Why Americans Are Shocked & Appalled
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 14th, 2010 4:32 am by HL
Why Americans Are Shocked & Appalled
Tony Blankley, RealClearPolitics
This country is divided into three parts concerning national politics. About a third think President Obama is moving in the right direction, with many of them impatient for the president to be bolder with his leftist agenda. Somewhere in the vicinity of 40 percent to 50 percent of Americans are shocked and appalled at the nation's rush toward bankruptcy, socialism, fundamental transformation of our way of life and the permanent weakening and impoverishing of America. And some 15 percent to 30 percent are quite concerned about the current state of the country but see no imminent crisis…
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