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Originally posted by jdksfcret:
A New York Times/CBS poll found that 65% of respondents want a public health care option, while only 26% opposed such a plan.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/25/poll-public-option-favore_n_299669.html



This is getting curiouser and curiouser. Could it possibly be that a clear majority of the American people believe that choice is the American Way?

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This poll indicates that the American public is dazed and confused but not totally stupid.

Interesting responses about Afghanistan too. All over the map. 32% want to decrease troops, 32% want us out in less than a year but 43% feel that terror will increase if we do. Seems a lot of folks haven't thought this through.

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Originally posted by Woody_in_La:

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This poll indicates that the American public is dazed and confused but not totally stupid.

Interesting responses about Afghanistan too. All over the map. 32% want to decrease troops, 32% want us out in less than a year but 43% feel that terror will increase if we do. Seems a lot of folks haven't thought this through.

Hell just froze over! Glad you see that Thud! I was thinking the same thing when I looked at the poll.

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Originally posted by WilliamMalcomson:
Hey! Lets use that same poll for these additional topics:

55% Say Obama has NOT given clear explanations on Health Care Plan

59% Say Health Care Plan Confusing

Only 22% Believe tax dollars not to be spent on Illegals health care

Only 23% Believe "Death Panels" not possible

You really shouldn't have posted the whole poll, it refutes your argument better that ahy of us could.

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55% Say Obama has NOT given clear explanations on Health Care Plan

59% Say Health Care Plan Confusing

Only 22% Believe tax dollars not to be spent on Illegals health care

Only 23% Believe "Death Panels" not possible

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Originally posted by SeaWitch1220:
What has remained consistent through this debate has been the public's support for a public option, especially when the public option is explained. Hell, even Bill O'Reilly supports the public option.

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Originally posted by adminnco1:

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Originally posted by SeaWitch1220:
What has remained consistent through this debate has been the public's support for a public option, especially when the public option is explained. Hell, even Bill O'Reilly supports the public option.

Why do you find the opinion of Bill O'Reilly to be important? The fact that your statement is false and has that it has been repudiated by O'Reilly is conveniently absent in your post.

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Originally posted by SeaWitch1220:

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Originally posted by adminnco1:

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Originally posted by SeaWitch1220:
What has remained consistent through this debate has been the public's support for a public option, especially when the public option is explained. Hell, even Bill O'Reilly supports the public option.

Why do you find the opinion of Bill O'Reilly to be important? The fact that your statement is false and has that it has been repudiated by O'Reilly is conveniently absent in your post.

Bill O'Reilly has a tendency to forget that his actual words are on tape. He may have tried to recant what he said because his base pitched a fit and fell in over the statement, but his statement was recorded...

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Just 41% of voters nationwide now favor the health care reform proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s down two points from a week ago and the lowest level of support yet measured.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% are opposed to the plan.

Senior citizens are less supportive of the plan than younger voters. In the latest survey, just 33% of seniors favor the plan while 59% are opposed. The intensity gap among seniors is significant. Only 16% of the over-65 crowd Strongly Favors the legislation while 46% are Strongly Opposed.

"http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/
september_2009/health_care_reform"

"The World's Finest"

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Originally posted by rcjarrell:
I think when you explain to people what the "public option" is, how it cost tax-payers nothing and is financed through premiums, how it is voluntary participation only, and how it gives people extra freedom and choice, then yes, people do like it.

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Originally posted by rcjarrell:
I think when you explain to people what the "public option" is, how it cost tax-payers nothing and is financed through premiums, how it is voluntary participation only, and how it gives people extra freedom and choice, then yes, people do like it.

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Originally posted by GRAYMAN:

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Originally posted by rcjarrell:
I think when you explain to people what the "public option" is, how it cost tax-payers nothing and is financed through premiums, how it is voluntary participation only, and how it gives people extra freedom and choice, then yes, people do like it.

explain to me how a Goverment Funded Program is funded?

GRAYMAN

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Originally posted by WilliamMalcomson:
Hey! Lets use that same poll for these additional topics:

55% Say Obama has NOT given clear explanations on Health Care Plan

59% Say Health Care Plan Confusing

Only 22% Believe tax dollars not to be spent on Illegals health care

Only 23% Believe "Death Panels" not possible

You really shouldn't have posted the whole poll, it refutes your argument better that ahy of us could.

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Originally posted by GunnyRet03:

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Originally posted by WilliamMalcomson:
Hey! Lets use that same poll for these additional topics:

55% Say Obama has NOT given clear explanations on Health Care Plan

59% Say Health Care Plan Confusing

Only 22% Believe tax dollars not to be spent on Illegals health care

Only 23% Believe "Death Panels" not possible

You really shouldn't have posted the whole poll, it refutes your argument better that ahy of us could.

Where was the question 'Do you know what the Public option is'?

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Originally posted by jdksfcret:

This is getting curiouser and curiouser. Could it possibly be that a clear majority of the American people believe that choice is the American Way?

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Just 41% of voters nationwide now favor the health care reform proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s down two points from a week ago and the lowest level of support yet measured.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% are opposed to the plan.

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For the first time ever, a slight plurality of voters now express doubt that the legislation will become law this year. Forty-six percent (46%) say passage is likely while 47% say it is not. Those figures include 18% who say passage is Very Likely and 15% who say it is Not at All Likely. Sixty percent (60%) are less certain.

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Also, from the beginning of the debate, the has been a huge partisan divide. Currently 75% of Democrats favor the plan. Seventy-nine percent (79%) of Republicans are opposed, as are 72% of the unaffiliated.

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As Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, wrote recently in the Wall Street Journal: “The most important fundamental is that 68% of American voters have health insurance coverage they rate good or excellent … Most of these voters approach the health care reform debate fearing that they have more to lose than to gain.” A Rasmussen video report shows that 53% of those with insurance believe it’s likely they would have to change coverage if the congressional plan becomes law.

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"http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/september_2009/health_care_reform"