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Topic: Obama begins second term
facing pessimistic public: Poll |
Obama begins second term
facing pessimistic public: Poll
Yahoo! News, by Rachel Rose Hartman
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Original Article
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Posted By:NorthernDog, 1/2/2013 1:21:23 PM
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| As President Barack Obama heads into his second term, he faces a pessimistic and weary public, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll released late Tuesday. The percentage of Americans satisfied with the direction of the country stands at a paltry 23 percent in a poll taken Dec. 14-17. By a margin of 50 to 47 percent, respondents said the country´s best years are over. Fifty percent of respondents said it is somewhat or very unlikely that today´s youth will have a better life than their parents. That pessimism and negativity extends to the president, according to the poll.
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Comments:
This Yahoo article is similar to the USA Today article posted earlier. But it´s worth seeing how many negative comments are attached to this one. How did he ever get re-elected?
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Redneck In NY, 1/2/2013 1:29:30 PM (No. 9094944)
Simple OP. The people who voted him in, do not read the paper. And then there is that voter fraud thingy...
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Conservativegirl, 1/2/2013 1:30:19 PM (No. 9094947)
Poster, allow me to postulate an answer. Slightly more than half the population is so cowed, fearful and incompetent that they would prefer the status quo rather than to venture into a painful, but effective attempt at improvement. This is what the Dims want - - a population that is supplicant and easily controlled.
Girl´s Hubby
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
peebster, 1/2/2013 1:32:23 PM (No. 9094949)
Translation...time for the popular culture media to get going and convince low info voters how great Obama is and how good they really have it....
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
janylou, 1/2/2013 1:36:49 PM (No. 9094953)
I hope King Obama continues his tone deafness as far as his lavish lifestyle. His arrogance may sink him yet.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Highvoltage, 1/2/2013 1:43:07 PM (No. 9094959)
Until the financial pain that is sure to come hits70% of the public things will remain on the track to economic destruction and Obama´s poll numbers will remain near 50%. Of course at that point there is no chance to right what has been done wrong except to let it all hit rock bottom and rebuild.
Our children and grandchildren will suffer the most and they will not forgive our generation for letting it happen by electing the officials who did it.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Ding! Fries are Done, 1/2/2013 1:46:08 PM (No. 9094962)
Don´t bet on it #4. Obama can do whatever he wants with seemingly no repercussions. NOTHING has stuck to him and his poll numbers keep going up while our sides are going down.
There are LOTS of people that think it is the Republicans fault we have such sky high deficits and debt.. Completely surreal.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Screwgun, 1/2/2013 1:52:42 PM (No. 9094979)
It´s now more noble to get your EBT card reloaded every month than to start a business and be successful. Owning a vacation home or boat used to be things people aspired to, now it makes you a target.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
mackrand, 1/2/2013 1:55:12 PM (No. 9094981)
It is striking how close Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged is to current affairs. In the Atlas Shrugged alternate universe United States the situation little by little deteriorated as the government took more and more liberties until the country just slowly ground to a halt. You look around and can see it happening here. The unthinking low information people just blithely continue their lives as if everything is still hunky dory.
Hey mate, no worries. No worries at all. The government won´t let me starve. It will all be just fine... s/o
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
pineledger, 1/2/2013 2:09:28 PM (No. 9095010)
Too bad they weren´t all as pessimistic as we were on Nov. 6.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
GringoinQuito, 1/2/2013 2:20:09 PM (No. 9095025)
Am I missing something? Why did they vote for Ihim? Are they complete idiots?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
CEP, 1/2/2013 2:37:49 PM (No. 9095040)
This is so irrelevant, we should be told what Michelle Obama is wearing and how toned her arms are.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
lilo, 1/2/2013 2:40:48 PM (No. 9095051)
He. Doesn´t. Care.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
mickturn, 1/2/2013 2:42:44 PM (No. 9095056)
Well we did learn one thing, the Takers have taken over!
If they didn´t get it in the first 4 years there is no way they will get it now.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
graniteman2009, 1/2/2013 2:48:25 PM (No. 9095066)
The only people that are not looking forwrd to the next 4 years are the people that work. For everyone else it is a gravy train.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
excalgalcg, 1/2/2013 3:37:47 PM (No. 9095135)
Last night on Fox News, Charles Krauthammer said it all. He was lambasting Obama´s press conference when he was so arrogant and laid into Repubs with nasty inferences. Charles K. warned Obama that "pride goes before the fall" and he will one day fall. Right now, we are stuck with him but not only we have to fight him, it´s also the Republicans! I´m so disgusted with the vote.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
redwhite&blue2, 1/2/2013 3:56:41 PM (No. 9095182)
Dear Fellow L-Dotters:
Have we ever been so surrounded by IDIOTS ?
Semper Paratus
TanSonNhut 1968
God help the half of America that still is traditional, moral, and sane. Amen.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
pinger, 1/2/2013 5:19:38 PM (No. 9095362)
Fifty years from now when people speak of the Obama era, the question on everyone´s mind will be, "How did the American people roll over and allow that to happen?"
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
nonsense, 1/2/2013 6:24:16 PM (No. 9095460)
I wonder also how future generations will comprehend the mass ignorance of Americans who twice elected a Marxist to the highest office in the land. I expect it will include indepth instruction in the role of propaganda and the evil and corrupt press that dominated the era.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Java D, 1/2/2013 6:47:05 PM (No. 9095495)
Bet they didn´t poll the parasites that voted for him, only the taxpayers supporting the deadbeats.
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