Bush % approval rating = % Who still believe Saddam was behind 9-11

[Ian_rd]

Now this is a pretty freaky coincidence, isn't it? Both equal 31% according to the latest polls. Maybe the freakiest part about this coincidence is that it isn't one at all. This is the best demonstration yet of what we already know: The more likely you are to believe in right-wing flat-out lies, the more likely you are to support President Bush.

Bush's week ends on low: Job approval at 31 percent
November 12, 2006

President Bush's approval rating fell to 31 percent, declining 4 percentage points in the week during which he saw the Republican Party lose control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, according to a Newsweek magazine poll.

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One in Three in Poll Still Think Saddam Was Involved in 9/11
September 22, 2006

One of the more amazing results, though much in line with other surveys, is that almost one in three still say that Saddam Hussein "was personally involved" in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.

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The Times/CBS finding that 31% still feel this way is remarkable in that a good deal of attention has been paid to this issue this month, around the fifth anniversary of the attacks, with President Bush himself stating, more or less clearly, that Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11.

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This is amazing. Even after all the news coverage of this topic over the past four years, nearly a third of the American public still believes that Saddam was behind 9-11. How could this possibly be? One third! I wonder if Orwell's Ministry of Truth was this effective.

[BlueEyedSon]

1. The deluded are the deluded. Let X=X.

[BlueJazz]

2. What!!...You mean after all these years there are STILL people.....

...who think Saddam had a lot to do with 9/11.

Christ...no wonder my European friends think a good share of Americans are idiots.

[arewenotdemo]

3. That 30 % also believes the Earth is 6000 years old

and that the Chimp walks on water.

[madmusic]

4. The #1 issue is propaganda.

And I'll call for it again: investigating their propaganda machine should be Pelosi's first and most important investigation.

And that doesn't mean we let Left-wing propaganda off the hook either. BushCo could never come so close to a fascist state without some help from the Left and the media.

[frylock]

5. abso-freakin-lutely..

nothing will change until the noise machine is shut down for good. Reinstate the Fairness Doctorine!!!