DU this poll: Hussein pre-war ties with al-Qaeda

[malaise]

http://www.capitalnews.org/

26% Yes
74% No

Add results so far.

[PreacherCasey]

1. done

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

2. This poll is retarded.

I fail to see the point.

[malaise]

6. Cheney's comments yesterday

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-04-06-cheney_N.htm

<snip>
Cheney contended that al-Qaeda was operating in Iraq before the March 2003 invasion led by U.S. forces and that terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was leading the Iraqi branch of al-Qaeda. Others in al-Qaeda planned the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

"He took up residence there before we ever launched into Iraq, organized the al-Qaeda operations inside Iraq before we even arrived on the scene and then, of course, led the charge for Iraq until we killed him last June," Cheney told radio host Rush Limbaugh during an interview. "As I say, they were present before we invaded Iraq."

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

50. I see no reason that anyone should support Cheney's delusions...

...either by creating this online poll or participating in it. I have no intention of cooperating with nonsense.

[BOSSHOG]

10. Agreed

Its like asking is two plus two four? - Yes or No?

That is where the level of discourse in a conservative world is today.

[kenny blankenship]

15. It's also retarded in that a NO vote could be construed as an admission there were ties

just that you don't think it mattered enough to justify launching an invasion against Iraq. Either way you answer it, the question was worded to assume as a fact something our intelligence agencies believe(d) to be false, or at least not supported by evidence.

[agtcovert]

21. Amen

I guess if you're trying to figure out, at best, who suffers from extreme cognitive dissonance then perhaps the poll serves some purpose.
A litmus test for the utterly delusional or completely misinformed.

In any case, I've always thought polls were for matters of opinion...at least that's the connotation under which I view them. The "question" posed by said poll isn't a matter of any one's opinion.

[deutsey]

38. A damn Pentagon report concludes there were no connections...

Why isn't the poll asking:

Is Cheney

A) insane?

B) lying?

C) Both A and B?

[EstimatedProphet]

3. Who are the stupid 25% that still believe it?!?

Maybe the administration is paying people to freep the poll.

[rodeodance]

7. part of that 30-33% RW fundie BASE.

[EstimatedProphet]

37. Right, but I mean, "WHO"?!?

Who the hell are people that are so stupid that they believe things like that? What is wrong with them? Are they genetically stupid? Were they raised in a breadbox? Did their parents go out of their way to teach them completely wrong information?

[maddezmom]

4. done

Yes
25%

No
75%


Total Votes: 607

[Donnachaidh]

5. 75% said NO TIES

whoops! People are not buying the bs anymore.

[mudesi]

8. Why are they even asking this question?

The factual answer is NO. There is no room for opinion here.

[LSK]

12. exactly

[rodeodance]

9. now 74% say NO

[rodeodance]

11. going DOWN folks------Total Votes: 649 and 73% say NO

Poll Of The Day
Do you believe Saddam Hussein had pre-war ties
with al-Qaeda justifying the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq?
Yes
27%
No 73%

Total Votes: 649

[rodeodance]

13. VP Cheney Claims al-Qaeda "Present Before We Invaded Iraq"

this is a headline on the same page.

[karlrschneider]

14. done

:kick:

[rodeodance]

16. still doing DOWN- Total Votes: 698 No 72%

Poll Of The Day
Do you believe Saddam Hussein had pre-war ties
with al-Qaeda justifying the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq?
Yes
28%
No 72%

Total Votes: 698

[rodeodance]

17. No 71%

Poll Of The Day
Do you believe Saddam Hussein had pre-war ties
with al-Qaeda justifying the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq?
Yes
29%
No 71%

Total Votes: 721

[acmavm]

18. There's a couple hundred friggin' idiots who responded to this

Do you believe Saddam Hussein had pre-war ties
with al-Qaeda justifying the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq?
Yes
29%
No
71%

Total Votes: 725

[azurnoir]

19. Wow

75% NO the peoples are finally waking up, wasn't that long ago that the stats on that one were the reverse.

[rodeodance]

20. going DOWN No 68%

Poll Of The Day
Do you believe Saddam Hussein had pre-war ties
with al-Qaeda justifying the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq?
Yes
32%
No 68%

Total Votes: 765

[rodeodance]

23. No 67%

Poll Of The Day
Do you believe Saddam Hussein had pre-war ties
with al-Qaeda justifying the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq?
Yes
33%
No 67%

Total Votes: 790

[IChing]

24. kick n/t

[malaise]

26. Larry Cox from Amnesty on CSpan 1 now n/t

[malaise]

25. Being Freeped now

Yes 34%
No 66%

[IChing]

28. nominate this thread n/t

[madokie]

22. no at 66% now

[rodeodance]

27. 65 % say no NOW. it is being Freeped!

