Bush To Ignore Voice of the People

[Lefty Scaevola]

"I take it this is least your 2nd marriage?"

Nope, only one in this incanation.

[TheStinger]

I tend to think that people who go on marches full stop are a bit whacko.

Ok the big crowds wich got rid of the Rummanian bloke and similar such things are ok. But I hate it when pople march and burn effigies and take theri kids as if they automaticaly support their view

[orange]

Originally posted by DetroitDave
Yeah, I stumbled upon a pro-war rally just outside town. All those beer-swilling, NASCAR watching, mullet wearing wackos were sporting signs like "nuke Baghdad, Osama/saddam partners in crime, Anti-war/anti-patriot."

I never saw such a concentration of loonies. Then again, I wouldn't expect anything less of the pro-war movement.

Wow, that's scary. It's one thing to stand by and let it happen, it's another to get off your ass and support the mass destruction of another group of people. Propoganda must be really strong for a bunch of uneducated people to support the deaths of a group of people they've never met and have little knowledge about.

MarkG - that picture was scary

[Jac de Molay]

Orange, I was only using that as an illustration of how anti-war movements are stereotyped. On this board alone, someone anti-war like me has been described as everything from a "hoodlum" to a commie. It can cut both ways.

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola
"I take it this is least your 2nd marriage?"

Nope, only one in this incanation.

Did you feel the draft as that passed over your head?
I was being smartass about your "13 year old son and wife".
You know, like she's 13, too.

[CICSMaster]

Originally posted by MrFun
Ok, so slightly more than half of the American participants in the survey said they would support war against Iraq, even at the cost of alienating our allies?

I would also like to know the demographics of these survey participants (gender, economic class, ethnicity/race, and religion). That would really reveal what kind of cross-section we're talking about here.

Why does it matter, 66% is 66% regardless of how it is made up.

Do you not get it. The majority of the American people are with Bush on this issue.
The usual vocal minority, get all the press.
But I believe that most western democratic countries, who have suffered through inumerable protest marches, are now coming to realise that the protest movement (of whatever it is about) does not represent the majority view.
I believe, the vast majority of people are now starting to simply ignore news on protests, except for the novelty value, and are forming their own opinion.

[SlowwHand]

71% support. So you minority people get over it.

[Sava]

Sloww, a great majority of that 71% are those "beer-swilling, NASCAR watching, mullet wearing wackos" Detroit Dave was talking about. I don't really give a sh1t what these people think. And just because something is popular, or supported by the majority, doesn't make it right. Plus, polls are of small sample sizes and not even close to 0.01% of the total American population.

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by Sava
Sloww, a great majority of that 71% are those "beer-swilling, NASCAR watching, mullet wearing wackos" Detroit Dave was talking about. I don't really give a sh1t what these people think. And just because something is popular, or supported by the majority, doesn't make it right. Plus, polls are of small sample sizes and not even close to 0.01% of the total American population.

whenever polls don't support someones views that bleat on about sample sizes.

If they were wrong political parties wouldn't use them

[Sava]

Sure, political parties are bastions of honesty and good will!

I wouldn't pay attention to polls even if they showed majority support for Bush being spanked in public. IMO most polls are rigged to show the results the pollsters are looking for.

[SlowwHand]

What DO you pay attention to?

[Sava]

I try to find as much information on a subject and come up with my own conclusion. I pity those that treat biased news/polls like the Holy Grail.

[SlowwHand]

Statistics are mostly meaningless, I will agree.
Anyone can manipulate to illustrate their side.

[Wtiberon]

While the worldwide demonstrations were impressive they only included a very small percentage of the worlds population. Bush cannot dictate policy to a group that screams the loudest thats just retarded...His job is not to do something that everyone aggrees to, his job is to protect the United States, Her interests, and her population. Those that HAVE rosen up against the possible invasion do so because it has become a popular sentiment. Strange how those that flee from Iraq and have first hand accounts of the atrocities that go on their are pro-regime change...but others that barely read the news stories and sit in the safety at their home and countrie are against it.

[Sava]

Sloww and I agree!