(2007-11-05) — A day after release of a Washington Post-ABC News poll showing 63 percent of Americans think the war in Iraq is not worth fighting and even more think the U.S. is “headed in the wrong direction,” a source inside the network leaked results of another poll which shows most al Qaeda supporters are delighted with the results of the first poll.
The undisclosed internal poll of al Qaeda constituents shows 97 percent approve of the job that the Washington Post and ABC News do in bringing information to the American public about the war on terror, measuring the results of their own information campaigns through “polling“, and then publicizing the “poll results” as news.
“The message is getting through to the American people,” said one unnamed al Qaeda official. “We have found U.S. news media to be much more cost-effective than al Jazeera in convincing people that resistance to jihad is futile, and that Iraq is just a civil war of no consequence to Americans.”
Meanwhile, just a year out from U.S. presidential elections, the Washington Post and ABC News also discovered that President George Bush’s approval rating is so low that he stands almost no chance of winning a third White House term [PDF of Poll Results].
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1 camojack // Nov 5, 2007 at 8:29 am
“The undisclosed internal poll of al Qaeda constituents shows 97 percent approve of the job that the Washington Post and ABC News do in bringing information to the American public about the war on terror…”
Only 97%?!
2 Hawkeye // Nov 5, 2007 at 8:40 am
Stay clear o’ them poll cats…
3 boberinyetagain // Nov 5, 2007 at 9:07 am
“polling” sound like another example of torture (information gathering) to me. I know I don’t want to be “polled”, sounds painful.
And who care what people think anyway. Stupid people…
4 Fred Sinclair // Nov 5, 2007 at 9:38 am
” President George Bush’s approval rating is so low that he stands almost no chance of winning a third White House term”
Now if we don’t all drown first from melting glaciers, We can look forward to the news media reporting: “Congress’s approval rating is so low (signifantly lower than President George Bush’s approval rating) they (by and large) stand almost no chance of winning another Congressional term.”
The only positive thing that can be said of the liberals (on both sides of the aisle) in Congress is that they have rightly earned the title of “The do nothing Congress”. Fortunately they have been so busy raising money for The Marine Corp’s Education Fund, they’ve been to occupied to pass any additional Anti-American legislation. (Which, unfortunately seems to be their real forte)
Heirborn Ranger
5 Ms RightWing, Ink // Nov 5, 2007 at 10:32 am
I love my Maypoâ„¢
6 gafisher // Nov 5, 2007 at 10:32 am
God Bless America?
7 gafisher // Nov 5, 2007 at 10:40 am
Dubya’s potential for a third term worries me far less than Hillary’s, or Obama’s, or Edwards’, etc. etc. shot at a first. The entire Dem field polls off the top of the chart with the Qaeda demographic.
8 Fred Sinclair // Nov 5, 2007 at 11:45 am
“…….except for those in internment camps. In 1944, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the exclusion, removal, and detention, arguing that it is permissible to curtail the civil rights of a racial group when there is a “pressing public necessity.â€
The “pressing public necessity†currently exists with the word racial being replaced with the word political.
Musharraf has over 1,500 arrested as part of his country’s fight against Al Quida.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt rounded up over 120,000 Japanese of which 67% were Japanese American Citizens.
Those 120,000 were far, far, far less of a threat to America during WWII than today’s liberals in Government, Entertainment Industry. Schools, et cetera. Drastic circumstances often require drastic solutions The Revolutionary War was a drastic solution to an intolerable circumstance As was the war of 1812, the Civil War and the wars that followed. Due to the liberals intervention, our war on poverty and our war on drugs have yet to be fought by people who are serious about victory.
If (there’s that big “if” word) President Bush would do what President Musharraf of Pakistan and President Roosevelt did and arrest liberals, confining them in internment camps. Like those Japanese Americans, their assets could be seized and used to construct “holding camps” for all illegals and finally build the fence or wall - we could even hire former East Germans who could teach us how to build and maintain a wall.
Heirborn Ranger
9 boberinyetagain // Nov 5, 2007 at 11:55 am
synonyms… liberal, generous, bountiful, munificent
mean giving or given freely and unstintingly. liberal suggests openhandedness in the giver and largeness in the thing or amount given . generous stresses warmhearted readiness to give more than size or importance of the gift . bountiful suggests lavish, unremitting giving or providing . munificent suggests a scale of giving appropriate to lords or princes .
Yep, sounds like a bunch that needs to be rounded up…the sooner the better
10 Darthmeister // Nov 5, 2007 at 11:58 am
The media polls only measure the depth to which the average American is propagandized by the liberal media. Where else do Americans -who don’t have the time or inclination to do their own independent investigations like we do - get their information? These people are merely regurgitating what they’ve been hearing from the liberal media or even from the radical left-wing blogs. Doh!
