CNN's Inside Politics discussing Bush's credibility gap. A majority

[Pirate Smile]

of Americans believe Bush mislead the American people about the Iraq War (52%).

They said this may be because of the ..... Downing Street Memo (that is what they called it).

Credibility gap? Hell, yes!

[funkybutt]

1. should be way more that 52%

oh well...can't count on cnn to get it right.

[NewJeffCT]

3. should be, but it isn't

It takes a real lot of screaming on our part to get through the corporate media filter!

[Goldmund]

2. It isn't "because of the DSM" -- that was only the straw that broke the...

...camel's back.

We should be careful of this framing ("Because of the DSM") -- because that's putting all eggs in one basket, and then they have a singular target for their propaganda. And it's also simply not true. If that memo came out in the Summer of 2003, nothing like this would have happened.

[Pirate Smile]

7. It was talking heads trying to figure out why the number has gone

up to over a majority.

We know people don't like the Iraq War but that isn't the same thing as saying they believe they were lied to to get into the War.

People can believe it is incompetence. It takes a special leap to go to being purposely MISLEAD.

[Goldmund]

9. It does,

but that leap is not solely due to DSM -- it's due to the fact that BushCo has lied their way about pretty much any issue they touch for years, and people are finally catching on to what kind of an aesthetics these guys subscribe to.

[ashling]

8. Perception

That may have been the straw that broke the camels back (don't you just love old worn out cliche's:) ) , but if that is what changed the perception for the last few percent, then that is an accurate statement.

Its not always the truth that counts, but what makes them see the truth that gets the headline

[cynatnite]

4. Feingold coming up n/t

[kaitykaity]

5. WoofWoof must have had to take a lot of sedatives to be

able to talk about her boyfriend like that.

[Dr Fate]

6. Yeah- but we read about it on the INTERNETS. No thanx to you!!!

n/t

[demosincebirth]

10. Only 52%? We sure are gullible

They fed us shit and told us it was cherry pie and half of us believed it.