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Americans really wish they had elected Mitt Romney instead of Obama


               
2014 Jul 28, 4:03am   25,633 views  108 comments

by zzyzzx   follow (9)  

http://theweek.com/article/index/265418/speedreads-americans-really-wish-they-elected-mitt-romney-instead-of-obama

Americans are so down on President Obama at the moment that, if they could do the 2012 election all over again, they'd overwhelmingly back the former Massachusetts governor's bid. That's just one finding in a brutal CNN poll, released Sunday, which shows Romney topping Obama in a re-election rematch by a whopping nine-point margin, 53 percent to 44 percent. That's an even larger spread than CNN found in November, when a survey had Romney winning a redo 49 percent to 45 percent.

Two years ago, Obama won re-election with about 51 percent of the vote.

Of course, the poll should be taken with a grain of salt. While Obama is actually taking on the tough task of leading the nation, Romney is sitting comfortably on the sidelines. Still, the finding comes as foreign and domestic crises have sent Obama's approval rating tumbling back to 40 percent, per Gallup.

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1   Tenpoundbass   @   2014 Jul 28, 4:06am  

zzyzzx says

That's just one finding in a brutal CNN poll

I saw that, but it wasn't from FOX so I didn't believe it.

2   zzyzzx   @   2014 Jul 28, 4:14am  

Obligatory:

3   Bellingham Bill   @   2014 Jul 31, 9:59am  

"whopping nine-point margin, 53 percent to 44 percent."

53 to 44 -- 5 people out of 100 allegedly switching.

One out of 20.

"Whopping" indeed. ::eyeroll::

real per-capita non-defense gov't spending.

People would like Obama more if he could open the spending taps like Bush did.

Well-played, GOP, well-played.

4   Dan8267   @   2014 Jul 31, 10:22am  

Yet another article written by a right-wing propaganda machine about a fantasy world with no bearing on ours.

5   marcus   @   2014 Jul 31, 11:25am  

Is this by any chance a zzyzzx post ?

Why yes, yes it is.

Gettin a little one dimensional there zz. Just sayin.

That's okay. Please let us know when another survey comes out telling us how disappointed everyone is with Obama.

Also, let us know when the economy (especially employment and standard of living) is projected to improve a lot, so we can get a republican in there to take credit for it.

The last time the economy improved a lot was the 90s. But fortunately Ken Star was at work for a few years and managed to find a little dirt to stick to the guy, so they could impeach him. Still, I guess he has to get some credit.

6   c6ae   @   2014 Aug 1, 2:09am  

bgamall4 says

I am no fan of Obama, holding him responsible for the Sandy Hook Hoax, but he doesn't seek as much war as the Republicans surely would.

The Sandy Hook HOAX?!?!

7   Shaman   @   2014 Jul 31, 12:14pm  

If Marcus is talking about Clinton, let me remind all that it was Clinton who signed NAFTA, Clinton who gave China most favored nation trading status, Clinton who set the stage for massive offshoring and tax breaks for doing so, and Clinton who refused to go after Osama Bin Laden after he bombed our war ship. Clinton's presidency set the stage for the downfall of America. No republican could have done it better. The fact that the economy expanded was due to the tech industry really adding value and growing exponentially. With that kind of growth it was also simple to balance the budget, so that required no Herculean effort. Billy boy was a GOP placeholder, a Rhodes scholar sellout to the "Majestic" plan to topple America.

8   curious2   @   2014 Jul 31, 12:35pm  

For a minute, I feared that Americans might have forgotten what a catastrophic candidate Romnesia would have been. Then I saw the part of the poll comparing him to Hillary Clinton:

Clinton 55%
Romney 42%

In addition to a horrible platform, Republicans nominated literally the worst candidate in the country.

9   Ceffer   @   2014 Jul 31, 12:38pm  

Romney has a much better golf swing than Obama, the Presidency was stolen from him.

10   HydroCabron   @   2014 Jul 31, 1:06pm  

Call it Crazy says

In fact, you could fit those accomplishments on a small post-it-note and have a lot of space left over.

Hey, we can't all spend our lives wrecking companies, destroying jobs, and then use an alp of taxpayer money to stage a winter olympics!

11   Bm05211983   @   2014 Jul 31, 2:52pm  

Obama is a crook, socialist, left winged, welfare supporting terrorist.

12   Vicente   @   2014 Jul 31, 2:55pm  

sbh says

No one thinks about Romney anymore. They're busy with Sarah Palin's pay per view Repub porn channel. Sex with a moose will make stunts with a donkey (get it?) seem boring.

For some reason it never occurred to me before, to search for Sarah Palin porn images. All I can say is wow!

13   indigenous   @   2014 Jul 31, 2:59pm  

bgamall4 says

I am no fan of Obama, holding him responsible for the Sandy Hook Hoax, but he doesn't seek as much war as the Republicans surely would.

Horseshit, look at who caused the wars over the last century...

14   indigenous   @   2014 Jul 31, 3:01pm  

Vicente says

For some reason it never occurred to me before, to search for Sarah Palin porn images. All I can say is wow!

SBH got his medication mixed up again...

15   Ceffer   @   2014 Jul 31, 3:45pm  

What's this about Sarah Palin twerk decapitating a moose on Pay Per View?

