Here are the results of our Sequester Responsibility poll. They are not statistically valid, because readers at Politics Plus are not selected to match national demographics. Nevertheless, the results do express our readers’ superior grasp of the issue.
And here are your comments.
Posted by Elayne Myers on March 13, 2013 at 4:17 pm.
Tell Congress NO. Obama needs to get his butt out of office. He hasn’t done a damn thing to bring our great country out of the mess he is currently destroying and the good old boys are sitting on fat a—s knowing they are set for life. How much more do you think Americans can take?
Posted by Rixar13 on March 5, 2013 at 9:56 am.
Who will America blame for sequester pain?
Republicans
Posted by SoINeedAName on March 4, 2013 at 8:11 pm.
D’oh … REPUBICANS!
And if there was a scintilla of a doubt (bless the Media for their False Equivalency) – here’s the PowerPoint that it’s the GOP’s Sequester:
Posted by Pamela Defilippo on March 3, 2013 at 1:41 am.
The GOP controlled congress is responsible for this. They are the poorest example of american government to our young people in this history of this country!
Posted by Pamela on March 3, 2013 at 1:37 am.
The GOP controlled congress is responsible for this. They are the poorest example of american government to our young people in this history of this country!
Posted by Yvonne White on March 2, 2013 at 5:29 pm.
CONgre$$ (both sides are dumba$$es for forcing this) and the President will catch blame – Americans have NOT seen improvement in the "end of the Rece$$ion" (only the rich Corporations)..so this sequester is only going to add insult to injury. Obama SHOULD have sent out some arm-twisters like Rove always did for Bu$h the Le$$er!
Posted by Angelica on March 1, 2013 at 11:34 pm.
Look, I hate the GOP as much as anyone. But the president should not have let this happen. I understand why he did it, though. This will put the GOP on a collision course with the voters, where they belong. But it shouldn’t happen at the expense of public education, government workers keeping their jobs, and certain industries closing up. We are being sacrificed while they play chicken.
Posted by SoINeedAName on March 1, 2013 at 8:29 pm.
To the two people who said "Both":
As of 3/1/13 I’d love to see a Poll corroborating your thoughts – because I got a bunch showing it’s the Repubicans who are to blame.
Posted by Patty on March 1, 2013 at 3:00 pm.
As it stands now, most people are already blaming the RepublicanTs and Tea-baggers. I think they will continue to hold that opinion.
Posted by Marva on March 1, 2013 at 11:50 am.
Both since 1/2 of the people have the brains to realize who’s at fault and the other 1/2 get their opinions from Faux News.
Posted by gene jacobson on March 1, 2013 at 11:04 am.
The repugnicans will bluster and blow, but the polls have consistently shown about 60% of the American public are not on board their train. I am assuming the 40%, which dwindles every year, are the 1% and the religious fanatics who think they have a right to make all Americans toe the line of their particular brand of nonsense. The people know at whose doorstep this mess belongs and I am hoping they have as long a memory as I do. And that the Democrats are taking good notes for use in the 2014 and 2016 elections, especially 2016 when most of the extremist teapublican senators will be running for re-election, if they dare.
Posted by Angelica in reply to gene jacobson on March 1, 2013 at 11:53 pm.
I hope that you are right, but I think both political parties will suffer because of this.
Posted by Lynn Squance on March 1, 2013 at 4:10 am.
Although I think that the Republican/Teabaggers are primarily to blame with their willingness to wreck the economy and country with their ideological purity (pure crap if you ask me!), I am not yet convinced that many Americans see them as they really are — elitists, ideologues, political whores to their corporate masters, bigots, and angry old white men (predominately).
Who do I blame for the sequester? The Republican/Teabaggers with their non stop obstruction.
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Sadly, Lynn, you may be right. A lot of Americans have very short memories.
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I voted that Republicans are to blame, because they demanded a guarantee of cuts, and by Boehner’s own admission, it was 98% od what he wanted.
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Some people have already changed their tune and are blaming the President. So very sad.
Nameless, I am one of the 21 who said both because the question is "Who will America blame for the Sequester pain?"
I personally believe that the Republican/Teabaggers are responsible, although I know that they won't take responsibility. They have made that all too abundantly clear. But with so many low information Americans, devotées of Faux Noise and the fairy tales they tell, I think too many Americans will put the oness on Mr Obama.
It truly amazes me how many Americans do not understand their form of government and their constitution, yet are very vociferous if they think something is askew, or not.
If as Patty says "Some people have already changed their tune and are blaming the President.", then it is apparent to me that they don't understand; don't want to understand; are indoctrinated by Faux Noise; have very short and very poor memories; have an IQ of less than 70; or all of the above.
Republican/Tea-Bags painted themselves into a corner and now want to blame anyone else for their failures… 🙂