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November 26, 2005
A Ray Of Hope
I wrote yesterday about the mainstream media's replay of their defeatist strategy that worked so well in Vietnam. But perhaps a ray of hope can be found in the fact that, although the MSM dinosaurs have evolved very little, their audience's environment has: cable news, talk radio and the internet all provide many info streams that were absent in '60's and '70's.
Today Tim Chapman conveys the results of a recent survey on the public's reaction to the Democrat's anti-Iraq/anti-military attacks:
The Cook Political Report has interesting poll numbers on the Iraq issue:
- When Dems Sens. criticize Bush's policy on Iraq, does it help/hurt morale of troops in Iraq?
- 68% Hurts
- 14% Helps
- When Dems criticize Bush's policy on Iraq, do you think they are trying to gain partisan advantage or believe it will help US' efforts in Iraq?
- 52% Gain political advantage
- 30% Think will help
- Should US military withdraw troops immediately regardless of impact, as Iraq meets goals, or set fixed publicaly avail timetable for withdrawal?
- 50% as goals met
- 15% withdraw
29% timetable
These numbers suggest what many Republicans have been privately saying for a week now: Democrats have classically overreached on the Iraq issue. Not only have they gone farther than the American people are willing to go, but they have been so wrongheaded about their approach that they have unified a Republican party that only days ago was fissured on domestic issues.
I hope this is right--I'd like to believe that most mainstream Americans can see through the shameless political posturing of Reid and Pelosi. We'll see.
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