Rasmussen: 57% think ObamaCare will damage economy

Hot Air ^ | MARCH 8, 2010 | ED MORRISSEY

[RobinMasters]

The White House promised a “hard pivot” to jobs and the economy almost three months ago, attempting to put the ObamaCare debate on the back burner after the holidays. They had belatedly discovered that the electorate was much more concerned about the economic plunge than in retooling a health-care system that works for most Americans now. Instead of the hard pivot, Democrats have doubled down on ObamaCare — and the latest Rasmussen survey shows that a strong majority believe it to be the wrong direction on both issues:

Fifty-seven percent (57%) of voters say the health care reform plan now working its way through Congress will hurt the U.S. economy.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 25% think the plan will help the economy. But only seven percent (7%) say it will have no impact. Twelve percent (12%) aren’t sure.

[RobinMasters]

Ping

[Red Badger]

DAMN THE POLLS! FULL SPEED AHEAD!.......................

[Buckeye McFrog]

translation: 43% of Americans have the economic IQ of a turnip

[norraad]

"..some of my best friends are turnips'.

[the invisib1e hand]

wow, and that's 57% of the brain dead. For the rest of us, who don't sit around taking polls, the results are closer to 100%.

You think it's bad now? Just wait and see what happens if they let this monster loose.

[Dewey Revoltnow]

I’m not part of that 57%, because I think it will DESTROY the economy.

[jveritas]

I never understood how a conservative can have liberals as his best friends. I have none of them and I will never have one.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Will?

[ArmyTeach]

No, it won’t exceed its cost limits. The plan will simply make sure that you and I are not eligible for the more expensive lifesaving procedures and surgeries available. “Take two aspirin and call when you are ready for end-of-life protocols.”

[ExTexasRedhead]

RATs can take this to their empty bank:

November, you’re out; November, RATs are TOAST. We The People vow to scrub the RAT sewer that is this Congress clean.

[norraad]

..well, there's always gonna be turnips, I've just learned to live with them, I guess.

Since they are just turnips, it's easy for me to manipulate the subject of conversation to an area I feel more comfy in the dirt w/them.

"..can't we all just get along?"

[Buckeye McFrog]

I never understood how a conservative can have liberals as his best friends.

I did have one very liberal friend once. Like most liberal women I think she initially came by it honestly due to having a compassionate nature. Then she went to a very liberal college in Boston, and sort of got hooked into leftist social and economic values of living in Massachusetts.

Unfortunately she passed away far too young, partly as a result of her liberal lifestyle choices.

[Paul Ross]

What is wrong with the 43% who don't agree with that obvious conclusion?

It would appear that those poll answerers saying "no" were outright lying...because they don't care and want their freebies irrespective of the overall adverse consequence to the nation.

[imskylark]

Senator Dodd says people are coming around and supporting Obamacare. Not sure how he comes up with that. This poll certainly doesn’t show that.

[Candor7]

Dittos. I can’t stand to be around them.

If I was a giant , I would eat a liberal every day, just so I could watch myself sh_t the liberal out the next .

[GailA]

Low ball figure...when the Seniors get their Medicare cut and gutted, and NO COLAs for 3 years, and increased Medicare premiums it’s going to be nearer to 75%.

“Code Red” - House Target List on Health Care
The National Republican Congressional Committee has published a target list on health care. In addition to continuing to contact the five Tennessee Democrat Congressmen, you can go http://www.votervoice.net/link/clickthrough/ext/94697.aspx to contact some of these targets. Much of the talk following Obama’s announcement has focused on how to defeat this second bill through reconciliation, but that is misleading because the first step to defeating Obamacare is not by concentrating on defeating the “fixer” bill but by defeating the Senate bill in the House when it goes to the floor for an up-or-down vote on Thursday, March 18th.
Rep. Lincoln Davis 202-225-6831 Columbia office: 931-490-8699
Rep. Jim Cooper 202-225-4311 Nashville office: 615-736-5295
Rep. Bart Gordon 202-225-4231 Murfreesboro office: 615-896-1986
Rep. John S. Tanner 202-225-4714 Jackson office: 731-423-4848
Rep. Steve Cohen 202-225-3265 Memphis office: 901-544-4131

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Defeat Obamacare call list: Courtsey of TN Eagle Forum: List now contains the new MAYBES culled from FR posts.

