MSNBC poll: Did Bush mislead nation re: Iraq? (94% yes!)

[katinmn]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8248969
Do you believe President Bush misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq?

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

1. Almost 75,000 votes and still 94% Yes

NM

[babylonsister]

2. Yeah! And done! nt

[fooj]

3. I wish that they would just use the word "LIE"!!!!!

That's what he did, right?

[gratuitous]

24. Agreed - let's retire the word "misled"

He lied. He lied his overrich, pampered ass off. Some of us knew he was lying in real time, and we said as much to the media outlets. But they were too busy slavering over the prospect of juicy pictures of shock and awe and the bonanza that would follow the boost in viewership when the invasion was launched.

Now, NBC and the rest are trying to be shocked, shocked! that the president would "mislead" the country in furtherance of starting a war. Filthy, bloody, cocksuckers. I hope they rot in particularly noxious corner of Hell.

[movonne]

42. Clinton lied about monica (they didn't mind saying that) but bush

mislead..what a crock of shit..the media is just a propaganda tool for the bush administration...we must also take back our media...

[warrens]

48. "Lied his motherfucking ass off" seems to be most appropriate nt

[NewJeffCT]

4. will they ever report these results?

Somehow, I doubt it.

[Raksha]

65. They will report the results, because now its THEIR ass on the line.

If 94% of the population thinks Bush lied (excuse me, "misled") to build up his case for war, if they continue to catapult the propaganda in that regard everyone will know THEY are lying too. Of course some of us have known it for a long time, but at 94% they can't afford that kind of wholesale loss of credibility. My guess is they'll try to do an about-face...which won't be very convincing.

[dchill]

5. Done & Kick

94% Yes.

[understandinglife]

6. 74,449 responses - 94 % yes.

If You're pro-Bu$h, You're Anti-America - & you dig torture

[Dinger]

7. What's With That Stinkin' 6%?

WTF:wtf:

[obnoxiousdrunk]

9. They are

mule fuckers.

[Dinger]

11. That's It!

Not a doubt in my mind.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

13. Please don't insult the mules with such insults!

nm

[dchill]

14. Mule F**kers...

who are enjoying their chocolate-iced shit cake. If Bush says it's good, then it's GOOD!

*Edit to add: It is indeed the media, stupid.

[Betsy Ross]

28. Don't abuse mules. Even calling * an asshole

disrespects anuses.

[anarch]

82. heh...unless they think "misled" is not quite the right word

He flat out lied.

[bush_is_wacko]

15. I think it's Rove. n/t

[KyuzoGator]

79. The ones who think Saddam-al Qaeda and that WMD were found.

Facts don't matter to idiots.

[JuniperLea]

8. How can they still be asking this?

Isn't it blatantly apparent now?

I'd like to shove a tinfoil hat up the ass of every jerk who called me a conspiracy theorist on this one! Stupid bastards.

[bush_is_wacko]

10. Done!

Do you believe President Bush misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq? * 74449 responses

Yes
94%

No
5.8%


NEXT POLL QUESTION: WOULD YOU SUPPORT A MOTION FOR IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT BUSH?

[livetohike]

12. Done and what took them so long to post this poll? n/t

[stop the bleeding]

16. Best poll results yet - BWaahhhaahhhahaa

done and kick

[long_green]

17. and how many have died?

2300+ U.S. servicemen and women and scores of thousands of Iraqis. Lives wrecked? We won't know for years.
Why doesn't someone run with the permanent bases story (the huge bases being built in Iraq: ostensibly to house our permanent military presence there)? You'd think that with so many of the people finally figuring out what happened before the war they would react very badly to hear of Administration plans for "after" the war.

[bullimiami]

18. he didnt mislead. he lied. lied us into war.

because he knew the truth was not going to do it and he wanted war.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

19. 94% after Brazillions of votes.

[yy4me]

20. LIED, not misled, would have been a better choice of words.

Straight forward 4 letter word. LIED!

[BootinUp]

21. Wakey wakey people. :)

[teamster633]

22. a chimp by any other name...

Do you believe * misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq?

Yes
94%

No
5.8%

* 74523 responses

It's gotten so bad I can't even copy his name.
Edited to remove undeserved title of respect and to replace name with unoffensive asterisk.

