Do Americans Hate America?
From a detailed poll conducted by USAToday:
Which comes closer to your view? Congress should pass a resolution that outlines a plan for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq (or) decisions about withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq should be left to the president and his advisers.
Congress should outline a plan
57%
Leave decision to president/advisers
39%
No opinion
4%
June 23-25, 2006
From Eric Boehlert:
"The newest findings only add to the insult of last week's incredibly dishonest news coverage of the Senate debate regarding Iraq, where RNC talking points were billboarded again and again. "GOP leaders took obvious pleasure in the Democrats' disarray" on Iraq, wrote the Washington Post. CNN reported Republicans were "having a field day" watching Democrats debate resolutions to establish a withdrawal timetable, while conveniently ignoring the fact a majority of Americans supported the Democratic plan (even last week). And Newsweek obediently announced, "Democrats lost the week in the war over the war."
"Folks, we need to pause here and really examine just how derelict the MSM has become, and just how entrenched the entire corporate media enterprise is in terms of allowing the Republican party to dictate coverage on key political issues. The fact that the lapdog press allows it to happen on behalf of a historically unpopular president just boggles the mind. (And yes, the USA Today poll confirmed Bush's much-anticipated June bounce was non-existent.)"
So, what do you think? Is the majority in our great nation comprised of liberal, cut and run, John Kerry loving pansies, or are these merely the talking points of the corrupt Republican machine?
Which comes closer to your view? Congress should pass a resolution that outlines a plan for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq (or) decisions about withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq should be left to the president and his advisers.
Congress should outline a plan
57%
Leave decision to president/advisers
39%
No opinion
4%
June 23-25, 2006
From Eric Boehlert:
"The newest findings only add to the insult of last week's incredibly dishonest news coverage of the Senate debate regarding Iraq, where RNC talking points were billboarded again and again. "GOP leaders took obvious pleasure in the Democrats' disarray" on Iraq, wrote the Washington Post. CNN reported Republicans were "having a field day" watching Democrats debate resolutions to establish a withdrawal timetable, while conveniently ignoring the fact a majority of Americans supported the Democratic plan (even last week). And Newsweek obediently announced, "Democrats lost the week in the war over the war."
"Folks, we need to pause here and really examine just how derelict the MSM has become, and just how entrenched the entire corporate media enterprise is in terms of allowing the Republican party to dictate coverage on key political issues. The fact that the lapdog press allows it to happen on behalf of a historically unpopular president just boggles the mind. (And yes, the USA Today poll confirmed Bush's much-anticipated June bounce was non-existent.)"
So, what do you think? Is the majority in our great nation comprised of liberal, cut and run, John Kerry loving pansies, or are these merely the talking points of the corrupt Republican machine?
posted by George W. Bush at 12:29 PM
2 Comments:
Surely the architects of this military adventure foresaw that we'd still be in Iraq 3 years later; that it'd still be a mess; and that whatever public support there was at the outset, would wane significantly due to fatigue and lack of interest.
In other words, this news (and USA Today is the master of treating polls as "news") should come as no surprise. What is surprising is the only reaction I have seen from the hawks at any legislative display of dovishness is loud, browbeating affirmations of the status quo.
The masters of spin who launched this war must have something better to keep the American public palliated than just shouting "STAY THE COURSE" at any suggestion of changing it.
Germy you stated:
"Surely the architects of this military adventure foresaw that we'd still be in Iraq 3 years later; that it'd still be a mess; and that whatever public support there was at the outset, would wane significantly due to fatigue and lack of interest. "
Really? You think the 'Architects' knew in advance this would take 3 years? Perhaps, but this wasn't what they were saying. Remember "Shock and Awe" and the troops being greeted with "chocolate and roses"? Perhaps they knew that an American presence would be there for the forseeable future (permanent military bases, and a viceroy puppet government) but I don't think they expected this level of patriotism on the side of the Iraqis.
What can the "Masters of Spin" i.e. liars, say besides fuck you, America ain't really a democracy.
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