That would show that she could grab our country's problems by the antlers.

16   Vicente   @   2014 Jul 31, 3:56pm  

I think it's high time Sarah Palin took it to the next level.

17   JH   @   2014 Jul 31, 4:00pm  

I wonder what the poll said in 2006.

18   Dan8267   @   2014 Jul 31, 4:26pm  

Vicente says

You jest, but Putin shares all of the Republicans' values. He's anti-gay, a religious zealot, has no problem violating the rights of women, is tough on crime where crime is anything that challenges his power, pretends to be a cowboy but comes off looking like a closeted homosexual, believes in strong-arming other nations with his military, doesn't give a rat's ass about the environment, sends the cops to beat up hippies, and lives in an all-white country.

To conservatives, he's like Jesus and Reagan put together in a single, delicious manwich.

19   Dan8267   @   2014 Jul 31, 4:28pm  

JH says

I wonder what the poll said in 2006.

We'll find out in four more years. - Sarah Palin

21   mmmarvel   @   2014 Jul 31, 11:26pm  

zzyzzx says

Americans are so down on President Obama at the moment

No, actually I've been sour on him since he took office on 1/20/2009.

22   tatupu70   @   2014 Aug 1, 12:04am  

mmmarvel says

No, actually I've been sour on him since he took office on 1/20/2009.

You liked him before he took office?

23   indigenous   @   2014 Aug 1, 12:29am  

Nice to hear Maher admitting he or his party have no idea what to do about the economy. It is a step up from most of the blather.

24   edvard2   @   2014 Aug 1, 12:54am  

indigenous says

who caused the wars over the last century...

We didn't "cause" WWI or WWII... sort of an important factoid wouldn't you say?

25   Y   @   2014 Aug 1, 1:02am  

I would have no problem with this.
That is the main reason obama is legislating through presidential decree.
In the olden daze laws were negotiated and passed.
Today it's all or nothing.
Obama is partially responsible for this, as he promised transparency in government, which he has not delivered.
Imagine a law being negotiated by the parties on cspan. Not the shit they broadcast now, but the behind the scenes stuff.
It would become obvious to the average voter if either party and/or congressman were not negotiating with sincerity. And they would have to take the consequences come election time.

edvard2 says

A: From the second a Republican gets elected make sure and gather up the entire Democratic party and tell them to sit on their hands and no matter what the GOP wants... to go against it and even if its legislation the Democrats formerly approved of or even came up with.

26   indigenous   @   2014 Aug 1, 1:04am  

edvard2 says

We didn't "cause" WWI or WWII... sort of an important factoid wouldn't you say?

The fact is it happened on a democrat's watch.

The fact is that the policy of the US democrats is always to instigate the war so it looks like the other side started it.

The fact is that this country would be vastly different if we never fought WW1

27   Y   @   2014 Aug 1, 1:07am  

If I were a federal judge, I'd shake my head back and forth...utterting "tsk" after "tsk", until finally blurting out...."This is Damning Evidence!"

indigenous says

edvard2 says

We didn't "cause" WWI or WWII... sort of an important factoid wouldn't you say?

The fact is it happened on a democrat's watch.

28   edvard2   @   2014 Aug 1, 1:10am  

indigenous says

The fact is it happened on a democrat's watch.

The fact is that the policy of the US democrats is always to instigate the war so it looks like the other side started it.

The fact is that this country would be vastly different if we never fought WW1

That's silly. So it happened when a Democrat was president. So what? What is your point? You previously said they "caused" it and now its simply that they were president "during" that time? Like what the hell?

You really, really need to study your history because in both cases of WW1 and WW2 we did not want to get involved period. Both WW1 and 2 had been going on literally for years before we got involved. In both instances the country was completely pacifist because the wars were seen as European problems.

Yes- you would be correct that if the United States had not intervened in WW2 the country would be a totally different place: The Germans has plans in the works that after the defeat of Europe, we were next.

29   edvard2   @   2014 Aug 1, 1:17am  

SoftShell says

I would have no problem with this.

That is the main reason obama is legislating through presidential decree.

In the olden daze laws were negotiated and passed.

Today it's all or nothing.

Obama is partially responsible for this, as he promised transparency in government, which he has not delivered.

Well at least you are showing some of the folks here why the president is having to use executive powers to get crap done because half of the people he works with decided to do nuttin'. Funny that now the people not doing their jobs are all in a tussy about him doing the job for them.

30   indigenous   @   2014 Aug 1, 1:17am  

edvard2 says

That's stupid. So it happened when a Democrat was president. So what?

That is the point you dumb ass

edvard2 says

You previously said they "caused" it

Both

edvard2 says

You really, really need to study your history because in both cases of WW1 and WW2 we did not want to get involved period. Both WW1 and 2 had been going on literally for years before we got involved.

Yup that is what the press releases stated, but you have to look at the facts of this issue.

edvard2 says

Yes- you would be correct that if the United States had not intervened in WW2

No dumb fuck I said WW1

You need to educate yourself about the real causes of both wars, not the perfunctory crap they put in history books. E.G. the real Abe Lincoln, or look at the effects of Wilson and what he has done, much of it was possible because of WW1.

I'm not your nanny so if you are interested in the facts go looking.

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