[Debi]

23. Just added my vote! n/t

[Misskittycat]

25. Done. n/t

[Tommy_J]

26. Done and Kicked!

[PublicWrath]

27. Added my vote, too. n/t

[m_welby]

29. he didn't mis-lead, we mis-followed !!!

-- with apologies to oliphant.

[petgoat]

34. Good point. If you want to assign blame, look in the mirror. nt

[Viking12]

30. Done.

94% Yes.
5.8% No.

Given there is no 3rd option, what happened to the other 0.2%?

[Cleetus]

31. done (eom)

[Jemmons]

32. Done n/t

[file83]

33. * 74709 responses - still 94% YES. Done. Kick. Recommended.

:kick:

[OhioChick]

35. Done 94% Yes n/t

[petgoat]

36. I'd recommend going in through google, if you click a DU link

I think MSNBC knows you came from DU.

Google **MSNBC misled poll** and you'll get there.

[beyurslf]

37. misled=lied

[IChing]

44. misled=lied but really they could have chosen a better word than misled

mislead |mis?l?d| verb ( past and past part. -led )
cause (someone) to have a wrong idea or impression about someone or something :
the government misled the public about the road's environmental impact.


THE RIGHT WORD

If your spouse asks you whether you remembered to mail the tax forms and you say “Yes,” even though you know they're still sitting on the passenger seat of your car, you're telling a lie, which is a deliberately false statement.

If you launch into a lengthy explanation of the day's frustrations and setbacks, the correct word would be prevaricate, which is to quibble, dodge the point, or confuse the issue so as to avoid telling the truth

.If you tell your spouse that you would have mailed the taxes, but then you started thinking about an important deduction you might be entitled to take and decided it would be unwise to mail them without looking into it, you're rationalizing,
which is to come up with reasons that put your own behavior in the most favorable possible light.

If you say that there was an accident in front of the post office that prevented you from finding a parking space and there really wasn't,
fabricate is the correct verb, meaning that you've invented a false story or excuse without the harsh connotations of lie
(: she fabricated an elaborate story about how they got lost on their way home).

Equivocate implies saying one thing and meaning another; it usually suggests the use of words that have more than one meaning, or whose ambiguity may be misleading. For example, if your spouse says, “Did you take care of the taxes today?” you might equivocate by saying “Yes,” you took care of them—meaning that you finished completing the forms and sealing them in the envelope,
but that you didn't actually get them to the post office.

To fib is to tell a falsehood about something unimportant;
it is often used as a euphemism for lie (: a child who fibs about eating his vegetables).

[IChing]

47. Oh, and kick I did vote N/T

[jsamuel]

38. I've never seen any poll on that question that lopsided before

i have seen like 60-40 and stuff, but NEVER 95-5. Even on an unscientific poll, that is a stark contrast.

[katinmn]

70. I have never seen anything like it either. Is it time to

IMPEACH?

Bwwwaaaaa!!!

[barb162]

39. done, 94%

[Beetwasher]

40. Man, That's Gotta Chap Their Asses Considering Their Defense of "The Leak"

is that they were doing it for the public good because they wanted to dispel the notion that they misled the country about Iraq. :rofl:

Man, that defense is gonna go over about as well as pork chops at a Hassidic wedding.

[meganmonkey]

41. And the other 6% prefer to use the word "LIED"

instead of misled

:)

[countingbluecars]

43. done n/t

[Pastiche423]

45. Voted

Do you believe President Bush misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq? * 74838 responses

Yes 94%

No 5.8%

[Booster]

46. Done and a little kick.

[giant_robot]

49. Done.

77868 votes

94% yes

5.8% no

This is really remarkable. What other question could produce such a lopsided result? Do you like pizza? Is murder bad?

[Hissyspit]

50. Ol' pessimist me. This is good news but I read it as bad, as usual.

How the hell did it take 3 years for much of the nation to get to this point when I knew six months before the war started that we were being bullshitted?? I'm not that much smarter than the average person. Or if I'm am surely I'm not that much smarter than your average Senator or journalist?

Oh, well.

[warrens]

51. HAHAHAHAHA, and that's with the FRetards trying to freep the poll

Poor little pinheads. They haven't noticed yet that half their members are melting away, trying to pretend they never voted for the moron.

