New Poll: ZERO PERCENT say economy is getting better
By SilentPatriot Sunday Sep 21, 2008 8:20pmWow. I don't think I've ever seen a poll in which literally not a single person answers a certain way, especially on an issue like the economy.
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First to say ZERO.
I know I've never seen a poll where not a single person answers a certain way.
The fundamentals of the economy are strong. By fundamentals, I mean Joel's Army
under a fiscally responsible Republican Administration.
well, the zero club is a pretty big club- good thing the fundamentals are so stable....btw Bush hit a new Approval LOW too- in the ARG poll- 19% approve of the job he is doing ( and Cheney must be in single digits by now...)....funny thing that should translate to McBush - right ?
I can't believe 13% think its staying the same.
And how in the hell, when we are in the midst of this GWB catastrophy of catastrophies #10,005; how in the hell can 43% of the people in this country want to vote for more of this shit? God I hate those stupid fuckers.
Never seen a 0% on any poll in my life...
I remember one year in university where my organic chemistry prof. was being evaluated by the students; the results were disregarded because of the "statistically impossible" (the dean's words, not mine) result: Not one single student, out of over 100, gave him a positive evaluation.
Just watch some dittohead apologist make the same argument.
And 19% approve of the job shrub is doing.
That zero proves that the richest 1% in the U.S. do not pay their executive assistants to participate in polls.
Dear Lord. Has there ever been a poll that actually had a result of zero? I smell doom for the GOP. Well, let's hope so.
I wonder how that scam artist Hannity would spin this so shortly after claiming the economy is in great shape.
The ARG didn't known which McCain residence to call.
Hope that you'll have the biggest turnout for voting in history...
Let's hope that Palin's numbers will get there too
43% rigged push poll, 19% rigged approval poll.
We have a situation arising, will the Repugs allow the humiliation of being landslided into oblivion on nov 4th,
or will they cancel the elections ?
Do they want to be remembered as pathetic losers in the history books, this is the danger coming.
johnnyRocketpants @ 12:
his viewpoint comes from a motel in Brownsville TX.
Actually the 5% in the undecided column are the same people that will make a killing by grabbing up deep discounted assets from the failed private institutions............they just don't want to appear to be gloating at this time.
Heck of a job Shrubby!
Indeed, what a fine legacy you will leave.
Fuck off you miserable piece of shit.
What it doesn't mention is the 60% who think that the current economic turmoil is the Democrat's fault.
johnnyRocketpants @ 12:
Simple. He ignores it. Fox doesn't run it. Problem solved.
JimboSlice @ 9:
yep. played like a cheap fiddle by oligarchs who consider them useless eaters, yet useful idiots.
When those drunken Chimp photos were doing the rounds of the Interwebs,
anybody remember the scowling bad hair day blond sat next to Chimpys on his right !?
Anybody know who she is !
ferrofluid (Obama + Biden = 2008) @ 16:
Oh, if only that story was true. I would love to see the arrest picture. Priceless.
Even not knowing whether it's true or not...it still cracks me up.
fastfeat @ 18:
Exactly. Well said. :)
Stone Pony @ 20:
They are going to blame Clinton.
Maybe the American people are finally waking up to the crisis at hand. However, about half will still vote for McCain. Is there any intelligence left in America?
displaced @ 19:
For letting Bush seize power
MsJoanne @ 23:
It has the stink of Faux truth to it ;)
IOKIYAR etc
best way to fix up the economy might be to arrest all the crooks on wall street and in the beltway.
why is it that a dead hooker like jeanne palfrey took defending the u.s. constitution more seriously than the vietnam veteran running the FBI, the air force general running the CIA and the admiral directing our nation's intelligence?
Brian@26, No. How Bush could have won in 2004 is still amazing to me. But with the markets in turmoil and the middle class suffering, maybe Americans will actually pick up a newspaper and educate themselves.
This poll conclusively proves that John McCain was not sampled.
