Well since it's a rehash of the FOX viewers are idiots report: http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=3894 WARNING - Ann Coulter article
--- Angel Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Pres_Election_04/Report10_21_04.pdf > > ""It is normal during elections for supporters of > presidential candidates to have fundamental > disagreements about values (such as > the proper role of the government) or strategies > (such as how best to defend US interests). As we > have seen, the current election is > unique in that Bush supporters and Kerry supporters > have profoundly different perceptions of reality. So > why is this the case? And, > more specifically, why are Bush supporters holding > so clinging so tightly to beliefs that have been so > visibly refuted? As > discussed, one key possible explanation for why Bush > supporters continue to believe that Iraq had WMD or > a major WMD program, and > supported al Qaeda is that they continue to hear the > Bush administration confirming these beliefs. > > Another possible explanation is that Bush supporters > cling to these beliefs because they are necessary > for their support for the > decision to go to war with Iraq. Asked whether the > US should have gone to war with Iraq if US > intelligence had concluded that Iraq > was not making WMD or providing support to al Qaeda, > 58% of Bush supporters said the US should not have, > and 61% assume that in this > case the president would not have. To support the > president and to accept that he took the US to war > based on mistaken assumptions > is difficult to bear, especially in light of the > continuing costs in terms of lives and > money. Apparently, to avoid this cognitive > dissonance, Bush supporters suppress awareness of > unsettling information." > > The article goes into details the questions asked > and the responses to those questions. I found it > quite interesting. And it's > unfortunate that the Democrats weren't able to see > what was happening, and find better ways to respond > to the situation. > > -Gel > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134313 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
