CNN poll of things to come.

[liberal72]

The question: Will Al Qaeda the U.S. before the presidential election.

Prediction on next poll question: If Kerry wins is it a victory for Al Qaeda

http://www.cnn.com/

edit: added link

[truthspeaker]

1. polls that ask people to predict the future are stupid

[DenverDem]

2. Polls are stupid.

Just another way to manipulate the sheeple.

[BillZBubb]

5. Not really

People's speculation about the future has a great bearing on what
they do today and tomorrow. They will invariably be wrong about what will happen, but it still effects what actions they take.

The poll isn't important for what is predicted, but for what is commonly believed to be the situation. Insight into what people think will happen can give you useful information to shape policy.

[ozymandius]

3. Utter nonsense

Who else is going to know how possible is a terrorist strike besides terrorists themselves and spy agencies?

Polls like this are a waste of time and effort.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

4. stupid poll question...bush needs an al qeada attack to suspend elections

[BabsSong]

6. What manipulative shit

Are they setting the stage to say "al Qaeda is going to get Kerry elected just like they got the opposition elected in Spain----psssst, remember to go away thinking Kerry/terrorists, Kerry/terrorists". Are they afraid of a Kerry win and praying for a terrorist strike so that they can mutilate President Kerry before he even takes office?? And you can bet if that scenerio takes place that is exactly what this media will do to President-elect Kerry. I have kind of a different conspiracy theory. A strike could blow back in George's face; but the Bush crime family and it's buddies would love to discredit and destroy the new Dem president before he could even sit down in the Oval Office.

[SoCalDem]

7. Only AlQueda knows..

That's such a stupid question.. We have turned into a bunch of scared rabbits.. During the Blitz, did Londoners shake in their boots and call off "regular life"?? or during the IRA bombings?? Shit happens...

Will Gertrude Smith from Sioux Falls be killed in a terrorist bombing on her way to Judy's Hair Salon?? Who knows??

The "scared rabbit" approach to life will RUIN us.. Terrorism works on the basic level. They intend to cause maximum injury, for minimum effort.. That part of it works.. They WANT massive media coverage..THAT part works also..

Unless the media has information about an impending "attack", they should not even cover these attacks.. They only play into the hands of the terrorists.. Anyone who has even had a two year old, knows that the more attention given their tantrums, the more they occur..

I am not saying that the intelligence community should ignore the attacks, but the less "attention" given to the terrorists, the better.

This being said, the WTC event was horriffic, and the attention to it, could not have been avoided, but the attention did not include any real substantive coverage that was constructive.. We only managed to change our own way of life HERE, but very little was changed where it would have/could have made a difference.

There are disenfranchised people all around the globe, and they are apparently pissed enough to take drastic measures..They have no real army, no big aircraft carriers, battleships, planes,tanks, etc. They DO have explosives and people willing to blow themselves up. They know the when, where and how.. We still have not addressed the "why"..

Our politicians love to blather on about how they "want to take over the US".. Does anyone for a minute even believe that nonsense?? What they want to do is to get OUR GOVERNMENT to change its foreign policy.

Their brand of Islam is little more than a "death cult"...and its real goal seems to be more than an attention-getting device.

We just want things to be the "way they were"..

Guess what??? They never really "were"..the way they were..

We were just in a bubble. We all "knew" that there were people here and there who "didn't understand" that we "were just trying to help them"...or that "we could change them"..bring them into the 20th/21st century...

NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO BE LIKE US..

We can never stop a guy who's willing to blow himself up..

Why not focus on making his life good enough to want to live it ??

[KharmaTrain]

8. I Hate This Tin-Foil Hat

All weekend I was amazed at the results in Spain and had to juggle what the attack, the reaction and the elections meant. At first it was a good feeling that the Spanish people were giving the one-finger salute to the Idiot Bastard Son...but then one keeps on going...

Now I'm wondering if this attack, in conjunction with the new smear campaign on Kerry's votes on terrorist and military bills are one in the same to create that "Kerry/Terrorist" mantra.

Folks, face it, that's the one card these assholes are gonna play that's gonna be tough to beat. Yes, it's predicting the future and on the surface it looks like Kerry is soft on something so very front and center. I hope a majority of the electorate (as opposed to the sheeple) are saavy enough to understand the nuances, but there's that soft middle that sways with the media and emotion.

I've long felt an Al Queda attack is a virtual fait-accompli before the elections (my prediction on a close "ally"...near enough to be seen, far enough not to be felt too hard)...but now I'm not so sure another one inside the U.S. isn't possible...and how this could be used to distract and bastardize the election into a re-selection. I hate this Tin-Foil hat!!!