Congressman Peter DeFazio on the bailout:
"..."We shouldn't be rushed into this. If it takes a week, two weeks, three weeks, a month, the world will wait," DeFazio said. "They'll wait for a thoughtful plan that cures the disease in addition to getting us beyond this initial problem. That's the job of this Congress. We should not be rolled by our Wall Street exec who is masquerading as secretary of the Treasury......"
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_092208_politics_defazio_treasu...
I think we should all let him know that we support him.
DC Office Phone: (202) 225-6416
Email
http://www.house.gov/formdefazio/contact.html (Congressional online contact form)
Brian @ 26:
Just looked at the electoral college map: 273 - 265 for Obama. All those mentally retarded dumb fucks down south and in the midwest are supporting McStupid with nearly 60% in their state polls. Those assholes are so fucking stupid....., I don't have the energy to go on typing.
Voting for MORE of this shit! Unfreaking-believable!!!!!
Brian @ 26:
If only. And no. Far too little.
purity of essence Brownsville style
ferrofluid (Obama + Biden = 2008) @ 28:
That it does, especially the DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? How Tappy McWidestance of him, :-D
bullfrog @ 29:
she couldn't sell it off to the highest bidder,
they can.
Peter G @ 31:
Heh!!
Evening. How's my fav Canuck?
Radically Moderate @ 25:
I've already heard some right-wing douche bag on the radio blaming Clinton.....
bullfrog @ 29:
1789
Obviously the neo-cons were unable to influence this poll or rig the outcome. What, are they losing their touch??
Roket @ 41:
They did rig it. Zero was the best they could do!
Red Headed StepChild @ 39:
What was president Clinton's approval rating when he left office !
wikipedia
Chimpy's approval rating
25% maybe, if the wind is blowing in the right direction, and they push poll the question.
It would never happen since it would result in open revolution, but I SO wish they would just let the economy fall now, rather than pawning off the problems on the next generation. It would be nice if it would hit the rich who got us here the hardest, but I know it wouldn't... But that's what mob riots and lynch mobs are for...
:D
Long story short, we MUST pass the mother of all bailouts to protect the rich and political elite from revolution a la the French variety.
Whoever those undecided voters are, I would keep a close watch on them....
July -1% Aug. - 2% Sept. - 3%.
What I call the "DOH" factor is gonna slap 'em up side the head any minute.
Congress is broken. The courts are broken. The USA is now a fascist dictatorship.
Jo @ 45:
Those are going to be the three percent in Michigan, Nevada, Florida, or New Mexico that will enable the votes to flip this time around.
Personally, my money is on Michigan being this year's Florida/Ohio.
Jo @ 45:
sorry (the "DUMB" factor) 1, 3, and 5%. fuck, I hate it when that happens.
I need booze and snort.
Jo @ 45:
Theres an awful lot of people going to get a big shock when they next check their 401K, or their local bank collapses.
Watch the Republican's meager approval rating evaporate down to the single digits.
Gets popcorn ready :)
Where are the trolls? Dennis and his brethen are silent. I guess the financial ruin of the country has rattled their cages.
instead of a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street why not just put that cash into Social Security -- after all John McCain says it will run out in 10-20 years so why not take pre-emptive action and make it solvent for a few more years.
Sarah Braun @ 46:
I don't know, I'd argue it's more a plutocratic oligarchy. We still don't have just one person deciding how to run the country. We have lobbyists, bankers, fed governors, some members of Congress, and some high officials of the administration all working together in their best interests.
Jo @ 45:
You mean the dumb factor. How anyone could be undecided after what the refucktards have done the last eight years, is simply incomprehensible to me.
The bailout is a fraud and a huge attack on this country. Paulson is nobody's savior but his own. Nobody can help us but us. Call, write, walk up to strangers on the street, tell everybody you know how we are being destroyed. That would be by the radical rethugs loose in this country who apparently hate us. The letter R should be removed from the alphabet. That's how much I hate and fear them.
