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By: postpolitical » The Most Shockingly Misleading Poll in History

postpolitical » The Most Shockingly Misleading Poll in History — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:41:45 +0000

[...] Oh alright, it’s not the most misleading in history, but this post is a homage to a dead and lamented post. You see, earlier today Right Wing Nuthouse called the new BBC poll of the Iraqi people the â€œThe Most Shockingly Dishonest Poll in the History of the Media,” but later pulled the post (for the first time ever). Now, I missed that original post over there before it disappeared, but apparently RWN had zeroed in on the dates involved in the surge section and disputed them, later killing their post when they found it wasn’t old data. I think they quit too soon personally. [...]

By: daveinboca

daveinboca — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:14:10 +0000

I know this may sound a bit superficial, but until Baghdad gets a steady supply of water and electricity, I don’t think many citizens are going to think well of ANYTHING going on there.

By: Chip

Chip — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:31:59 +0000

Asked whom they blame most for the current violence in Iraq, far and away the most common answer — voiced by four in 10 Iraqis — is either U.S. and coalition forces (31 percent), or George W. Bush personally (nine percent). Al Qaeda and foreign jihadi fighters are cited by 18 percent (far more by Shiites and Kurds than by Sunnis).

There are similarities, e.g. holding al Qaeda and other “freedom fighters” in higher esteem than our own U.S. troops, however this breakdown on the “blame game” might be instructive for the nutroots, whose BDS compels them to seemingly lay everything at Bush’s feet.

In contrast with the manufactured outrage coming from the 15% on the fringe left who will never win an election, Iraqis living in a war zone actually have tangible reasons to hate Bush and wallow in pessimism, yet they continue to maintain a comparatively more sane and hopeful perspective.