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Poll: 77% voters say US off course

news.yahoo.com — There is a widespread unease—shared by 77 percent—that the country has meandered off in the wrong direction. Nearly all Democrats and more than six in 10 Republicans think the country has taken the wrong course. And although almost half express interest and hope in the upcoming elections, a third voice frustration—particularly Republicans.

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  • inactive, on 11/22/2007, -10/+110If you take the Fox "news" viewers out of that and just use informed people the number goes far higher.
  • rupertmorris, on 11/22/2007, -2/+69Poll: 100% of the world thinks so too.
    (and has for seven years now).
  • inactive, on 11/22/2007, -3/+44If everyone agrees that this country is so screwed up, then why is this country so screwed up. We, the people, ARE the freakin' country. Of course, I'm a horrible pessimist - I don't think it's the US that's off course, I think it's the American people. We've become such spoiled babies, always refusing to take responsibility for our actions. Blame the government, blame the other side, never blame the fact that you were too lazy to get off your fat ass and go vote, or too lazy to actually do some research and make informed decisions.
  • notque, on 11/22/2007, -1/+35If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal - Emma Goldman

    "Get off your lazy asses, and do something.. once.."

    I have a better idea. Become a human being, research our history and issues and start connecting locally with others wanting to change society.

    Stop buying plastic things molded in China by starving children who are beaten regularly.

    Stop being an *****.
  • reuscel, on 11/22/2007, -1/+27And 99% of Americans won't do a goddamn thing to change it. But they'll start to care when American Idol is on the air again. That's the only election that seems to matter to anyone anymore.
  • inactive, on 11/22/2007, -2/+27Who the hell is the 23%?
  • wonderboy, on 11/22/2007, -5/+29Now it makes perfect sense why Rudy and Hillary are the front-runners now...
  • spyd3rweb, on 11/22/2007, -0/+23Because both parties are full of *****?
  • darienphoenix, on 11/22/2007, -8/+23The largest bad of idiots are to be found in America watching Fox News and treating it as a credible news source.

    The fact that there are idiots everywhere does not mitigate this fact.
  • londubh, on 11/22/2007, -1/+16The Democrats in Congress need to grow balls and actually do something. Impeaching Cheney would be a good first step in putting America back on course.
  • spyd3rweb, on 11/22/2007, -4/+18100% percent of people blame it on the opposite party.
  • Delphium226, on 11/22/2007, -4/+16So 4 in 10 republicans support further progression toward a fascist state where 'the constitution is just a piece of paper'.
  • shunter99, on 11/22/2007, -4/+15Take part in the massive one-day donation for Dennis Kucinich on Dec 15 - the day the Bill of Rights took effect in 1791.

    http://www.december152007.com
  • h3smith, on 11/22/2007, -3/+1477% think the country is off course, but they will vote for HIllary, Romney, Giuliani, Obama, McCain, or Edwards, all which are "front runners" because the media says so. Yet, all of these people are deeply in the "system" and will spawn no change or correct the course. All want more war, all want more gov't, all want more of the same, and none of them will do anything to fix our pending fiscal meltdown.

    Wake up America.
  • chubbymidget, on 11/22/2007, -2/+13Okay just to sum up
    US Citizens know we're wrong, doing wrong, bush is wrong, war is wrong.
    World knows we're wrong, doing wrong, bush is wrong, war is wrong.
    Congress can't do anything/won't do anything about any of it.
    It's a race to finish to see if we'll last longer than this administration.
  • blackcloud333, on 11/22/2007, -1/+11Ok, lets see..
    Clinton did it.
    9/11 reference.
    Media is biased.
    So G-dub isn't the worst American president in history. It's Clinton from 8 years ago, 9/11 from 6 years ago and a constant anti-neocon media conspiracy. Thanks man, after 333rd time of hearing retarded ***** like this, I finally get it.
  • londubh, on 11/22/2007, -1/+10Uh, those two will take us further off course. Or are you being snarky?
  • Unlegend, on 11/22/2007, -0/+977%? That's it?!
  • fauxXenophanes, on 11/22/2007, -1/+10Poll : 90% of voters don't realize being in a free country means that you can choose your own course.
  • epicstruggle, on 11/22/2007, -20/+28Ive found that diggers are just as uninformed as Fox viewers. With any large group of people, you will find pockets of idiots. (yes i know this will be dugg down)
  • bjornski, on 11/22/2007, -1/+9You're just tired of being picked on for being a 24 percenter.
  • KhanneaSuntzu, on 11/22/2007, -3/+11Ah stop with these "whining american" articles. The rest of the world has lost interest. A majority of americans voted for this psychopath twice, now suffer the misery, *****. If you do not like it, revolt. Kill those in power. We have some spare guillotines you can use.
  • spyd3rweb, on 11/22/2007, -3/+10I wonder who that could be, the same 23% of people who approve of G-dub?
  • inactive, on 11/22/2007, -2/+9Never forget who supported this failure, don't let them distance themselves from him. Whining about Libs and Dems and Clinton and Kerry and gay sex, while offering nothing of substance - and most notably - no defense for the lying little sack of ***** from Texas they shackled us with!

