Statistical Dead-End

For the last two or three years of the Bush administration, the President's approval ratings had basically flat-lined. And, yes, by the very end of it, they were all but in the toilet-bowl. Not that you would have ever known this by watching Fox news, of course. I, personally, can never even remember it on Hannity and Colmes, for example..........................................................................Of course, now that President Obama's approval numbers are starting to dip a little, Mr. Hannity suddenly seems to be finding religion with data such as this. And, yes, if you think that that's bad, me-buckos, get yourself a man-sized helping of THIS. After having approval ratings well over 60%, President Obama finally fell below that mark (56%, I think it was). How did Mr. Hannity characterize this? He said that the President's approval ratings were in the "gutter". "In the gutter', he said!! Man, I'm thinking, if 56% is in the gutter, then where in the hell was President Bush back then - in the sewer?................................................................................Seriously, though, folks, it's actually gotten to the point in which such partisan language is now the norm (especially on all of those cable shows). I mean, just the other day, Hannity referred to President Obama's "tepid response" to the Iranian crisis. Which is fine - obviously. That's his opinion. But when you're hosting a cable news show and you're allowed to make such comments as if in fact they were MORE THAN YOUR OPINION, that to me represents an extremely shitty format. An EXTREMELY shitty format.