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The Corner
Obama Support among Military Plummets to 15 Percent
By John Fund
December 22, 2014 9:28 AM
For the last nine years, the Military Times newspaper has surveyed an average of 2,300 active-duty service members. Their latest poll has just been released and concludes that “Obama’s popularity — never high to begin with — has crumbled, falling from 35 percent in 2009 to just 15 percent this year, while his disapproval ratings have increased to 55 percent from 40 percent over that time.”
Much of the opposition to Obama has come from military members who believe he has been an inconsistent and flawed leader in foreign policy — for example, his 2011 removal of all troops in Iraq helped lead to the rise of the Islamic State, which then required a new U.S. intervention in the region. But some of the resistance comes from those who see his moves to change the military’s culture as “heavy-handed social engineering that erode deep-seated traditions and potentially undermine good order and discipline.”
That said, the Military Times poll shows “quiet acceptance” of some changes in the armed forces. For example, in 2009, the poll “found that 49 percent of troops felt gays, lesbians, and bisexuals should not be allowed to serve. In 2014, such disapproval fell to just 19 percent.”
When it comes to support for the Obama policy of ending the ban in on women serving in combat units by 2016, the results were more mixed. A quarter of all military members surveyed support opening all jobs in combat arms units to women, a number that hasn’t increased in recent years. The number of troops who feel some combat-arms jobs should be opened up to women has increased from 34 percent to 41 percent since 2011, “while the percentage of respondents who felt the military should not change its policies excluding women from combat arms units fell from 43 percent in 2011 to 28 percent in 2014.”
One trend the Military Times poll has picked up in the last nine years is an increasing disillusionment with both political parties. Those service members who consider themselves Republicans have slowly dropped from nearly half of those surveyed to just 32 percent this year. The Times poll notes that “increasingly, readers are more likely to describe themselves as libertarian (7 percent) or independent (28 percent).” Democrats and liberals make up some 8 percent of the poll respondents.
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Sounds about right.
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Not surprised one bit. He is a terrible Commander in Chief.
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That has to be the lowest of all time for any president in the history of The United States.
Talk about a terrible lack of leadership. Damn.
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He's plummeted all the way to 47% on Gallup.
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::) Never fear. Obama's no. 1 cheerleader is here.
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::) Never fear. Obama's no. 1 cheerleader is here.
From Bill Clinton's #1 cheerleader, that means a lot ;D
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From Bill Clinton's #1 cheerleader, that means a lot ;D
My whole family - all Republicans - are voting Obama. i'm driving them to the station later - buying everyone dinner - making it a real family event.
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He's plummeted all the way to 47% on Gallup.
The thread says "Military" not Low Information Libtards.
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The thread says "Military" not Low Information Libtards.
We agree - over 51% of the population are liberals these days.
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We agree - over 51% of the population are liberals these days.
And for that you see what's happening. He's turning America into Detroit and Chicago (the part where he was a "community organizer".
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And for that you see what's happening. He's turning America into Detroit and Chicago (the part where he was a "community organizer".
I agree 1000% that is what obama is doing - that amnesty bullshit just brought in 5 million new DEM voters, and they will have babies that vote dem too.
I wish more people would join me in calling for obama's impeachment. Will you, coach?
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Well, add to this the number of people released from Gitmo who have returned to fight us and, according to Agnostic and Blacken, it would be ok for our military people, while in uniform, to turn their backs to Obama.
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Well, add to this the number of people released from Gitmo who have returned to fight us and, according to Agnostic and Blacken, it would be ok for our military people, while in uniform, to turn their backs to Obama.
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One pos Obama released from GITMO just had a $5 million dollar bounty placed on him.
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One pos Obama released from GITMO just had a $5 million dollar bounty placed on him.
Yea, it's crazy. One thing though is that Obama basically has a take no prisoners approach to terrorists. So the next time this guy comes into our line of site, it's his ass.
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Yea, it's crazy. One thing though is that Obama basically has a take no prisoners approach to terrorists. So the next time this guy comes into our line of site, it's his ass.
I just wish they could tag the fucker and put it out for bounty and announce it to the rest of us - I would go in a heartbeat for the chance of $5 million to off one of these Islamic fanatics
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Yea, it's crazy. One thing though is that Obama basically has a take no prisoners approach to terrorists. So the next time this guy comes into our line of site, it's his ass.
this is true. I think obama learned the biggest pain in the ass you can have is a terr'ist lawyered up and demanding the world set him free. Much better to leave him in a puddle in the sand.