US Military Trusted By the People, NOT Media

[Annie]

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2005/20050603_1544.html

Military Tops Public Confidence List in New Gallup Poll
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service


WASHINGTON, June 3, 2005 – The American public has more confidence in the military than in any other institution, according to a Gallup poll released this week.

Seventy-four percent of those surveyed in Gallup's 2005 confidence poll said they have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in the military - more than in a full range of other government, religious, economic, medical, business and news organizations.

The poll, conducted between May 23 and 26, involved telephone interviews with a randomly selected sample of 1,004 people 18 and older, Gallup officials said. Those surveyed expressed strong confidence in the military, with 42 percent expressing "a great deal" of confidence in the military and 32 percent, "quite a lot" of confidence. Eighteen percent said they have "some" confidence, 7 percent, "very little," and 1 percent, "none."

Public confidence in the military jumped following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and has remained consistently high, Gallup officials noted. The 2002 survey reflected a 13 percent increase in confidence in the military over the previous year's poll. The public expressed a 79 percent high-confidence rate in the military in 2002, an 82 percent rate in 2003, and a 75 percent rate in 2004.

This year's 74 percent confidence level exceeded that of all 15 institutions included in the 2005 survey. Police ranked second, with 63 percent of responders expressing "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in them. Organized religion rated third, with 53 percent of responders expressing high confidence, and banks rated a 49 percent high-confidence rate.

Health maintenance organizations bottomed out the list, with just 17 percent of responders expressing high confidence in them. Big business and Congress tied for the second- and third-lowest rankings, with 22 percent of responders expressing "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in them.

The Gallup organization noted that public trust in television news and newspapers reached an all-time low this year, with 28 percent of responders expressing high confidence in them.

 

[Bullypulpit]

I distrust the media because they fails to present the news. Instead they present fluff to a populace which is, by and large, so self absorbed that nothing but a disaster on monumental proportion can rouse them. And only briefly then.

I trust the military, but not the current civilian leadership of the military.

 

[Comrade]

I distrust the media because they fails to present the news. Instead they present fluff to a populace which is, by and large, so self absorbed that nothing but a disaster on monumental proportion can rouse them. And only briefly then.

Yeah but a smart guy like you knows you don't appeal to the masses by degrading them. But nonetheless, propagandizing leftists like you consistently continue to lose American voters by accusing them of stupidity without offering a rational argument in return.

But like I said to Howard Dean, more power to ya! You go!!!

I trust the military, but not the current civilian leadership of the military.

Impossible. If you trust the military, you trust them to completely follow the command of the civilian leadership. But if you don't trust the civilian leadership, you can't trust the military anymore, who is trusted to follow the civilian leadership.

Bullypulpit:

I can trust the military.

The military is trusted to follow the command of the civilian leadership.

I don't trust Bush.

But Bush is in command of the military. :shocked:

But I trust the military.

Who is trusted to follow the civilian leadership.

But I don't trust Bush!

But I do trust the military, who follows Bush's commands

 

[Bullypulpit]

Yeah but a smart guy like you knows you don't appeal to the masses by degrading them. But nonetheless, propagandizing leftists like you consistently continue to lose American voters by accusing them of stupidity without offering a rational argument in return.

But like I said to Howard Dean, more power to ya! You go!!!



Impossible. If you trust the military, you trust them to completely follow the command of the civilian leadership. But if you don't trust the civilian leadership, you can't trust the military anymore, who is trusted to follow the civilian leadership.

Bullypulpit:

I can trust the military.

The military is trusted to follow the command of the civilian leadership.

I don't trust Bush.

But Bush is in command of the military. :shocked:

But I trust the military.

Who is trusted to follow the civilian leadership.

But I don't trust Bush!

But I do trust the military, who follows Bush's commands

Didn't mean to confuse you. But it'll be interesting to see what happens when the military wakes up to how it's been abused by this administration.

 

[Comrade]

Didn't mean to confuse you. But it'll be interesting to see what happens when the military wakes up to how it's been abused by this administration.

Egads. Are you saying a military coup is in the works? I bet that would be just lovely.

 

[musicman]

This is seriously bad news for the left, as this is very much a zero/sum game: To trust the military is to distrust the MSM/DNC, and vice versa.

No wonder libs get so pissed off when they see those ribbons on cars! Think I'll go get one.