Tony Snow slams the liberal old media in his acceptance speech at the Freedom of Speech gala.
11 boberinyetagain // Nov 5, 2007 at 11:59 am
1. favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
2. (often initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform.
3. of, pertaining to, based on, or advocating liberalism.
4. favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible, esp. as guaranteed by law and secured by governmental protection of civil liberties.
5. favoring or permitting freedom of action, esp. with respect to matters of personal belief or expression: a liberal policy toward dissident artists and writers.
6. of or pertaining to representational forms of government rather than aristocracies and monarchies.
7. free from prejudice or bigotry; tolerant
The only question is why people like this have been allowed to roam free for this long!
12 Darthmeister // Nov 5, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Then according to you, bober, today’s “liberals” are anything but liberal given how they would rather use government money to address poverty in their own neighborhoods (how is that “openhanded”?) instead of using their own money, liberals want to force everyone else to pay for their definition of “compassion” in society, and liberals indulge in the politics of personal destruction when it comes to “engaging” conservatives who dare think differently than they. BTW, studies have definitely shown conservatives are far more openhanded with their money than liberals. We’ve posted the links here.
Thank you for reminding us how “liberals” today aren’t really liberal.
13 Darthmeister // Nov 5, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Keep living in your ivory tower, bober. In the real world liberals are anything but liberal. When was the last time you invited a homeless person into your home for a week? When did YOU buy a week’s groceries for your neighbor in need? How many children and families in foreign lands do you personally contribute to? How much of your own hard-earned money have you given to truly charitable causes.
When you say “reform” our institutions, do you actually mean you want to remake these institutions over into your own image of what you believe is right regardless of the negative impact it may have on people or society? By reform you mean “institutionalizing” your political agenda. Sorry, no cigar.
I’d say liberal social prescriptions the last forty years have been utter failures. Just look at the liberal welfare system that has utterly devastated the black families. Of course “liberals” like you will accept NO responsiblility of the failures of your naive social programs.
Such snow-job arrogance on your part is quite unbecoming, bober. BTW, given how you’re the odd man out here and how brilliant you think yourself to be, why don’t you start up your own blog and see how many people come to feed at your trough of ideas. Oh wait, that would mean YOU would actually have to DO something. When will you personally DO something that will improve the condition of just a neighbor in need?
14 boberinyetagain // Nov 5, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Not that it matters but in past years (this one has not been kind to me financially but still I give pretty freely) i have come close to “tithing” to charitable causes, mostly those that feed the less fortunate. I have rehabbed homes in Phil through the “Christmas in April” program though it’s been a few since I did that too. I have indeed gone into homes nearby to help those that could not help themselves with minor plumbing/home maintenance. Next year I hope to be able to begin again on several fronts.
Why do you ask?
15 boberinyetagain // Nov 5, 2007 at 12:28 pm
A conservative believes that not only should the Supreme Court strictly construe the Constitution, but so should the president, the House, the Senate, governors, mayors and everybody else. A conservative does not approve of wars, except in defense of the land and the people, and only upon a declaration of war by both houses of Congress. A war to liberate somebody else from a nasty government is unconstitutional, illegal and immoral.
To strictly construe the Constitution is to recognize that it is not a “living document” to be amended by interpretation, but rather is a contract between the states and the federal government. To be properly construed, it must be read in the context of the times in which it was written and adopted.
A conservative is against foreign aid. Nowhere in the Constitution is Congress authorized to tax the American people and then hand their money to a foreign government as either a gift or a loan. Nowhere in the Constitution is the federal government authorized to provide welfare, health care, housing or education. Nowhere in the Constitution does it mention abortion or gay marriage. Nowhere in the Constitution is the federal government authorized to subsidize either individuals or corporations.
16 Darthmeister // Nov 5, 2007 at 12:30 pm
I ask, bober, because the “liberals” I’ve run into where this kind of conversation comes up usually make far more money than I do and are more tightfisted than Scrouge. Invariably their idea of “charity” is the time they “tithe” to worthy causes. That’s all fine and dandy but our family tithes not only our time BUT ALSO OUR MONEY.
Unlike most liberals I know we put our money where our mouths are. There have been some exceptions to this rule to be sure, but its an extremely rare “liberal” who actually gives a higher percentage of their income than our family does and even a rarer “liberal” who after whining about how tax receipts of our goverment has fallen who then actually send an extra tax check into the government to address this grevious wrong of allowing the average American keep more of their wages/salary at the end of the week through tax cuts. BTW, have you sent in your supplemental tax gift to the IRS, bober? Surely if you believe that federal government has an obligation to exercise a form of welfare charity toward indigent citizens, then you would act on that belief and send in a couple extra thousand dollars to the Feds to “wipe out poverty.” I mean, you’re a “liberal” right?
