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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MSI who wrote (19685)	2/14/2003 8:25:06 PM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93284

Not a chance! He could get in real trouble with the tough questions like, "What's the capital of Montana?" :) I would pay anything for a Pay-Per-View of Bush at an actual news conference,

To: MSI who wrote (19685)	2/16/2003 2:53:53 PM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

WHITE HOUSE POLL-TESTED DUCT-TAPE SCARE Focus-Group Testing Basis For False White House-Created Hysteria Who's the Pollster on the Homeland Security Pad? mediawhoresonline.com Amid growing public hysteria spawned by White House warnings about imminent terrorist attacks, and advice on how to endure such attacks -- buy duct tape! -- Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge has defended the warnings on the grounds that they have been pre-tested with focus groups. Incredible. Ridge and the White House tried out the duct-tape stuff on a FOCUS GROUP! And this is supposed to be a government? Making its judgments about the war on terrorism and national security on the basis of focus groups?! This from the Administration of George W. Bush who, lying through his teeth, told the American people in 2000 that he doesn't rely on polling and focus groups? This is beyond cynical. This is playing with the deepest fears of the American people -- literally plunging millions into war hysteria -- on the basis of the most cynical kinds of brand-testing and political calculation. Bad enough that this round of fear-mongering turns out (or so the White House now claims) on a bum tip from a single informant. At best, that shows abysmal incompetence on the part of the Bush White House. At worst, it shows a calculated effort to whip up mass hysteria -- with focus-group tested results! -- at a time when the world is raising doubts about the Bush Administration's credibility. And with the Bush Administration, time and time again, it's proven best to prepare to believe the worst. That's bad enough. But what about the rest? Which Republican pollster in getting paid to do focus-group testing for the Department of Homeland Security? How much is the pollster getting paid? How did this focus-group ploy get into the works? Who is responsible? Ridge? Bush? Karl Rove? C'mon Media Whores: When are you going to report on just how manipulative and dangerous this crew in the White House really is? That is: when are you going to investigate and start reporting on the facts? Chicago Tribune, Ridge Defends 'Duct Tape" Tip