Posted on 04/23/2010 8:46:32 AM PDT by RepublicnotaDemocracy
While Americans generally took a breather from their increasing worry about losing freedoms under President Obama, Democrats over the last month actually began to express growing alarm as details of his health-care plan started to emerge.
The WND Freedom Index poll from Wenzel Strategies revealed that the index was 47.2 for the month of April, up just a tick from the near-record low of 46.7 in March.
The poll was conducted by telephone April 16-18 using an automated technology calling a random sampling of listed telephone numbers nationwide. It carries a margin of error of 3.29 percentage points.
"On the core question of whether, under the Obama administration, Americans have seen an increase or a decrease in their personal freedoms, a majority of Americans still believe there has been a decrease of freedoms," Wenzel said in an analysis of the results.
"One in three respondents said they believe Americans are subject to substantial levels of scorn, ridicule, or even retribution for exercising their freedoms to gather with those who might not be acceptable to other elements of society. Not surprisingly, it is the conservative respondents who feel the most oppressed on this point – as 79 percent said Americans are subject to penalty of some sort based on who they associate with. Liberals were much less likely to see this as a problem – yet still 36 percent of liberals said they do think Americans in general come in for some penalty based on their circle of friends," Wenzel's analysis found.
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The prepetually aggrieved liberal class does not like it when the silent majority stops being silent!
The best we can hope for that they stay home and we turn out in droves in November.
A quick death when you hit the ground is better than turning on him and having your appendages removed a little at a time.
From the very awkward article:
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Among the numbers in the poll:
42.8 percent of Americans believe there’s been a “big decrease” in freedoms under Obama. Another 9.6 percent see “some decrease.”
40.3 percent of Americans believe they are not very or not at all free to speak their minds without fear of punishment.
More than 33 percent of Americans believe they cannot associate with whom they choose without worrying about being punished or investigated.
One in five Americans expresses fear over being investigated for the way one worships.
More than 45 percent believe government is too intrusive.
More than 21 percent self-censor their thoughts on a given subject because of fear of penalty.
Wait till they find out they’re going to have to pay for their “free health care.”
“The prepetually aggrieved liberal class does not like it when the silent majority stops being silent!”
Every liberal is a passive aggressive too cowardly to be Stalin.
Every damned one of them.
The best part of Obama HellCare is that the feckless Dem pols may have unknowingly enrolled themselves in it.
Wait till everyone else that has been paying for their healtcare finds out that 32 million more people on the roles and less doctors means much longer lines and reduction in quality of care but what dummy didn’t know that was gonna happen...
For liberals millions must die before they realize that they have made a mistake by then Conservatives are usually elected to fix the problem.
The liberals are passive agressive and they are going to be on the business end of some aggressive-aggressive conservative righteous anger soon in November. I make no pretense of civility with these people anymore.
Indeed.
They have the wolf by the ears now. Their arms, I think, are a little frail and undersused to be able to hold that wolf.
“...Every liberal is a passive aggressive too cowardly to be Stalin....”
Except when they finally get power. Then, the psychotic in a room full of psychotics seems normal, and realizes he/she isn’t alone... and anything is possible.
They’re dangerous and unstable in the best of times; even worse when they run things.
It is more like the 1956 classic monster movie where they have resurrected Godzilla from the depths of the Sea of Japan and have provoked him to a destructive rampage. He is coming ashore and destroying everything in his path and there is little they can do about it but just cower and flee.
up just a tick from the near-record low of 46.7 in MarchThanks RepublicnotaDemocracy.
“For liberals millions must die before they realize that they have made a mistake”
“Progressive” history shows they rarely if ever admit a mistake. (You never heard Communists or Socialists aka Nazis ask “What have we done?”) Usually the wrong people were in charge in the first place. They’re like zombies you can never kill.
Libs prefer it that way; they seek not freedom, but to be cared for from cradle to grave. Freedom isn't even an afterthought.
I bet a lot were seniors and baby boomers who voted for him.
“Solyent Green - it’s people dam*it!)
Some young people too who will have to pay for a lot of it.
When out of power, why do you think Liberals howl for “bipartisanship”? Funny, how there was no caterwauling from the MSM about their usually sared requirement for bipartisanship while ObamaCare was being rammed through.
For liberals millions must die before they realize that they have made a mistake by then Conservatives are usually elected to fix the problem.
This charade is going to play out like the housing crisis did.
The Democrats passed health care "reform", but the economy-killing aspects won't kick in for a few years, when we may have a Republican president and congress. When the meltdown happens, the Dems will be screaming that it happened under Republican watch and, if they are successful at fooling the American populace again, they'll be back in power the following election.
It's a ratchet effect. The Dems come and go, but every round they leave us with less and less freedom.
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