James Taranto: I Simply Make *hit Up

4:09 pm EST September 21st, 2005 | Politics | 5 Comments

So James Taranto made up a poll showing a bounce back for Bush

Appearing on the September 16 edition of Fox News’ Hannity & Colmes, Wall Street Journal OpinionJournal.com editor James Taranto relied upon nonspecific poll data to claim that President Bush’s job approval ratings are rebounding after the Hurricane Katrina disaster and that the Democratic response to President Bush’s handling of the catastrophe has “backfired.” It is unclear, however, to which polls Taranto was referring, as most polling shows Bush’s approval ratings are in a steady, downward slide.

No poll in America, or Mars, shows an improvement in Bush’s standing. Whether you think polls matter at this point or not, what Taranto claimed was simply extricated from his rectum. And he knows this and had to admit it – with a plethora of caveats.

“Media Matters cites various poll results that suggest we were mistaken, and it’s quite possible that we were. We haven’t been paying close attention to the polls”

Shorter James Taranto: I Lie And Make Things Up And You Should Call Me On It When I Do That Because I’m A Con And Am Incapable Of Telling The Truth.

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5 Responses to “James Taranto: I Simply Make *hit Up”

  1. neoconsrloopy says:
    September 21, 2005 at 5:09 pm

    And yet, how many times are we going to hear in the next week that the polls all show Bush rebounding, referring to this f-stick. Nothing like the RW echo chamber.

  2. Zappa says:
    September 21, 2005 at 9:09 pm

    I heard that there is some backlash on the Dems with regards to their poor treatment of GW Bush – he is really rebounding in the publics view.

  3. dugger1 says:
    September 22, 2005 at 8:09 am

    As always. Polls schmolls.

    Dugger

  4. Quaker in a Basement says:
    September 22, 2005 at 1:09 pm

    It’s not the polls, Dugger. It’s the lying.

    How soon we forget.

  5. Zappa says:
    September 22, 2005 at 11:09 pm

    Come on quaker there was a Dem that lied too so it’s all OK! nothing to see here…