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Fun with watching Guardian struggle to spin Americanâs 2-1 support of war
EDITEDAmericans think the war in Iraq was the right decision by a 2-1 margin and are more inclined to approve of the job done by President Bush in foreign policy and terrorism following the capture of Saddam Hussein, an Associated Press poll found. They remain wary, however, of the continuing deadly conflict in Iraq. Note there are no facts to support this statement... but it sets up the theme that they are trying to promote....remember that line in 12:00 High? "Go home...you have already lost the war!" Here they modify it to: "go home Saddamâs capture appears to have given Bushâs re-election prospects a boost: The poll conducted for the AP by Ipsos-Public Affairs found that nearly half of respondents, 45 percent, said they would definitely support Bushâs re-election, while 31 percent said they would definitely vote against him. A month ago, people were evenly divided on that question, at 37 percent definitely for and 37 percent definitely against. Clever how they use the word "definitely" to keep the percentage "supporting" Bush at the absolute minimum. More than six in 10 registered voters, 63 percent, said they approved of Bushâs handling of foreign policy and terrorism, up from 54 percent who felt that way in early December in an AP-Ipsos poll. Bushâs overall job approval among voters was 59 percent, up from 53 percent in early December but still far below his mid-70s war ratings from earlier this year. NO need to feel complete despair..there is still hope those numbers may drop again! Two-thirds in the poll said they were confident the United States would capture or kill Osama bin Laden, who is believed to have orchestrated the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Thatâs up from about half who felt that way in a poll in September. ``Iâm confident weâll capture Osama bin Laden,ââ said Jill Chiccino, a surgical technician from Wilmington, Del. ``I still donât feel that will solve terrorism, but it may help.ââ Interesting quote choice, considering the thousands available. Itâs just downright staggering in itâs stupidity. duh... golllyyy... ya think?? Could it be Al Guardian is worried that Binny will turn up soon?? Or maybe there just were no intelligent quotes available to support their theme (without pulling a Jason Blair) and this was the best they had: Asked whether they thought Saddamâs capture last weekend would cause violence against U.S. troops to increase, decrease or stay about the same, the biggest group, 47 percent, said they expected no change. A third, 33 percent, said violence would decrease and 19 percent said it would increase. Clap, clap...well done! They managed to hide that 80% think that the violence will not increase and that almost twice as many think violence will decrease, than will increase.
Evenly divided, and thousands of quotes...I know...letâs pick this one! Six in 10 thought the government was likely to be embarrassed by some of the information disclosed by Saddam in a trial. That was higher than the percentage of people who felt Saddamâs disclosures would embarrass the governments of France, Russia, Britain or Germany. Does a stripper get embarrassed when you see her naked? Bottom Line: Overall support for Iraq policy was strong in the poll. Seven in 10 said they believed the Iraq war was an important part of the campaign against terrorism rather than a distraction, as some critics have charged. And by more than a 2-1 margin, people said the war was the right decision and not a mistake. There is more good news in this report...read it yourself. Itâs tough to take overwhelming numbers of support and make them look negative....but Al Guardian did a good job of reporting the truth while still managing a subtle negative spin. I rate this one an 8.5. Posted by: B 2003-12-19 |
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