tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post1828623611372886625..comments2024-03-26T14:01:36.240-05:00Comments on Public Policy Polling: Even Griffith's numbers downTom Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06545052616714485196noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-84578780092759199172010-09-09T11:13:49.500-05:002010-09-09T11:13:49.500-05:0050 years ago, Griffith starred in the classic, A F...50 years ago, Griffith starred in the classic, A FACE IN THE CROWD. A film that detailed the rise and fall of guy who goes on tv and in a sweet, old fashioned ways, convinces people to act like fascists. Sort of like Glen Beck does today.<br /><br />Andy is a strong Democrat and a proud progressive who is doing his best to help the older people of this country to understand that as usual the Republicans have been lying to them about health care.<br /><br />And if this means that some of the people of North Carolina think ill of the man for doing so, well that says more about the people of North Carolina than it does about Andy Griffith.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-13081444028356768182010-09-09T07:07:20.430-05:002010-09-09T07:07:20.430-05:00He's done some good acting, but Griffith has b...He's done some good acting, but Griffith has been an extreme leftist for a long time. No surprise here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-89461793118212766892010-09-08T18:15:10.931-05:002010-09-08T18:15:10.931-05:00I can't hold this against Andy. He been a posi...I can't hold this against Andy. He been a positive influence in this country for a long time.<br />We need to take into consideration his age, and that he may just have gotten bad advice when it came to this PSA.Bronco46https://www.blogger.com/profile/12374047392657638584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-30275559958697477352010-09-08T16:18:55.152-05:002010-09-08T16:18:55.152-05:00I saw the commercial for Obama that Griffith and R...I saw the commercial for Obama that Griffith and Ron Howard did the week before the 2008 election. Kinda coincides witht the drop in his approval ratings since thenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-10908831377159847172010-09-08T14:18:16.475-05:002010-09-08T14:18:16.475-05:00Polifrog, my point in asking if you read our blog ...Polifrog, my point in asking if you read our blog is that almost everything we poll has to do with some horse race. We always ask the favorabilities and job approval ratings of those who are running for office.Dustin Ingallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599131416393266722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-6185655324684165392010-09-08T13:00:57.515-05:002010-09-08T13:00:57.515-05:00Griffiths was fine as Andy Taylor. Matlock was a b...Griffiths was fine as Andy Taylor. Matlock was a boring clone show for old people. He really lost my favor, as did Opie and Fonzie, in their Bush attack spot in 2008. When will these turkeys realize that they are ticking off half their fans when they voice their ignorant, pander-to-Hollywood opinions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-66197773824378508662010-09-08T12:30:15.535-05:002010-09-08T12:30:15.535-05:00What does he care, he likly wont live long enough ...What does he care, he likly wont live long enough to get any "care" from obama-care. And he probably only read the scrip, and not the bill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-63664752598856673922010-09-08T12:24:07.788-05:002010-09-08T12:24:07.788-05:00How is Aunt Bee polling?How is Aunt Bee polling?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-91821322357201913942010-09-08T12:20:42.090-05:002010-09-08T12:20:42.090-05:00""Does PPP not poll politicians who are ...""Does PPP not poll politicians who are currently running for office?"<br /><br />Do you read our blog?"<br /><br /><br />My comment was intended for this poll, this thread, of course that is why it was in this thread. It was not directed toward the blog.<br /><br />The poll would have gained just as much information as to the political mood of NC. and been far more useful had it targeted politicians who are running for office.Chiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07741742135339114023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-1490302045567887882010-09-08T12:04:56.358-05:002010-09-08T12:04:56.358-05:00Griffith once said on Letterman that he was a prou...Griffith once said on Letterman that he was a proud Democrat. I guess he really is a courageous man. Or obtuse.Blackwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-25213724104412168822010-09-08T11:18:46.538-05:002010-09-08T11:18:46.538-05:00The only ones fooled by these left-leaning actors ...The only ones fooled by these left-leaning actors are left-leaning fools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-37266741776669229332010-09-08T10:38:18.586-05:002010-09-08T10:38:18.586-05:00"Does PPP not poll politicians who are curren..."Does PPP not poll politicians who are currently running for office?"<br /><br />Do you read our blog?Dustin Ingallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599131416393266722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-88434579781138981002010-09-08T09:36:39.790-05:002010-09-08T09:36:39.790-05:00Now that Griffith has spent his popularity trying ...Now that Griffith has spent his popularity trying to get people to accept the Obamacare disaster, he will not be effective the next time the Democrats need him to lift them out of a hole. Gimmicks like Griffith's are a one-shot deal. Now he's just another political hack. <br /><br />I sure hope it was worth it, Andy...Haiku Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13432333437491702950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-78703749310145973162010-09-08T09:31:02.106-05:002010-09-08T09:31:02.106-05:00I feel sorry for Andy. He must be getting senile t...I feel sorry for Andy. He must be getting senile to support something as anti-American as Obamacare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-14625743039469445602010-09-07T18:05:24.843-05:002010-09-07T18:05:24.843-05:00Does PPP not poll politicians who are currently ru...Does PPP not poll politicians who are currently running for office?<br /><br />Griffith? Perdue? Hagan? Obama?<br /><br />Who Cares?<br /><br />What a waste.Chiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07741742135339114023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-83921381180067781572010-09-07T17:58:57.132-05:002010-09-07T17:58:57.132-05:00Falling approval ratings is what happens when you ...Falling approval ratings is what happens when you support leftists tyranny against the values of the American mainstream.Christian Libertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04842885802414436051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-34455840248971490202010-09-07T17:18:43.544-05:002010-09-07T17:18:43.544-05:00Now if the North Carolina Republican Party can pro...Now if the North Carolina Republican Party can promote from within a man named Otis Campbell to lead the NCGOPers...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-40822881523799605982010-09-07T14:42:56.740-05:002010-09-07T14:42:56.740-05:00"Still, I can't imagine Andy Griffith car..."Still, I can't imagine Andy Griffith cares what his approval numbers are."<br /><br />No, but Bev Perdue and the state Democrats do.Dustin Ingallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599131416393266722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-30136921840692663812010-09-07T14:08:05.803-05:002010-09-07T14:08:05.803-05:00Thanks - now I have that annoying whistle stuck in...Thanks - now I have that annoying whistle stuck in my head. Though that's better than Griffith's character obsessing about his nightmares of male rape in Billy Bob Thorton's movie Daddy And Them.<br /><br />Still, I can't imagine Andy Griffith cares what his approval numbers are.Zornorphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142542507273109059noreply@blogger.com