Re: OT: Americans want to win in Iraq

"mack" <mackerel@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
news:12tnrdrdjjj5811@corp.supernews.com...[color=blue]
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> "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote in message
> news:TMCdnaRHz-IgQEbYnZ2dnUVZ_o6gnZ2d@giganews.com...[color=green]
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>> "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
>> news:1172032866.278893.319980@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> dbu, wrote:
>>>
>>>> The survey was conducted nationwide February 5-7 among a bi-partisan,
>>>> cross-section of 800 registered voters. It has a margin of error of
>>>> plus
>>>> or minus 3.5 percent. The survey was commissioned by The Moriah Group,
>>>> a
>>>> Chattanooga-based strategic communications and public affairs firm.
>>>
>>> "Strategic communications" = propaganda[/color]
>>
>> I read it *way* too quickly; missed things - both literal & inferential -
>> left & right!
>>
>> Cathy
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> Remember the Lincoln Group and its propaganda program in Iraq, where
>>> it bribed Iraqis to write positively of progress in the war?
>>>
>>> "Lincoln Group is a strategic communications firm that
>>> provides our clients with access to cultures which have
>>> historically been difficult to reach through traditional
>>> Western
>>> communications."[/color][/color]
>
> Polls can be so skewed, simply by the way the questions are asked.[/color]

I also admit I didn't take the time to opne the pdf file, in order to read
the questions.

Cathy


I doubt[color=blue]
> whether, if you
> asked the question "Do you want the US to win in Iraq?" you'd have more
> than a few "No" answers.
> I'd like for the US to win the war in Iraq too. I'd also like to have
> a hot date with Eva Longoria
> or Charlize Theron, but just as the war in Iraq will not be won, it ain't
> gonna happen.
>[/color]