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| Military tops poll measuring public confidence |
| 2006-06-28 |
| Can't say I'm much of one for polls, but this one, I like. Poll in my office -- 11 people. All support Bush and this war, and against these liberals (this is in the middle of Blue Blooded Austin, TX WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 27, 2006) - The 2006 Gallup poll results on public confidence are in and the military is again at the top of the list. Seventy-three percent of Americans polled from June 1-4, 2006, said they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the military, according to Gallup poll writer Lydia Saad. This is with all of Murtha's damage working After the terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001, military confidence soared 13 percent above the previous year. In that 2002 poll, 79 percent of respondents said they had a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the military. The following year saw an increase to 82 percent of Americans having high confidence in the nation’s military. In 2004, the percentage dropped to 75 percent and last year’s confidence measurement fell one percent, but remained at the top of the polls as the institution in which Americans place their highest confidence. The military surpassed the police and organized religion, the next highest ranking organizations, by 15 percent. The police and organized religion are the only other institutions rated in the poll that earned a high confidence rating from Americans, according to Saad. Fifty-eight percent of respondents placed high confidence in the police, compared to the 67 percent who said they had high confidence last year. Fifty-two percent of respondents said church organizations have earned a high degree of confidence, falling only one percent from last year. The Gallup poll results indicated that HMOs, big business and Congress earned the least amount of confidence with the American public this year. Congress earned a confidence rating of 19 percent, while big business earned a confidence rating of 18 percent. In the 2005 poll, Congress and big business were tied at 22 percent. The institutions with the lowest level of public confidence according to this years Gallup poll were Health Management Organizations. Fifteen percent of Americans polled said they had confidence in our nations HMOs, a drop of two percent from last year’s poll. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #7 DarthVader - lol! |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-06-28 11:06 |
| #6 I have always had faith and confidence in our fine military. Now the Pentagon and the civilian agencies are another story.... |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-06-28 09:46 |
| #5 Seething. The pastime of impotent losers. MSM and Dems meet your brothers the muzzies. Magic words and incantations canÂ’t make up for real action. Real men and woman do. Those who canÂ’t do, seethe. Most people admire those who can do. |
| Posted by: Glomble Ulinetch8608 2006-06-28 09:33 |
| #4 Yes, the real poll is going to be taken in november. All the bullshit, mind-controll, sway-the-public-opinion, jeddi mind-trick polls that the left is inundating us with will be worth exactly zip at that moment. I don't believe for a minute that a majority of the country wants the U.S. to hide in the shaddows and be bent to the will of countries like Venezuela or NKor. I'd laugh my ass off if the Dems actually lost seats in the elections. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-06-28 08:54 |
| #3 More here. The press doesn't come out well. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-06-28 08:43 |
| #2 Right now, nobody pisses me off more than Murtha, except maybe the New York Times. If you want to do something about him, donate to his opponent, Diana Irey. Help her out enough, and maybe she can toss that lying, treasonous sack of shit out of Congress. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-06-28 05:42 |
| #1 Competence and courage always generate confidence, heh. The crap that Murtha peddles is as transparent as glass. In fact, thanks to Oldpsook working us over (I gave $50, LOL, and I'm cheep), He just might get tossed out on his ass. I have to admit, that would be soooo sweet. Right up there with Sulzberger doing the perp walk. Sherry, you're in enemy territory! You guys carpool and watch each other's backs at lunch? Take care! :) |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-06-28 04:04 |