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To: LindyBill who wrote (36114)	8/6/2002 12:51:19 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 281500

You're right, since online polls are skewed to conservative opinion as noted in the other post I referenced...the anti-war sentiment is probably closer to 85%. I could be underestimating.

To: LindyBill who wrote (36114)	8/6/2002 1:04:05 PM
From: Rollcast...	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Notice that the post citing the CNN poll was also attempting to skew the answer... ironic.

To: LindyBill who wrote (36114)	8/6/2002 2:30:05 PM
From: jcky	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

<< However, I don't accept "popularity" polls, such as you cited, as being of any consequence. >> LB, Without public support there is no political will to sustain a war. So you might not think there are any consequences of polling results but when the current administration is voted out of office for initiating a war on a country without clear reasons or without an exit strategy, I'm more than willing to suspect "popularity" polls will work it's way back into politics. The best test will be the first images of American soldiers returning home in body bags from Iraq, if we elect to invade.