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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sandintoes who wrote (49336)	5/19/2005 11:26:02 PM
From: Rick	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 59480

Public Opinion Frozen on Judicial Nomination Battle 55% Oppose Retaliation by Dems in Senate May 14, 2005 --"As the Judicial Nomination battle moves to its final days in the U.S. Senate, two weeks of partisan posturing have failed to change public opinion in a significant manner. Today, 57% of Americans say that "Senate rules should be changed so that a vote must be taken on every person the President nominates to become a judge." That's unchanged from two weeks ago. The only change of more than a point or two in the data came when we asked about the threat of some Democrats to procedurally shut down the Senate if the filibuster rules are changed. Two weeks ago, 51% of Americans were opposed to that strategy. Opposition to Democrats' retaliation has increased to 55% in the current survey..." rasmussenreports.com

To: sandintoes who wrote (49336)	5/19/2005 11:52:18 PM
From: Rick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

And they are basically dishonest. Do you notice how very, very carefully they word these charges: "The American military is targeting journalist." Note they never say the military is out to shoot journalist. Just they "target" them. It works this way. Say a press stinger or a regular journalist is with an insurgent unit. During a fire-fight the US military hits the journalist. Didn't they aim at them when they fired? So although the press knows full well that its readers will jump to the assumption they mean the military is out hunting journalists, when called on this point their position becomes the inevitable "wait a minute, I've been misunderstood." Unless you want journalist to wear day-glow jump suits how exactly are the soldiers who "target" them suppose to know their career choices? - Rick