Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Poll: Six in 10 active-duty service members uncertain or pessimistic about Obama

"When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey.

In follow-up interviews, respondents expressed concerns about Obama’s lack of military service and experience leading men and women in uniform.

“Being that the Marine Corps can be sent anywhere in the world with the snap of his fingers, nobody has confidence in this guy as commander in chief,” said one lance corporal who asked not to be identified."

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1 comment:

Abby Normal said...

That's a fun thing with statistics is that you can reduce or expand them depending on what you want. Six out of ten is also three out of five - or could be six hundred thousand out of every million or three hundred thousand out of every five hundred thousand......