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Confidence in the U.S. System of Government Drops to a 35-Year Low
ABC News ^ | 03/15/2011 | Gary Langer

Posted on 03/15/2011 8:19:14 AM PDT by safetysign

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To: screaminsunshine

Obamanomics is working precisly as intended...


“There’s another reason for working inside the system. Dostoevski said that taking a new step is what people fear most. Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and change the future. This acceptance is the reformation essential to any revolution.”

Saul Alinsky - Rule for radicals.


21 posted on 03/15/2011 8:38:15 AM PDT by Crim
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To: safetysign
2011 - 35 = 1976 = Jimmy Carter is elected President.

History is repeating itself because we forgot to learn from it.

22 posted on 03/15/2011 8:38:52 AM PDT by rllngrk33 (0bama, proof we can no longer underestimate the stupidity of the voters.)
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To: Crim

Bah..fat finger..


23 posted on 03/15/2011 8:39:04 AM PDT by Crim
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To: Crim

Except we are angry and frustrated. As usual Liberalism breaks down when implemented.


24 posted on 03/15/2011 8:40:29 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (34 States)
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To: Crim

Except we are angry and frustrated. As usual Liberalism breaks down when implemented.


25 posted on 03/15/2011 8:40:29 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (34 States)
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To: safetysign

the US Constitution and the government that adheres to it are fine.

it’s when you glom on socialistic bs that a country craters.

the problem, as in ALL other countries that have adopted similar methods... is ALWAYS socialism / marxism / progressivism / communism


26 posted on 03/15/2011 8:41:17 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: safetysign

This is one thing that the White House HAS done!


27 posted on 03/15/2011 8:42:06 AM PDT by therightliveswithus
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To: SaraJohnson

The Marxists in our midst want a dictator who can “get things done”. ABC and the rest of the media have become openly hostile to the Constitution. They want the “fundamental change” they were promised. The 53% of us who voted for O want action now.


28 posted on 03/15/2011 8:43:00 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: safetysign

Confidence in the U.S. System of Government AS RUN BY LIBERALS Drops to a 35-Year Low


29 posted on 03/15/2011 8:43:20 AM PDT by clamper1797 (Pray for Obama ... Psalms 109:8)
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To: Lysandru; MichaelP

The Republicans act much the same as Democrats when they are in power. It remains to be seen if they have gotten the message from the last election. People have not seen any improvement in the economy since the last election, and people always expect government to solve their problems. Of course, what would work is for government to get out of their lives, but they don’t understand that.

Also, we are tired of these wars without purpose in Iraq and Afghanistan. Why are we there? What is the goal? How long are we going to see young Americans come home maimed or in coffins just to prop up Maliki and Karzai?


30 posted on 03/15/2011 8:43:50 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX
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To: safetysign

“We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

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It still works for me. Unlike Versailles on the Potomac.

Alter, or better yet, abolish it.


31 posted on 03/15/2011 8:44:20 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans - Don't read their lips. Watch their hands.)
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To: safetysign
Confidence in the U.S. system of government has dropped to a new low in more than 35 years

Ya think?

Unfortunately, it is not made clear that the portion of the U.S. system of government that is causing a loss in confidence is socialist mob rule,...........oh, pardon me, I mean democracy.

32 posted on 03/15/2011 8:45:55 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
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To: screaminsunshine

I suggest you read the entire survey. According to this poll, the public trusts Obama more on the economy than the Reps. The entire poll is a real downer for Reps. Obama is given a 51-45 approval rating.


33 posted on 03/15/2011 8:48:12 AM PDT by kabar
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To: safetysign

Watch...this will become an indictment of “capitalism” instead of the social democracy or marxism light practiced by democrats. It will be used to push us even further leftward into the abyss.


34 posted on 03/15/2011 8:50:09 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: safetysign
Well, if our "dear leaders" would comply with their sworn oaths and observe the U.S. Constitution, these numbers would vastly improve.

obama's and his administration's selective enforcement and un-Constitutional actions regards the laws on the books have led to this drop.

People do not like the kinds of surprises he has imposed on us all.

35 posted on 03/15/2011 8:50:23 AM PDT by Real Cynic No More (The mighty zero, obama,does not warrant the respect necessary for his name to be capitalized.)
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To: kabar

Afraid of losing some freebies?


36 posted on 03/15/2011 8:50:33 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (34 States)
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To: safetysign

“Seventy-one percent say the GOP is not willing enough to compromise with Obama on the deficit; that even includes 42 percent of Republicans.”

Compromise with 0bama??? OK.. so now the voters, who sent the GOPers in the deal with the deficit, are pissed at them for.... dealing with the deficit.

American voters have become a notoriously fickle, A.D.D.-addled bunch. “Solve that problem... wait!! .. Stop solving it!!... Wait! .. Hurry up, but stop! Do something! Wait.. don’t do anything... wait!! Compromise.. wait!! Stop!! Go! ... Hey... oooohh! Pretty birds!!”


37 posted on 03/15/2011 8:52:40 AM PDT by ScottinVA (God bless Gov. Walker and the WI Legislature!)
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To: ScottinVA

in the deal = in to deal


38 posted on 03/15/2011 8:53:34 AM PDT by ScottinVA (God bless Gov. Walker and the WI Legislature!)
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To: PeterPrinciple
If they are not trusting govt, who are they trusting?

Change "they" to "we" or "I" and I have my answer. I trust myself and the individual to do the right thing - so long as the governement quits telling me the kind of toilets, toilet paper, light bulbs, and gasoline I can use.

40 posted on 03/15/2011 8:56:00 AM PDT by Real Cynic No More (The mighty zero, obama,does not warrant the respect necessary for his name to be capitalized.)
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