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Here are the results of our Sequester Responsibility poll.  They are not statistically valid, because readers at Politics Plus are not selected to match national demographics.  Nevertheless, the results do express our readers’ superior grasp of the issue.

And here are your comments.

Posted by Elayne Myers on March 13, 2013 at 4:17 pm. 

 

Tell Congress NO. Obama needs to get his butt out of office. He hasn’t done a damn thing to bring our great country out of the mess he is currently destroying and the good old boys are sitting on fat a—s knowing they are set for life. How much more do you think Americans can take?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by Rixar13 on March 5, 2013 at 9:56 am. 

 

Who will America blame for sequester pain?

Republicans

 

Posted by SoINeedAName on March 4, 2013 at 8:11 pm. 

 

D’oh … REPUBICANS!

And if there was a scintilla of a doubt (bless the Media for their False Equivalency) – here’s the PowerPoint that it’s the GOP’s Sequester:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/20/the-powerpoint-that-proves-it-s-not-obama-s-sequester-after-all.html

 

Posted by Pamela Defilippo on March 3, 2013 at 1:41 am. 

 

The GOP controlled congress is responsible for this. They are the poorest example of american government to our young people in this history of this country!

 

Posted by Pamela on March 3, 2013 at 1:37 am. 

 

The GOP controlled congress is responsible for this. They are the poorest example of american government to our young people in this history of this country!

 

Posted by Yvonne White on March 2, 2013 at 5:29 pm. 

 

CONgre$$ (both sides are dumba$$es for forcing this) and the President will catch blame – Americans have NOT seen improvement in the "end of the Rece$$ion" (only the rich Corporations)..so this sequester is only going to add insult to injury. Obama SHOULD have sent out some arm-twisters like Rove always did for Bu$h the Le$$er!

 

Posted by Angelica on March 1, 2013 at 11:34 pm. 

 

Look, I hate the GOP as much as anyone. But the president should not have let this happen. I understand why he did it, though. This will put the GOP on a collision course with the voters, where they belong. But it shouldn’t happen at the expense of public education, government workers keeping their jobs, and certain industries closing up. We are being sacrificed while they play chicken.

 

Posted by SoINeedAName on March 1, 2013 at 8:29 pm. 

 

To the two people who said "Both":

As of 3/1/13 I’d love to see a Poll corroborating your thoughts – because I got a bunch showing it’s the Repubicans who are to blame.

 

Posted by Patty on March 1, 2013 at 3:00 pm. 

 

As it stands now, most people are already blaming the RepublicanTs and Tea-baggers. I think they will continue to hold that opinion.

 

Posted by Marva on March 1, 2013 at 11:50 am. 

 

Both since 1/2 of the people have the brains to realize who’s at fault and the other 1/2 get their opinions from Faux News.

 

Posted by gene jacobson on March 1, 2013 at 11:04 am. 

 

The repugnicans will bluster and blow, but the polls have consistently shown about 60% of the American public are not on board their train. I am assuming the 40%, which dwindles every year, are the 1% and the religious fanatics who think they have a right to make all Americans toe the line of their particular brand of nonsense. The people know at whose doorstep this mess belongs and I am hoping they have as long a memory as I do. And that the Democrats are taking good notes for use in the 2014 and 2016 elections, especially 2016 when most of the extremist teapublican senators will be running for re-election, if they dare.

 

Posted by Angelica in reply to gene jacobson on March 1, 2013 at 11:53 pm. 

 

I hope that you are right, but I think both political parties will suffer because of this.

 

Posted by Lynn Squance on March 1, 2013 at 4:10 am. 

 

Although I think that the Republican/Teabaggers are primarily to blame with their willingness to wreck the economy and country with their ideological purity (pure crap if you ask me!), I am not yet convinced that many Americans see them as they really are — elitists, ideologues, political whores to their corporate masters, bigots, and angry old white men (predominately).

Who do I blame for the sequester? The Republican/Teabaggers with their non stop obstruction.

 

Posted by Patty in reply to Lynn Squance on March 4, 2013 at 1:11 pm.  From 67.246.72.x  Report Abuse 

 

Sadly, Lynn, you may be right. A lot of Americans have very short memories.

I voted that Republicans are to blame, because they demanded a guarantee of cuts, and by Boehner’s own admission, it was 98% od what he wanted.

There is an new poll up.  Please vote.

Here are the results of our “Who do Republicans represent?” poll.  The poll is not statistically valid, because Politics Plus is not demographically matched to the overall US population.  In this case, I think most of us got it wrong, myself included.

And here are your comments.

Posted by SoINeedAName on February 24, 2013 at 8:05 pm. 

 

Way WAY too easy!

(But I’d like to chat with anyone who picked "Nobody". Hell, they represent WAY TOO MANY somebodies.)

