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| Poll: Cindy Sheehan Not Working |
| 2005-08-30 |
| "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan's Bush-bashing protest has apparently backfired, with a slight plurality of Americans saying her antics have actually made them more likely to support the Iraq war, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released Tuesday. Seventy-nine percent of those surveyed said Sheehan has had no impact on how they view the Iraq war. But 10 percent say the tart-tongued Californian, who blames Israel for terrorism and said she wants to curse out the president to his face, has actually made them more pro-war. A slightly smaller number, 9 percent, said Sheehan's protest helped turn them against U.S. efforts in Iraq, for a net pick-up of support for the Iraq war of one percent. Among military families, the anti-Sheehan effect was even more pronounced, with 22 percent of military households saying the Peace Mom made them more likely to back the war - and just 17 percent moving in the other direction. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #8 My uncle flew down to be with Cindy. I just have to laugh. hippies trying to relieve their youth. Trying to cleans their yuppie years with a good dose of bullshit. |
| Posted by: hippies go away 2005-08-30 23:51 |
| #7 Cindy Sheehan was never about anything besides the media exploiting a pathetic human being to keep ratings up in August. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-08-30 22:04 |
| #6 The MSM officially died as of November 2nd, 2004. After the massive push they tried to give Kerry and the resounding SLAP the electorate gave them for it, they have been rendered impotent. The only problem is the large sector of the populace who still don't know any better, like my father in law who believes everything he reads in the newspaper as if it were the Word of God. Those are the people who gave Kerry close to 50%; with honest reporting, a lying jerk like JK would have gotten about 20%. |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2005-08-30 20:56 |
| #5 " . . . who blames Israel for terrorism." Not that again. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2005-08-30 19:26 |
| #4 I can't decide whether it's best to ignore her or whether it's better to give her as much attention as she wants, letting her air all her demented moonbattery, knowing how self-defeating it is for the lefties. What I hate is how the press edits out the extreme stuff, tries to hide the ugliness and sugar-coats her ravings. But despite their efforts, they've failed once again. Just as they did with Joe Wilson, Richard Clarke, Fahrenheit 911, etc. etc. There will be another erruption of hype down the line from some other source. To tell you the truth, I'm getting less angry about these ridiculous charades and I'm starting to enjoy the laughable futulity of their efforts. Perhaps we ought to try to get Jane Fonda down their to show her support for Cindy. That would be the ultimate in self-defeating displays of moonbat solidarity. |
| Posted by: John in Tokyo 2005-08-30 18:18 |
| #3 'nuther losing effort for Mikey Moore... |
| Posted by: macofromoc 2005-08-30 17:51 |
| #2 "This country is not worth dying for." -- "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-30 17:30 |
| #1 Her approval ratings are roughly equivalent to President Bush's right now. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-08-30 17:21 |