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2005-05-26 Home Front: Politix

Gallup Shock: 69 Percent Oppose Dem Filibusters

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Posted by Steve 2005-05-26 13:55|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 99% think John McCain is a self-aggrandizing MSM publicity loving asshole.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-26 14:05|| 2005-05-26 14:05|| Front Page Top

#2 This is why I think the Repubs should have called the Dem's bluff and forced them to actually filibuster.

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-05-26 14:13|| 2005-05-26 14:13|| Front Page Top

#3 In another stunning development, a plurality of those surveyed by Gallup - 38 percent - said that Christian influence on the courts was "not enough,"

Heaven help us. A pox on all theocrat supporters, be they christian, muslim, hindu or zoroastrian.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-05-26 14:35|| 2005-05-26 14:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Or wiccan

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-05-26 14:35|| 2005-05-26 14:35|| Front Page Top

#5 i would explain how the wording of that poll tended to lead to that result, but no one would beleive that a pollster, theoretically MSM, could have a conservative bias.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-05-26 14:47|| 2005-05-26 14:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Nuke 'em!

Now!

Posted by badanov">badanov 2005-05-26 15:09|| http://www.rkka.org]">[http://www.rkka.org] 2005-05-26 15:09|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't want more "Christian influence" on the courts, and I don't believe that such would be consistent with either our deistic Constitution or current and expected future political reality in the US. Hence I couldn't care less about the views of this poll's "shocking" 38% of respondents.

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-05-26 15:19|| 2005-05-26 15:19|| Front Page Top

#8 "Paging McCain, Party of [The] One. McCain, Party of [The] One. Your robes and throne are ready. Paging McCain..."

Posted by .com 2005-05-26 16:28|| 2005-05-26 16:28|| Front Page Top

#9 President McCain I presume?

For a guy who professes to seeks to "save the institution," the first words out of his mouth at the press conference was "watch my movie..."

This guy is splitting the Repub party, but who cares about that when you can "save the institution" along with Sheets Byrd and Admiral Warner.

Posted by Captain America 2005-05-26 20:52|| 2005-05-26 20:52|| Front Page Top

#10 If something like 70% of Americans profess one or another kind of Christianity (practicing or not), 38% of the polled wanting more Christianity in the court system doesn't seem unrealistic.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-26 22:35|| 2005-05-26 22:35|| Front Page Top

#11 I was always fascinated by the poll that claimed something like 90% (?) of Americans believed in Angels, but only 45% (?) believed in the Devil.

Pretty convenient, I thought.

But I also worked with an Indonesian guy (programmer) who was both a flavor of Buddhist and a regular attending Catholic. I asked him if he found incompatibilities and he told me, "Yeah, but I'm just covering my bets." I wondered if he thought sincerity of belief, or rather the lack of it in his case, was irrelevant, but decided to let it pass as none of my business. He was, otherwise, a rational guy.

Posted by .com 2005-05-26 22:53|| 2005-05-26 22:53|| Front Page Top

#12 True story:

All my life I thought my paternal grandmother was a Baptist, until last year when my father told me she was Prebyterian, born and raised. So why did she go to the Baptist church, I asked. He told me:

She was just running out the clock.

Posted by badanov">badanov 2005-05-26 22:57|| http://www.rkka.org]">[http://www.rkka.org] 2005-05-26 22:57|| Front Page Top

#13 LOL! Bad

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-26 23:07|| 2005-05-26 23:07|| Front Page Top

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