Canadian journalist would say such a thing on your say-so? I've known
a few dozen Canadian journalists who would never say such a thing.
Ever.
Did I ever mention that I first came to the States because my father
was the Washington correspondent for Southam News? (They own most of
the newspapers in Canada.)
Dana
----- Original Message -----
From: Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:26:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: DNC
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I fail to see why the polls you cite are evidence of
> bias. They show
> you to be in a minority :) but that doesn't mean
> they are biased.
They seem to cater to the liberals so naturally I'm
going to think they're skewed.
> Now
> there *is* a little thing called a margin of error,
> which allowed
> different media to simultaneously say Bush was ahead
> and Kerry was
> ahead this week... but this is a matter of headlines
> not reflecting
> all the caveats properly. Statistical data can
> actually be quite
> accurate if properly handled.
When handled properly. Otherwise you can make the
numbers say anything you want.
> But my point is that once more I click a link that
> you say proves that
> Canadians hate Americans, and gee, it says nothing
> of the kind.
I NEVER SAID IT PROVED ANYTHING!
> It
> says Canadians hope Bush loses the election.
Not again.
> I hate to harp on the Canadian issue, but I spent
> my childhood there
> after all, have visited frequently since, and am in
> touch with a
> number of relatives there. So it's something I know
> a little about.
> And I simply do not believe that a Canadian
> journalist would say that
> Canadians hate Americans.
I saw her say it with my own eyes. Maybe she was a
right-winger disguised as a Canadian. Can't say
because I don't even know her name.
> Many of them would not
> want to live here,
> but that is not the same thing. Hoping that the US
> will get a
> president who won't compound the acid rain problem
> is not the same
> thing either.
>
> >So you're saying the 45% poll is all lies? OK, it
> very
> well could be. Do you swear your 36% number is
> accurate?
>
> I think I would believe a reputable polling company
> before I would
> believe a tabloid. I can't *swear* no but I believe
> that this is a
> reasonably accurate picture of public opinion.
I don't think Harris is reputable, I never heard of
them. But I could be wrong, I've been wrong before and
I'll be wrong again :)
> >You're taking things out of context. I said, for
> the
> fourth time, the Canadian journalist said that's how
> Canadians felt about Americans when O'Reilly asked
> her
> about the poll. SHE said it wasn't Bush they really
> didn't like it was the US.
>
> I think you misremember. If not, there should be a
> transcript or
> something out there,
Whatever.
>
> >Nope. You wouldn't necessarily be anti-American but
> you would be wrong.
>
> Ok, but if 85% of the Canadian population says this
> *they* are
> anti-American? You aren't making sense.
Again the journalist said this and not because they
don't like Bush. She said something like "Canadians
have become so used to being safe that they've become
pacifist and that's why they don't like the US."
>
> >
> > Naw. George Bush is not the United States. Rush
> > *Limbaugh* is not the
> > United States. The United States is freedom. The
> > United States is
> > opportunity. It is belief in the individual and
> wide
> > open spaces and
> > reinvention and innovation. George Bush stands for
> > none of that and is
> > a danger to all of it.
> Did you ever wonder about the people that didn't
> agree
> with you? A lot of people, most Americans, believe
> he's making the world a better safer place. It's
> fine
> if you don't believe it but don't dismiss my
> thoughts
> just because yours differ.
>
> <g> I wonder about the people who don't agree with
> me all the time :)
> Seriously, *this* is an opinion, fair enough. And so
> is yours. But the
> facts you are giving me to support your opinion are
> just not doing the
> job for you :)
I think they are.
> -sm
> I just don't feel loved today :)
>
> awww :) just cause I said you should be bitchslapped
> if you believed
> that? But you said you don't... wait... you said you
> don't think I am
> anti-American for saying this... but Canadians are
> anti-American for
> saying this... but wait... I'm Canadian...
Not me the JOURNALIST!
-sm
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