[lbo-talk] RE: new Gallup poll

[Shane Mage]

Doug wrote:
>joanna bujes wrote:
>
>>Dog almighty, I sure do loathe polls. When exactly did the idea of 
>>polls replace the idea of democracy?
>>
>>Why do leftists bother to quote them? Fuck polls.
>
>Uh, there is no democracy in Iraq right now, and this is the closest 
>approximation we've got to a picture of what Iraqis are thinking. 
>Does that matter to you?

An excellent approximation would be the number of places
where the new "national" flag can escape burning without
a 24/7 US color guard. As to that poll, look at the"suggested"
response cited in the original posting:
"emphasize the need for the continued presence of coalition forces in Iraq."
Could a poll question be more loaded?

Shane Mage

"Thunderbolt steers all 
things."                                                         

Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64