PLEASE CALL! DC OFFICE LOCAL OFFICE State District

Harry Mitchell (202) 225-2190 (480) 946-2411 AZ 5th District
Gabrielle Giffords (202) 225-2542 (520) 881-3588 AZ 8th District
Ann Kirkpatrick (202) 225-2315 (928) 226-6914 AZ 1st District
Jerry McNerney (202) 225-1947 925-833-0643 CA 11th District
John Salazar 202-225-4761 970-245-7107 CO 3rd District
Jim Himes (202) 225-5541 (866) 453-0028 CT 4th District
Alan Grayson (202) 225-2176 (407) 841-1757 FL 8th District
Bill Foster (202) 225-2976 630-406-1114 IL 14th District
Baron Hill 202 225 5315 812 288 3999 IN 9th District
Mark Schauer (202) 225-6276 (517) 780-9075 MI 7th District
Gary Peters (202) 225-5802 (248) 273-4227 MI 9th District
Dina Titus (202) 225-3252 702-256-DINA (3462) NV 3rd District
Carol Shea-Porter (202) 225-5456 (603) 743-4813 NH 1st District
Tim Bishop (202) 225-3826 (631) 696-6500 NY 1st District
John Hall (202) 225-5441 (845) 225-3641 x49371 NY 19th District
Bill Owens (202) 225-4611 (315) 782-3150 NY 23rd District
Mike Arcuri (202)225-3665 (315)793-8146 NY 24th District
Dan Maffei (202) 225-3701 (315) 423-5657 NY 25th District
Earl Pomeroy (202) 225-2611 (701) 224-0355 ND At-Large District
Steven Driehaus (202) 225-2216 (513) 684-2723 OH 1st District
Mary Jo Kilroy (202) 225-2015 (614) 294-2196 OH 15th District
Zach Space (202) 225-6265 (330) 364-4300 OH 18th District
Kathy Dahlkemper (202) 225-5406 (814) 456-2038 PA 3rd District
Patrick Murphy (202) 225-4276 (215) 826-1963 PA 8th District
Christopher Carney (202) 225-3731 (570) 585-9988 PA 10th District
Paul Kanjorski (202) 225-6511 (570) 825-2200 PA 11th District
John Spratt (202) 225-5501 (803)327-1114 SC 5th District
Tom Perriello (202) 225-4711 (276) 656-2291 VA 5th District
Alan Mollohan (202) 225-4172 (304) 623-4422 WVA 1st District
Nick Rahall (202) 225-3452 (304) 252-5000 WVA 3rd District
Steve Kagen (202) 225-5665 (920) 437-1954 WI 8th District
Bart Gordon (202) 225-4231 TN (MAYBE)
Bart Stupak (202) 225 4735 MI (MAYBE)
Brian Baird (202) 225-3536, Vancouver, (360) 695-6292. Olympia, (360) 352-9768, (MAYBE)
senator mark begich (202) 224-3004 toll free. (877) 501 - 6275 just became a MAYBE
John Tanner (202) 225-4714, Union City, (731) 885-7070, Jackson Phone: (731) 423-4848, Millington (901) 873-5690 TN (MAYBE)
Jason Altmire 202-225-2565, Aliquippa, 724-378-0928, Natrona Heights, 724-226-1304 (MAYBE)

On the Bubble (Major developments from the “yes” and “no” columns in the House)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2467046/posts

[Godzilla]

translation: 43% of Americans have the economic IQ of a turnip

Turnips all across America are outraged by the comparison.