    America's enemy is the idiot who IGNORES that Bush lied to us about Iraq, IGNORES that Bush defends treason, IGNORES that Bush was asleep at the wheel on 9/11, IGNORES that Bush had already blundered our war effort in Iraq, IGNORES that Bush still tries to link Iraq and 911, IGNORES that Bush was going to run amok with our Constitution, IGNORES his continued policy that fuels extremist groups and floods intelligence agencies with "false positives" from illegal wiretapping operations—among other things and still voted to re-elect this miserable failure.

    The enemy from within has perpetuated this death and devastation. Don't forget it.

    It is because of a bush voter that the country is in the atrocious position it is in today.
  • plurk, on 11/22/2007, -0/+7Ah, the good old USS Montana vs. Lighthouse joke ... in digg comment form ;) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5fsirKgyR4 for those of you unfamiliar with it)
  • supermanred, on 11/22/2007, -1/+8Yup
  • RollFizzlebeef, on 11/22/2007, -1/+8Ah, the well-thought-out "politics/politicians suck" platform.
    You, sir, are a genius.
  • inactive, on 11/22/2007, -7/+13"There's no one out there to vote for," Rocky Belcher, 43, a Republican and college professor from Vandalia, Ohio, said about the GOP field. "That means a lot of Republicans may not get out there to vote."

    :Insert Ron Paul 2008 comment:
  • chenobble, on 11/22/2007, -1/+7Oh yes, accuse the opposition of treason. How very Fair and Balanced of you.
  • inactive, on 11/22/2007, -2/+8How about solving the problems instead of just "thinking positive"?

    And in any case, what positives? The crimes of war, the crimes against humanity? The american dollar losing 40% of it's value in 5 years? The torture of POW? The millions of people that lost their homes? The millions that were injured? One quarter of all American homeless people being Veterans?

    What positive? Let's all celebrate the genocide of the natives and thank God for it.
  • Unlegend, on 11/22/2007, -1/+6Florida, 2000...
  • inactive, on 11/22/2007, -2/+7Then why did the democrats block the impeachment resolution?
  • MikeFallopian, on 11/22/2007, -4/+8Your comment was 5 times longer than the article... take your rabid conspiracy ***** elsewhere.
  • inactive, on 11/22/2007, -0/+4bible belt, ***** em i hope g.w. sends troops in
  • Corrosionx, on 11/22/2007, -0/+3Guys guys settle down... both parties want to destroy the country.
  • inactive, on 11/22/2007, -0/+3The subject is 7 years of Bush.
  • Imper, on 11/22/2007, -0/+3“Every country has the government it deserves.” - Joseph Marie de Maistre

  • rarson, on 11/22/2007, -0/+3Uh, yeah, of course it does *****-all when you don't bother to research the candidates and you try to vote for a "winner."
  • MistySteele, on 11/22/2007, -1/+4What he's saying is that people will say "yes" both in the case where they think the country needs more of what we're doing and in the case where they think we need to do something different. The more important question is what direction we need to go, not whether or not we need change (we usually do).

    The interesting danger of polls like this is that many people (with all sorts of beliefs) read them and assume that 77% of the country agrees with them.
  • redfan, on 11/22/2007, -1/+4Especially when BushCo openly admits they don't pay attention to polls.
    Whatever Cheney, Rove, and the rest want, they get their puppet to do for them.
  • DonKarnage25, on 11/22/2007, -1/+4While I get your point... wow. A little over the top?
  • jbrownfield, on 11/22/2007, -0/+3Because 90% of Americans are "on the take." They hate everyone else's cut of the spoils, but they love their own, and they won't willingly give that up.

    Steal from the people. Give 60% of the money back to them. Convince them how much better off *they* are because you're stealing more from *other* people to give to them; they won't actually add the numbers themselves. Tell them if they don't vote for you, the gravy train will end.

    Democracy in action: That's why everyone knows it's screwed up, but they won't do anything about it.
  • Corrosionx, on 11/22/2007, -0/+2They will never grow balls and they will never do that.
  • cranium, on 11/23/2007, -0/+2Sure. As soon as that ***** starts supporting the 2nd amendment the way it was intended instead of that revisionist ***** stance he's taking now.
  • shupy, on 11/25/2007, -0/+2The majority of Americans did not vote for Bush the first time. The second time? A lot of irregularities and efforts to suppress voter turnout. I don't believe the man was ever truly elected.
  • Michael9636, on 08/04/2008, -1/+3Ohio, 2004...
  • inactive, on 11/22/2007, -0/+2Come to think about it, I haven't heard that phrase "Stay the course" in quite some time...
  • Lennalf, on 11/22/2007, -0/+2I don't know if I'd say "meandered" so much as "jumped off a ***** cliff."
  • inactive, on 11/22/2007, -0/+2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG6X-xtVask
  • pcflea, on 11/23/2007, -0/+2So 77% of Americans don't realize the Course of America is not what they thought it was... Damn.
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