{"id":7563,"date":"2012-04-17T12:49:13","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T19:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7563"},"modified":"2012-04-17T12:49:13","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T19:49:13","slug":"poll-results4172012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/17\/poll-results4172012\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll Results&ndash;4\/17\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here are the results of our SCOTUS\/Obamacare poll.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" title=\"Poll0417\" alt=\"Poll0417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Poll0417.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">And here are your comments.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: ; color: \"><font color=\"#5d5d5d\"><span><font style=\"font-size: 7.5pt\">Posted by <\/font><\/span><span><font style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Chancegardener<\/strong><\/font><\/span><span><font style=\"font-size: 7.5pt\"> on <\/font><\/span><font style=\"font-size: 7.5pt\"><span><em>April 8, 2012 at 5:36 pm<\/em><\/span><\/font><span><font style=\"font-size: 7.5pt\">.&#160; <\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: ; color: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\" color=\"#5d5d5d\">&#160;<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: ; color: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\" color=\"#5d5d5d\">I would not be even a little bit surprised to see them partially overturn the law. 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margin: 0in; font-family: ; color: \"><font color=\"#5d5d5d\"><span><font style=\"font-size: 7.5pt\">Posted by <\/font><\/span><span><font style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong>John Coleman<\/strong><\/font><\/span><span><font style=\"font-size: 7.5pt\"> on <\/font><\/span><font style=\"font-size: 7.5pt\"><span><em>March 18, 2012 at 6:51 pm<\/em><\/span><\/font><span><font style=\"font-size: 7.5pt\">.&#160; <\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: ; color: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\" color=\"#5d5d5d\">&#160;<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: ; color: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\" color=\"#5d5d5d\">SCOTUS is dominated by GOP appointees, they will &#8216;just say no&#8217;to anything proposed by Democrats.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: ; color: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\" color=\"#5d5d5d\">SCOTUS is not the friend of American citizens, they are a wing of the Fascist Party.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I voted that I think they will overturn it.&#160; Time will tell.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">There is a new poll for you.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the results of our SCOTUS\/Obamacare poll. 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