Cable News Ratings for Tuesday, November 6, 2012

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1. Bobbyv

   Posted November 7, 2012 at 4:36 PM

   No problem AP

2. Anthony Parello (AP076)

   Posted November 7, 2012 at 4:37 PM

   Papa,

   1986 (and 1993) is calling, it wants to say hello

3. Anthony Parello (AP076)

   Posted November 7, 2012 at 4:41 PM

   Papa,

   “Reagen would have taken Obama apart. Reagen could cut through the corrupt media when there was no FOX News. Obama if he didn’t have his free propaganda machine he would not have won last night.”

   Don’t let your party catch you spelling Ronald ReagAn’s name wrong. He is their golden g-d.

4. Sam

   Posted November 7, 2012 at 4:45 PM

   @ Bobbyv,

   The country Reagan ran in is different than the one today. Last night there was CLEAR rejection to Republican principles and CLEAR support for progressive principles. Just look at the Senate races and the number of progressive propositions that passed last night. I would say though, Reagan would have done a little better than Romney !

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgbJ-Fs1ikA

5. AppleStinx

   Posted November 7, 2012 at 4:52 PM

   Fantastic ratings for Fox News and CNN. Any guesses for ratings the day after on all the big 3 in primetime?

6. Matthew

   Posted November 7, 2012 at 4:53 PM

   “Look at the polls at Real Clear the Sunday and Monday of the Storm. Throw out Rass. and you see a picture of a guy gaining.”
   ___________________

   Not in Ohio. Not in Wisconsin. Not in Nevada. Not in Wisconsin. Not in Pennsylvania. Not in Iowa. Assuming Romney had any ‘momentum’ at that point at all, he might have carried Colorado and Florida without Sandy.

7. Redneck Ninja

   Posted November 7, 2012 at 4:53 PM

   I hace a feeling 40-50 years from now their look at Oboma as the biggest part of americans downfall and how the media helped. I hope i’m wrong but that is how I feel at this moment.

8. Mark2

   Posted November 7, 2012 at 4:55 PM

   @SP “Reagen was a conservative then and he would a conservative now.”

   That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard in a while.

   1. Reagan taxed the Rich at a 50% rate for 5 years and at a higher average than Clinton, Bush, and Obama.

   2. After 2 yrs in office, Unemployment rate was at 10.8%.

   3. Reagan Tripled the National Debt…worst percentage in history, even higher than Obama.

   4. Reagan raised taxes 11 times including our Social Security Payroll Tax.

   5. Reagan passed Amnesty for 2 to 3 Million Illegals.

   6. Reagan negotiated with Terrorists by funneling weapons to IRAN.

   7. Reagan funded and helped the Taliban in Afghanistan for years and brought Osama Bin Laden to power.

   8. Reagan grew the Government and gave the Veteran’s Administration cabinet-level status which is now the 2nd biggest department in government.

   9. Reagan cut and ran from Lebanon because of the terrorist act on the Marine barracks, in which 241 American servicemen were killed, only two weeks after promising that we would stay.

   10. Reagan saved Social Security and Medicare after promising Conservatives that he would get rid of it or at least privatize it.

   Reagan would be considered a Liberal, Communist, and a Socialist by today’s Republican Party.

9. Bobbyv

   Posted November 7, 2012 at 4:59 PM

   Sam,

   I remember 2 years ago the D’s were very upset with the midterms. You are right, there were some progressive ideas that passed, such as the med marijuana, but I think if unemployment was still above 8 things may have been different. Point is, I do not think it would take that much for elections to swing the other way.

10. Redneck Ninja

    Posted November 7, 2012 at 4:59 PM

    At my age and the small community i’m from it might not be as bad for me than others.

11. Anthony Parello (AP076)

    Posted November 7, 2012 at 5:01 PM

    Apple,

    Fox ratings will be very high tonight.

12. Matthew

    Posted November 7, 2012 at 5:01 PM

    The terrible unemployment under Reagan is no more his doing than the economic recovery. The Fed pumped interest rates up to 20% to bring down inflation, which created a temporary global recession; Just take a gander at what happened to Russian GDP while The Fed had interest rates through the roof, as well as the effect on oil demand. As soon as inflation was under control, The Fed brought interest back down, and the economy sprang back.

    Reagan gets as much undeserved credit for being the knucklehead in office as Clinton gets for farting around in the Oval Office while the tech boom just happened to be kicking off… or as much undeserved blame as Bush gets for being the guy in office when the tech bubble burst. Presidents are not the King of the Economy.

13. Lance

    Posted November 7, 2012 at 5:05 PM

    Reagan – still the GOP’s God. The man who raised the debt ceiling 8 times to stimulate the economy from a recession that happened on his watch. The same man that was still blaming Carter for said recession as late as the fall of 1983 – almost 3 years after Carter left office. A recession that was nowhere near as bad as the worldwide economic collapse that was handed to Obama in 2008. Yet Obama can’t blame W for the worst recession since the Great depression 4 years later, oh no! That’s so wrong! How hypocritical. Maybe Republicans have selective memory.

    The main problem with the GOP is Reagan was 30 years ago. Let it go already. The democratic candidates in the 1992 primaries didn’t spend their entire debates that year trying to define themselves as the “next” Kennedy. Yet, here we are in 2012 and every republican tries to claim they are Reagan’s true successor. Many voters now weren’t even born when Reagan left the WH. Those who choose to live in the past soon find themselves to be irrelevant. Move on, guys.

14. Matthew

    Posted November 7, 2012 at 5:06 PM

    Actually, I might have to redact what I said – IIRC, Clinton actually did do things to help the tech boom along, like tax holidays for the electronics industry. I was an Actual, Literal Child when he was office and haven’t actually researched his time in office enough at an academic level to correctly assess his impact on the economy. Perhaps a bit of, a bit of, the old foot in the mouth there,

15. Bobbyv

    Posted November 7, 2012 at 5:10 PM

    Lance,

    You can blame the previous admin only so much. The President knew the conditions when he came into office and said he would bring the unemployment rate way down and cut the deficit in half. Those were his words, criticizing him for not meeting them is fair.

16. Mark2

    Posted November 7, 2012 at 5:11 PM

    @SP

    As you can see, Reagan would not be considered a Conservaive in today’s Republican Party. In fact, most Republicans back then wouldn’t recognize today’s Republican Party.

17. Bobbyv

    Posted November 7, 2012 at 5:13 PM

    Matthew,

    Did not the bubble burst while he was in office and we were technically in a recession when GWB took over? I thought so but not sure.

18. Matthew

    Posted November 7, 2012 at 5:13 PM

    Today’s Republican Party doesn’t recognize Today’s Republican Party. Mitt Romney was running on a Keynesian stimulus plan for the defense industry, while simultaneously running as a deficit hawk. What the H!

19. Matthew

    Posted November 7, 2012 at 5:14 PM

    “Did not the bubble burst while he was in office and we were technically in a recession when GWB took over? I thought so but not sure.”
    ______________

    Possibly. Either way, Clinton rarely gets the blame for that happening. Democrats also don’t give him (and Larry Summers) enough blame for the 2008 economic crash.

20. Mark2

    Posted November 7, 2012 at 5:17 PM

    This is too everyone, especially SP. I just found this video and I was blown away by it. It’ll show you just how far right the Republican Party has gone.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixi9_cciy8w