Message Points, Polls
Poll Shows Eroded Support for American Ideals
An interesting poll from Rasmussen shows that the founding fathers might be in trouble if they were trying to get that Declaration thing going today.
- 89% of American adults agree that “we are all endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” while 7% disagree
- 74% agree that “all men are created equal” while 23% disagree
- 56% agree that governments derive their only just authority from the “consent of the governed” while 25% disagree
So more people think we have God-given rights to live and pursue our goals than think we all have that right equally? And only a little more than half of us think the government’s authority should come from us? Has America become the land of scary loonies?
Topics: Message Points, Polls
I fear that the answer to your last question, Trish, is “Yes”.
Americans are woefully ignorant of their own heritage. Over half can’t name a single Supreme Court justice. 30% can’t name a single Amendment from the Bill of Rights. 15% don’t even know what the Bill of Rights is!
Obama should begin having weekly TV chats with the American people – if only to educate them on basic American principles. He could go down in history as the best president ever, if he did it properly. Education is a powerful, powerful thing.
Obama has no intention of educating the young people of America. Why would he want to? He might get kicked out of office if they new what his adminstration was doing.