Who are the real liberals with their personal resources? Conservatives.
17 Darthmeister // Nov 5, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Ah, bober is changing the subject yet again. One can never pin down a liberal to some kind of moral accountability. Off to the races again.
Given how you’re like fingernails on a blackboard here, bober, a voice in the wasteland of your own mind, when will you actually get your own blog? Some of us will be glad to visit it from time to time to tell you how wrong you really are - just like you do here. In that sense we’d be “liberals” wouldn’t we … always being a contrarian and “dissenting” with respect to the powers-that-be.
18 boberinyetagain // Nov 5, 2007 at 12:47 pm
So, no one is what they claim to be…
19 Darthmeister // Nov 5, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Sent that extra tax check to the federal government to prove your “liberal” credentials, bober?
Isn’t that what “liberals” have been saying since the Bush tax cuts, we aren’t paying enough taxes and as a result the poor stay poor and the hungry go unfed? Nanny government, the next best thing to heaven on Earth.
Liberals: Even bigger government is good, higher taxes is better, a socialist utopia is the best. Vote liberal Demoncrap in 2008 and that’s exactly what we’re going to get.
20 boberinyetagain // Nov 5, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Easy there Hank, I can see that vein bulging on your neck again.
You have done your usual bang up job of ignoring my points whilst putting words in my mouth but I don’t count a day complete until that happens so, thanks!
21 upnorthlurkin // Nov 5, 2007 at 3:25 pm
I acknowledge I’m beating a dead horse here (he doesn’t come here to educate himself or even to debate, he comes here to irritate) but, the country would be better off if it were run by conservatives! If we did adhere to the tenets of our Constitution the way it was written, we’d all be better off! If our local politicians taking our hard earned dollars were actually local and accountable to us as their neighbors, I think they’d make wiser decisions. We need the federal government for very little and have ceded power to it (the federal gov’t) that we are now living to regret! Dismantling this bloated giant will not be easy but it ought to be done. The libs have been patiently perverting the Constitution for forty years if not through legislation then through the courts increment by increment. We, as conservatives have to be patient and restore it increment by increment. We have yet to have a conservative White House along with a conservative congress! I advocate we give it a try!!
22 boberinyetagain // Nov 5, 2007 at 3:47 pm
upnorth, to the contrary, we actually agree. The gummint should stay the heck out of my business and should confine itself to national defense. Would that it were so…
23 Libby Gone // Nov 5, 2007 at 4:06 pm
boberin,
re#22, exactly. but NOOOOOOOOO.
Libs seem to think they are so gifted that they NEED to tell you how to run every aspect of your life! It comes from a feeling of intellectual and moral superiority granted to them when they were indoctrinated into the “I can pigeon-hole You so therefore I must be superior” mindset.
24 boberinyetagain // Nov 5, 2007 at 4:31 pm
That’s why I vote Libertarian unless a more compelling 3rd party candidate shows themselves along the way.
Anyone else?
25 Beerme // Nov 5, 2007 at 7:11 pm
I want to vote libertarian but the elections are too close to waste a vote, lately. I can’t see another Ross Perot moment at my hands…
26 everthink // Nov 5, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Media Schmedia!
Yeah, like the views of Wingnuts, which represent less than 25% people, should get equal play on MSM. Maybe you here might want to bring back the “Fairness Doctrine”. I’d like to see a “Liberal” on with the “Wide Bottom Oxycontin Blow Hard”.
Then too, everthink maybe you could apply for some affirmative action deal.
Say, which of your current crop of Conservative
Banner bearers are you all rooting for here.
Yer doin’ a great job Scrapplefaces.
ET
27 mindknumbed kid // Nov 5, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Well if that’s what you want ET, turn on CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, etc.
There are a lot of liberals on the radio, why don’t they have an audience ? Ah yes, the fairness doctrine, if you can’t compete pull a legislative cheat.
The only people “forced” to listen to Rush are the ones the dimocrats pay to keep up with what he says, looking to discredit him. Give it up, compete in the arena of ideas. Try thinking instead of feeling and reacting for a change. Most liberals say they think this ,that, or the other, and assume that they have absolute fact/truth simply because it is what they think.
We are rooting for the one that makes the best conservative argument, someone that isn’t out there offering lip service, you’ll not find too many here that sing the praises of John McCain, he don’t walk the walk
Which liberal candidate are you itching to pull the lever for ?
It is a shame that there are so many uneducated voters out there that are ignorant when it comes to the history of our nation and the ideals and princciples it was founded on. I was educated in a public school on the banks of the Ohio river in West Virginia, a national “blue ribbon school”, we didn’t hear anymore than the mention of a few of the Presidents, never studied or even read the constitution or bill of rights, we heard that they did exist. Never knew that Madison was considered to be the father of the costitution, hardly was mentioned as being a President.
