Democrats' own mood poll scares them

Washington Times ^ | 6/29/2005

[StoneGiant]

A poll on the political mood in the United States conducted by the Democratic Party has alarmed the party at its own loss of popularity.

Conducted by the party-affiliated Democracy Corps, the poll indicated 43 percent of voters favored the Republican Party, while 38 percent had positive feelings about Democrats.

[rock58seg]

Ja das ist der ein Demokrat! should read:

Ja, das ist ein Democrat'

[StoneGiant]

What about their ring? What does their mood RING tell them?

 

Perhaps their Ring was destroyed....

[johnny7]

Nicht ist es die Wahrheit.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Nicht ist es die Wahrheit.

Sie können nicht mit Macintosh Eiferern argumentieren. Sie gerechtes Kopfnicken Ihr Kopf und Sagen "ja."

[johnny7]

Alle, das wir sind Macintosh Benutzer zur Marke... sehr loyal gerade
um um Anstürme Limbaugh bitten!

[TASMANIANRED]

Notice that 56% of Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction.

Serpent head wants to slant it to mean the course that President Bush has charted.

I'd love to see the number of Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction due to an out of control Judiciary.
10 commandments cases
gay marriage
confiscation of private property.

The wrong direction in education.

The wrong direction in PC everything.

The wrong direction in mainstreaming homosexuality.

The wrong direction on immigration.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Alle, das wir sind Macintosh Benutzer zur Marke... sehr loyal gerade um um Anstürme Limbaugh bitten!

Babelfish hashes it again!

All, which are we Macintosh user to the mark... much loyal straight over for attacks Limbaugh ask!

Ich verstehe nicht ein Wort von ihm.

[bray]

They need to redouble their Prozac!!

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

[King Prout]

I don't normally pay much heed to polls, let alone Dimpolls, but this is fun. (see threadheader and post4)

[King Prout]

oh, that's CHOICE

[jwh_Denver]

"Why don't the Republicans get a spine?!"

Maybe when Bush gets one. I used to love to watch Reagan's speeches but when Bush speaks I figure he's lying and is not going to do the right thing. It boils down to leadership. He can't even get the reins in on his own party.

[johnny7]

Jeez... what I wrote was... “All of us Macintosh users are loyal to the brand... just ask Rush Limbaugh.”

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Jeez... what I wrote was... “All of us Macintosh users are loyal to the brand... just ask Rush Limbaugh.”

My original statement was "you get what you pay for" and, in the case of Babelfish versus the Macintosh translator, that appears to be true.

[johnny7]

Last week I believe, somebody had a post about a P-47 Thunderbolt being taken out of a lake in Austria. The original text was in German but the translation was TERRIBLE. I used 'Sherlock' on the copy and it came out much better.

I swear by Mac's... never any virus problems... few crashes.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I swear by Mac's... never any virus problems... few crashes.

That will all change with the MacIntel. ;^P

[OESY]

Poll: Republicans Weaken, But Democrats Weaken Still More


Too cool:

A poll on the political mood in the United States conducted by the Democratic Party has alarmed the party at its own loss of popularity. Conducted by the party-affiliated Democracy Corps, the poll indicated 43 percent of voters favored the Republican Party, while 38 percent had positive feelings about Democrats.
"Republicans weakened in this poll ... but it shows Democrats weakening more," said Stanley Greenberg, who served as President Clinton's pollster.

Greenberg told the Christian Science Monitor he attributes the slippage to voters' perceptions that Democrats have "no core set of convictions or point of view."

Where on earth would they get that idea from?

I have to say I'm not too worried by Bush's, or the Republicans', declining poll ratings. Part of these "approval" polls is just people's current feelings about the state of things-- and with gas prices high, a bloody uptick in terrorism in Iraq, and the continuing impression that jobs aren't being created, people obviously don't approve of the current situation.

But just because people don't approve of the current situation -- that they'd like things to be better -- doesn't necessarily mean they've decided that the out-party should be swept back into power.

To get to that point, the out-party would have to, I don't know, actually announce some sort of reasonable agenda capable of persuading voters they'd do a better job, rather than just f'ing things up still further.

Fortunately for the Republicans and Bush, we don't have such an out-party.

The American public is cagey enough to understand that some problems just can't be fixed by new "plans" and "approaches." And the Democratic "plans" always sound idiotic. And they're usually the same.

How do we fix Iraq? Why, we get the French and Germans and Russians to aid us there. How do we do that? How do we get them to act against their perceived self-interest and anti-American domestic politics?

Why, we talk to them! And not talk to them like Bush talks to them, but we speak to them "persuasively" and explain to them that it's in their own best interest to help out.

How do we lower oil prices? Why, we talk to the Saudis, and get them to increase oil production! Hell, maybe even get them to sell oil at cost! All it takes is a little bit of "jawboning" and "pressure" and "understanding" and "nuance"!

I think people are smart enough to realize those aren't actual plans. They're just bubbleheaded rhetoric. You can't just say pretty pretty please with whip cream on top and get other nations to solve your problems for you, especially when they have an interest in seeing your problems continue or even worsen.

If "jawboning" can solve our problems, why not "jawbone" other countries to pay off our deficit for us? Heck, they'd only have to kick in a hundred billion or so each and they'd reduce our deficit by more than half.

Or do the same thing with Social Security. The system will go bankrupt in 2042? No problem. We'll just talk Japan into giving us all the money we need to cover the shortfall. We'll just have to do a lot of bowing, get them drunk, and sing at a karaoke bar.

-- Ace, ace.mu.nu/