 

Posted by Patty on February 19, 2013 at 7:27 pm. 

 

That was very easy. They represent almost everyone but sane, normal people.

 

 

Posted by Angelica on February 16, 2013 at 2:48 pm. 

 

That was not easy for me. There are so many negatives in their base – gun nuts, homophobes, corporate criminals, billionaires,misogynists, bigots, secessionists, and teahadists. How to pick just one? Hmmmmm.

 

 

Posted by Yvonne White on February 16, 2013 at 2:25 pm. 

 

You forgot psychopaths and paranoids, mental health rejects Finally have a Loud Obnoxious Voice in the RepubliCON party!

 

 

Posted by Angelica in reply to Yvonne White on February 18, 2013 at 5:34 pm.  

 

True!

 

 

Posted by Lynn Squance on February 16, 2013 at 4:46 am. 

 

Well that was easy, although, I almost checked nobody, but then that would have excluded all the things I had already checked. They sure don’t represent me, and not just because I am a Canuck!

I voted for Billionaires and Corporate Criminals.  I dismissed the obvious choices, because representing someone means to act in their best interest.  In most of these categories, Republicans are just pandering to their hate and/or their InsaniTEA to fool them into voting against their own best interests.

I think I was wrong, to include billionaires, because many billionaires support legislation for them to pay their fair share.  In my opinion, the only ones Republicans truly represent are corporate criminals, such as the Koch Brothers and Lord Willard, and that includes those billionaires that own the Republican Party.

The new poll is on responsibility for sequester pain.

Here are the results of our Republican Intentions Poll.  They are not statistically valid, because the readers of Politics Plus are not a demographically balanced population.  However, in this case, I think they are quite correct.

And here are your comments.

Posted by SoINeedAName on February 9, 2013 at 8:17 pm. 

 

I think your category of

"Just An Act"

is WAYYYYY too kind.

Repubicans are card-carrying, dyed-in-the-wool, come-to-Jeebus MISOGYNISTS.

 

Posted by Smarter Than A Democrate on February 7, 2013 at 9:31 am. 

 

Obama is the biggest terrorist threat this country faces and anybody who thinks differently has already fallen victim to his ploys and agenda!

 

Posted by Rob in reply to Smarter Than A Democrate on February 7, 2013 at 11:44 am. 

 

and by the way, "Smarter" — you’re not smart enough to know how to spell "Democrat."

 

Posted by Rob in reply to Smarter Than A Democrate on February 7, 2013 at 11:43 am. 

 

Yeah, that’s it, alright.

 

 

Posted by Angelica in reply to Smarter Than A Democrate on February 7, 2013 at 9:43 am. 

 

Can you possibly be serious? What on earth is a Democrate? Is it a crate for performing demos in?

Posted by Rixar13 on February 5, 2013 at 9:42 am. 

 

Just an Act –

 

Posted by Angelica on February 5, 2013 at 8:32 am. 

 

You don’t develop the viewpoints of the GOP if you are a normal, mentally healthy person. Happy, fulfilled people do not want to crush their neighbors economically and interfere in the most important decision-making of their private lives. Happy, fulfilled people live and let live. Therefore, I say that this new posturing is exactly that – posturing. These GOP supporters are often unbalanced. Give them a little power and watch them become overt fascists, which is what we have been seeing for the last several years. I hope that political party NEVER comes back.

 

Posted by Patty on February 2, 2013 at 3:48 pm. 

 

Everything they profess to believe now is just a ploy to get votes. I wouldn’t trust any of them in the least bit.

 

Posted by Lynn Squance on February 2, 2013 at 2:37 pm. 

 

With Boehner pledging to commit the Republican/Teabaggers to doing everything they can to protect the sanctity of life, they are showing again their wanton disregard for women.

 

Where is the concern for ‘sanctity of life’ when:

1) food stamps are cut back such that families and children go hungry?

2) affordable medical insurance is not available to every US citizen?

3) children go to school only to be shot and killed because weapons are too readily available and there is no gun control?

4) big banks use predatory lending and mortgage practices which put families on the street?

How are they more reasonable when they don’t renew, uncategorically, the VAWA?

How are they more reasonable when they they encourage the extreme right in their xenophobic and isolationist beliefs?

 

Boehner, and the Republican/Teabaggers are the same old south end of the elephant going north.

 

They are still demonstrating that they haven’t learned a thing! And what happened to their previous mantra "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs"? Too old and hackneyed? The current Republican/Teabaggers will be known as the Elephant Slayers because they are taking the Republican party into oblivion with their policies!

My vote is just as obvious as Republican intentions.  Special thanks are due Smarter Than A Democrate for being such a wonderful example of Republican intellect.

The new poll is a ‘check all that apply’ poll, so choose all the answers you want.