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Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Right-wing's dishonesty with polls
By VictorM: A few days ago, the idiot of the day referred to a poll stating that 66% of Americans want to win in Iraq. I mentioned that I was surprised the number wasn't close to 100%. Now, even according to a Republican pollster, that poll was bogus: He basically says the poll's a crock. The pollster, David Johnson, the CEO of the GOP firm Strategic Vision, tells me that some of the key questions were leading and designed to elicit the answers they got. "This poll is not the quality we've come to expect from national polling firms," Johnson tells me. Not that I needed this to confirm the stupidity of the poll or the even dumber conclusions by the right-wing blogger, but it's good to have it confirmed.
Labels: idiot of the day, Iraq war, polls
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Bush at 28% approval
By VictorM: In its latest poll, CBS has president Bush with 28% approval rating. When I read that number, two thoughts came to mind: One, who the hell are these 28% and what the heck are they thinking? Two, how many of the remaining 72% think this president cares about this number? Because whoever thinks he does is wrong. You have to be a person with feelings, integrity, and pride to care. In this regard, this president is 0 for 3.Labels: George Bush, polls
Friday, January 05, 2007
Thirty Percenter!
By VictorM: If you're a baseball hitter, getting a hit 30 percent of the times you're at bat is a very good thing. But, if you are the president of the United States, 30 percent approval is pretty rotten. But that's exactly where Mister Bush is, according to this CBS News poll. But things get even worse when it comes to approval of his handling of the Iraq war -- he gets down to 23% support. Think about this: more people (25%) think the second coming of Jesus Christ will happen in 2007 than think Mr. Bush is doing a good job in Iraq. Enough said.Labels: approval, George Bush, Iraq war, polls
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
If a Military Times Poll Falls in a Forest...
By Steve Benen: The Military Times newspapers published a massive new poll after questioning 6,000 randomly selected active-duty members of the Armed Forces. The results ran counter to much of the conventional wisdom -- barely one in three service members approve of the way the president is handling the war; a majority believe it was wrong to go into Iraq in the first place; and a plurality reject the notion of sending additional troops into the war. For reasons that are unclear, the media seems to have missed the poll entirely.Labels: Iraq war, military, polls
