I watched all six hours of testimony in the House yesterday, and the most impressive thing about it was General Petraeus’s ability to remain cool and calm during the asinine questioning by house Democrats. I must admit that the proceedings themse…

If this works, Bush deserves a lot of credit for it. One of those “great Presidential decision” moments.

Americans by large margin trust Licensed/Seasoned Surgeons more to successfully conduct open heart surgery on stroke victim than professional politician.

The fact this was ever even a question short the pansies, LLL’s, and NYT’s staff is idiotic.

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I don’t know how to square that circle

Most likely, neither do the people giving those answers. But here’s a hypothesis: They want to do the easy thing and not think about the consequences, as we did in the 1990s.

Miss_Anthrope on September 10, 2007 at 11:36 AM

Love the sarcasm! After my last comment, you may be a ray of hope.

(that makes my head hurt…makes my head hurt bad)

It seems to fly in the face of conventional wisdom… I can’t help but think that maybe the sample was poorly chosen or something. Iraqis saying that during the surge virtually every aspect of their lives has gotten worse?

Just a couple of months ago, that global attitudes survey showed Iraqis to be among the most optimistic in the world regarding their future, and now this poll shows that like 70% think their lives will be worse in a year. Somebody is wrong.

What I find really interesting is that the vast majority trust the military commanders’ judgments on Iraq. Cool. That is great.

But – the NYT goes on to ask a number of questions that require judgments that, as a logical conclusion of people trusting the military commanders, those people should not be/are not qualified to/can’t be trusted to answer accurately.

So, it seems to me that with an MSM-conducted poll like this, which gauges public opinion on things such as whether the US should set a timetable for withdrawal in 2008 – public opinion I might add that is gleaned from and formed by the MSM (as per questions 73-75 that Allah points out) – it seems to me that while people have said that they trust the commanders, the MSM elevates public opinion even above that. And because that opinion is formed, at least in large part (q.75), by the MSM, it all seems a bit masturbatory.

A war fought obsessed with popular opinion is not a war at all.

e-pirate, I think the survey should be something about how people think ice cream tastes good on a hot day.

I am willing to bet that a polled citizen, even one who frequently watches Oprah would respond differently IF the order of the questions mirrored sound decision making.

NYT poll: Vast majority trusts military’s Iraq judgment over that of Bush and Congress

Ummm allow me to be first to say, not a surprise at all?

NYT pollsters are really earnin those paychecks.

What’s next, “NYT poll: Vast majority think puppies are more adorable than both Bush and Congress”?