Cable News Ratings for Wednesday, October 10, 2012

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1. Matthew

   Posted October 12, 2012 at 9:54 AM

   “Where I disagree with you, is I believe most of undecided women who I think will vote …. I know a few personally, were totally turned off by Biden …. the one word my gut keeps telling me is he wasn’t ….. genuine.”
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   Likely Voters that are also undecided are a very statistically small portion of the electorate, and likely undecided voters that would actually vote against a ticket on the basis of Biden’s demeanor are even smaller. Democrats who were feeling dispirited after last week’s debate, and desperately wanted someone to go on a stage and defend Democratic policy with vigor, on the other hand, are a pretty sizable voting bloc. I would be very surprised if the debate last night somehow ends up being a net negative for the ticket. This is the same reason that Obama got such a big bounce after the convention – It’s not that Clinton won over a whole bunch of voters, it’s that he made Democrats feel good about being Democrats again, which showed itself in likely voter enthusiasm.

2. Hoppy

   Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:02 AM

   AppleStinx
   Posted October 12, 2012 at 8:33 AM

   d.d. wrote about: [Biden “Syria Is Five Times Bigger Than Libya”
   Libya Is 679,362 Square Miles, Syria Only 71,500…
   Huh? Libya is close to the size of Alaska . 9 x bigger than Syria.]

   I always loved Geography. Another way to visualize it: ’5 x Libya’ is an area equivalent to the contiguous (all lower 48) United States plus another Texas. Imagine that next to Lebanon.

   Man! That’s a heluva lot of sand and rocks.

3. AppleStinx

   Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:17 AM

   By the way, Lebanon is smaller than Connecticut.

4. Mark2

   Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:30 AM

   Why are Republicans complaining about Lybia when the House Republicans cut funding for Embassy Security, which Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) acknowledged this week.

   This is the problem with the Republican way of thinking. They want to cut, cut, cut, but when something goes wrong they want to complain about why there wasn’t enough security. What a bunch of hypocrites.

5. d.d

   Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:30 AM

   US Catholic Bishops Responds To Inaccurate Statement Of Fact On HHS Mandate Made During Vice Presidential Debate

   With regard to the assault on the Catholic Church, let me make it absolutely clear. No religious institution—Catholic or otherwise, including Catholic social services, Georgetown hospital, Mercy hospital, any hospital—none has to either refer contraception, none has to pay for contraception, none has to be a vehicle to get contraception in any insurance policy they provide. That is a fact. That is a fact.”

   This is not a fact. The HHS mandate contains a narrow, four-part exemption for certain “religious employers.” That exemption was made final in February and does not extend to “Catholic social services, Georgetown hospital, Mercy hospital, any hospital,” or any other religious charity that offers its services to all, regardless of the faith of those served.

   http://usccb.org/news/2012/12-163.cfm

   I am not a Catholic but my next door neighbor is. There much afoot with the Church regarding voting. This isn’t only Catholics , but, evangelical churches as well . I won’t out any church here, but, there is strong ‘”nudging” of who to vote for going on from these church pulpits.

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   The Columbus Dispatch is one of the bigger papers in Ohio. Their editorial board had an article:

   Preventable tragedy

   Obama administration can’t spin its way out of blame for Benghazi

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   86 arrested in US consulate attack in Chennai: Police

   South Asia Mail

   Chennai: Eighty-six people were arrested on Friday after a group of several hundred Muslim protesters threw stones and smashed windows at the US consulate in the Indian city of Chennai, police said

6. Coffee Steve

   Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:32 AM

   *White House Press Secretary Jay Carney says Vice President Biden was speaking ‘directly for himself and for the president’ when he said ‘we weren’t told’ of requests for more diplomatic security in Libya at last night’s debate.

   So if a document or email is discovered that shows the WH was made aware of it can we all agree this thing may be over?

   I’m having my Daughter read Apples post for her Geography lesson

   And
   Watch clips from the VERY heated Press Conference, it was kinda steamy

7. Raz

   Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:36 AM

   What came out of last night, was that VP Biden had to outshine his boss. Not something you hope your vice president will do but in this case he had to. What Paul Ryan had to do was complient his boss, which he did also. Joe Biden had too many moments when his pants should have been on fire; really tossing the intelligence community and state dept under on the bus on Libya? But par for the course in this administration.

8. Raz

   Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:37 AM

   Oops, that under the bus

9. Coffee Steve

   Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:39 AM

   I Posted Rass earlier here is Gallup’s

   Likely Voters

   Romney 49% +1

   Obama 47%-

   7-day rolling average

10. Ratboy

    Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:45 AM

    FLASH: TV RATINGS FOR VP DEBATE DOWN SHARPLY… DEVELOPING…

    CBS 10.4 MILLION
    ABC 6.9 MILLION
    NBC 6.8 MILLION
    FOX 5.3 MILLION

    *CABLE NUMBERS LATER TODAY…

11. Ratboy

    Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:45 AM

    I knew this was BS as soon as he said it!

    Biden claims he voted AGAINST two wars he voted FOR…

12. Ratboy

    Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:46 AM

    Secret Service Agent Detained After Being Found Passed Out On Miami Sidewalk…

    ‘Drunk hours after Obama left town’…

13. Ratboy

    Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:47 AM

    FLORIDA: R 51% 0 44%… VIRGINIA: R 51% O 44%…

14. Mark2

    Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:53 AM

    Hey Coffee and Ratboy, what do you guys think of House Republicans supporting legislation that cut funding for embassy security and then complaining that there needs to be more security?

15. Sicilian Papa

    Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:54 AM

    Real Clear numbers in swing states are brutal for Obama-Biden. Biden had a chance to stem the bleeding last night. He came off as one of the biggest jerks in the history of jerks. He has no class.

16. AppleStinx

    Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:55 AM

    @Coffee Steve

    Your daughter may have fun with stuff like this:
    http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/states

17. Coffee Steve

    Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:58 AM

    @Mark2
    Hey Coffee and Ratboy, what do you guys think of House Republicans supporting legislation that cut funding for embassy security and then complaining that there needs to be more security?

    Fair enough Question Mark2

    I think 4 people are dead on another 911 attack and I think the administration is lying through their teeth, and the buck stops with the President and he needs to stop blaming and lead for a change.

    Cuts or no cuts, there were enough funds to provide extra security for an embassy that had been attacked numerious times and had warnings even as close as 48 hours an attack was coming.

18. Coffee Steve

    Posted October 12, 2012 at 11:00 AM

    Thank You Apple, she loves it

19. Coffee Steve

    Posted October 12, 2012 at 11:01 AM

    @Mark2

    PS: The money they spent on that Shrimp on a treadmill study for Global Warming would have provided security for 5 embassies

20. Mark2

    Posted October 12, 2012 at 11:02 AM

    Hey Steve, here’s the proof:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5j063VuT8w