New York Times/CBS poll proves Americans are morons.

[BlueStater]

GOP Uses Terror Threat Against Dems in Campaign

WASHINGTON — Sep 24, 2014, 3:16 AM ET

By DONNA CASSATA Associated Press

The recurring image in the latest Republican campaign ads is a lone militant walking across a barren land with the black banner of the Islamic State group.

Six weeks to Election Day, the once back-burner issue of national security is suddenly at the forefront amid rising American fears and the U.S. military's expanded campaign to destroy extremists in Iraq and Syria. The GOP, more trusted by the public in recent national polls to deal with foreign policy and terrorism, is using the threat as a political cudgel against Democrats in several Senate and House races.

"Radical Islamic terrorists are threatening to cause the collapse of our country," Scott Brown, the former Massachusetts senator trying to unseat first-term Sen. Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire, says in a commercial. "President Obama and Sen. Shaheen seem confused about the nature of the threat. Not me."

A national Republican ad against two-term Rep. Dan Maffei, D-N.Y., calls him "dangerously wrong for our security" over black-and-white images of extremists. Another National Republican Congressional Committee ad describes Rep. Rick Nolan, D-Minn., as "dangerously liberal."

National security rarely decides elections, especially congressional races, and jobs and the economy remain the overriding issue for voters this year. The GOP move is part of a broader approach of linking Democrats to an unpopular President Barack Obama, whose approval ratings on handling foreign policy and dealing with terrorism have plummeted since U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden in 2011.

Just 41 percent approve of Obama's handling of terrorism while 50 percent disapprove, according to last week's New York Times/CBS poll , which gave the president worse marks than Republican President George W. Bush in 2006. At the same time, Republicans had a hefty double-digit advantage of 52-31 percent on the question of which party is more trusted in dealing with terrorism and a 49-37 percent edge on foreign policy.

More: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/gop-terror-threat-dems-campaign-25718678

Oh my fucking God. Americans have the intelligence of a bowel movement.

[CJCRANE]

1. Who do you trust to put out the fire?

The arsonist or the firefighter?

Oh, I think I'll trust the guy with the matches and the look of glee on his face.

[former9thward]

6. I'll trust the guy who is not falsely shouting "fire".

Which both parties are currently doing.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Remember what Carlin said...

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

[Vinca]

3. Polling should be outlawed unless . . .

there is a question preceding the polled question. Something like "name 2 members of the Supreme Court" or "which amendment gives you freedom of speech" or "which foot do you put your right shoe on." Polling numbnuts is bound to produce Fox-inspired results.

[Javaman]

4. Never for one moment underestimate the awesome power of blatant stupidity. nt

[tiredtoo]

5. I could be wrong, again.

But i think Obama's low rating in handling of terrorism includes those that are not in favor of the bombing and war efforts. Not so much his/democrats imagined weakness.
Haven't seen a breakdown but personally i do not like our actions in the holy wars in the mid-east. The beheading of American and British citizens is atrocious, but not a reason to get into another war in that messed up region.
The President is speaking at the UN now. gotta go.

[Octafish]

7. Don't blame the People for not knowing what Corporate McPravda don't report.

As for the great job ABCNNBCBSFakeNoiseNutworks is doing, Wall Street's happy with all the war. And if the CEOs are happy, the shareholders are happy. Right.