American Public Fed Up With Gas, Politics and Iraq (Fox News-OD poll)

[sabra]

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/9209

American Public Fed Up With Gas, Politics and Iraq

(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in the United States express disappointment with three specific issues, according to a poll by Opinion Dynamics released by Fox News. 85 per cent of respondents are fed up with high gas prices, 77 per cent feel the same way about partisan bickering in Washington, and 58 per cent are dissatisfied with the war in Iraq.

Hurricane Katrina hit the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on Aug. 29. Two days later, U.S. president George W. Bush outlined specific measures, declaring, "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted a nationwide waiver for fuel blends to make more gasoline and diesel fuel available throughout the country. This will help take some pressure off of gas price. But our citizens must understand this storm has disrupted the capacity to make gasoline and distribute gasoline."

According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), the national average cost of a gallon of fuel reached a record high last month at $3.05 U.S.—up from $2.11 U.S. in the last weekend of May—but has since stabilized at $2.84 U.S.

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Now I’m going to read you a list of items, and I’d like you to rate your feelings for each one. Would you say you are fed up with and tired of (issue) or don’t you feel that way?

Fed up Not fed up Not sure

High gas prices 85% 12% 2%

Partisan bickering in Washington, DC 77% 12% 11%

The Iraq war 58% 34% 7%


Source: Opinion Dynamics / Fox News
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 900 registered American voters, conducted on Sept. 27 and Sept. 28, 2005. Margin of error is 4 per cent.

[Spinzonner]

1. nearly half of the American public is responsible for the mess

for supporting Republicans and their policies, buying SUV's and monster vans or just plain refusing to open their eyes and see and deal with reality.

We have met the enemy and he is us.

[otohara]

2. 59 Million Morans

and greedy fucks.

[Joebert]

4. I'd argue it's less than 100 people responsible.

And 58,999,900 people who have been fooled by thinking that

- the 'piety' of the candidate is going to produce a good candidate
- protectionism saves us from wrongdoers
- the idea that anything the military ever does is just
- abortion / homosexuality / foreigners are going to ruin this country

[melody]

5. I'd argue that a handful of Diebold execs are responsible for the mess

And many of the rest of us are just too terrified to come out of our caves.

[hadrons]

7. Their Bush-King is a dud and they want to take their ball and go home ....

these fools were had and Dumbya just made these things worse and they just want to keep their heads in the sand

[freethought]

3. My thoughts on the three

1)High Gas Prices-Get used to it! We may get a brief reprieve but the prices will creep up again.
2)Partisan Bickering in Washington-Tough! Voters made their beds now they can lay in it!
3)War in Iraq-Voters are fed up? WTF?! We were brought in under false claims. It is a war being paid with borrowed money. Close to 2000 lives and they're fed up!If they are fed up with it vote for someone who will get us out!

[Hissyspit]

6. Poll of One: "Hissyspit Fed Up With Americans"

100% of Hissyspit is fed up with the issue of Americans ...for all the reasons outlined by the previous posters, and many more.

Why do I hate America? I don't hate America. It's the current crop of Americans I can't stand. :P

"I love mankind. It's people I can't stand." -- Linus from 'Peanuts'

And that's my misanthropism for the night. Good night. :D

[lakeguy]

8. they're all the same issue....basically.

but at least those gays can't get married!

[Skittles]

9. more people disgusted by gas prices than a war based on lies

just disgusting

[DrRang]

10. What did the interviewer read?

If the person who questioned people read them the material printed before the "Now I'm going to ask you . . ." then it was a clear push to condemn gas prices, which Dear Leader is attempting to lower by cutting the number of gasoline mixes, etc. And "partisan bickering" rather than something like "deep differences on how government should function" denigrates the many against the one, that being Dear Leader again.

[Skittles]

21. how about from personal experience, DrRang?

I live in Texas and I heard very few people questioning the war - but hoo boy did they ever question the gas prices - I just cannot tell you how disgusted it makes me feel

[NeoConsSuck]

16. On one hand, I'm disgusted..

by the same results. On the other hand, I'm estatic. These freeptards thought by now they'd be driving their SUV tanks on $.75/gallon gasoline thanks to * liberating the Iraqi oil fields for the good of mericans.


Suckers!! LOL!!

[fasttense]

11. What are they talking about? The price of gas stabilized?

Went and got gas Wednesday; it was $2.99 a gallon here in the hicks of East Tennessee. Why are gas prices higher here? We are not a metropolitan area. Where did they get this stabilized cost of $2.84? We usually run at or below the average. Something fishy in Denmark.

[HockeyMom]

12. Just paid $2,83 this morning on Long Island

Amazing that your's is about the same as ours. We are hardly a low cost of living area. However, how are your utilities? We are getting hit with a $50 a month fuel surcharge for our electric bills. They are also saying that the price of natural gas heat is going up 75% to 100%. It has been in the 40s the last two nights and I had to put the heat on already. I set it so low, though, that I woke up in the middle of the night shivering.

Not looking forward to this winter.

[fasttense]

14. My oil company stopped offering pre-buys.

We use to buy all our oil for winter heating in August for about $500. Now they are not doing prebuys, so at current rates, it will cost me $1000 for the same amount of oil I bought last year for half the price.

In electricity I'm averaging $160 a month where I use to average about $110. I plan to use more electricity for heating this winter (I have both oil and electric heat).

But the gas price went up this week, so I'm wondering why East Tennessee is getting these higher prices, while it has "stabilized" other places.

[Coventina]

13. What a stupid poll!

What does "partisan bickering" mean?

Republicans have the WH, Congress, Senate and the SCOTUS.

The Dems are just trying to slow the steamroller of destruction.

Intead of "partisan bickering" it should read: Fed up with Democrats not taking their anal violation with a smile.


I hate Fox News.

[Stuckinthebush]

15. Agreed....bad questions

What do the answers mean anyway?

If I say "no" I'm not fed up with partisan bickering, then am I saying that I like it or that I don't think it exists, or that I think that it is good for the country?

Poll results are only as good as the questions and methodology. In this case, they are not worth much!

[tokenlib]

17. The DLC will love this..

They like any excuse to justify their watered down corporatized selling out to the republicans. Insyead of bickering--we need all out real-issue oriented partisan warfare.

[tainowarrior]

18. American public needs to

grow up, face reality like a man, and bite the bullets of their own making

Enjoy that GOP vote now, Bubba. Enjoy that anti-gay marriage, anti-abortion vote. Choke on it.

[HockeyMom]

19. Just wait

Even if Bush's religious anti gay, anti abortion base get their way on these issues, these same people still need to have a job and medical benefits, feed their families, put gas in their cars, light and heat their homes, pay their credit cards,etc. EVENTUALLY it is going to come home to even them. I simply cannot believe that All of Bush's base is RICH.

[tainowarrior]

20. it isn't, and you're right

the GOP's siren call of "moral issues" (a joke in it of itself, since the GOP's "moral values" have been thoroughly discredited by numerous moral failings highlighted in their leadership) cannot long trump sound economic policy, and wasteful war spending, and the rise in threats to the U.S due to our messed up image.

Like they used to say, "It's still the economy, stupid". Americans only worry about something when it hurts them personally (sad, but true.) Gas prices, debt rising, deficit financed by foreign countries, hike in anti-American feeling, those are the things that will get your regular "Bubba" Bush voter to think twice.

Moral appeals? Ideological persuasion? Giving them the old Chomskian rational explanation on why things should be the way they need to be? Doesn't work...like smashing your head against a wall.

Now, point to their gas tank, and triple their costs, and suddenly Bubba understands.