Ha! CNN 3-Way Poll On Brownie Has Opposite Effect

[stopbush]

Here's the question:

Is former FEMA boss Michael Brown being made a scapegoat for the sluggish response to Katrina?

The response options are:

Yes, he’s being made a scapegoat
Yes, but he deserves much of the blame
No, he’s just whining

"No" is polling only 17%. The two "yes" answers are almost identical in their meaning, though "is being scapegoated but deserves much of the blame" is pulling 56%. I would guess that CNN hoped to split the "yes" vote and show the longest thermometer bar on the "no" answer, but it didn't work. 87% say he's being scapegoated in one way or the other.

Maybe they'll pull the poll and rephrase the answers...or they'll report that "only 27% believe Brownie is being scapegoated while 56% say he deserves much of the blame."

On edit - added the usual CNN poll link: http://www.cnn.com/

[SteppingRazor]

1. I think, if anything, this poll is slanted in our favor...

I mean, it's not as if there's a "No, the blame lies with state and local officials" answer. Every answer makes Brown, the administration or both look bad. So how is this slanted toward Bush?

[MrBenchley]

2. Didn't CNN have a poll last year

in which they rewrote the question because they didn't get the result they liked?

[laheina]

3. I would not be surprised.

Not in the least.:eyes:

[rocktivity]

4. Of course he's being scapegoated

Bush transferred FEMA from being an independent cabinet-level agency to being dependent on the Homeland Security department, and then refused to fund it. Brown was meant to be nothing more than a figurehead and highly rewarded Rethug crony--why do you think there was no need for him to be qualified?

:headbang:
rocknation