P.D. @ 50:
A lot of the trolls are Lobby / marketing cubicle warriors, they work for money, money is tight, no overtime scheduled...
no trolls :)
Red Headed StepChild @ 39:
I heard it too. Apparently the talking point is that Clinton MANDATED that 45% of all mortgages had to be high risk.
Unfucking real that people believe that stuff.
there's still 5% who haven't decided yet, that means there's hope.
MsJoanne @ 38:
Hey MsJoanne. What's up this evening?
P.D. @ 50:
That's almost worth 7 billion. ; )
Our edjukational sistem is to blamie.....
Peter G @ 58:
I've been off riding econ blogs and news all day. It's amazing how many people believe all the bullshit. Bloomberg had an article by some slob from th AEI with the headline DEMS TO BLAME FOR ECONOMIC MELTDOWN. I was like HUH? Then I realized it was from the AEI (who had a different schmoe just the other day rip into the GOP.) It's surreal.
Whomever said it above was correct...we have officially entered into true Fascism.
Heil fucking Bush.
Mr. Hoover, 4 c’s and an F, 1.6 Grade Point Average. Fine example you set. Mr. kroger, 2c’s, 2d’s and an F. 1.2 Grade Point Average, congratulations Kroger you lead the Delta pledge class. Daniel Simpson Day, has no Grade Point Average, all courses incomplete. Mr. Blu– Mr. Blutarsky, 0.0.
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0.0 is all I have to say to Bushco.
metroplexual @ 62:
Bluto became a Senator. 'nuff said. :-D
History repeats
P.D. @ 11:
I wouldn't be so sure. Just saw an ad for this new "comedy"
I find it interesting how Republicans STILL can't help but lie, even with the phrase: "The Master of Movie Satire" as part of the trailer. It's attributed to a reviewer named "David Zucker." David Zucker is the director of the movie itself. Zucker is a rabid right-wing filmmaker.
One more thing to worry about. Hollywood Republicans got together to make a cute comedy poking fun at Michael Moore as a person who hates America and needs to be taught a lesson. Wonder how many "real Americans" it inspires to go to the polls on Election Day?
still tells us that 18% of americans surveyed are clinically retarded
But Republican McCain is tied with Democrat Obama?
If McSame gets in the White House kiss Americans last days buh bye!
johnnyRocketpants @ 12:
Sean knows his job well. So do I.
His job has nothing to do with facts, reality, or logic. He is a rapid fire regurgitator of talking points, accusations, and insult - nothing more. Sean has contempt for logic, and those who expose it. He uses his guests’ seeming confusion over his illogical and fantastic assertions as segue declaration to victory even as his self-contradictions reveal his ignorance.
Sean would lose any high-school debate, not from his being defeated by any opponent, but by disqualification alone.
NoGWBpolicyleftinplace @ 33:
I live NC and I can tell you that those people are mentally sick and many are racists pure and simple.
I know this sounds cruel but I would love to see these assholes suffer under 4 more yrs of The Republican Crime Syndicate
Welcome to the final stages of the coup...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larisa-alexandrovna/welcome-to-the-final-s...
Strictly speaking up to 5 Republican zombies could've answered the economy was doing great and the result would've been 0%. The sample used the results of 1100 people and rounds to the nearest whole value and normalizes the results so all totals amount to 100%. So 5/1100 comes to about 0.45% which rounds down to zero. As for the 18% that thought things were going better last month remember the steady drop in gas prices for most of August? To some that may have felt like things were getting better. Today's huge jump in the price of oil will likely give them a dose of reality. The economy is in shambles and Shrub and Grampa gleefully preside over the destruction. The only question is how broken will it be when President Obama (oh, I can't wait to type those words for real) takes office and what he can do about it.
