Flashback: Poll: 70% believe Saddam, 9-11 link

[think]

The MSM & the politicians mislead the American public and we fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

Here's to the hope of a more informed America for a better tomorrow. May America never sink this low again in factual ignorance....

Poll: 70% believe Saddam, 9-11 link

Posted 9/6/2003 8:10 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly seven in 10 Americans believe it is likely that ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the Sept. 11 attacks, says a poll out almost two years after the terrorists' strike against this country.
Sixty-nine percent in a Washington Post poll published Saturday said they believe it is likely the Iraqi leader was personally involved in the attacks carried out by al-Qaeda. A majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents believe it's likely Saddam was involved.

The belief in the connection persists even though there has been no proof of a link between the two.

President Bush and members of his administration suggested a link between the two in the months before the war in Iraq. Claims of possible links have never been proven, however.

Veteran pollsters say the persistent belief of a link between the attacks and Saddam could help explain why public support for the decision to go to war in Iraq has been so resilient despite problems establishing a peaceful country.

Full article:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-09-06-poll-iraq_x.htm

[Fumesucker]

1. K&R for the wisdom of the American people...

[Fred Sanders]

3. And humble and sober recognition of the massive power of mass media propaganda. Exceptional.

[on point]

2. Not me. Dems like HRC helped con the American people by not stepping up to call out the fraud

I was not among the 70 %, nor were millions around the world who knew this was a fraud.

The craven pols like HRC, the corrupt media like the NYT, all who backed Bush, helped sell this fraud to the American people, and that is one reason the 70% number is there.

NONE deserve forgiveness for their crimes

[think]

12. HRC certainly did not help Americans understand they were being mislead on this information /nt

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

4. Run the poll again today.

I bet the numbers won't have changed much, if at all.

[think]

6. Unfortunately you are probably correct.

Americans are very busy people and if they count on the MSM to be their main source of information they are probably not getting very accurate and useful information.

[Cali_Democrat]

5. When is the media going to finally be held accountable for their poisonous bullshit?

[think]

8. Good question. Realistically though. NEVER /nt

[Octafish]

7. That's what happens when you catapault the propaganda all damn day long.

The great DUer bobthedrummer explained;

Good CIA, bad CIA and the root cause of the "intelligence failure"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1695779

[think]

11. Frustrating that we live in one of the most advanced countries in the world & still fall for BS /nt

[Octafish]

13. It's the best media money can buy. Like Democracy.

Those with money now act like they own it.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. Including some gullible/stupid/ambitious Democratic senators who voted for Bush's war.

Or, at least that was their excuse for voting for it.

[think]

10. Ambitious sounds most likely /nt

[mmonk]

14. Which is why people in the US are manipulated and thus, uninformed on many things