[David Zephyr]

52. Kick.

[in_cog_ni_to]

53. YES...94% no 6.2% Bwahahahahahahahaha! Sweeeet!

Do you believe President Bush misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq? * 75373 responses

Yes
94%

No
6.2%

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

54. Not misled.. LIED! LIED! LIED! When will the start using the L Word???

I bet that would be 94% Yes too!

[SammyWinstonJack]

89. Big Fat Deliberate Lie!

[Vincardog]

55. 75404 responses Yes 94% No 6.2% you have to count that .2%

Do you believe President Bush misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq? * 75404 responses

Yes 94%

No 6.2%

[bigwillq]

56. Done

Do you believe President Bush misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq? * 75816 responses

Yes
94%

No
6.3%

[MoJoWorkin]

57. Done. Over 76,000 and still holding at 94%. n/t

[Amonester]

58. The next poll should be about what Congress should do about it.

<(The Answer Is My Avatar...)
<(And It'd Be About Time...)
<(Better Late Than Never...)

Do you believe President Bush misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq? * 76351 responses

Yes
94%


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[0007]

59. Wow!

Do you believe President Bush misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq? * 76,448 responses

Yes
94%

No
6.4%

Seventy six thousand four hundred forty eight people voted.

[July]

60. 76,499, 94%, but 6.4% yes, so it's really 93.6%, it seems. nt

[orleans]

61. thanks for the link. heard about the poll on the car radio

(ed schultz)

still at 94%

[mcar]

62. Still 94% yes

[Catrina]

63. Yes - 94%. No - 6.4%

:kick:

[Raksha]

64. Over 76,000 votes now, and STILL 94% yes!!! n/t

[gatorboy]

66. We could have 99.9% against this man.

BUt as long as the Repugs are in power, that man isn't going anywhere. :mad:

[madokie]

67. 76863 votes and still at 94%. I believe if I were he I would be worried

[MelissaB]

68. done!

[joanski0]

69. Done n/t

[katinmn]

71. Still at 94% with 77506 responses

This is encouraging even for the hopeless cynics.

[VOX]

72. 94% YES with 77,523 responses so far. n/t

[drbtg1]

73. Why the hell did they go to tenths of a point?

Are they trying to show how far they'll support Bushco (while demonstrating a lack of math skills)?

[electropop]

74. Done. 94%

[Eugene]

75. Done.

Do you believe President Bush misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq?

94% Yes 6.4% No

77663 responses

:kick:

[acmavm]

76. 6:37 p.m. CST

Do you believe President Bush misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq? * 77677 responses

Yes
94%

No
6.4%

[Vidar]

77. done

[TheBaldyMan]

78. How long b4 Bush can't fill a hall with compliant supporters

less than 5000 people on that poll still think he went into Iraq honestly.

on edit 77,700+ think he's a liar.

[mzmolly]

80. "mislead"

mis·lead ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ms-ld)

To lead in the wrong direction.
To lead into error of thought or action, especially by intentionally deceiving.
See Synonyms at deceive.

de·ceive ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d-sv)
To cause to believe what is not true; mislead. To practice deceit.

Synonyms: deceive, betray, mislead, beguile, delude, dupe, hoodwink, bamboozle, double-cross

Indeed we've been "betrayed, mislead, deluded, duped, hoodwinked, bamboozled and double-crossed" ie LIED to by the pResident of the United States.

Interesting turn around Kat, thanks for posting. :hi:

[katinmn]

81. Hey, mzmolly. They can sugar coat it but a lie is a lie.

:hi:

[Hissyspit]

83. 80,000 responses and STILL 94%. It may not be a scientific poll...

but even a freeping couldn't change that much.

[Sydnie]

84. 80,166 total 94% YES!

Do you believe President Bush misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq? * 80166 responses

Yes
94%

No
6.2%

[KAT119]

85. Done - THANK YOU! n/t

[Mr_Spock]

86. That's an awful lot of people who know the truth now

It's about time...

[eppur_se_muova]

87. 83,778 now, still 94% K&R nt

[katinmn]

88. Come on. A couple more votes to 95%!