[IP] more on Interesting Harris poll: 24% of Americans still believe that 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis
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From: Jon Urdan <jonu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 30, 2005 8:47:43 PM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx, "'Randall'" <4whp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
richard.wiggins@xxxxxxxxx
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.
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From: David Farber [mailto:dave@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 1:26 PM
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Subject: [IP] more on Interesting Harris poll: 24% of Americans still
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From: Randall <4whp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 30, 2005 1:56:54 PM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
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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:
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From: Richard Wiggins <richard.wiggins@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 30, 2005 10:46:18 AM EST
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: brett@xxxxxxxxxx
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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