok if they do it because they are republicans right ?
OBAMA WILL WIN BY DEFAULT!!! The repig canadates are just that lipstick on a pig and sarah palin the head repig isnt running
Tell me, what's it like to be a liberal, i.e., to be someone who hates America? I always wanted to know.
What a waste of an article.
The most important message you’ll ever read: For us to get to go to heaven (and be made right with God), we must simply place our faith (belief/trust) in that Jesus Christ died for our sins (wrongs against God), was buried, and came back to life the third day after His crucifixion, thus making Jesus our Savior (the One Who paid for our sins) and Lord (equal to God because He was sinless). If we have true faith, we will let Christ be Lord of our life (thus telling us how we shall live) instead of us deciding how we’ll live without regards to God’s will as we used to live.
Does your imaginary friend play checkers with you when you are lonely too?
You allow an invisible friend to tell you how to live? That's sad.
Allways some whackjob that has to bring religion into everything.
What a waste of time, space, and computer memory. CNN, how about vetting your articles a bit more closely, and making sure they actually discuss something at all intelligent?
How about, you dont read it, Huh ?
I don't think this article is that big a deal. It's just a farcical sort of thing, having a little fun with a strange coincidence.
Yeah. Too much time. Means nothing. Nevertheless – Obama in 2012.
Get off your Daddy's computer, stupid liberal.
Gee Joe... that's a pretty profound statement. What a mind you have. Ever consider running for office?
Nice, Joe. Real nice. Child.
Classy reply, Joe. Resorting to insults already. Your response is a great indicator of which side is responsible for the lack of civility in the country today.
Joe, what's really bothering you? The fact that the country is on the rebound and people are really starting to feel hopeful again. Maybe you're upset that Osama Bin Laden is dead and it was President Obama who did it. Or maybe you're looking at the current lunatics running the Republican Party and you're wondering when sanity will return to the right side of the stream. Anyway, Joe; there are medications for that. And since President Obama has a health plan that means even mentally challenged agry troglodytes like you have coverage, go and get yourself a prescription!!! OBAMA 2012!!!!!!!!!
Get off your Daddy's computer, stupid REPUBLICAN.
I can play too.
This article is about post hoc fallacy. People reason like this all of the time. Consider this one: "Obama took over in 2009 and the national debt has increased 5 trillion since then. Therefore, Obama caused the debt increase." This is clearly flawed reasoning, as most of the debt increase in recent years is not attributable to President Obama (for details, see http://www(dot)washingtonpost(dot)com/business/economy/adding-to-the-deficit-bush-vs-obama/2012/01/31/gIQAQ0kFgQ_graphic(dot)html)
The fact that event B follows event A does not imply that event A caused event B. Any article that reminds people of this basic fact is a good article.
This really is the most asinine article I have ever had the misfortune of reading. You should be ashamed of yourself, Chris. I mean, even as a completely tongue in cheek article...
WHO
CARES
Evidently you cared .. You replied to it lol
Crap, you got me
I am now in a deep sleep. Thanks.
If America allows the Hollywood elites/junkies/fat slobs (Michael Moore, ring a bell) to dictate who our next president should be; we are in more trouble than I thought. We are bombarded every day my the mainstream media about the job that the Obama administration is doing. Really?! There is REALLY no real story to tell! That is why the Democratic party resorts to denigrating anyone that disagrees with the president; Republican and/or Democrat, white, Black or Latino.
If America re-lects this wannabe performer/clueless president for four more years, we are doomed. We will allow him to continue the destruction of the America we love so much. And of course, then we deserve what we receive in return.
I DO HAVE more faith in America and Americans, though. Come November 2012, America, exercise your vote as wisely as possible.
Don't start talking about who's fat unless you want to bring Chris Christie into the conversation. Fine, you don't like Michael Moore and his viewpoints. His obesity really has NOTHING to do with his politics, just like Christie... wouldn't you agree? (Although, BOTH of them would be less of a burden on the American health care system if they took better care of themselves and lost
... their excess weight.
Hey Mike, you may be pleasantly surprised; but I agree with you. Where we may disagree is how Michael Moore always manipulates the situation to his advantage ($$$) and his political leanings.
