BloggeRhythms

A top item posted on Drudge today, is headlined, “Rep. Kinzinger: Drudge and ObamaTrade.com spreading misinformation.” 

 

The article, by Nick Gass @politico.com, caused some preliminary research, regarding politician’s current approval numbers in general.

 

According to realclearpolitics.com, the president’s public approval rating is 43.7%, while 51.4% disapprove of his performance. The numbers equate to a 7.7% negative spread in the statistics.   

 

At the same time, congressional job approval is currently 17.2%, while disapproval amounts to 73.8%. Which means that 82.8% of the public are apparently unhappy at present with those holding office in the House and Senate.

 

As far as the public’s negativity toward those in congress is concerned, comments by Representative Adam Kinzinger in the story mentioned above, seem to provide explanation for why such a low opinion of politicians in general exists, regardless of party.

 

This week, Congressman Kinzinger “blamed misinformation from sites like ObamaTrade.com and other sites like Drudge Report that pass along those links for distorting information about trade legislation, including bills on trade promotion authority, trade adjustment assistance and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the massive trade deal that has yet to be finalized.

 

“If you look at Drudge, if you look at Obamatrade[.com], people are saying, you know, ‘Paul Ryan has said it’s in secret and you’ve got to pass it to find out what’s in it.’ Well that’s not true,” Kinzinger told WROK-AM on Wednesday. “What he was saying is, we have to pass TPA so that TPP even exists and so that we have an opportunity to read it and vote on it.”

 

However, the fact of the matter is, particularly regarding Drudge, his website offers no opinions, thoughts or verbiage of any kind from him at all. The site posts nothing but links to a wide variety of other sites where the story’s themselves are located.

 

And, therefore, if the congressman has a problem with “misinformation” he feels is being is foisted on the public, he needs to address those actually writing those articles, because it certainly isn’t Matt Drudge. 

 

Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife. 

 

Two day’s ago, Wednesday, Chris Stirewalt wrote on FoxNews.com, that, “Driven substantially by her falling trustworthiness, Clinton finds herself in trouble compared to three months ago in Quinnipiac University’s swing-state poll. Clinton does best on Florida (not good news for either of the favorite sons running there) but in all three, the results are fairly consistent.”

 

Mr. Stirewalt continues, “Take Ohio. In March, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was trailing Clinton by 9 points. This week, it’s down to 1 point.  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker trailed in a head-to-head matchup by 11 points. Now it’s 4 points. Sens. Marco Rubio and Rand Paul improved by 6 points and 5 points, respectively. And the state’s Gov. John Kasich went from a 1-point deficit in January to a 7-point advantage today.”

 

The most interesting point, though, comes from Mr. Stirewalt’s analysis of why Bill’s wife’s poll numbers are dropping as they are, as follows: “Some of this is a result of Clinton’s policy changes and efforts to identify herself as a partisan figure and a very liberal one at that, but another part is that voters increasingly distrust her. But the net effect is to damage her standing with general-election voters.”

 

The key consideration here, is her vacillation on key policy issues in which she readily changes positions in an attempt to gain voter appeal. Yet, what that strategy also illustrates clearly, is that she has no real fundamental beliefs at all. Getting elected is all that counts for her. Much like it was for her husband, whose presidential philosophy was also determined by the vacillating tides of public opinion.

 

And therefore, considering the lack of true substance to her candidacy, the daily question must be asked again: Mayor Bloomberg, are you reading this?

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

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