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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSorry. Missed the speech. Couldn't be helped.
A few questions.
How many viewers tuned in to listen to the POTUS talk about Syria?
Did he make a case for his case?
Discuss.
quinnox
(20,600 posts)CNN has a brand new poll, - asking, did it make a difference? - and it split down the middle.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)since when?
quinnox
(20,600 posts)"According to the poll, those who watched the president were divided on whether Obama made a convincing case in his speech for U.S. military action in Syria, with 47% saying he did and 50% saying he didn't.
The survey indicates that the speech didn't move the needle very much on whether U.S. air strikes against Syria would achieve significant goals for the U.S. Thirty percent of speech-watchers questioned before the address said yes. That number edged up to 36% following the address."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/10/cnn-instant-poll-6-in-10-speech-watchers-back-obama-on-syria/?hpt=hp_t1
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)"According to the poll, 61% said they support the president's position on Syria, with 37% saying they oppose his response to the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons against its own citizens."
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)The ODS crowd doesn't know which angle to pursue and are left dumbfounded by the Presidents clear and concise assessment. Stay tuned...
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)frazzled
(18,402 posts)Painful as it is, I think on things as important as this, it's critical to watch and form your own opinion rather than waiting to hear about it second-hand from others. Others might not have heard the same thing or had the same reaction.
You should trust yourself. I sure hope it was a good movie.
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)So I will not take any of the "it's an actual thing" crowd at face value.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Glenn Beckkk dupes morons out of hard earned social security benefits from it. But whatever.
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)They do what they do to rip people off. Republicans are just untrustworthy assholes. They'd sell their own mother if it would help their bottom line.
But since ODS is used as a propaganda attack line against the dirty lefties I guess that you weren't referring to us now, right?
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Speech Video: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017144611
Transcript: http://www.democraticunderground.com/101673322
MuseRider
(34,111 posts)doubt if I would have watched it anyway, in fact, no I would not have.
I would rather read it than watch it, probably won't do that either.
Nothing will change my anti bombing, anti war stance.