New Washington Post/ABC Poll: Americans View Tea Party Less Favorably Than Russia, Socialism!

[Better Believe It]

New Washington Post/ABC Poll: Americans View Tea Party Less Favorably Than Russia, Socialism
By: Blue Texan
January 18, 2011

Americans have been watching the Teabaggers for almost two years now, and as it turns out, unbridled, spittle-producing rage isn’t very popular.

Only 35% of Americans like the Teabaggers, about the same number that like Saudi Arabia. Kinda figures. Both love to drill for oil, hate gays, and believe in theocracy.

Russia, on the other hand — the country that Republicans still love to demagogue — has a net-positive 47/45 favorable rating.

As for socialism, it’s viewed favorably by 36% of Americans, a fact which will just make Teabaggers even angrier and crazier.

Read the full article at:

http://firedoglake.com/2011/01/18/new-washington-postabc-poll-americans-view-tea-party-less-favorably-than-russia-socialism/

[Renew Deal]

1. Now that's funny.

:rofl:

[denverbill]

2. What sucks is that only 36% view socialism favorably.

But since most people clearly don't even know what it is and it's used as a pejorative, I guess I'm not surprised.

[Better Believe It]

4. So that's "only" about 80 million adults.

And that's without any pro-socialist propaganda or coverage in the mass media!

[Recursion]

5. Well, there was also that whole Soviet Union thing

That's probably still how most people think of socialism in this country.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Because propaganda works

Now if they were able to see socialism at work, where it works (The USSR was not, but that is another discussion), like oh Sweden.

Now there are reasons why it works in Sweden but probably not in the US... but then again democracy ain't working that well here either.

[denverbill]

11. Every government in existance is socialist to a degree.

Public schools are socialist, anti-monopoly laws are socialist, roads are socialist, food safety inspections are socialist, Bush's prescription drug program is socialist, the No Child Left Behind law is socialist. I'm having a hard time finding any laws in existence that is not socialist, good or bad.

Teabaggers want to kill people because of a matter of degrees of socialism. Most of them live on social security and medicare, two of the best working socialist programs in America, but they want a bloody revolution because other people want socialized medicine.

Propaganda is right. We are more brainwashed than the Third Reich.

[Enthusiast]

20. Far more brainwashed than the Third Reich.

And it might get worse. In their effort to cover up the lies TPTB will only ramp up the disinformation.

[Recursion]

14. Well, the USSR was certainly socialist

It's just that people forget that it sucked to live in Russia under Czarism and it sucks to live in it under capitalism too. But I've never liked the "no true Scotsman" argument that says the USSR wasn't "really" socialist.

[Enthusiast]

21. USSR is to socialism as Nazi Germany is to

Democracy.

[social_critic]

15. Problem is socialism is linked to communism

After all, it was called the "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics". This worries people, who wants to go back to the USSR?

[Recursion]

24. Marx used the terms interchangeably

And, when you get right down to it, the people did own the means of production in the USSR; it's hard to take the claim that they weren't "really" socialist seriously.

[Kingofalldems]

3. Teabaggers want to 'repeal the President'

[hootinholler]

6. Time to bring this one out and dust it off...

Oh and yeah, the poll will be going to some teabaggers on FB.

-Hoot

[leeroysphitz]

7. I bet they regret having elected so many of them a couple months back.

[hootinholler]

9. I wish he had a better source for the 35% favorable...

All the WaPost article he links to says is:

About 44 percent of Americans say the country should go in the direction Obama wants to lead it, while 35 percent would prefer to track with the Republicans in Congress.

That certainly doesn't call out the teabaggers.

-Hoot

[old mark]

10. K&R- I wonder who the 35% are...probably many ARE 'baggers or

in related groups...

mark

[social_critic]

16. Tea party is a really mixed crowd

I think the Tea Party is a wild mix. It may have started more as a libertarian small government movement, but was co-opted by Fox News and the Sarah Palin neocon crowd when they saw a horse they could ride. They also focused on opposing immigration reform because this is popular with the crowd they need to vote for them. Which means it's not going to go very far, because the GOP is fundamentally a party for neocons, the rich, and racists are just there because they need bulk votes. The 35 % will probably go down as the libertarian small government anti war crowd drifts off.

For example, I wouldn't be surprised to see Rand Paul move away from today's GOP leadership after he's secure in the Senate, because he's more of a libertarian opposed to foreign wars, and the neocons really hate him. He may end up leading a faction focused on libertarian and anti-immigration ideas, which will bring in racists and small government types (what i call the Pat Buchanan crowd). The GOP may even splinter eventually.

[RagAss]

12. Ain't this a kick in the bag !!

[Lorien]

13. That number would be far lower if repugs didn't buy the media

and keep the bullhorn out of our hands for 30+ years.

[myrna minx]

18. Think of it this way - we've had two years of the media propping up and fawning over these nut jobs

and their numbers are *still* that low. I think this is a very good sign.

[SpiralHawk]

17. That won't stop RepuliCorp from continuing to prop the TeaBagliCon 'movement'

as it has done from the beginning...

[Enthusiast]

19. Just imagine how

much Americans would like socialism if they actually knew what is was, as opposed to the disinformation surrounding socialism from Fox News and other tainted sources.

[socialist_n_TN]

22. Yep, that's always my thoughts on the matter..................

Even with 100+ YEARS of NOTHING but negative propaganda from the capitalist parasites and their lackeys in the press and propaganda corps, socialism STILL pulls a 36% positive rating in this poll. That's actually amazing considering these handicaps.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

23. It sounds like their 2009-2010 "popularity" and membership

were maybe a bit..I dunno....exaggerated? Since the election, it seems like things have quieted down considerably within the corporate media in regards to the Tea Party while President Obama's popularity is currently on the rise. Coincidence? :shrug:

[goforit]

25. roflmao!!! Fascists teabaggers.