I will not be starting a postings war with you or anyone else, for that matter. This is America and thank GOD we are free to opine as we please.
However, I am serious. I liked your response.
Thanks a bunch...
Jerry, I've ready many of your posts and you are just a hater. Please enlighten us as to how President Obama is ruining our country. Were you living in a hole during the Bush years? I just don't understand people like you that can't see beyond your pure hatred and look at the big picture to see that this president is trying to create the foundation that will move our country into the 21st century which is ten years behind the curve. Why do you want China, Russia and the other dominating countries to show us up? President Obama is working hard for all of us but you just won't see this. If the Republicans take over again in 2012 we will go right back to the messes we were in prior to Obama. Please put your hatred aside for once and see the light.
FLIndependent, YOU ARE A REAL BIG JOKE!!! Like I stated before, as soon as someone (be it Democrat, Republican, White, Black or Latino) does not agree with the current president or his spiked Koo-Aid drinkers; we are all branded racists. If that is that is the only way you can defend this administration; then I guess I AM A RACIST. However, that fallback is starting to wear thin. You and your ILK may want to come up with something new (more recent/meaningful?!).
In case you are able to stomach it' believe it or not; I am life-long Democrat who just happens to disagree with YOUR president.
¡Hasta la vista!
Wow Jerry, not once did I call you a racist (maybe it's your guilty conscience speaking). But, you've proven my point as you read things in my post that weren't there and that is just how you and other Obama haters see the world!
Um...Jerry, unless you live outside of the United States of America and you have renounced your citizenship, President Obama is YOUR president too. You don't have to like him, but please respect the office. I for one thought that Bush was a buffoon, but I still respect the office of the president. OBAMA 2012!!!!!
Doom and gloom,
its the end of the world.There is a liberal democrat black man in the white house
we are all going to die,
Boo hooo
poor me.
Nice liberal article.
Right Joe... them "lib-ruls" are the entire cause of the entire mess. Sure, pal.
I will take a liberal everyday of the week,
and twice on Sundays.
May sanity rule.
Oh, brother, pop analysis. Isn't this grand. However, there is a Hollywood connection with Obama; most of Hollywood is liberal, so they're going to keep ponying up the big bucks for his reelection campaign. Now, that would be news, to know just how much Obama and Hollywood have each other in their back pockets.
And you call yourself a journalist? Don't you have anything better to write about? What a shame!! t This is the worst president ever....and you write garbage like this, when so many people are hurting.
Nope. Worst president ever is the one who got us into this mess. Do a little research and you'll find that nearly every non-partisan economist in the western world generally supports Obama's stimulus policies. Look at Europe – where they are practicing "austerity" yet their economies are shrinking. The US economy is actually growing.
joebloggs, please dont believe the hype. We are headed for Greece if we dont cut up the credit cards. Our president is spending like a sailor in a you-know-what house
George Bush spent like a drunken sailor for eight years.
I never heard a peep from any of you supporters then.
You are pretty good at deflecting the blame.
I know it is silly to some of the Republicans in here. But Obama has been very good for this country. The Bush Bubble burst and everything was hemorrhaging when Bush left. The jobs were going, the banks were failing and the housing market had just about flatlined. Now the banks are savant, the housing market is picking back up and the jobs are coming back. You may not like Obama but at least respect him.
I'm SO tired of all the "it's Bush's fault" rhetoric that keeps spewing from the left. I mean serioulsy...YOUR president has more than quadrupled the national debt and yet you STILL blame the last administration for the country's problems. That position is so used up and ignorant that I am literally growing sick to my stomach any time one of you morons regurgitates that same old crap. Please, please, PLEASE respond to me with a list of Obama's successes. Provide us all with a list of things he has ACTUALLY accomplished before you spew out another word about it being "Bush's fault". Take some ownership of who you support and supply facts...not rhetoric designed to draw away from Obama's REAL record of failure.
