Obama’s Health Care Infomercial Was The Lowest Rated Show On Broadcast Television

Proof • June 26, 2009

President Obama’s town hall meeting on health care delivered a sickly rating Wednesday evening.
The one-hour ABC News special “Primetime: Questions for the President: Prescription for America” (4.7 million viewers, 1.1 preliminary adults 18-49 rating) had the fewest viewers in the 10 p.m. hour. The special tied some 8 p.m. comedy repeats as the lowest-rated program on a major broadcast network.

Maybe if they’d included some dissenting opinion, and didn’t just make it a not-quite-official White House production, more people would have been interested in watching.
Regardless, I’m beginning to wonder if nationalized health care isn’t dead in the water right now. The CBO’s report on the cost of the program has Democrats in Congress backing away, and while Obama is pitching his plan with the intensity of a used car salesman on television Americans just don’t seem to be swayed.
Which is a good thing. Getting taxed more to pay less for health care isn’t exactly a bargain.

Tags: Asshats, Domestic Issues, Politics

http://Array Socks

The Free market, oh how I love it!
robert108

Justice.
http://www.dartemis.net/blog/ sayanything-42

The ratings Change I was Hoping for!
badlands4

Felt no need to watch it. Why waste my time when I already knew the talking points? There wasn’t going to be any counterpoint, so I just didn’t see the point. Much like presidential debates…why watch, when you know the talking points and can get a recap the next day w/o having to slog through all the muck?
tsterious

He’s just a media whore.
His “novelty” will wear off soon and people will see him for what he truly is…

In love with himself, not America.
2Hotel9

People are tired of Barri being on the tube all the time, this is no surprise. And Senators are NOT coming together on anything about healthcare, the backstabbing and backbiting are ramping up.
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 DINO

Funny, I just read that Senators are coming together on a bill.

Health care reform will pass WITH a public option and the private system will wither and die as it should.

It will be another in a long string of defeats for conservatives.
conundrum

Thats to bad. I watched and the tough questions were asked.
raj58045

His next attempt at getting an audience for his bull sessions will be showing up at Wrigley Field and replacing “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” with a “How we waste….oops…spend your money for you” speech.
robert108

And delivered by the free market, no less.

Absolutely! In fact, justice and fairness are the dependable qualities of the free market. From each according to his ability, to each according to his ability.
Pilgrim

I’d like to be a fly on the wall at today’s ABC board meeting.

I wonder how they convinced themselves it was a huge success?
brain trust

Why blow an hour listening to one lie after a next. We all know that what he says is totally different from what will happen.

Liberal’s Golden Rule – We must all suffer equally!
jimmypop

people like fame, not politic. things like this make people think… its way, way easier to text message the name of the best singer.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

Justice.

And delivered by the free market, no less.

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