Thursday, June 18, 2009

New Poll: Americans Like Guantanamo

This is kind of depressing. 
After four and a half months, Americans have thrown in the towel, according to the latest polls here and here.
What an impatient and fickle nation.
In this video, Janet Napolitano talks about the closing of Gitmo, while the rolling ticker reflects that most people are in favor keeping Gitmo open and many are in favor of waterboarding. I don't understand how people think it's okay that for 7 years people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time were imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay without any rights.  
Since Americans have already folded, Republicans see an opening. Chuck Todd says Obama's presidency rests on GM. He assumes that most Americans are ignorant and don't know much about AIG and banking (he may be right), but they do know GM, so that's what they're watching. 
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