http://www.samefacts.com/2006/04/uncategorized/the-mute-button/ Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.samefacts.com/2006/04/uncategorized/the-mute-button/comment-page-1/#comment-24094 Marc Schneider Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:02:35 +0000 http://samefacts.dreamhosters.com/2006/04/uncategorized/the-mute-button/#comment-24094 It's not a matter of people being less gullible it's a matter of the results of the policy. People aren't turning against the war because of some inherent belief that it's wrong or even that it was a mistake originally, IMO. They are turning against it because things are going badly and they are seeing those things every night. The electorate turned against the Civil War until the North started winning. Once things started going badly and the media started coming down on Bush, the public started looking at things like WMD promises and democracy promotion and Abu Gharib in a different light. But if things had gone well--even if no WMD had been found--Bush's support would still be there. It’s not a matter of people being less gullible it’s a matter of the results of the policy. People aren’t turning against the war because of some inherent belief that it’s wrong or even that it was a mistake originally, IMO. They are turning against it because things are going badly and they are seeing those things every night. The electorate turned against the Civil War until the North started winning. Once things started going badly and the media started coming down on Bush, the public started looking at things like WMD promises and democracy promotion and Abu Gharib in a different light. But if things had gone well–even if no WMD had been found–Bush’s support would still be there.

]]> http://www.samefacts.com/2006/04/uncategorized/the-mute-button/comment-page-1/#comment-24093 Tom Gowen Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:24:42 +0000 http://samefacts.dreamhosters.com/2006/04/uncategorized/the-mute-button/#comment-24093 I certainly hope so. It strikes me that I have never in my life heard serious people discussing the President of the United States with descriptors such as Messianic insanity, gang of crazies, this bunch goes on a hunch and prays their right, etc etc. It is happening all the time now. Whatsmore there might even be an opening for the Democrats to have a tough sounding, sensible policy on Iraq. Namely, they need to get their act together and the only way to force that is to meaningfully threaten our withdrawal. I certainly hope so. It strikes me that I have never in my life heard serious people discussing the President of the United States with descriptors such as Messianic insanity, gang of crazies, this bunch goes on a hunch and prays their right, etc etc. It is happening all the time now. Whatsmore there might even be an opening for the Democrats to have a tough sounding, sensible policy on Iraq. Namely, they need to get their act together and the only way to force that is to meaningfully threaten our withdrawal.

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