"Teabaggers = Hawks and Likudniks"

Teabaggers = Hawks and Likudniks

By now it has been well established that the teabaggers are by and large rich white men who are implacably opposed to pro-working-class economic policy, real or imagined. It turns out that they are not even libertarians à la Ron Paul, Reason Magazine, or the Cato Institute -- they are just a bunch of hawks and likudniks.

Quinnipiac University Poll/April 22, 2010
From April 14-19, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,930 registered voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 2.2 percent

Do you think the U.S. is doing the right thing by fighting the war in Afghanistan now, or should the U.S. not be involved in Afghanistan now?

	Total	Rep	Dem	Ind	Lib	Mod	Con	Tea Party
Right thing	56%	71%	42%	57%	41%	53%	69%	75%
Shld not be inv	36	21	49	37	50	40	25	18
DK/NA	8	8	10	6	9	7	7	7

Do you think eliminating the threat from terrorists operating from Afghanistan is a worthwhile goal for American troops to fight and possibly die for or not?

	Total	Rep	Dem	Ind	Lib	Mod	Con	Tea Party
Yes	61%	73%	51%	63%	54%	57%	72%	77%
No	31	21	40	30	39	36	21	17
DK/NA	8	7	10	7	8	7	8	6

Do you approve or disapprove of cutting the number of United States nuclear weapons?

	Total	Rep	Dem	Ind	Lib	Mod	Con	Tea Party
Approve	54%	32%	73%	55%	80%	61%	34%	22%
Disapprove	42	64	22	42	16	35	63	77
DK/NA	4	4	5	3	3	4	3	1

Do you approve or disapprove of stopping development or testing of any new nuclear weapons?

	Total	Rep	Dem	Ind	Lib	Mod	Con	Tea Party
Approve	49%	33%	67%	47%	71%	54%	32%	26%
Disapprove	47	63	29	49	26	43	62	69
DK/NA	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	5

Do you approve or disapprove of not using nuclear weapons against countries that do not have them?

	Total	Rep	Dem	Ind	Lib	Mod	Con	Tea Party
Approve	57%	47%	70%	56%	73%	63%	44%	43%
Disapprove	36	45	25	38	23	32	48	52
DK/NA	7	8	4	6	4	5	7	5

Do you approve or disapprove of not using nuclear weapons against countries that do not have them, even if they launched a biological or chemical weapons attack against the United States?

	Total	Rep	Dem	Ind	Lib	Mod	Con	Tea Party
Approve	36%	30%	45%	35%	43%	41%	29%	29%
Disapprove	58	67	48	59	51	54	68	70
DK/NA	5	3	7	5	7	6	3	1

From what you know about the situation in the Middle East, do your sympathies lie more with Israel or more with the Palestinians?

	Total	Rep	Dem	Ind	Lib	Mod	Con	Tea Party
Israel	57%	70%	46%	57%	42%	49%	75%	82%
Palestinians	13	8	19	13	21	15	7	3
DK/NA	31	23	35	30	37	36	18	15

Is your opinion of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him?

	Total	Rep	Dem	Ind	Lib	Mod	Con	Tea Party
Favorable	30%	42%	18%	33%	18%	23%	44%	55%
Unfavorable	14	5	19	16	23	16	5	4
Hvn't hrd enough	54	51	59	49	53	58	48	38
REFUSED	3	2	4	2	5	2	2	3

Do you think the President of the United States should be a strong supporter of Israel or not?

	Total	Rep	Dem	Ind	Lib	Mod	Con	Tea Party
Yes/Should	66%	76%	61%	66%	56%	61%	78%	83%
No/Should NOT	19	14	22	21	25	24	12	9
DK/NA	15	10	18	14	19	16	9	9

Source: "April 22, 2010 -- Senate Should Ratify Nuclear Disarmament Treaty, U.S. Voters Tell Quinnipiac University National Poll; Obama Not Strong Enough On Israel, Voters Say," Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

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