Budget Talks Poll: Ridiculous disgusting stupid
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Topic: Budget Talks Poll: Ridiculous disgusting stupid
Posted By: John Beagle
Subject: Budget Talks Poll: Ridiculous disgusting stupid
Date Posted: Aug 01 2011 at 4:27pm
By Jon Cohen
Americans give overwhelmingly negative reviews to the fierce budget debate that has transfixed Washington over the past few weeks, and large numbers now think less favorably about the country’s political leaders, according to a new poll by the Washington Post and the Pew Research Center.
Asked for single-word characterizations of the budget negotiations, the top words in the poll — conducted in the days before an apparent deal was struck — were “ridiculous,” “disgusting” and “stupid.” Overall, nearly three-quarters of Americans offered a negative word; just 2 percent had anything nice to say.
“Ridiculous” was the most frequently mentioned word among Democrats, Republicans and independents alike. It was also No. 1 in an April poll about the just-averted government shutdown. In the new poll, the top 27 words are negative ones, with “frustrating,” “poor,” “terrible,” “disappointing,“ “childish,” “messy” and “joke” rounding out the top 10.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/behind-the-numbers/post/budget-talks-in-a-word-ridiculous-disgusting-and-stupid-top-poll/2011/07/12/gIQABdOrnI_blog.html - Stupid Budget Talks
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