Poll: Nation split on Bush as uniter or divider

[MrBenchley]

That might be the goofiest headline I've ever seen in my life...

"On the eve of President Bush's inauguration, a poll shows the nation is split over whether he has united or divided the nation, but a majority believe his inauguration festivities should be toned down because of the war.
During the 2000 campaign, Bush promised to be a "uniter, not a divider."
Forty-nine percent of 1,007 adult Americans said in phone interviews they believe Bush is a "uniter," according to the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Wednesday. Another 49 percent called him a "divider," and 2 percent had no opinion."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/19/poll/index.html

[edbermac]

1. That's the "DUH" headline for the week...

[zann725]

17. Exactly! Then again it IS CNN! Better known as 'Fox-Lite.'

n/t

[Catfight]

2. ROFLMAO....that has to be an Onion headline it's so stupid. n/t

[stray cat]

3. He unites his base and unites everyone else against him.

Otherwise he has never been or will be a uniter.

[mike_c]

4. LOL-- that headline deserves to be enshrined in journalism texts...

...for all time. ROTFLMAO! :bounce:

[BeyondGeography]

5. Someone has a sense of humor at CNN

Maybe that's the news angle here.

[robertpaulsen]

6. If the nation is split, that by definition makes him a divider.

Goofy CNN indeed. Did Jay Leno write it?

[distantearlywarning]

31. No, no, no! You just don't understand.

Bush IS a uniter! It's just that 49% of Americans won't stand behind him. It's their fault that we're not united, not his! If they would just get with the program, THEN he would preside over a united nation.

Hope that helped clear up your misunderstanding...

;)

[Hobarticus]

7. Dear CNN/USA Today/Gallup, I would like to be a pollster...

...because apparently you don't have to try too hard to come up with a poll.

[Sparkle]

8. The headline should be the second poll. the media shilling for Bush again.

A Majority believe Bush's inauguration festivities should be toned down because of war. This uniter not divider crap is old news. He has divided this country and united the world against us!

[genieroze]

9. Nation split on Bush as uniter or divider?

Are these people retarded?

[tavalon]

37. No, just really, really, stupid n/t

[Dead_Parrot]

10. Ouch...

...my cerebrum just imploded.

[mojavekid]

11. Perfect n/t

[tridim]

12. That like.. "Poll shows that 50% of people think that the other

50% are wrong"

[dhinojosa]

13. Doesn't that imply that those that think Bush is uniter is

lying their ass off?

[Terran]

16. Not necessarily...

Many of those 50% are merely very stupid and can't figure it out.

[Kurt Remarque]

14. udider?

to paraphrase a star trek alien "he is both and neither"

[NYC]

15. That headline is hilarious.

Sort of answers its own question.

[ixion]

18. yep... rofl

seems a bit redundant. :evilgrin:

[NYC]

22. But so enjoyable.

I really love it.

[Solly Mack]

19. Uh...uh...nevermind

[Zynx]

20. *Smacks skull against monitor*

And human thought has reached a new low.

[EVDebs]

21. Bush -- "Workers of the world, UNTIE "

[rachelbirds]

23. Unbelievable

I don't care who you voted for or what side you're on, if you're being honest (at all) there's no way Bush is a uniter!!! It's absurd!

[sakabatou]

24. We're even be united on a poll?

Jeeze... we really are divided.

[rzemanfl]

25. There was a time in the past when there was the same headline

with approximately the same poll numbers. I think that if the question were: "Is George Bush a swell guy or a stupid shit?" the results would be the same.

[budkin]

26. Best. Headline. Ever.

It really does belong in the Onion! Bwahahahah

[DrBB]

27. It's the stupidity, stupid.

Despair o'erwhelms my soul. My sight grays, turns black. Can an entire nation be lobotomized? No. But half of it can.

And that half includes the media.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

28. Should be... "Nation United on Bush as Uniter or Divider."

[ashmanonar]

29. you know what's funny...

is the makeup of the poll...very very VERY rarely is it that a poll will be completely bipolar like that...usually there's a considerable faction of "no opinion" or maybe "i don't care".

just that poll makeup tells me that he's a divider.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. If he was a uniter, there wouldn't be a DU.

Dipshit rethuglicans!

[Chico Man]

32. WTF kind of headline is that? (nt)

[AgadorSparticus]

33. leave it to CNN for that kind of gem. gotta give them credit for being

consistent though: their content isn't much better.

[Lisa]

34. are they trying to do Jon Stewart's job for him?

Maybe they're jealous of his ratings!

[DividedWeAre]

35. that's hilarious

they must have been laughing when they put that up. i know i am.

[David Zephyr]

36. Surpassing stupidity. What a headline. LOL!

Unbelievable. Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[Endangered Specie]

38. Now thats a headline.

[V Lee]

39. Can't we all just agree that he's an idiot and leave it at that? eom

[0007]

40. CNN is just one big heaping pile of dog shit!

Who take these clowns seriously? Only mindless fools that can't think for themselves!

[KamaAina]

41. Took me a split second, but I got it

D'oh!

[drdtroit]

42. He is truly a uniter

United 50,000,000 who support him and
United 4,550,000,000 who fear and loathe him.
I guess that's what they call a catastrophic success.