Posted on 08/20/2009 8:03:18 AM PDT by fiscon1
Greg Palkot reported from Afghanistan with an interesting report in anticipation of the election. Palkot walked the streets of Kabul asking potential voters what Ronald Reagan asked in 1980 "are you better off than you were 5 years ago".
To gauge public opinion, we paraphrased the old Ronald Reagan campaign slogan and asked the folks here "are you better off now than you were five years ago?" when President Karzai was first elected?
(voice-over): The reaction was decidedly mixed -- some positive.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have had more improvements in Afghanistan in education parts and every kind of development.
(Excerpt) Read more at theeprovocateur.blogspot.com ...
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