Vote.com depressing outcomes

[Marta Russell]

To me this 4% showing against the war mongers is more disheartening
than the entire past week of events.  Since I'm certain that Gallup
did not only poll the ruling class, a majority of the 92% in favor of
retaliation are likely working class Americans.  So while some
subscribers on this list may think that the working class is going to
create some vital change in the world, that seems a more distant hope
than ever in the USA.  All it takes is good old fashioned nationalism
to convert them all to ruling class ideologies.

Most of my life, it has been hard for me to identify as "American"
because I don't relate to the majority opinion on much of anything.
While "public opinion" may not swing all one way or another, usually
the dominant view is so far beyond anything I can agree with.  At any
rate "progress"  is certainly an illusive notion in this instance.
Marta

Kevin Robert Dean wrote:
> 
> Usually things like Vote.com don't give accurate
> pictures of the actual populace, however Gallup shows
> what Marta and I fear.  It's hard always having to be
> the 4% isn;t it?:
> 
> http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr010914b.asp
> 
> Retaliation
> Americans strongly behind retaliatory military actions
> 
> by Frank Newport
> 
> GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
> 
> PRINCETON, NJ -- The vast majority of Americans
> support the general idea of military action against
> the groups or nations responsible for Tuesday's
> attacks. Support levels, in fact, are generally at or
> around an extraordinary 90% level. A Tuesday night
> Gallup/CNN/USA Today poll conducted immediately after
> the attacks found a total of 92% of Americans who
> supported military action of some type, with only 4%
> willing to say that they did not support military
> strikes in retaliation for the terrorist attacks. Two
> ABC News/Washington Post polls also found that 93%-94%
> of Americans support military action against "the
> groups or nations responsible for today's attacks."
> 
>