Obama does it again, this time with a little help from the fringe.

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Monday September 14, 2009 · 10:20 AM PDT

2009/09/14 · 10:20

Anyone who has followed this health care debate knows what the story has been for the last few weeks: The Republicans have found their voice and are winning the debate on health care. The Tea parties, Glenn Beck and Boss Limbaugh were driving Obama's poll numbers, his agenda, and ultimately his presidency into the basement. Obama was against the ropes, and no one could see how he would get out of this mess with a bill. They pointed to the polls, which showed a precipitous decline, and the right-wingers had declared victory. But as the numbers from several pollsters now show, Obama has once again pulled himself and the country back from the brink, largely because of his speech before congress, but also because the right-wing fringe of this country has overreached.

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Is a health care bill:

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Is a health care bill:

More likely to pass

117 votes

Less likely to pass

6 votes

About as likely as before the events of last week

22 votes

New Fox News Poll -- Obama continues to dominate

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Thursday June 11, 2009 · 5:06 PM PDT

2009/06/11 · 17:06

If you listen to the wingnuts (for your own good, I hope you don't), you'd be led to believe that not only is Obama "destroying the country", but that people are starting turn on him. Almost every day I see a comment stating that Obama is "losing support every day" and "even Democrats are beginning to regret voting for Obama", yet they never provide any evidence to support their claims. Todays new Fox news poll isn't helping their case.

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These new poll numbers are good news for:

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These new poll numbers are good news for:

President Obama

136 votes

John McCain

75 votes

those opposed to the GM restructuring

8 votes

wingnuts

11 votes

pie

23 votes

Drudge as fashion critic = FAIL

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Wednesday June 10, 2009 · 1:04 PM PDT

2009/06/10 · 13:04

As the right-wing continues it's relentless and utterly unsuccesful attempt to smear Michelle Obama as an angry black woman who hates America, apple pie, white people, and Winston Churchill, the criticisms are getting more and more bizarre. The top story on the Drudge Report today was not the GM bankruptcy, not the fake outrage over Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court, or the turmoil in Iran in the run-up to a potentially game changing election. None of those things compare in newsworthiness to the "shocking" fashion choices of Michelle Obama during her recent trip to London.

Nothing would drive Drudge's point home better than a link to an article in the British press that trashes her outfit. But as is usual for Drudge, the article he linked to said the exact opposite.

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Michelle Obama's fashion choice:

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Michelle Obama's fashion choice:

Loved it

92 votes

Hated it

75 votes

Two snaps in z formation

8 votes

Two snaps up with a twist and a kiss

16 votes

Pie-tastic

25 votes

Newt tries to woo evangelicals -- and they ain't buyin' it

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Tuesday June 09, 2009 · 12:03 PM PDT

2009/06/09 · 12:03

Back in April, Newt Gingrich gave an interview to Christianity Today, a publication that bills itself as "A Magazine Of Evangelical Conviction". The magazine covers issues of faith and public policy, and is generally no friend of Obama. I don't know much about this publication, so any correction of my perception of it is welcome.

In the interview, he gave his opinion/standard talking points on gay marriage, taxes, spending, and the potential 2012 presidential field. My understanding of Newt's image is that he is popular among evangelicals and far right-wingers, but is exceedingly unpopular among everyone else. The comments attached to the interview paint a slightly different picture.

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Newt's chances in 2012 are

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Newt's chances in 2012 are

Like a snowball in hell

39 votes

Like a pie in front of President Obama

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Like Mike Tyson at a spelling bee

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Q: What do Conservatives have in common with Satan? A: They both support torture.

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Friday April 24, 2009 · 12:26 PM PDT

2009/04/24 · 12:26

Someone wrote this in the comments section of a video on YouTube I was watching this morning. While it's not neccesarily funny in the ha-ha sense, it reminded me of a similar statement made by Republicans about Obama, Bill Ayers, and Osama Bin Ladin during the election. I think it reveals a key insight into what the Republican party has become and how progressives should fight them going forward.

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Who is winning the torture debate?

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Who is winning the torture debate?

The left

20 votes

The right

2 votes

The terrorists

10 votes

America

20 votes

Pie

11 votes

Hillary Clinton opens up a fresh can of Whup-ass on Mike Pence

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Wednesday April 22, 2009 · 12:53 PM PDT

2009/04/22 · 12:53

I know that a lot of you didn't support the idea of Hillary Clinton running for president. I also know that even fewer of you thought it was a good idea for president Obama to appoint her as secretary of state. It seemed like a bad idea to put a former bitter rival in a position where she could potentially undermine the administration's agenda while at the same time positioning herself to run in 2016. Even though I was originally a Hillary supporter who switched to Obama, I for the most part agreed with you.

After seeing her testimony today in front of the House Foreign Affairs committee, I think we've once again seen just how smart Obama was in picking Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State.

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Picking Hillary for Secretary of State was:

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Picking Hillary for Secretary of State was:

A good idea

423 votes

A bad idea

4 votes

The jury is still out

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UK Telegraph Blogger Attacks Michelle Obama

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Thursday March 05, 2009 · 10:39 AM PST

2009/03/05 · 10:39

This is my first diary, so please be gentle with your criticism. All are welcome though.

Most of you have probably heard that the British press is spinning Prime Minister Gordon Brown's visit to the White House this week as a snub by the Obama administration because he did not hold a traditional press conference with the 2 leaders standing side-by-side. You may have also heard that a decision by White House staffers that was made before Obama took office to send a bust of Winston Churchill back to the British embassy was also portrayed as a snub by Obama in the British Press. Now a blogger for the Daily Telegraph has woven all of this into a grand conspiracy led by Michelle Obama (or "Lady MacBeth", as he refers to her) and inspired by her college thesis and statements about being proud of her country. You know, the same crap they tried to use to define her during the election, and the same crap they tried to use against Hillary Clinton when she was First Lady.

The Hillarification Of Michelle Obama has begun.

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Michelle Obama is:

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Michelle Obama is:

The New Jackie O

8 votes

The New Hillary Clinton

9 votes

The new Eleanor Roosevelt

10 votes

In a league of her own

256 votes

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