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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNBC Poll. 76% agree with Romney's statement, re: dependent, needy victims who want free stuff
Do you agree with Romney's statement?
Yes
76%
No
22%
Not Sure
3%
Total Votes: 15820
Is it worth it to DU it? They are gloating and maligning MSNBC, so I thought maybe we should add some balance.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49071984
Tansy_Gold
(17,846 posts)an unscientific poll.
'nuff said.
nanabugg
(2,198 posts)siligut
(12,272 posts)Now, 23% don't agree with Money Boo Boo, with 23184 total votes.
Coexist
(24,542 posts)as it were.
spanone
(135,781 posts)Lucy Goosey
(2,940 posts)Definitely not a scientific poll.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Like Fox, it's a channel that gets almost no play at our house.
siligut
(12,272 posts)Cramer screams more, but Kudlow is a fucking loudmouth, sell-out GOPer.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)It is not to be taken seriously.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)For one thing, it can be DU'd, or Freeped, so the "poll" tells us absolutely nothing about the true state of public opinion on this question.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Got some work to do.
denverbill
(11,489 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,341 posts)Ignore.
onecent
(6,096 posts)stupid people taking this poll....can there???
siligut
(12,272 posts)And as has been pointed out, it is not a scientific poll. Kind of like polling Freepers really. I just wanted to wipe the stupid grins off of the faces of the staff of The Closing Bell.
SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)and even 22% of them think Romney is a moron.
ipfilter
(1,287 posts)To them Mitt's mythical freeloaders are called "leechfucks" and they use that term broadly. It's no surprise to see a CNBC poll that way. I've spent a lot of time on their forums and they are all despicable.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Like Faux, it's a Repub safe haven and nothing but one big anti-Obama ad. Their fanbase is wealth, wealth apologists and "temporarily embarrassed millionaires".
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)...I have to watch it as it's on at my work...better than Faux, but only marginally so...
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)seriously? They're designed to get page clicks, that's it.
siligut
(12,272 posts)Sorry, I was weak.
sinkingfeeling
(51,436 posts)karynnj
(59,495 posts)It might be fun to DU it.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Many new opportunities would open up for entrepreneurs who provide goods and services that are useful (as opposed to the banksters who manipulate tax laws and government to steal their fortunes).
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)Not a random sample, largely self-selecting, and people with an interest in having it appear that one side of the debate is more represented than it really is have incentives to skew the results.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)global1
(25,219 posts)they don't think that they are dependent on government, they don't believe they are victims and don't believe the government has the responsibility to take care of them. They think it's the others that are like that. Actually Rmoney was using code here - in a subliminal kind of way - he was talking about minorities - and it was a racially charged statement. That's why many people would agree with Rmoney's statement because they are white and not on welfare or food stamps and they don't see themselves as victims.
Am I making any sense with this? I think you'll get what I'm trying to say.
siligut
(12,272 posts)Romney believes in welfare queens and he was talking to his donors, so yes, you are correct.
budkin
(6,698 posts)Who really gives a shit, Romney is toast.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Whaddya think--too much? I think not.
siligut
(12,272 posts)More fucks and a few bombs maybe. It is FOX with financial data. I like to keep my enemies close.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)In July, Pew asked Americans what they think about the amount lower income people pay in taxes. Only 20 percent think they pay too little, versus 34 percent who say they pay a fair amount and 37 percent who say they pay too much a total of 71 percent.
Pew also tells me that only 23 percent of independents, and 18 percent of moderates, say low income people pay too little in taxes, while big majorities of both say they pay a fair amount or too much.
Are these numbers are skewed by the large number of respondents who pay low federal income taxes or none at all? Guess what: Only 22 percent of self-described middle class people think lower income folks pay too little, versus 69 percent who say they pay their fair share or too much.
Meanwhile, the reverse is true about rich people. A majority, 58 percent, say the wealthy pay too little in taxes, while only 26 percent say they pay their fair share. Fifty six percent of independents, and 69 percent of moderates, say the rich pay too little.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/leaked-47-percent-video-is-awful-politics-for-romney/2012/09/18/16f9e02a-01aa-11e2-b260-32f4a8db9b7e_blog.html
nanabugg
(2,198 posts)kimbutgar
(21,040 posts)Those people on wall street agree with Mitt. They bash President Obama all day on CNBC do you expect anything different?
Raine
(30,540 posts)and are too dumb to realize they admitted that that's what THEY are.