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What Americans Believe...
JohnH wrote:
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:57:44 -0500, Boater wrote:
According to Gallup:
• Americans are pro-choice (67 percent) • Americans support the Geneva
Conventions with regards to torture (57 percent) • Americans don't want
the government snooping in their bank and internet records (67 percent)
• Americans want the USA Patriot Act changed or eliminated entirely (81
percent) • Americans support protecting the environment at the expense
of economic growth (55 percent) • Americans believe that global warming
is happening (86 percent) • Americans believe that it's the government's
responsibility to provide health care (69 percent) • Americans support
the decriminalization of marijuana (55 percent) and support the
legalization of medical marijuana (78 percent) • Americans are opposed
to attacking Iran (68 percent, according to a CNN Poll) • Americans
support labor unions (60 percent) • Americans want government funding of
embryonic stem cell research (56 percent) • Americans believe that free
trade hurts American workers (65 percent) • Americans believe rich
people and corporations aren't paying enough taxes (66 and 71 percent
respectively) • And overall party affiliation? 54 percent of Americans
are Democrats (with leaners) and 39 percent are Republicans (with leaners).
http://www.gallup.com/poll/topics.aspx
Obama got elected. That in itself is proof there are a lot of uneducated,
gullible Americans out there.
Ain't that the truth.
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