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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (307637)	10/11/2002 6:24:03 PM
From: David Lawrence	Respond to of 769670

>>The public is in support of military action only if it is backed by the United Nations and Congress. That's simple-minded too. Some of the public would prefer UN backing. Others, such as myself, don't give a damn what the UN does. And, in case you haven't noticed, he has Congressional backing.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (307637)	10/11/2002 7:17:09 PM
From: H-Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Show me something to back up your claim. Otherwise you are a simple-minded liar.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (307637)	10/12/2002 12:48:15 AM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

In spite of the constant media hype, the so-called support is b.s. The public is in support of military action only if it is backed by the United Nations and Congress. These phony "polls" we're hearing about are push polls, like the tobacco companies used to subvert policy, brought to an art form by the forces behind this administration. wordspy.com "push poll noun. A series of calls, masquerading as a public-opinion poll, in which people who support a particular candidate offer negative information about a rival candidate. "A legitimate public-opinion poll seeks to tally the views of the respondents, while a push poll gets its name from its intention to push voters away from an opponent and toward the candidate who paid for the calls." —Mike Allen, "Candidate Is Assailed for Using 'Poll' to Get Support," The New York Times motherjones.com "Talk about hidden agendas. This "push poll" was in fact a tool of tobacco lobbyists to intimidate Texas Attorney General Dan Morales, who was suing tobacco companies for $4 billion to help cover smoking-related Medicaid costs. If the bogus results didn't frighten him, the lobbyist firm, Public Opinion Strategies, wanted to show Morales that they could turn voters against him. [Editor's note: This poll has been transcribed verbatim. We have left all typos (and there are plenty of them) unmarked and uncorrected.]