Posted on 03/15/2011 8:19:14 AM PDT by safetysign
Confidence in the U.S. system of government has dropped to a new low in more than 35 years, with public attitudes burdened by continued economic discontent, soaring gasoline prices, record opposition to the war in Afghanistan -- and a letdown in hopes for political progress after a bout of bipartisanship last fall.
More Video Watch: GOP's First Presidential Test Watch: Not Everyone Approves of the President Watch: Obama Rising, Palin SinkingOnly 26 percent of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll say they're optimistic about "our system of government and how well it works," down 7 points since October to the fewest in surveys dating to 1974. Almost as many, 23 percent, are pessimistic, the closest these measures ever have come. The rest, a record high, are "uncertain" about the system.
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Obamanomics is working precisly as intended...
“There’s another reason for working inside the system. Dostoevski said that taking a new step is what people fear most. Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and change the future. This acceptance is the reformation essential to any revolution.”
Saul Alinsky - Rule for radicals.
History is repeating itself because we forgot to learn from it.
Bah..fat finger..
Except we are angry and frustrated. As usual Liberalism breaks down when implemented.
Except we are angry and frustrated. As usual Liberalism breaks down when implemented.
the US Constitution and the government that adheres to it are fine.
it’s when you glom on socialistic bs that a country craters.
the problem, as in ALL other countries that have adopted similar methods... is ALWAYS socialism / marxism / progressivism / communism
This is one thing that the White House HAS done!
The Marxists in our midst want a dictator who can “get things done”. ABC and the rest of the media have become openly hostile to the Constitution. They want the “fundamental change” they were promised. The 53% of us who voted for O want action now.
Confidence in the U.S. System of Government AS RUN BY LIBERALS Drops to a 35-Year Low
The Republicans act much the same as Democrats when they are in power. It remains to be seen if they have gotten the message from the last election. People have not seen any improvement in the economy since the last election, and people always expect government to solve their problems. Of course, what would work is for government to get out of their lives, but they don’t understand that.
Also, we are tired of these wars without purpose in Iraq and Afghanistan. Why are we there? What is the goal? How long are we going to see young Americans come home maimed or in coffins just to prop up Maliki and Karzai?
“We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
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It still works for me. Unlike Versailles on the Potomac.
Alter, or better yet, abolish it.
Ya think?
Unfortunately, it is not made clear that the portion of the U.S. system of government that is causing a loss in confidence is socialist mob rule,...........oh, pardon me, I mean democracy.
I suggest you read the entire survey. According to this poll, the public trusts Obama more on the economy than the Reps. The entire poll is a real downer for Reps. Obama is given a 51-45 approval rating.
Watch...this will become an indictment of “capitalism” instead of the social democracy or marxism light practiced by democrats. It will be used to push us even further leftward into the abyss.
obama's and his administration's selective enforcement and un-Constitutional actions regards the laws on the books have led to this drop.
People do not like the kinds of surprises he has imposed on us all.
Afraid of losing some freebies?
“Seventy-one percent say the GOP is not willing enough to compromise with Obama on the deficit; that even includes 42 percent of Republicans.”
Compromise with 0bama??? OK.. so now the voters, who sent the GOPers in the deal with the deficit, are pissed at them for.... dealing with the deficit.
American voters have become a notoriously fickle, A.D.D.-addled bunch. “Solve that problem... wait!! .. Stop solving it!!... Wait! .. Hurry up, but stop! Do something! Wait.. don’t do anything... wait!! Compromise.. wait!! Stop!! Go! ... Hey... oooohh! Pretty birds!!”
in the deal = in to deal
Change "they" to "we" or "I" and I have my answer. I trust myself and the individual to do the right thing - so long as the governement quits telling me the kind of toilets, toilet paper, light bulbs, and gasoline I can use.
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