Americans support the Egyptian protesters

[yurbud]

Source: Salon

Gallup is out with a new national poll on Americans' views of the pro-democracy protests in Egypt. The results show that fear-mongering by some in the media about a post-Mubarak Egypt has apparently not taken hold, with huge majorities expressing sympathy for the protesters:

Overall, are you sympathetic or unsympathetic to the protestors in Egypt who have called for a change in the government?

Very sympathetic 42 | Somewhat sympathetic 40 | Somewhat unsympathetic 6 | Very unsympathetic 5 | No opinion 6

So 82 percent of Americans are sympathetic to the protesters. Among those who are "following the situation in Egypt very or somewhat closely," that number actually goes up slightly, to 87 percent. The irony here, of course, is that Americans are on the side of protesters fighting a regime that the U.S. government has been propping up for decades.

Read more: http://www.salon.com/news/egyptian_protests/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/02/08/poll_americans_support_egyptians

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The last line has been the story of progressive voters versus the Democratic Party for at least a decade: even when an overwhelming majority of Americans support the progressive position, Democratic Party leaders either waffle or outright oppose the popular position, which might be why they have trouble beating a party of scammers, cranks, racists, and flat earthers like the GOP.

[goforit]

1. Too bad folks! Every gov't in the world doesn't support Egypt protesters!

We have the worst leaders in every country in the world.

I can not think of one good leader.
And they've got all power.
Sad portrait of citizens around the world.

[yurbud]

2. Chavez & Evo?