Brutal Polls: Americans are Fed Up, Demoralized, and Anticipate Decline

Townhall.com ^ | August 7, 2014 | Guy Benson

[ardara]

I agree that a good election in less than 3 months will be the beginning of a dramatic turn around.Let’s be very active and pray a lot.

[defconw]

I won’t listen to him. I don’t care, one iota what he has to say. I would not even tune in if he were going to resign.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I think you misapprehend me; I apologize for any confusion. I remember arguing with my wife in 2008 that McCain, for all his shortcomings, was a damned sight better than Obama. Actually Obama actually out did my worst fears, and continues to do so. Romney was, in my humble opinion, head and shoulders above McCain. Neither was Reagan, but neither was anything nearly as bad a Obama.

[jjotto]

2012 Romney 61 million votes

2008 McCain 60 million votes

2004 Bush 62 million votes - re-election

2000 Bush 50.5 million votes

How many conservatives stayed home on election day?

[Vigilanteman]

I would not even tune in if he were going to resign.

Neither would I, but I'd sure as hell celebrate.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Sustained contempt for our political system is corrosive. It undermines our affections for America.

The system is not the issue. The issue is the mouth-breathing morons of both major parties who are entrusted to run it.

The Founders assumed that principled, moral people would run government. We have justifiable contempt for politicians, but the system as written remains the best framework for government ever devised.

[defconw]

I’d be right here celebrating with you. I get most of my news here. I think we should have a moratorium on posting his picture. We know what he looks like for crying out loud!

[Buckeye McFrog]

And unlike 1980, not a Reagan on the horizon who is likely to pull us out of it.

[GOPJ]

We need to be reminded every day - that way when we can vote someone into office who loves the country, we’ll remember how bad it was...

[IronJack]

Welcome to Carter 2.0.

[Izzy Dunne]

whether people believe that "life for our children's generation will be than it has been for us,

I feel more like I do today than I ever did before.

[Marathoner]

Isn’t that the truth? The day that jag-off was sworn in, my wife and I agreed to either change channels or shut off the set anytime he came on air.

Same here, except if I can't shut him off I instinctively flip him the bird.

[kevkrom]

“People get the kind of government they deserve.” (My late father)

My take on that is slightly different: people get the government they allow.

[defconw]

Well I lived through the Carter Administration I guess I'll make it through this one. I keep telling myself in my morning mantra, my attempt to stay sane. “Carter, begat Reagan,Carter begat Reagan”

[stars & stripes forever]

Well I lived through the Carter Administration I guess I’ll make it through this one.

Different administration. Different times...

http://patburt.com/

[defconw]

I’ll have to check your link later. The corporate content Nazi’s won’t let me look at it. :(

[jurroppi1]

for chrissake, go look up the numbers and quit spreading that same false information! The numbers between the last two presidential elections belie the premise you espouse.

[MrB]

Carter didn’t hate America or Western Civilization until long after he was out of office.

[jurroppi1]

Thank you! I was a little less diplomatic in my response to him. Of course I have been trying to debunk this myth for a long time here, so my patience is worn thin on this issue.

[ScottinVA]

By a 22-point margin, Americans say the country is in a state of decline.

Are they lamenting this decline or praising it? If this is something they're seeing as a negative what in the hell did they expect when they elected Obama? What part of his "transforming America" was misunderstood here? It's fairly well known that liberals are highly uncomfortable with America as a pre-eminent power in any category, so did voters think Obama's "transformation" of this country was going to result in its becoming stronger?