Wanna know why the zero support is there? It's because the toadies haven't been paid since June! Yes, the repubs are dead beats and now their payroll is biting them in the ass. Life is sweet.
gop are playing politics as usual:
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/opening-for-maverick-by-digby-ed....
The dems should join the gop and vote no.
I'm astounded. This represents an entirely new paradigm in understanding rightwhingers.
That means the 29%-ers who still approve of Bush despite everything that has happened have actually shown the capacity to learn! This was previously not known to be possible.
$11.315 trillion! Fricken amazing
Henry Paulson's plan would increase the nation's debt ceiling by 6.6 percent to $11.315 trillion.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aE5sJ5ypmTnQ&refer=home♠
VegasRage @ 75:
When the "ceiling" is already over a few trillion, what difference is another half-dozen? The sky's the limit at that point...
The president is active right now. Instead of restoring confidence in financial world, he just sent some troop back from Iraq training for riot control in America!
I have a feeling shit going to hit the fan soon!
Republican George Will Goes Off: McCain May Be Unfit For Presidency
Obviously this poll did not include any of the Red States .
What kind of poll includes only ordinary Americans and not Fox News pundits? Don't they know nobody cares what ordinary Americans think? And every poll should be weighted for Fox News pundits, since they tell Americans what to think? Jesus.
motorfingaz @ 69:
BC @ 74:
It ((boggles)) the mind!
Before the Huffington Post Arianna had The Partnership for a Poll-Free America. I wish she'd bring it back. We can all pretty much agree that we're in the middle of some tough times that will be with us for a while. But results like these are an example of "bad information is worse than no information."
How many people were sampled?
It's interesting to gauge people's feelings, but while we can all judge how things are going for our own households, how accurate is the general public's understanding of the economy?
You'd think that for any survey with any reasonable sample size, some percentage of people would represent a given answer.
There's so much good evidence that times are tough that putting out shaky data like this does more to undermine our case than help it.
I guess even the pawnbrokers are running out of money to loan...
After looking at that graphic, I have just one question. Is that lipstick?
If you read down in the guts of the poll data, you'll come across this absolutely amazing gem:
We now have empirical proof that people who approve of Bush are completely oblivious to reality.
fastfeat @ 18:
My filthy-mouthed thoughts exactly
THAT'S NOT the only "0"!
Look further down: is your house hold situation better? 0 said yes!
This begs the querstion - why isn't Obama leading McCain by 10 points in the polls?
Well, Chuck Todd on MSNBC just reported that the Florida and North Carolina polls are now tied. A positive sign, perhaps. His explanation is that voters in the south are only now 'tuning in' to the news that the economy has tanked.
I'm sure it's not the first zero grade that boosh has gotten.
The trouble is repubics are spinning worse than this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qG5V2iBvFs
(Maybe she should be mcgramp's running mate.)
To claim it was the fault of Democrats who've only had marginal control of Congress for 1.5 vs booshco's 7.5, and conservatism going on 26.
74 BC Says: I’m astounded. This represents an entirely new paradigm in understanding rightwhiners.
(Fixed it for ya.)
PVS @ 66:
Or that these are the folks who stand to benefit from this economic crisis... aka, the first against the wall.
:P
bartman @ 86:
Well, technically, they're right. But that's because our definition of recession needs to change. For example, if the economy drops 10% one quarter, rises 1% the next, drops 20% the next quarter, and 2% up the fourth quarter, then there is no recession. But if the economy grows 10% in the first quarter, drops 1% in the second, and drops 1% in the third, and then grows again 10% in the fourth, then there IS a recession.
Obviously the first situation is worse overall, but because the definition requires two consecutive quarters of a drop in the economy, we can technically avoid the label "recession".
Also, we should go back to the 1930s definition of unemployment, we're probably closer to 20% or 25% unemployment right now by that definition.
I missed this one. Sorry. There ARE 5% undecided. WTF!
They only polled Democrats. If they had polled Republicans too, 46% would have said it's getting better.
I wondering who the undecideds are.