Eight in 10 Americans say country is headed in the ‘wrong direction.’
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By on Jun 19th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Eight in 10 Americans say country is headed in the ‘wrong direction.’
A new AP-Ipsos poll finds that nearly eight in 10 Americans believe “the country is moving in the wrong direction…amid soaring food and gas prices, falling home values and unending war. Just 17 percent say the country is going in the right direction.” This figure is the lowest since the survey began in 2003, and when compared with other past surveys, “the general level of pessimism is the worst in almost 30 years.”
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Will those 8 out of 10 Americans vote for Change in November or will they continue to follow the lying BS handed to them by the Repubs?
June 19th, 2008 at 9:43 pmYer doin’ a heckuvajob, Bushie!
June 19th, 2008 at 9:46 pmI read once (and I wish I could find where) that something like 19% of Americans think they are in the top 1% of income earners in this country. Certainly the top 1% thinks things are fine and ducky (except for the part where poor people get some of the rich peoples’ unpaid tax money on their unearned income). Maybe that’s why so many think the country is doing just fine.
Then again, about one out of six people are pretty stupid. (Have you been on the highways lately? They’re everywhere!)
June 19th, 2008 at 9:49 pmthe other 20% clearly have an IQ of a snail….actually, that’s an insult to the snail.
June 19th, 2008 at 9:56 pmsometimes it takes the artistic musicians (punks) to get to the truth….quickly.
The Get Up Kids
“Lion and the Lamb”
…
June 19th, 2008 at 9:59 pmI’ve never been one for war
The sand we’re sinkin’ in
Is thick as oil….
the other 2 out of 10.. who are they?
June 19th, 2008 at 10:01 pmthe greedy rich, the rapture ready and the bigoted.
No shit?
But will those 8 out of 10 show up to vote?
Ha!
June 19th, 2008 at 10:03 pmAnd the other 2 out of 10 think they’re going in the right direction even though their GPS has cut out on them…
June 19th, 2008 at 10:07 pmno. look for 5.1 percent of the people to show up at the booths. just enough for another stolen election.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:08 pmsry 50.1 percent
June 19th, 2008 at 10:09 pmThe question is: will Americans wake up and realize it was the conservative revolution that’s responsible for direction this country has taken, that Ronald Reagan wasn’t a great president but rather one of many causes for the decline we’re experiencing?
Only by understanding what went wrong can we hope to fix it.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
June 19th, 2008 at 10:16 pmI’ll make it 9 of 10, one of the other 2 will not bother to vote.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:22 pmDemocracy can work. The majority knows the truth even if the MSM is clueless and complicit.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:22 pmZooey,
June 19th, 2008 at 10:24 pmYou beat me!
kasinca,
But will we make it work? Complacency is easy — especially in that LazyBoy chair.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:25 pmWalt,
I’m relishing the rarity of my beating you. ;)
June 19th, 2008 at 10:27 pmZooey Says:
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kasinca,
But will we make it work? Complacency is easy — especially in that LazyBoy chair.
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Bet your ass! These thugs are on their last run.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:31 pmFind those last 2 and shut off their life support units . . .
June 19th, 2008 at 10:33 pmTen out of ten idiot trolls come here to prattle about how swimmingly we’re doing.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:35 pmmaybe we should elect a guy who’s a lot like george w. bush president. that would fix everything.
(kidding)
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June 19th, 2008 at 10:35 pmjoe cantwell Says:
maybe we should elect a guy who’s a lot like george w. bush president. that would fix everything.
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You don’t think Dubya has fixed enough? That would be McSame.
No, hell no! No more thugs or crime families.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:37 pmRUCerious Says:
Ten out of ten idiot trolls come here to prattle about how swimmingly we’re doing.
rogerse, doesn’t prattle as much as he copies and pastes. he’s real good at that.
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June 19th, 2008 at 10:38 pmkasinca Says:
Bet your ass! These thugs are on their last run.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
The Dems caved on impeachment. The Dems caved on telecom immunity.
I’m having a problem being optimistic….
June 19th, 2008 at 10:41 pmjoe ! Don’t do that shit like post #20. One’s heart can only stand so much stress@!
June 19th, 2008 at 10:45 pmShould we take a poll on what the se after Roger means?
June 19th, 2008 at 10:46 pmMy take is SucksEggs.
Zooey Says:
The Dems caved on impeachment. The Dems caved on telecom immunity.
I’m having a problem being optimistic….
this will help…
:)
June 19th, 2008 at 10:46 pmZ ~ Maybe This will cheer you up!
June 19th, 2008 at 10:48 pmRUCerious Says:
Should we take a poll on what the se after Roger means?
My take is SucksEggs.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Shit eater.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:48 pmThanks, RUC.
I can see where all the smart people live. ;)
…wish I lived in one of those states…
June 19th, 2008 at 10:53 pmThanks, joe cantwell.
I still have dial up, so downloading that is iffy at best. :)
I have a summer job, so high speed is in my future. Heh.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:55 pmjoe, that video rocks! Yu da man
June 19th, 2008 at 10:55 pmZ, since the prevailing winds blow from west to east, maybe you’ll get some smart WA air to breathe over the next months!!
June 19th, 2008 at 10:56 pm{:>}
RUC,
I appreciate the effort…. ;)
June 19th, 2008 at 11:19 pmZ, Howza bout I stand on my front porch and blow!?
June 19th, 2008 at 11:23 pmAnd we still 200plus days of the SHRUB to kepp phucking things up and making it worse, that`s what really sucks.
June 20th, 2008 at 12:41 amTime has proven Bush an absolute criminal. His consistent and continued failed policy tells it all!
June 20th, 2008 at 3:05 amDown (the drain) is usually considered the wrong direction–correct me if I’m wrong…
June 20th, 2008 at 3:10 amWhat in hell are the other two thinking.
June 20th, 2008 at 4:25 amJust came across this website which is providing CMS based Free Campaign websites for Contesting Candidates
http://www.ezcampaigns.com/free-campaigns-sites.html
June 20th, 2008 at 6:40 amOne might infer from this headline that 20% of our nation suffers from mental illness.
June 20th, 2008 at 2:24 pm