The most recent Rasmussen Reports Poll finds that Sarah Palin surpasses Barack Hussein Obama in popularity. Hockey Moms are more popular than Community Organizers.
From Rasmussen Reports:
A week ago, most Americans had never heard of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Now, following a Vice Presidential acceptance speech viewed live by more than 40 million people, Palin is viewed favorably by 58% of American voters. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 37% hold an unfavorable view of the self-described hockey mom.
The figures include 40% with a Very Favorable opinion of Palin and 18% with a Very Unfavorable view (full demographic crosstabs are available for Premium Members). Before her acceptance speech, Palin was viewed favorably by 52%. A week ago, 67% had never heard of her.
The new data also shows significant increases in the number who say McCain made the right choice and the number who say Palin is ready to be President. Generally, John McCain’s choice of Palin earns slightly better reviews than Barack Obama’s choice of Joe Biden.
Perhaps most stunning is the fact that Palin’s favorable ratings are now a point higher than either man at the top of the Presidential tickets this year. As of Friday morning, Obama and McCain are each viewed favorably by 57% of voters. Biden is viewed favorably by 48%.
There is a strong partisan gap when it comes to perceptions of Palin. Eighty-nine percent (89%) of Republicans give her favorable reviews along with 33% of Democrats and 59% of voters not affiliated with either major party.
She earns positive reviews from 65% of men and 52% of women. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows that Obama continues to lead McCain among women voters while McCain leads among men. The Friday morning update—the first to include interviews conducted after Palin’s speech–showed the beginning of a Republican convention bounce that may match Obama’s bounce from last week.
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A good lesson for Mr. Obama to learn: You can’t fool all the people all the time.
GREAT picture of OBhigness
Now the Obamatons are all out in arms, braying that Palin has no experience in facing important decisions. While I wholeheartedly agree with the fact that experience is mighty important, I have to remind everyone that, besides the length of experience, is the nature of it that makes the difference, it is the weight, implications and consequences of the decisions that make the difference.
As sheer experience length, forty years as hair dresser in West Hollywood simply cannot be compared with five years as airline pilot, and as consequentiallity of one’s decisions, forty years of acting in a soap opera simply cannot compare with five years as a destroyer captainship (not surprise that actors who live in an illusory world so frantically support Obama; and a recent and sobering illustration of the destroyer job captainship consequentiallity is the fact that the first US military ship arrived last week in the Black Sea to assist Georgia was/is USS McFaul).
No, a community activist who never held a job of mininimal consequence cannot compare with an Alaska governor – absurd & easy to dismiss charge & comparison:
Yes, it is true that Alaska has more reindeers than people, and population smaller that Obama’s following in the US penitentiary system, but now look at the map of the North-West America – the Behring strait (just 50 miles between Russia and the USA), then Kamchiatka, Vladivostok, and Russia’s enormous military system lurking in Siberia, eyeing the US and Alaska (with its enormous oil and mineral reserves – and don’t forget that Alaska purchase is another object of nostalgia amongst irredentist Russians. And I don’t introduce now in this ominous reality the N. Korean and China menacing proximity!)
This position gives Alaska a particularly important geopolitical weight, and this situation places on the Alaska governor’s office more strategic concerns and matters to deal with than most US governors face.
So, the comparison between Sarah Palin’s (governor of Alaska) and mister Glibama’ (the community activist), job weight is ridiculous – the Alaska governor has more US strategic problems to envisage daily than the community activist from Chicago ever had, and ever will have during fifteen life-times.
Topping this, mister Glibama anyway never-ever-ever held a job of minimal responsibility, of any nature – except an unsuccessful shot as laudromat manager in New York, shot which credentialized him for sitting together with Ayres in a straw-men board to spend the Annenberg millions (we’ll learn more about this later).
As far as Joe Biden part of this equation: for any Glibamaton out there – can you tell where is the hope’n change and the no more politics as usual in Washington? Where is the “people want change, want new faces in Washington?” Sure Biden’s 35 years in the US senate trumps McCain’s, don’t they? And what about fresh figures? Have you prepared in your budget some money for Biden’s face lift?
I love people that hammer Obama because you see Obama is young if he don’t win that mean four more years of GOP this is there last straw if they mess up this time they will never never get in the white house again. Plus, if something happen to McCain and Sarah Palin do something wrong I feel for all you people that put out racist things about Obama, the hate against muslim you all will not have a job and will be leaving middle class to poor. You got your day with this puppet show because anyone with there right mind know that Sarah Palin was pick to get women votes. The sad thing is women have let the party that kept their wages down now get in office if they win.
Same old GOP with a different face but going to be the same rules.
I love it, I love it McCain going be with the Democrat more then the Republican I will bet any conservative on that.
The use of that picture of Obama is puerile and sly. Shame on you! This election is too important for that kind of silliness. Americans may be stupid but not so stupid as to be deceived by the blizzard of lies surrounding Sarah Palin. The truth will come out bit by bit, and it will reveal her nepotism, vindictiveness and hypocrisy. Besides, watch out! Republicans will be stunned by the massive voter turn-out among Democrats in November. Talk about being energized. You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet! I’ll bet something like 70 percent of eligible black voters will go to the polls, for example.
I can’t believe my fellow Americans are so blind to a dark future… and I can’t believe her popularity votes still hasn’t gone down after discovering the darkness in this woman’s head. She scares me because anyone who hates living creatures so much who do not have a voice will do ANYTHING to get their way. She kills and skins pretty much anything that breaths… It’s just a power trip for her. I was not going to vote on these elections because I don’t agree with any of the candidates but because of her I have to vote for the Democrats at least they don’t seem to be going to doom us by destroying the environment and killing off all species of animals in America. Taking the polar bears of the endangered species list is just one more step to drill in Alaska without any opposition. She just cares about money and she is definitely not experienced to become vi-president and later on possibly become president. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE UP. Anyone who has no value of life, no matter how big, small or insignificant is not someone who should be representing the American people. All of this is very disapointing and upseting, If the Mccain/Palin party win these elections I am moving to another Country that is less evil and cold hearted. McCain has sold his soul for these elections.
Fuck McCain. Fuck Palin.
If they win, I’m killing myself.
Jonathon:
Thats certainly beneficial for the environment. Thanks for stepping up.