oh, these aren't stupid people; that's the tragedy of it. Some of them are people I respect! And yet they believe this stuff. I have been thinking about this and am wondering if a bad on political advertising on broadcast media might not be a bad thing after all.
Dana On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:20:48 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sam wrote: > > How do you think I feel listening to your claims that > > the majority of the people are ignorant because they > > don't agree with you? > > Ignorant isn't a bad thing - it means a lack of knowledge. The study > Sandy showed awhile ago proved that that is the case. It also is > consistent with most of the people I know that defend Mr. Bush. > > Examples: > > 1.) The looted weapons to-do: nobody I've talked to sees this as > massive policy failure which it clearly is. If your primary job in an > invasion is to secure weapons so that they don't fall into the hands > of terrorists, wouldn't securing the *known* weapons caches be a key > thing to do? When the Pentagon dragged out that guy who said he was > there, but doesn't really know what it was he removed, that shows a > clear policy problem. > > 2.) Too few troops in Iraq: a clear policy problem. #1 is a great > example, as well as the military's inability to secure major cities > and towns to this day. > > 3.) Overall Iraq policy problems: no WMD when you have Mr. Powell > testify to that fact one year before he changes his position, yet says > nothing new was learned during that year. too few troops, lack of > planning for the aftermath testified to by both of the people that ran > the county afterward, dismissing the Iraqi military, etc, etc. > > 4.) Economic policy: most people have no idea that Mr. Bush is one of > the largest spenders ever. They still perceive the tax cuts as cuts > rather than shifts. > > 5.) Looming social security, medicare, medicaid crisis: most people > have no idea how deep the hole is and how Mr. Bush's policies have dug > us deeper. > > 6.) 40% of people in the country still think Hussein was partially > responsible for 9/11 > > That's a good beginning. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134095 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54