Interesting really, I watch the SotU address no matter who the president is. If the president comes to speak anywhere close by I will try to go, I don't care if I agree with the views or not, I will always listen. He is the President of the United States of America, the fact that in these times we are able to watch and hear what he says with our own eyes and ears and not relying on the press to fill us in on the details is very important.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 9:50 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: 1 View of USA from UK > > Hate to beat this horse, but I just wanted to respond to one thing in the > original editorial. > > > The Bushies are riding high. Now 88 per cent of Americans > > want the war, we are told. > > This 88% number IIRC comes from a poll immediately after the State of the > Union. The poll only counted those who watched the SotU, and disregarded > those who didn't. That means it didn't count people like me who are > disgusted by the rhetoric and already knew the gist of what Bush was going > to be saying and didn't really need to hear it from his lips. > > I also recall hearing that most of the people who tuned in to the SotU > were > conservative Republicans, just as Dems tuned in more for Clinton. So the > 88% > is even more tenuous as a proper reflection of the US attitude. Add to > that > the polls that come out almost daily with numbers like 45% support the > war, > or even as low as 30%, and the editorial becomes even more unbalanced. > > I don't know what the real numbers are, and I'm pretty damn sure that the > pollsters don't either. > > -Kevin > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
