more on Interesting Harris poll: 24% of Americans still believe that 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Jon Urdan <jonu () preventsys com>
Date: December 30, 2005 8:47:43 PM EST
To: dave () farber net, "'Randall'" <4whp () insightbb com>,  
richard.wiggins () gmail com
Subject: [IP] more on Interesting Harris poll: 24% of Americans still  
believe that 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis

Just for balance:

The feeling you have toward the 24% of Americans that (1) believe 9/11
'perps' were Iraqis, or (2) support Bush no matter what, is exactly  
the same
as the feeling the right has toward the 22% of Senators that voted  
against
John Roberts.  Even in the face of overwhelming evidence, they let their
ideology determine their view.  It works both ways.

The country is polarized.  20%-25% on both sides will support almost
ANYTHING their political leaders say and believe almost ANYTHING  
negative
about the other side, no matter how ridiculous.  For every example  
like the
Harris poll, there is one on the other side.


-----Original Message-----
From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net]
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Subject: [IP] more on Interesting Harris poll: 24% of Americans still
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Begin forwarded message:

From: Randall <4whp () insightbb com>
Date: December 30, 2005 1:56:54 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Cc: richard.wiggins () gmail com
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Interesting Harris poll: 24% of Americans
still believe that 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis]

On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 10:58 -0500, David Farber wrote:
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Richard Wiggins <richard.wiggins () gmail com>
> Date: December 30, 2005 10:46:18 AM EST
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Cc: brett () lariat net
> Subject: Re: [IP] Interesting Harris poll: 24% of Americans still
> believe that 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis]
>
> Dave,
>
> I believe that it was John Kenneth Galbraith who observed, given that
> 1/4 of the American populace continued to support Richard Nixon after
> he resigned in disgrace over the Watergate coverup, that you could
> persuade 25% of Americans to believe ANYTHING.

A fellow going by the Nym ShadowThief once wrote:

"Bush could beat a sweet little old lady to death with a bag full of  
cute
puppies and STILL get 45% of the American people to approve of him.  
Reality
just does not affect that 45%."  -- Shadowthief

A fellow nymed Patmaniac wrote:

"If you believe in the creation of the Universe in 6 days, Adam and Eve,
talking serpents, a man being swallowed by a fish and emerging  
unharmed to
tell the tale, a trumpet knocking down the walls of Jericho,  
Commandments
chiseled into stone tablets by a burning bush, an old man collecting  
2 of
every animal on earth onto one boat, virgin birth, walking on water, 900
year old people, raising people from the dead after their bodies have  
begun
rotting, etc... If you can believe all of those ridiculous fairy  
tales, then
I guess it isn't such a stretch that you might also believe that  
George Bush
is a good President".  -- "Patmaniac"

Those two quotes describe the phenomenon perfectly.

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http://htdaw.blogsource.com



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