Poll: 58 Percent of Americans Think Obama’s GITMO Decision is Stupid

The Republican Liberty Caucus ^ | 1/23/2009 | Publicola

[obamaisandrogynous]

So much for his ill-deserved reputation as the smartest guy in the world…Obama can no longer vote “present” as in the Illinois Senate, or rarely vote as in the U.S. Senate, and the GITMO closure, his first big decision, is being seen as “stupid” by 58 percent of Americans.

See,

http://news.aol.com/article/rep-kirsten-gillibrand-likely-ny-senate/291579?icid=200100397×1217672257x1201184544

Poll breakdown:

39,825 polled

Poll Question:

How stupid is Obama’s decision to close GITMO within a year?

47 percent “very stupid” 8 percent “medium stupid” 3 percent “a little stupid” 42 percent “not at all stupid”

A plurality of Americans think Obama’s first big presidential decision is “very stupid.” The uninformed, peacenik coalition of November voters is already breaking up in the face of the reality of terrorism.

[LeonardFMason]

A NEW POLL will be commisioned by the MSM in an effort to refute this poll. It will be structured something like this:

Closing Gitmo is:

1. A great idea
2. A somewhat great idea
3. A really good idea
4. A good idea
5. A somewhat good idea
6. An idea which seems good
7. An idea which seems somewhat good
8. An idea you hope works out well
9. An idea you hope works out somewhat well
10. A bad idea. Evil Dick Cheney would pick this one.

Conclusion: The American people, almost unanimously, think closing Gitmo is an overall good idea.

[Brytani]

"Maybe they can relocate them to the new visitor’s center outside the Capitol building.

We can't do that, Dirty Harry may smell them....eeeewwwwww

[lonestar]

want someone from Barry’s admin to explain in detail how this makes us safer.

When Gibbs said this in the presser I couldn't believe it! Of course, nobody from MSM asked him to explain how it made us safer.

I was thinking if that's true, why do we have murderers in the pen? I'd rather have a murderer living next door than a terrorist!

Murtha can have them all!

[okie01]

When Gibbs said this in the presser I couldn't believe it! Of course, nobody from MSM asked him to explain how it made us safer.

Which was, perhaps, the most logical question...ever. Hard to believe that not a single reporter had the presence of mind to ask it.

Of course, they may not have wanted to know the answer...

[MrB]

I’m sure if we didn’t keep criminals locked up,

then those who were going to commit crimes would see this as a gesture of good will and not commit the crime...

[beckysueb]

That would have to include some of the dipshits that voted for him, too.

[ArrogantBustard]

52 percent of Americans who could be bothered to vote, voted for Zero knowing full well that he intended to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

Who's stupider? Barry Hussein, or the dolts that voted for him?

[beckysueb]

Its absolute insanity that America elected a man with a muslim name. Who would have ever thought that would happen. When he first announced he was running for president I thought he doesn’t have a snowballs chance in hell with that name.

[beckysueb]

You underestimate the ability of the MSM to spin it to cover Obamas @$$.

[Arrowhead1952]

I honestly think they should move the detainees in next door to Congress or the White House.

Good idea. I think they could make good "Rose Garden" keepers. Also, put them in Chicago, LA, San Fran, Boston, Seattle, etc.

[beckysueb]

I love Rush. He is a great American but he has been wrong on so many things. Some of the biggest ones were, in 2000 he constantly maintained that Bush was going to win in a landslide. He damn near lost that election. He said we were going to win the 06 midterms. Before the primarys, when he was analyzing the candidates, he blew Obama off, said he didn’t have a chance.

[Vaduz]

Stupid manCHILD, stupid decisions./ repaired

[Cacique]

Ideas are more powerful than guns. If we don't let our people have guns, why should we let them have ideas?
-- Josef Stalin