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struggle4progress

(118,196 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 04:37 PM Apr 2020

6 in 10 think he wasn't prepared

William Cummings, USA TODAY
Published 10:28 a.m. ET April 1, 2020
Updated 12:41 p.m. ET April 1, 2020

... a new Politico/Morning Consult poll shows voters may be becoming frustrated with the White House's handling of the crisis, which the administration says could kill 100,000 to 240,000 people in the U.S.

Overall, 61% of registered voters in that poll said Trump was not prepared to handle the outbreak.

Forty-six percent of registered voters said Trump was "very unprepared" to deal with the crisis, and another 15% said he was "somewhat unprepared." Fourteen percent said the president was "very prepared" and 18% said he was "somewhat prepared."

... responses varied greatly by political party. Sixty-three percent of Republicans thought Trump had been prepared, while 85% of Democrats did not. Sixty-five percent of independents thought the president was unprepared, and 26% said he was prepared ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/01/trump-unprepared-for-coronavirus-outbreak-poll/5101764002/

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6 in 10 think he wasn't prepared (Original Post) struggle4progress Apr 2020 OP
Only 6 in 10? guillaumeb Apr 2020 #1
Oh, he knew SheltieLover Apr 2020 #2
14% who thought trump was 'very prepared' - are very confused empedocles Apr 2020 #3
No they are ignorant. redstatebluegirl Apr 2020 #5
I've stopped calling them ignorant. sdfernando Apr 2020 #9
And thus was coined a new name for them: "The Fourteen Percenters" n/t blitzen Apr 2020 #7
'14%ers'. Thats good. Cut the trump hard core down to size. empedocles Apr 2020 #12
One-third think UFOs visited earth struggle4progress Apr 2020 #6
...and the other 4 *know* it? SeattleVet Apr 2020 #4
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2020 #10
Cut the crap.... We have to execute stupid people or we have to listen to their BULLSHIT and ignore! Brainfodder Apr 2020 #8
To paraphrase W. C. Fields: When it comes to preparing, I like my tRUMP well done... abqtommy Apr 2020 #11

sdfernando

(4,917 posts)
9. I've stopped calling them ignorant.
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 06:08 PM
Apr 2020

They are STUPID.

Being ignorant of something doesn't mean you can't learn and educate yourself about something.

This people don't fall in that category so they are stupid in my book....they actually refuse to learn.

struggle4progress

(118,196 posts)
6. One-third think UFOs visited earth
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 05:02 PM
Apr 2020

BY ANDREW WHALEN ON 9/6/19 AT 1:36 PM EDT

... Gallup poll of 1,522 adults in the United States found that one-third of respondents believe extraterrestrial spacecraft are visiting Earth.

When asked to choose between "some UFOs have been alien spacecraft visiting Earth from other planets or galaxies" and "all UFO sightings can be explained by human activity on Earth or natural phenomenon," 33 percent of all adults polled selected the first option ...

https://www.newsweek.com/aliens-are-real-ufos-2019-sightings-americans-area-51-raid-extraterrestrial-disclosure-1458103


“You fools! It’s getting away.”

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
8. Cut the crap.... We have to execute stupid people or we have to listen to their BULLSHIT and ignore!
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 05:20 PM
Apr 2020

NOW FUCKING PICK!



Alternatively we could pay teachers as if they have value to share with the younger folks STILL in their formative years?

I went through the rural K-12 program, it was just OK in my day, I have no idea on it now.
In the 5th grade we had IOWA tests, I found my results in a folder last year looking for papers, I was in the 99th percentile in MATH, they fucking cheated me out of M.I.T. those bastards!
My trig teacher was the former gym teacher, he was the pits, he had to drop a passing grade down to 30% or he'd have failed 90% of us.



Proven special education folks send to their own city?

I'm just being as ridiculous as the circumstances we find ourselves in, quite a fucking pickle!



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