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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 01:48 PM
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Americans’ satisfaction drops to all-time low of 9 percent.
Edited on Tue Oct-07-08 01:49 PM by swag
Source: Think Progress

A new Gallup poll finds that just nine percent of the American public are “satisfied with the way things are going in the United States — the lowest such reading in Gallup Poll history. … The previous low point for Gallup’s measure of satisfaction had been 12%, recorded back in 1979, in the midst of rising prices and gas shortages when Jimmy Carter was president.”



Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/07/satisfaction-9/
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 01:49 PM
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1. worst.president.ever.
n/t
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:17 PM
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7. WGE
Worst.Gut.Ever.
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UnrepentantUnitarian Donating Member (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 01:52 PM
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2. Just whiners, right?
No, just people who know we can do much better. Notice how it went down about the time Clinton left office. Thanks, GWB! We'll be struggling with your ruinous legacy for decades, if not generations.
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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:05 PM
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3. That's a load off Jimmy Carter.
He never deserved his low marks anywhere near the way * does.
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angstlessk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:06 PM
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4. even the trend changed..in the past it was a more precipitous drop
followed by a slow increase...this time..downard slowly but ever downward!
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kwolf68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:10 PM
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5. Why do all these people hate America?
eom
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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 02:10 PM
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6. That graph needs musical accompaniment... Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones!
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 03:05 PM
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8. Kicking onto the "Greatest" Page
We'll be a lot more satisifed when we :kick: those idiots out of our government.


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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 03:56 PM
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9. Notice that another significant low point was at the end of chimpy's daddy's presidency.
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 05:21 PM
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10. And if ya think it's bad now, just vote for mccain & paliban!
Revel in the pain. Let your kids revel in the pain.

And all ya gotta do is vote paliban and mccain.
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 05:47 PM
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11. Thank the decider. n/t
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-08 07:41 PM
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12. Who are those nine percent?
They must be living in a different United States than everyone else.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-08 09:33 AM
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14. Bush cronies who don't want to go to jail, maybe. nt
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-08 09:59 AM
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15. probably the terrorists
I mean, people whose stated aim has been to destroy America must be pretty happy with the way the country is going.
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OakCliffDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-08 05:48 AM
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13. Kick
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-08 12:29 PM
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16. And yet, get ready for the McPalin "Suprise Upset Victory"
(God Forbid, and I AM NOT advocating for people to give up, but rather JOIN the Obama Camppaign and doing everything we can TO PROVE ME WRONG)
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