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Poll: Majority Of Americans Feel Rights And Freedoms Threatened By Govt
Newsmax ^ | 31 Jan 2013 | By Todd Beamon

Posted on 02/02/2013 6:19:33 AM PST by Mozilla

For the first time, a majority of Americans feel that the government threatens their individual rights and freedoms, according to a survey released on Thursday.

Fifty-three percent of the 1,502 adults surveyed Jan. 9-13 by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press responded that they believe that the federal government threatens their personal rights and freedoms.

The Pew survey found that 43 percent disagreed.

76 percent of conservative Republicans said they feel threatened by Washington, compared with 62 percent three years ago, Pew found. Now!

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 113th; 2013polls; bho44; freedoms; poll; trends

1 posted on 02/02/2013 6:19:43 AM PST by Mozilla
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2 posted on 02/02/2013 6:29:35 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Mozilla

Lets see...who disagreed? The govt.-dependent, the lobotomized, those with room temp. I.Q.’s and Ø’voldemort voters...


3 posted on 02/02/2013 6:32:13 AM PST by 45semi (A police state is always preceded by a nanny state...)
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Yet a mere 3 months ago, Obama was re-elected. I heard on Rush yesterday that Obama’s approval numbers are 60%. Schizophrenia.


4 posted on 02/02/2013 6:34:28 AM PST by Right Brother
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How many of this 53% voted zero? How many have the brains to realize what/who brought this on?


5 posted on 02/02/2013 6:44:34 AM PST by albie
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To: Right Brother

There is a serious disconnect between the political environment and public opinion. If one were to look exclusively at opinion on the issues - economic, government overreach, etc, Obama would have been wiped out by 10 points.


6 posted on 02/02/2013 6:45:34 AM PST by ilgipper (Obama supporters are comprised of the uninformed & the ill-informed)
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To: Mozilla
If it were up to me there would be cw2 against these tyrannical democrat/socialist bastards in washington dc.

Give me liberty or give me death.

We in Louisiana are ready

7 posted on 02/02/2013 6:51:04 AM PST by Democrat_media (media makes mass shooters household names to create more & take our guns)
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To: Right Brother

These days, I post very rarely!!! As a long time student of history, in a nutshel,l we are being lied to every single by Obama, etc. Whether it is the economy, unemployment, the 2nd amendment, Obama approval numbers, foreign policy, terrorism, etc. We are now living in the world of Barack “Hitler” Hussein Obama. The American people are just plain old sheep headed for the slaughter.

It’s happened in history before, and will continue on as long as there are Obama types that love control, power and tyranny!!! Take your pick....Persia, Greece, Egypt, Rome, Russia, Germany, italy, etc. Facism/Communism, it’s all the same thing. No sense ranting about it. We failed, our country has failed, The insane and heartless now run our nation!!! There is no real opposition to Obama. Only Texas Senator, Ted Cruz has the onions to call him the evil person that he really is!!! The rest of the Republicans are just as bad as Obama and his thugs. America can no longer help America. Only God can help the cause of freedom.


8 posted on 02/02/2013 7:02:09 AM PST by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!)
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To: albie
How many have the brains to realize what/who brought this on?

Democrats have the Idiocracy convinced it is the fault of George Bush and Sarah Palin and their war on free condoms.

9 posted on 02/02/2013 7:18:26 AM PST by Iron Munro (I Miss America, don't you?)
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How many of this 53% voted zero? How many have the brains to realize what/who brought this on?

Democrats have the Idiocracy convinced our downfall is the fault of George Bush and Sarah Palin and their war on free condoms.


10 posted on 02/02/2013 7:20:31 AM PST by Iron Munro (I Miss America, don't you?)
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11 posted on 02/02/2013 7:40:45 AM PST by RedMDer (HEY LIBS! GUN FREE ZONE T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE NOW. I DARE YA!)
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Ok, then explain how this disaster was re-elected.....

Oh wait a minute this isn’t about freebies... SARC


12 posted on 02/02/2013 8:08:50 AM PST by patriotspride
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Gee . . . what a surprise. FedGov is a threat? Who’d a thunk it?


13 posted on 02/02/2013 8:29:13 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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“Lets see...who disagreed? The govt.-dependent, the lobotomized, those with room temp. I.Q.’s and Ø’voldemort voters...”

We call them the sheep or the sheeple, but they also are known as Obamabots. They drank the Kool aid for Obama.


14 posted on 02/02/2013 8:33:50 AM PST by Mozilla
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WE *WILL* TAKE THINGS AWAY FROM YOU FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.

Hillary Clinton


15 posted on 02/02/2013 10:09:43 AM PST by Vaduz
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