Zogby Poll Lessens My Hope For America

Facts don’t lie, and this Zogby Poll is screaming the truth. The mere fact that out of 512 people who said they were going to vote for Obama couldn’t identify what political party had control of the Congress worries me.

What did I learn from these results? It’s clear that the media failed to report both side of the story. Because of that it’s clear that people really didn’t have an educated opinion about who Obama was and what he represents. So as a result is seems as if we’ve elected an icon, or more appropriately, an empty suit to the most powerful position in the world.

Here is the raw break down from the Zogby findings.

512 Obama Voters 11/13/08-11/15/08 MOE +/- 4.4 points

97.1% High School Graduate or higher, 55% College Graduates

Results to 12 simple Multiple Choice Questions

57.4% could NOT correctly say which party controls congress (50/50 shot just by guessing)

81.8% could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing)

82.6% could NOT correctly say that Barack Obama won his first election by getting opponents kicked off the ballot (25% chance by guessing)

88.4% could NOT correctly say that Obama said his policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry and make energy rates skyrocket (25% chance by guessing)

56.1% could NOT correctly say Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground (25% chance by guessing).

And yet…..

Only 13.7% failed to identify Sarah Palin as the person on which their party spent $150,000 in clothes

Only 6.2% failed to identify Palin as the one with a pregnant teenage daughter

And 86.9 % thought that Palin said that she could see Russia from her “house,” even though that was Tina Fey who said that!!

Only 2.4% got at least 11 correct.

Only .5% got all of them correct. (And we “gave” one answer that was technically not Palin, but actually Tina Fey)

I would honestly like to hear specifics from those who voted for Obama about why they voted for him. What specifically intrigued you about what he was saying? Was it all just the “hype” or did you think he had some good ideas?

If someone would be willing to sit down with me over a cup of coffee and help me understand, I’d even buy the coffee.

Attention Americans

Watch this video… then weep for our nation.

Mr. Moran…. Really?

Wow. Does anybody else see the huge gaping flaw in his logic? Could it be that is because the government has kept it’s greedy little hands off of the the earning American’s public money that we as a people have risen to these highly productive times? Mr. Moran… having wealth is not a bad thing.

Abraham Lincoln said it best himself:

Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world.

Could it be these people are accumulating wealth because they are working hard?

For those who feel disheartened by this, here is a bit of motivation for you:

Thoughts About Obama’s Second Day On The Job

So day two, not even on the job yet, and what happens?

The DOW drops again, almost as much as it did yesterday. It’s also worth noting that this has ushered in the largest stock sell off after a presidential election in the history of the stock market. This is not just investors and mutual fund companies selling stock folks… this means that businesses are starting to selling stock.

What does this mean? Well, looks like business America doesn’t have faith in its ability to pay all the promised tax increases that await them, and their trying to get what ever profit they have left out while they still can. If/When this socialistic tax system comes into full swing and these companies not only loose their tax breaks, but get their taxes increased… they are going to start costs. That means cutting research, development, and most importantly… jobs. This is most likely why Reuters said yesterday that we’re potentially looking at massive layoffs during 2009.

Looks like an international crisis (you know… the crisis’s that Presidential Elect Obama promised us) is starting to take shape. Russia ordered missile stations to be placed at the borders of some of our NATO allies. Cuban Missile Crisis? Anyone remember that? From the source:

President Medvedev ordered missiles to be stationed up against Nato’s borders yesterday to counter American plans to build a missile defence shield.

Speaking within hours of Barack Obama’s election, Mr Medvedev announced that Russia would base Iskander missiles in its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad – the former German city – next to the border with Poland.

He did not say whether the short-range missiles would carry nuclear warheads.

Taking advantage of the world’s attention on the US elections, Mr Medvedev also canceled plans to withdraw three intercontinental ballistic missile regiments from western Russia by 2010.

Final thought… the news is just now (after he’s been elected) starting to voice real concerns over a President Obama. Well jumping Jimmy Cricket on a pogo stick! If you guys maybe asked him a tough question or two maybe we wouldn’t be staring down a messy four years. Here is the transcript of a conversation between Charlie Rose and Tom Brokaw discussing how they don’t know about his foreign policy, or where he draws his inspiration from. Two issue you think would have come up before the election.

ROSE: I don’t know what Barack Obama’s worldview is.

BROKAW: No, I don’t, either.

ROSE: I don’t know how he really sees where China is.

BROKAW: We don’t know a lot about Barack Obama and the universe of his thinking about foreign policy.

ROSE: I don’t really know. And do we know anything about the people who are advising him?

BROKAW: Yeah, it’s an interesting question.

ROSE: He is principally known through his autobiography and through very aspirational (sic) speeches.

BROKAW: Two of them! I don’t know what books he’s read.

ROSE: What do we know about the heroes of Barack Obama?

BROKAW: There’s a lot about him we don’t know.

America Voted for a whole lot of change two days ago… and I really think she’s going to see it.

For the Conservative Underground, here is your motivation for the day:

Thoughts About Obama’s First Day On The Job

Hmmm. Interesting. His first day on the job, not only does the DOW drop nearly 500 points and the NASDAQ nearly 100, but the head smart dudes over at Reuters are predicting a massive level of layoffs for just about every industry in 2009. What does this mean? Well, it means that while Americans put their faith in Obama’s wealth redistribution strategy, the business community (you know… those people that employ all of us) does not share this optimism.

True this is just day one, things could look up… but history tells me that if Obama does everything he said he is going to do, it won’t. Now is the time to really get secure in your job, grow a little bit, maybe learn a new skill and make yourself your more marketable… I am VERY happy to be a government employee right now.

On an unrelated note, what has become of all the Obama campaign supporters after the storm? This video will let you know…