The ratings are in for U.S. President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address – and they’re not good.
According to Nielsen, 33.5 million Americans watched Obama’s address live this year – the fourth consecutive year viewership has been down. Last year Obama’s address drew 38 million viewers – which was down from 42.8 million in 2011. In 2010, the address drew 48 million live viewers – down from 52.4 million in 2009.
That’s nearly 20 million lost viewers in a four-year span …
Also, Obama scored lower marks than either George W. Bush (39.4 million) or Bill Clinton (41.1 million) for his fifth State of the Union. In fact his speech was the lowest rated since 2000, Clinton’s final address.
Does this matter? Yes and no. Obviously Obama won the only count which matters – the 2012 electoral college vote – but his popular vote total was off by several million from 2008. In fact based on the actual state of the union, it’s amazing he won reelection at all.
Oh wait … “Republicans” nominated this guy, didn’t they?
Never mind …
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Duh….Still: Ignorantly, Guilt-ridden Yuppies like FITS feel good and absolved by worshiping Obama…
They have no idea that their parents have had to work twice as hard to give them cushy spoiled lives because of worthless haters like Obama…
Stupidity leads to collapse..and it will collapse…the fact that Bush’s economy was so strong is why we’ve been able to tread water this long….But Obama will be synonomous with failure by the time he’s finished…
His incompetency will catch him..even it takes a while..
Duh….Still: Ignorantly, Guilt-ridden Yuppies like FITS feel good and absolved by worshiping Obama…
They have no idea that their parents have had to work twice as hard to give them cushy spoiled lives because of worthless haters like Obama…
Stupidity leads to collapse..and it will collapse…the fact that Bush’s economy was so strong is why we’ve been able to tread water this long….But Obama will be synonomous with failure by the time he’s finished…
His incompetency will catch him..even it takes a while..
I watched but didn’t watch, if that makes sense. He said little and overall, the SOTU events are becoming more and more of a joke. And oh, he did win the electoral AND popular vote.
I watched but didn’t watch, if that makes sense. He said little and overall, the SOTU events are becoming more and more of a joke. And oh, he did win the electoral AND popular vote.
So, more people used other technology to hear the President? Who would have guessed it?
And fewer people read print form newspapers, too. Damn surprising aint’ it?
Now, back to my iPhone for the evening.
So, more people used other technology to hear the President? Who would have guessed it?
And fewer people read print form newspapers, too. Damn surprising aint’ it?
Now, back to my iPhone for the evening.
Wait, did the President give a speech or something?
Wait, did the President give a speech or something?
I really find him nothing more than a talking head. Has not accomplished a lot. Anticipating a Clintonesque scandel this term.
I really find him nothing more than a talking head. Has not accomplished a lot. Anticipating a Clintonesque scandel this term.
Same speech, different day. The only difference is the omnipresent gallery of gun shooting victims. We get it, people get shot with guns. Enough of the pandering already.
Same speech, different day. The only difference is the omnipresent gallery of gun shooting victims. We get it, people get shot with guns. Enough of the pandering already.
Fifty years ago, the people rarely saw their President. The 24 hour news stations have made it impossible for anyone to be surprised as to what anyone is going to say, so no reason to watch for purposes of surprise. Also, now you can watch what you want to watch when you want to watch it on the Internet, and Fox, MSNBC, and CNN replay the entire speech later in the evening, so there is no way to account for how many people watched this speech.
I did feel sorry for Rubio, fortunately even fewer people saw him. He was obviously very uncomfortable with what he was saying, not to mention the fact it made no sense at all. An incomprehensible combination of standard Republican, “government bad, business good” and look at all the government has done for me and my family.
It paid for my education. It paid for my dad’s health care. Its paying for my mom’s health care and support, and now I have this great government job that pays me 174k a year plus health insurance, plus a great retirement plan, plus a housing allowance, plus a travel allowance. Life is good.
I guess the only logical take away was, I don’t want you to become as dependent on the Government as my family and I have.
Fifty years ago, the people rarely saw their President. The 24 hour news stations have made it impossible for anyone to be surprised as to what anyone is going to say, so no reason to watch for purposes of surprise. Also, now you can watch what you want to watch when you want to watch it on the Internet, and Fox, MSNBC, and CNN replay the entire speech later in the evening, so there is no way to account for how many people watched this speech.
I did feel sorry for Rubio, fortunately even fewer people saw him. He was obviously very uncomfortable with what he was saying, not to mention the fact it made no sense at all. An incomprehensible combination of standard Republican, “government bad, business good” and look at all the government has done for me and my family.
It paid for my education. It paid for my dad’s health care. Its paying for my mom’s health care and support, and now I have this great government job that pays me 174k a year plus health insurance, plus a great retirement plan, plus a housing allowance, plus a travel allowance. Life is good.
I guess the only logical take away was, I don’t want you to become as dependent on the Government as my family and I have.