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To: Sully- who wrote (59886)	6/12/2007 10:22:17 AM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) of 90947

"I can't think of a single person I know (3D) who favors allowing any illegal aliens to remain here scot free* if they've been here for at least 2 years."* Emphasis added. Who said anything about "scot free"? "And I bet most folks asked those same questions aren't thinking about the fact that it's likely there will be pathetic enforcement just like there hasn't been for the last few decades (and I'm certain the MSM didn't mention that fact in their poll either)." Actually, they DID ask whether people thought our current immigration policy "works pretty well" or is in need of "fundamental changes" or a "complete rebuild". 90% chose one of the latter two answers, indicating near-unanimous dissatisfaction with the status quo. But if you wanted them to ask "do you think enforcement will be any less pathetic under this reform than over the last few decades?", then yeah, they didn't ask that. Nor are they likely to because it's a ridiculously loaded and leading question, not suitable for an objective poll. Perhaps some anti-immigrant blog could use it in an online poll and get the 99.9% "no" answers they want, then post links to their "results" on a zillion other blogs to spread their new "truth". And speaking of objectivity or lack thereof in polling, don't you think it's just a tad disingenuous to cite the answers to one question as proof of opposition and then dismiss the answers to two other questions in the same poll that contradict that conclusion, arguing that the poll was somehow rigged by the "leftist MSM"? You can do better than that, Sully. The questions they asked are right there at pollingreport.com. If the poll is systematically leading people to the "desired" answers, show me. Otherwise, you are merely rationalizing dismissal of evidence you simply don't like.

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