Let's see, the unemployment was on a steady up-climb since May of o7 yes it did climb higher after Obama took office but it is now back at the rate it was in Feb. 09. The housing market burst which we all knew it would, but home sales are starting to rise. Oh yeah Obama is the one that actually got Osama, and has done more to bring down Al-Qaeda that Bush ever thought about. See Obama actually understands that Afghanistan is where Al-Qaeda is based not in Iraq.
*** YOUR president has more than quadrupled the national debt and yet you STILL blame the last administration ....
Bush started two wars on a credit card.
When Obama put Bush's wars back on the books
you blamed Obama for it.
You Republicans really are stupid.
You may think that the job and housing market is coming back, and Im sure that is what you will now be told over the next year. However, it is not, and as a country we are in trouble. We are cutting the wrong programs, fighting wars and invading places for no reason except for our own paranoid thoughts, and we are mindlessly supporting politicians that do not know or care that we exist.
Having said that, I don't think that a Republican or Democrat can fix these issues. It would take a person that understands the average struggles, and the day to day grind of the American person. That candidate will be neither Romney or Obama. They do not care about you, or myself. Choosing to be a Dem or Repub is basically saying that you cannot think for yourself, the 2 party system is simply outdated and broken.
*** fighting wars and invading places for no reason except for our own paranoid thoughts.....
Afghanistan (Bush Invaded)
Iraq (Bush invaded)
Please inform me what countries Obama has invaded ?
I must have missed the news that day.
Obama has been very good for specific causes. For instance the prisoners at Gitmo will be getting a 750K soccer field while the military keeps getting reductions. His priorities are a tad different than the average person
Catie, where do you get your information??? Check out the budget for the military since Obama took office. He's *increased* it every single solitary year.
Catie, making up stuff is called......Lying.
Wow, it seems the haters grasped onto this one in a hurry. You all are running so scared it's beyond reason. Lighten up – this was just an opinion piece pointing out some fun facts which may or may not hold true in 2012. All of you that keep insisting that President Obama has made things worse are really living in an alternate universe. The economy was down the drain in 2008 which was one reason Obama was elected in the first place. He, nor McCain, could have possibly stopped the bleeding on a dime which it seems you all expected. Things were going to get worse before getting better and President Obama made that clear but we are now on the right path moving forward and if you don't see the signs of this then you are in the dark.
The "right path"? and what path is that...I'd really like to know. Seriously, this administration could take a leak on your back and tell you that it's raining and you would easily and gladly accept that as truth. I suppose it's Bush's fault that this administration...under a Dem congress cranked up spending to record levels? yah...I guess you're right...NOT! Get real.
*** I suppose it's Bush's fault .....
Yes it is.
Are all republicans in denial ?
Guess so.
No Bobby, you get real! Sorry, but all you whiners about Obama spending us further into debt are just latching onto something to pin on him. I don't care who became President in 2008 as they would have done the same thing to stop us from going into a Depression. Remember, McCain suspending his campaign to go to Washington to help with the bailout. Please, look at the reality of the situation. We ARE moving forward as there are many indicators saying so, but for some reason you all just won't see that as you don't want Obama to succeed which in turn means you don't want the country to succeed so your party can take over. Heaven help us all if that happens again!
How the heck do some people think when they would consider voting for a guy like Mitt Romney? This guy wants to be the President of a nation that HE hides his money from. If that doesn't tell you about the character of a man, then it must speak volumes about him being the highest elected official in the land. Imagine that, a man running for President that hides his money from the government that he wants to head. This is like putting Berney Madoff in charge of the Treasury. Don't you people think for one minute, and find this to be very disturbing? A President hiding his money and wealth from his own government.
If you hate the right to health care and women's health, then viote for Sanitorium or whom ever, but voting or any republicant in this day and age simply tell me that you are an unlearnt, ignorant FOOL.
Someone get me some bandages and some thread and a needle...this guy's bleeding heart is hemorrhaging. Libs ideas on "fairness" are writing checks this country and the economy can't cash. I thought Planned Parenthood was providing health care to women who couldn't afford it...so what women are getting denied...unless all they are REALLY providing is abortion services? The issue of making religious orgs provide something that goes against their belief system isn't about a woman's health...it's about separation of church/state. Nothing is free...the money has to come from somewhere. I guess as long as it's coming from those who "have it"...the "have nots" don't see a problem with getting something without having to put any more effort into EARNING it.
