If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
Keith_Indy on Oct 27 2009 at 7:36 am | Filed under: Culture, Domestic Politics, Keith's Page, Media
What do tea parties, Glenn Beck, Fox News, and the US Chamber of Commerce have in common? All are demonized opponents of the Obama administration, and more popular then ever.
“If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.”
This seems to be the case, not only for Jedi Knights, but also opponents of the Obama administration (or at least those on their enemies list.)
Cases in point:
Tea party and the 9/12 DC Protest:
Does anyone think these would have had such widespread, and non-partisan support as they have if the Obama administration (and their MSM sycophants) hadn’t demonized and belittled the people attending them.
Beck’s indignant critiques of the Obama administration and gloomy outlook on the nation’s financial health have found near-instant resonance. His eponymous 2 p.m. PST program averaged nearly 2.2 million viewers last month — double the number the time slot attracted the previous February and a remarkable amount for the afternoon. That made “Glenn Beck” the third most-watched program in all of cable news for the month, after Bill O’Reilly’s and Sean Hannity’s evening shows.
“I look at the ratings every day shocked,” Beck said on a recent afternoon, sitting shoeless in his Midtown office as snow pelted the Manhattan skyline behind him.
But he believes he knows why viewers are tuning in: “People know in their gut that something’s not right. They’re not getting the truth.”
The August ratings are out, and once again, the ratings for the Fox News Channel are phenomenal.
Rather than throwing a million pieces of data that every channel is spinning into madness, I ask you to consider just this one: On Sunday night, the third episode of AMC’s highly-publicized and much-discussed series, “Mad Men,” drew an audience of 1.6 million viewers at 10 p.m. when it debuted. Throughout the month of August, Fox News Channel averaged an audience of 2.29 million viewers during every single hour of prime time. And some nights, Bill O’Reilly drew an audience twice as large as that of “Mad Men.”
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is on track to exceed last year’s fundraising by more than $10 million, thanks in part to the Obama administration’s decision to target the pro-business group, according to the organization’s president.
President Tom Donohue told Politico.com that even though a few companies have left the chamber over its opposition to President Obama’s domestic policies, the organization is actually benefiting from its place in the White House crosshairs.
“There are some longstanding members that wanted to step up and help more,” he told Politico.com. The public friction with the White House comes in the midst of a $100 million fundraising campaign for the chamber.
The White House, while claiming that it hasn’t tried to encourage any business to part ways with the chamber, has been cutting the business group out of the loop by dealing directly with member executives. Obama and his aides have criticized the group publicly for its opposition to legislation dealing with climate change, health care and financial regulation.
Another interesting point revealed in the above quote. Unions and community organizing are great, unless they oppose you, in which case it’s fine to just bypass them.
Update:
Don Surber notes that CNN’s numbers dropped 68% in prime time during the same period. President Obama’s polling numbers are showing a similar drop. Couldn’t be related, could it. (H/T instapundit)
Thanks for the instalanche… and welcome Instapundit readers.
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Interesting Star Wars reference. But then the Obama Administration is acting like the Evil Empire.
I drove 2,800 miles round trip to be in the 9-12 march. America is losing it’s glory & what it once stood for & I don’t want this country to go down on my shift so I made the drive.
Nowadays, speaking the truth is a revolutionary idea. If you want a great book to read, that’s just out, then I am encouraging others to read about a small town in America that stands up to federal tyranny & ends up starting the 2nd AMerican Revolution. It’s poweful & I got 2 for some friends. Just read it & see what’s in store for America cause we have 3 more yrs. of tyranny. Read it & enjoy a political thriller
http://www.booksbyoliver.com