They mixed the smart kids with the average and stupid kids all in the same classrooms. Guess what the result was ? Nobody really learned anything, I now feel as though they wasted/stole at least half of the years I spent in school. I had no desire to continue my education once high school was over.
That’s what liberals did for me…..
28 mindknumbed kid // Nov 5, 2007 at 9:14 pm
costittution ? what is that ? maybe the constitution. 10 year computer user, still no typing skills !!
29 Fred Sinclair // Nov 5, 2007 at 9:33 pm
With thanks to Rush Limbaugh I amazed myself by acing (10 for 10) the test!
FYI http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/GlobWarmTest/start.html The ten question test on “global warming” is all summed up with the single (1) question test which is the one question all, that’s ALL members of “The Church of Manmade Global Warming” run from, at their highest running pace.
QUESTION: How many of todays newer millionaires can have their newly acquired wealth traced directly to the “Manmade” aspect of the “Manmade” global warming hoax?
ANSWER: Thousands; owners and share holders in the multiple hundreds of new companies, formed around the world, whose sole product is the sale of Carbon Footprint credits, in and of itself, a hoax second only to the Manmade Global Warming hoax itself.
Heirborn Ranger
30 da Bunny // Nov 5, 2007 at 9:36 pm
“Liberals” are anything but…when it comes to opposing points of view, that is.
31 everthink // Nov 6, 2007 at 12:45 am
mindknumbed kid:
“Well if that’s what you want ET, turn on CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, etc.
There are a lot of liberals on the radio, why don’t they have an audience ? Ah yes, the fairness doctrine, if you can’t compete pull a legislative cheat.â€
It’s you folks who are always bellyaching about MSM. I wasn’t asking for the fairness doctrine, although I think it was a good thing, I thought it might be an answer to your problem.
“The only people “forced†to listen to Rush are the ones the dimocrats pay to keep up with what he says, looking to discredit him.â€
I’m not forced to listen to him, but they are my airwaves too.
“Give it up, compete in the arena of ideas. Try thinking instead of feeling and reacting for a change.â€
Did I say I feel? Do I call myself “everfeel� You define me as Rush would.
“Most liberals say they think this ,that, or the other, and assume that they have absolute fact/truth simply because it is what they think.â€
Actually, I just watched Fred Thompson on meet the press (Tivo); I’m pretty sure he’s not conservative enough for you, I think, well maybe I feel that too.
“We are rooting for the one that makes the best conservative argument, someone that isn’t out there offering lip service, you’ll not find too many here that sing the praises of John McCain, he don’t walk the walk.â€
What is the best conservative argument? Somehow I think, (or feel), it won’t be from a Goldwater Conservative, or an Eisenhower Republican argument.
“Which liberal candidate are you itching to pull the lever for ?â€
I’m not sure, but most likely you won’t like my choice; but he (or she) will be for the next President!
“It is a shame that there are so many uneducated voters out there that are ignorant when it comes to the history of our nation and the ideals and princciples it was founded on. I was educated in a public school on the banks of the Ohio river in West Virginia, a national “blue ribbon schoolâ€, we didn’t hear anymore than the mention of a few of the Presidents, never studied or even read the constitution or bill of rights, we heard that they did exist. Never knew that Madison was considered to be the father of the costitution, hardly was mentioned as being a President.â€
“They mixed the smart kids with the average and stupid kids all in the same classrooms. Guess what the result was ? Nobody really learned anything, I now feel as though they wasted/stole at least half of the years I spent in school.
That’s what liberals did for me…..”
The two sons of my 6th great grandfather John left Maryland, after The Revolution; one went to Greenbrier County and the other to Kentucky County, both were in the State of Virginia then. Their children later opposed each other in the Civil War.
I attended John Birch Society meetings while attending a political science course at Michigan college; it was recommended by my instructor. I became a Republican, and joined the county Republican Association. Later my instructor ran for public office, I would have never guessed he was a Democrat!
Are your schools better now? After all, we’ve had almost seven years of “no child left behindâ€.
“I had no desire to continue my education once high school was over.”
You should go back to school now!
I “feel” your pain (prettyold?).
Yer pal,
ET
32 gafisher // Nov 6, 2007 at 6:21 am
ET Re#31: “No Child Left Behind” is a great idea which, like all too many “compassionate conservatism” ideals, is predicated on the fatal assumption that the left is fundamentally honest. A famous criminal once said he robbed banks “because that’s where the money is.” In a society where “for the children” has become a sure-fire tag line for “confidence men,” education is simply “where the money is” today.
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