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To: i-node who wrote (187240)	4/28/2004 5:30:24 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571813

David, I really question whether an "anybody but Bush" election is going to work for the Dems. What else do they have to run on? The Democrats try to be everything to everybody, except for the "rich white conservative." That's why they have to resort to their old "divide-n-conquer" strategies, so that the issues of each constituent group can be addressed without any regard to the other constituents. Tenchusatsu

To: i-node who wrote (187240)	4/29/2004 2:22:50 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1571813

<font color=brown>Well, another one of your suppositions shot to hell! How long do you think before Iraq truly implodes and Americans en masse turn on Bush........3, 4, maybe 5 mos. at most?!<font color=black> ********************************************************** Asked about when they wanted U.S. and British forces to leave, 57 percent chose immediately, as in the next few months, the poll said; 36 percent said troops should stay longer. At the time the question was asked, 53 percent said they would feel less safe if the U.S.-led coalition left immediately. About half as many -- 28 percent -- said they would feel more safe. Sixty-nine percent said they or their families would be in danger if they were seen cooperating with the coalition. The respondents were split in their opinions of L. Paul Bremer, the U.S civilian administrator in Iraq. Forty-two percent said they held a unfavorable opinion, while 31 percent rated him favorably. He proved more popular than President Bush, disliked by more than half the respondents. Forty-four percent gave Bush a very unfavorable rating and 11 percent somewhat unfavorable; 24 percent said they held a favorable opinion of the U.S. president. But Bush proved more popular than Saddam in the survey, with eight of 10 respondents viewing the ousted Iraqi leader unfavorably at the time the poll was done. Negative view of U.S. forces U.S. soldiers man a checkpoint Wednesday in Baghdad. The poll suggested more than half of Iraqis had a negative impression of U.S. forces in general before the current wave of violence. Twenty-nine percent said troops had conducted themselves very badly, while another 29 percent said fairly badly; 24 percent chose fairly well, and 10 percent said troops had acted very well. Among those who said the troops acted badly, 54 percent said their opinions were based on things they had heard. Thirty-nine percent said they decided based on things they had seen, while 7 percent said they were judging from personal experience. Two-thirds -- 67 percent -- said troops were not trying at all to keep ordinary Iraqis from being killed in exchanges of gunfire, while 18 percent said the Americans were trying only a little and 11 percent said they were trying a lot. Sixty percent of those surveyed said U.S. soldiers sometimes or often showed disrespect for Iraqis during home searches; 29 percent said that the troops did not. Forty-six percent said the troops sometimes or often showed disrespect for Iraqi women during such operations, while 39 percent said the soldiers did not. Asked whether U.S. troops showed disrespect for Islam during such operations, respondents were split -- 42 percent said often or a little, while 43 percent said not at all. Those polled gave the troops low marks for reconstruction efforts. Asked about the restoration of basic services such as electricity and clean drinking water, 41 percent said the troops were trying only a little and 44 percent said they were not trying at all. Seventy-one percent surveyed said they saw troops mostly as occupiers, while 19 percent said they viewed them as liberators. Asked how they viewed troops at the time of the invasion a year ago, the respondents were split, with 43 percent saying they saw the coalition forces as occupiers and another 43 percent saying they considered them liberators at the time. cnn.com