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What really pisses me off is that Democrats seem to support Obama in anything he does; half of them think this kind of shit is perfectly fine, likely because th

by beedogs 13y ago

What really pisses me off is that Democrats seem to support Obama in anything he does; half of them think this kind of shit is perfectly fine, likely because their team is the one doing it. Really sorely disappointing.

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rquantz 13y ago
What are you talking about? Do you have any evidence for this? Or was it just some democrat you talked to who supported mass surveillance? You think the 30% of Americans who believe Snowden is a patriot are all non-democrats?
- discostrings 13y ago
  http://www.people-press.org/files/2013/06/6-10-13-4.png http://www.people-press.org/files/2013/06/6-10-13-4.png
- rexf 13y ago
  WSJ writes: "A survey ... found that 56% believe that broad-based government tracking of telephone records is acceptable ... More Democrats than Republicans found it acceptable, a reversal of findings in a similar poll taken when George W. Bush was president ..." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324904004578539791260216814.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732490400457853...
- beedogs 13y ago
  From a Gallup poll. > Democrats are more likely to approve of the surveillance programs (49-40 percent), which Republicans (32-63 percent) and independents (34-56 percent) largely disapprove. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/305181-gallup-americans-split-on-snowdens-leaking-of-surveillance-programs http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/305181-gall...
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nextstep 13y ago
Yeah, that's absolutely true. And the other half has John McCain and Lindsey Graham saying they're ok with it and they think these programs are necessary. We have two parties, and zero choices. Our country is fucked.
- jstanley 13y ago
  Reminds me of this extract from a Simpsons episode: http://www.flickr.com/photos/giddygirlie/2987270819/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giddygirlie/2987270819/
nknighthb 13y ago
> Democrats seem to support Obama in anything he does; half of them think this kind of shit is perfectly fine Did you really not recognize the contradiction even as you typed this sentence?
tripzilch 13y ago
> half of them think this kind of shit is perfectly fine Did you read the article all the way through? At the end it mentions that only 6% of all Americans think this is perfectly fine.
Shish2k 13y ago
In the vein of "90% of everything is shit", 90% of political supporters are sheep -- the important part to remember is that this applies to your own team as well as the opposition.

by beedogs 13y ago

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rquantz 13y ago

What are you talking about? Do you have any evidence for this? Or was it just some democrat you talked to who supported mass surveillance? You think the 30% of Americans who believe Snowden is a patriot are all non-democrats?

discostrings 13y ago
http://www.people-press.org/files/2013/06/6-10-13-4.png http://www.people-press.org/files/2013/06/6-10-13-4.png
rexf 13y ago
WSJ writes: "A survey ... found that 56% believe that broad-based government tracking of telephone records is acceptable ... More Democrats than Republicans found it acceptable, a reversal of findings in a similar poll taken when George W. Bush was president ..." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324904004578539791260216814.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732490400457853...
beedogs 13y ago
From a Gallup poll. > Democrats are more likely to approve of the surveillance programs (49-40 percent), which Republicans (32-63 percent) and independents (34-56 percent) largely disapprove. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/305181-gallup-americans-split-on-snowdens-leaking-of-surveillance-programs http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/305181-gall...

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nextstep 13y ago

Yeah, that's absolutely true. And the other half has John McCain and Lindsey Graham saying they're ok with it and they think these programs are necessary. We have two parties, and zero choices. Our country is fucked.

jstanley 13y ago
Reminds me of this extract from a Simpsons episode: http://www.flickr.com/photos/giddygirlie/2987270819/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giddygirlie/2987270819/

nknighthb 13y ago

> Democrats seem to support Obama in anything he does; half of them think this kind of shit is perfectly fine Did you really not recognize the contradiction even as you typed this sentence?

tripzilch 13y ago

> half of them think this kind of shit is perfectly fine Did you read the article all the way through? At the end it mentions that only 6% of all Americans think this is perfectly fine.

Shish2k 13y ago

In the vein of "90% of everything is shit", 90% of political supporters are sheep -- the important part to remember is that this applies to your own team as well as the opposition.