Comments on: Americans Trust Iraq Study Group http://donklephant.com/2006/12/12/americans-trust-iraq-study-group/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:39:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: gerryf http://donklephant.com/2006/12/12/americans-trust-iraq-study-group/comment-page-1/#comment-142335 gerryf Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:56:39 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/12/12/americans-trust-iraq-study-group/#comment-142335 [quote]And in an interesting note, Americans trust John McCain’s opinions almost as much as the Iraq Study Group. But do they know he wants to send in more troops? [/quote] Which tells us all we need to know about polls and the public in general, I suppose. Maybe if people had been paying attention in the first place we wouldn't be in this situation. Instead, the public let blind patriotism (albeit stoked by lies and innuendo) dictate who they were going to support. I could barely comprehend how Bush ALMOST won in 2000 (had to force myself not to launch into that tirade again), but the 2004 election continues to make my head hurt just thinking about it. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me--fool me again and again and again and again....sigh [quote]And in an interesting note, Americans trust John McCain’s opinions almost as much as the Iraq Study Group. But do they know he wants to send in more troops? [/quote]

Which tells us all we need to know about polls and the public in general, I suppose.

Maybe if people had been paying attention in the first place we wouldn’t be in this situation.

Instead, the public let blind patriotism (albeit stoked by lies and innuendo) dictate who they were going to support.

I could barely comprehend how Bush ALMOST won in 2000 (had to force myself not to launch into that tirade again), but the 2004 election continues to make my head hurt just thinking about it.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me–fool me again and again and again and again….sigh

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