Greg gets advance look at poll, Paddy feels the need to scream.
I’ve now obtained a new poll that finds a majority of Republicans believe the health care reform bill will force old people to decide in advance how and when they meet their maker.
The new poll, to be released later this morning, was sent my way by the Indiana University Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research, and here’s a chart of this key finding (click to enlarge):
The poll finds that 53% of Republicans believe that “the government will require the elderly to make decisions about how and when they will die.” By contrast, only 31% of independents and 14% of Democrats believe this, according to this poll of 600 adults nationwide.
Note the word “require.” A majority of Republicans believes that the health care reform will force old people to decide in advance “how and when they will die.” This is far more out there than anything we’ve seen polled before.
Essentially, here's what happens. The anchor/reporter are talking about a monkey that has escaped from a zoo in Seattle. The anchor then shows viewers her desktop "screensaver" (actually desktop background) that has a monkey, which, when angry, has a "bright blue scrotum." [...]
She then throws it to John Gibson, who says, and this is a quote, "We were talking about Eric Holder today on the radio, and his bright blue scrotum."
Via DKos, we have a blogger that shares a mutual frustration with TPC. We are sick to death of so-called reporters, journalists, and talking heads pressing Obama for answers that they already know he can't give, and then misinterpreting what he can and does say. Patrick Fitzgerald specifically instructed Obama to not discuss the Blagojevich matter, but hey, to quote our president [sic], so what?
When Obama explains that concept again, during the Q and A, the follow-up TV commentators (deliberately?) misconstrue his response and perpetuate the implication that Obama is either avoiding their questions, misleading them, or contradicting himself. E-nough:
[S]omeone stood up and asked a "gotcha" question about Rahm talking to Blogojevich and whether Obama favored a special election,and Obama cut him off in the middle of his question and told him not to waste it because he wasn't going to answer it.Well, the reporter just didn't seem to understand that Obama wasn't going to talk about it because he's already said what was found in the report and why he's not releasing it. I'm sure the news will play the moment over and over, but I think it's safe to say that our next President is tired of the distractions. [...]
[N]ow Chuck Todd is saying Obama can't seem annoyed by more pointless questions about Blogojevich. Then the other random guy starts talking about how they need to be tougher on Obama. Seriously? The media doesn't even understand what the hell is important to people. I'm sick of hearing about Blogojevich. I want to hear about the cabinet. I want to know who will be running this country. Everyone involved has exonerated Obama, and yet the press won't let the shit go. Where was all of this "we have to hold his feet to the fire" mentality for the past 8 years? The press hasn't been "easy" on Obama since right after Iowa.
Anywhoo, that's what happened in today's press conference. I try not to hate people, but I reeeeeeeeeeally hate our press.
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