Is there nothing you won't stoop to CNN....to bolster Democrats? ..........really?
Because this article is designed to get people to vote for democrats? Are you really that slow? Its a fluff piece that points out an amusing coincidence.
Is there nothing you won't stoop to Fox News ....to bolster Republicans ? ..........really?
Works both ways, doesnt it.
It's funny that I'm reading this article on the lunch break I take each day while working a real job. I get paid to work, unlike whoever had enough time sitting at a computer with nothing to do to write this waste of my time...
What's the matter with this? She is just pointing out a pattern between the election and the awards shows. Lighten up. Would the same crazy remarks have been posted if the pattern showed the R would win the election? And all those who are convinced Obama will not be reelected, why don't you bet your home on the outcome of the election if you are sooooo confident? Bet a years salary? I thought so. Easy to be tough on a message board. You do not know what is going to happen tomorrow, let alone in November.
well if it did...this country is worse off then i ever thought it was.....yikes.
Our country is already down the drain...it is no longer the real America we have known...If Obama gets re-elected, our lives as we know it and our freedoms and rights are gone...they've already sneakily taken away the right of free speech..think of all the simple things you are not allowed to say anymore under penalty of arrest and imprisonment...free speech is halfway down the drain...and this nanny state business...we are being told what to eat and how to think and how to raise our children...this is all under the Obama administration..Oh please, may God help us.
You're an idiot.
Oh, cut that out! You know good and well our 'rights' are not in danger! You ever been denied a front seat of the bus because of what you looked like? Ever been told you can't move into a certain neighborhood or eat in a certain restaurant? Those are usurped rights, pal, trust me.
Oh yes, our freedom of speech is being taken away – that's why you are able to get on this blog and spew all of your nonsense!!
What on earth are you talking about? You sound like you're from Conspiracy Theory.
Why do you have faith in a man...any man. Put your trust in GOD. Truth be told, NO Republican or Democratic will solve our problems. So, which is the lesser of the two evil... The Republicans who can't tell the truth unless they are sworn under oath or The Democratic,without being sworn under oath, tells the truth more than Republicans.
Research and decide for your self.
I decided to do what you suggest and "think of all the simple things you are not allowed to say anymore under penalty of arrest and imprisonment." Here is the list I came up with:
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I thank God that Obama is president so I can enjoy my freedom.
Actually the reverse would be true. Obama has slowly righted the sinking ship that the Republicans left us. Think of the cruise ship in Italy. That is the state the Republicans left us with in 2008. A herculean effort has been required to right the ship. It may still be listing but it's far steadier than it was in 2008. The Republicans will bring the dynamite to blow bigger holes in the hull and take away many human rights, if they have their say. It's up to us to say "No way!"
Im pretty sure you are completely mixed up on this. If I recall it's the Republicans that like to control everything. Just take for instance Congress trying to limit internet as we speak. Internet has shown to be the "new" core of freedom of speech, which is trying to be limited by Republicans. Typical hypocrite statements by Republicans.
And what do you suppose will happen to our so called 'freedoms' when President Santorum turns the country into a theocracy, or President Romney gives away all the Christmas presents to Wall Street and major corporations? I'm not so sure this is as bad as it gets... it will get far worse under the GOP thumb.
The Obama supporters continue to come up with every reason why Obama should, and will be reelected ... except his actual record of accomplishments (or rather lack there of). So, they always have to rely on demonizing his opponents ... or, touting his popularity ... or, showing photo ops with celebrities. This is wearing thin with millions of Americans, who are directly experiencing the hardships which have resulted from Obama's failed policies. Even the constant pro-Obama drum beat, coming from the B.O. campaign, and the media, can't hide the dramatically higher price of gas and groceries ... while home values and the dollar continue to sink in value.
What has he failed at Howard? Ending the Iraq war, getting health care for people like me with a preexisting condition, saving the auto industry, putting the economy back in the blue, killing Bin Laden and his extreme cronies..... What exactly are you talking about Howard?
