--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/10/06 6:27:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > So you feel *tricked*? Or you feel others were *tricked*? The > > real trick is, listen to what is said, not what you think he > > was really trying to imply and make you think. > > That might be "the real trick," but Bush and his > cronies were clearly hoping people wouldn't know > about it: > > "In the first weeks after 9/11, fewer than 10 percent of Americans > suggested to poll takers that Saddam was the source of the > terrorist attacks. However, after the constant accusations and > insinuations by the Bush administration, the number soared. > > "A February 2003 poll found that 72 percent of Americans believed > that Saddam was 'personally involved in the September 11 attacks.' > A January 2003 poll found that almost half of Americans believed > that one or more of the 9/11 hijackers were Iraqi â" even though > not a single hijacker hailed from that country. Seventy-three > percent believed that Saddam 'is currently helping al-Qaeda.'" > > _http://www.fff.http://www.fhttp://www._ > (http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0409c.asp) > > Judy, I'm curious as to who took the polls and what were the > specific questions asked and to whom.
One of the very early ones was a Wirthlin poll: "Shortly after September 11, respondents were asked the open-ended question: 'Who do you think is more responsible [sic] for the recent terrorist attacks on the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon?' Only 3% proposed Saddam Hussein or Iraq, while 57% named Osama bin Laden as the most likely suspect. All who answered were asked for a second choice; this time Iraq scored higher, but still only got 27% of responses (Wirthlin, September 15-17, 2001)." http://tinyurl.com/h7yq6 > Every body knows you can manipulate a poll to get any > result you want. And why, exactly, would somebody have wanted to find only 3% suggesting Saddam was responsible for 9/11 less than a week after the attack? The February 2003 poll was taken by CNN and asked, "Was Saddam Hussein personally involved in the September 11 attacks?" The January 2003 poll was by Knight-Ridder. The "currently helping al Qaeda" question was in a CNN-TIME poll from February 2003. There isn't any reason for any of these polling organizations to try to twist the results. They were just a measure of what Americans thought. > As to the last poll mentioned here, I can't blame anybody > that think's Saddam is currently helping Al Qaeda with all the > money that was stashed and looted before the invasion. Uh-huh. But this poll was taken before the invasion. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