This is wearing thin with millions of Americans, who are directly experiencing the hardships which have resulted from BUSH's failed policies.
Have no fear, Obama is cleaning it up.
You missed the part about death panels.
Is that you Sarah ?
You need to quit hiding under the bed. You made up that stuff.
I will tell you this Obama is a Liar, thief and a scam.
Why has be not allowed the release of any of his school records. Even college?
Because he was at the bottom of the class.
Obama will never do anything about the gas prices except let them rise.
He has NO interest in having the gas prices go down.
The only reason that Obama is sitting in the White House is:
George Saros bought the election and put Obama in the White House.
And his reelection has been bought and paid for again.
Saros and Big Oil are raping us now and will continue to do so for the next 4 years.
How else do you explain a Jr Senator who had to claim Child care credit on his tax returns.
And now that he is in the White House is claiming Foreign Tax Credit in excess of 1 million.
And he will NOT provide detailed info on what they are either.
http://www.taxhistory.org/www/website.nsf/Web/PresidentialTaxReturns
The only president in history to claim Foreign Tax Credit.
So explain that one your Obama lovers I dare you.
And you have proof of his lies and his scams do you? Also, Obama won because McCain picked Palin as his running mate. Obama Biden was a much better choice than McCain Palin. Hands down, Palin lost the election for the R. Oh ,a let us not forget that Bush was border line at best at Yale. C student.
Lowest in his class at Yale? Hummm, what do you call a medical student who graduates as the lowest in his class? Doctor.
@DB I would call him unemployed. No hospital is going to hire a med school graduate who barely passed. It is extremely cut throat in the medical field.
That you are from Texas ?
I see you're delusions are getting the better of you.
TxJack, several statements are clearly wrong. Your republicans would not allow your wild assertion to take place as well as FOXs, Beck and the rest without broadcasting it daily. I am not sure what reality you live in, but there is not a world where a Blackman can do what ever you are claiming and get away with it. Your CRAZY claims will make the Republicans a partner in crime with President Obama...And there is no way on GODs green earth that would happen. If you can't see that I will pray for you and everyone who thinks that a man be it POTUS down to your local mayor will solve problems only GOD can fix.
All you had to say was TX Jack. We already know the rest of the rap.
I will tell you this TxJack is a Liar,
Tag, you are it.
The Oscars did NOT clinch the election for Obama. The Republican candidates have done that, thank you very much.
please stop ...Obama is done.....
The polls and the trends in the economy seem to indicate otherwise.
Hmmmm, I haven't seen anything in the polls OR the economy that leads me to believe Obama is in decent shape at all.....
You should try reading some sometime then. They can be quite revealing.
Yes you have.
You just dont like what you see, so you ignore it.
Not.
ugh! another sucker (me!!!) hitting and reading this half way through..
Typical redonculous CNN propaganda for Obozo. He's done in November no matter who wins the Republican Primary.
"Obozo". You mean the guy who got Bin Laden, prevented our auto industry from being handed over to foreign manufacturers, turned around the monthly hemorrhaging of 750,000 jobs, made it so that insurance companies couldn't cancel your policy just because you filed a claim, and ended the most preposterous war in the history of the United States. Making juvenile remarks about Obama alters none of the facts and just shows that you have none to stand on yourself. Obama is going to win by landslide in November, and you can thank the clowns who are running in your primaries for that.
Wow, now that's stretching it almost as much as all his campaign promises that have disintigrated.
You are absolutely right.. but there is no use wasting your time on these Obama haters.. nothing he has done will ever be good enough or better than their bestest President EVERRRRRR George W BUSH smh
Yea, that's the same guy that directed the Justice Dept not to go after marijuana growers, implemented the policy that the only illegal immigrant that could be deported is won who has committed major felonies (even though its the minor felonies and misdemeanors that are the real problem) which is against the federal law, filed law suits against States that were trying to mitigate the billions of dollars of tax money that is spent to pander to illegal immigrants... do me mean this guy?
"prevented our auto industry from being handed over to foreign manufacturers,"
Chrysler is now Italian. I know you leftys aren't all that good at book-learnin, but that's a foreign country last I looked.
Only 35% of Chrysler belongs to Fiat, an Italian automaker. The two companies are sharing designs and tecnology to strengthen the foundation of both. This really doesn't seem to me that Chrysler is now owned by Italy. Italy is a counrty, Fiat is a car maker. Nice strech though.
I know you leftys aren't all that good at book-learnin...
Sorry, its not in our nature to climb down to your level.
"Chrysler is now Italian." So's yer mom. What, I should take him seriously?
Excellent reply – thank you!
Obozo.
Came up with that all by your little self huh ?
Go back to the kiddie table until you grow up.
What is this? Is this what you do at your job?
You are just so good looking, I can't stop paying attention. But the articles... the articles... I guess I'll scroll back up and look at Erin.
What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
I expect the royalties for you using my intellectual property.
"Did the Oscars clinch the election for President Obama?" By Christopher Baloney
I remember you from kindergarten.
This is quite possibly the dumbest article I have ever half read in my entire life. Truly a pathetic piece of garbage. I can't believe you actually did 'research' for this waste of time.
Agreed. This is pure nonsense.
LOL! Give me back the predicting octopus...
Haha... hilarious. Actually, I find a lot of parallels between the Academy Awards and Barak Obama. Both seem glitzy and exciting. Then you start watching and about a third of the way in you start looking for alternatives because you are so bored.
I suggest that you are bored with the Academy Awards because you don't know anything about the nominated movies, the actors or the film industry. So, because you lack anything but the most superficial knowledge of those subjects, you don't really have any appreciation or respect for the Academy Awards. My guess is that the same holds true with regard to your feelings about President Obama. People like you who have no clue what has been achieved and what is at stake are the main reason why we had to endure George W. Bush for 8 years.
John, I am glad you actually have an argument with support. Most people on here just use a few emotive words and think there claims should just be accepted.
If you really want to see some good movies, watch some of the recent foreign films. The plots are generally better, no special effects, and the actors seem to be able to express to the audience the depth of their characters. An besides, most of the films produced by Hollywood are done in Canada, where labor is cheaper.
Labor isn't cheaper. Cities like Vancouver just welcome the film industry by allowing them unrestricted access to shoot in places. Unlike here in the states where Hollywood is demonized at every turn, instead of being treated like the multi-billion dollar industry that they are. Americans also get royally po'ed if a street is closed for filming and they have to go two blocks down to make their right hand turn. Oh the humanity!!!!
"People like you who have no clue what has been achieved and what is at stake are the main reason why we had to endure George W. Bush for 8 years."
CLUES – GET ONE! They save lives.
Grog says,
Grog like Republicans.
They make Grog feel smart.
"I find a lot of parallels between the Academy Awards and Barak Obama" They come back year after year? You can depend on them for a good show? A lot of jobs are created and important ideas are shown to the public? Women love them? Security is really tight and everyone is happy? Terrorists would love to attack them? Santorum says they are decadent and unAmerican? One winner after another? I could go on and on . . .
I agree. The drip, drip, drip of the MSM planting the seed of Obama. Day after day, we see an attempt to push readers to feel better about Obama and sour to who ever the GOP candidate will be. Day after day we are told the Ecomomy is better than we thougth. That is like Obama bringing gas to a fire and the pundits saying at least the whole house did not burn down, we thought for sure the whole house would burn down.
"Day after day, we see an attempt to push readers to feel better about Obama and sour to who ever the GOP candidate will be. " How hilarious that you are "saving us from Obama's propaganda." Thank you; we are obviously too dumb to notice any opinions or media bias on our own. It's an article about how movie awards predict the elections; does it strike you as just a little bit humorous? Like, maybe they aren't really suggesting it's true?
"The drip, drip, drip of the MSM planting the seed of Obama"
Good lord. You are being psychically teabagged by the media? Are you sure that stuff dripping isn't santorum?
You are a genius. Hysterical.
Please do not get that santorum all over my new leather couch!!
I stopped reading five sentences into the article. What is this Erin? Don't you have anymore meaninful journalism work to do?