Do you believe Saddam Hussein had pre-war ties
with al-Qaeda justifying the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq?
Yes
35%
No
65%

Total Votes: 830

[NewJeffCT]

29. Only 60% now - major Freepage

[City Lights]

30. done. Currently 59% no, 41% yes.

:wtf:

[jwirr]

31. I can't even believe we have to ask that question any more.

[IChing]

32. can someone else nominate this post? n/t

[whistle]

33. Done, but the gap is closing

Do you believe Saddam Hussein had pre-war ties
with al-Qaeda justifying the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq?

Yes 42%

No 58%

Total Votes: 1072

[in_cog_ni_to]

34. 58% NO 42% yes Me thinks it's being freeped. Need to stay on this one!

Do you believe Saddam Hussein had pre-war ties
with al-Qaeda justifying the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq?
Yes
42%

No
58%


Total Votes: 1087

[malaise]

36. Definitely being freeped

Kick

[countingbluecars]

35. Done n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

39. OMG! I can't belive that 47% of the respondents believe it's true! It's telling that lie often

enough......

[Recursion]

40. They had a relationship, if by "relationship" you mean "trying very hard to kill each other"

This is just pathetic. We've become so anti-intellectual that we think any person's opinion on a subject is as worthwhile as any other person's, so it's "rude" to tell someone they're stupid for thinking Saddam and Al Qaida were helping each other.

I read an interview with some creationist who said "what I can't stand is how all these scientists think they're so much smarter than me." Well, about evolutionary biology, they are. Maybe you know more about NASCAR or fixing TVs or whatever than they do.

I don't know. It just gets me down.

[Dervill Crow]

41. 48% say "yes"????!!!!

:wtf:

[lectrobyte]

42. Done, 1439 votes, 49% yes, 51% no

[orleans]

43. looks like the poll is getting freeped. 49 percent are saying yes

i recommend they do a little reading & research instead of spending all their time on the computer answering polls and showing their ignorance!

[DeepBlueC]

44. Now it's 50%-50%

God help us.

[malaise]

46. Uh Oh

52% Yes
48% No

Cheney's office must be working overtime.

[toadzilla]

45. kick. n/t

[Poiuyt]

47. What the hell?

53% yes
47% no
1820 total votes

[Arkansas Granny]

48. Now it's Yes-52% and No-48%.

I would say it's being freeped big time.

[TahitiNut]

49. It might as well ask: "Are you a clueless ass who can't distinguish shit from Shinola?"

Read it and weep. We're a nation that cannot distinguish between fact and fancy - and apparently doesn't give a flying fuck, either. Altogether too many people are completely indoctrinated into elevating 'BELIEF' above knowledge. Here's a newsflash: All opinions are not equal. Not even on DU.

Clue: http://www.pottymouth.org/humor/shinola.html

[malaise]

51. Kick n/t

[baldguy]

52. email [e-mail]

Subject: Capital News Poll

"Do you believe Saddam Hussein had pre-war ties with al-Qaeda justifying the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq?"

In the future please craft your poll question with more care. Objective facts are not subject to opinion.

No matter what the Bush Administration claims or says and no matter what the more ill-informed participants in this poll believe, there were in fact *NO* ties between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda. The Downing Street memos show that the Bush Administration knew this, yet they went ahead with the war anyway.

Now, more than any other time in it's history America needs journalists to present them with objective, factual information. Not pre-washed propaganda or talking points that masquerade as news.

[malaise]

61. Great email n/t

[spanone]

53. 52% yes 48% no. i can't even believe this is a fucking poll question 4 years later.

serously freeped jeeeeezuz

[Vinca]

54. 52% yes???? WTF???? nt

[alfredo]

55. I think the freepers got hold of it.

[bonito]

56. kick n/t

[AnnInLa]

57. Yes 52% No 48%

freeped

[GirlinContempt]

58. Why are they polling?!

If you're going to provide 'news', figure out the fucking answer, back it up, and publish it. I don't care what 200 random americans *THINK* the answer is.

[pepperbear]

59. 50/50 when I voted n/t

[malaise]

60. Back to reality

Do you believe Saddam Hussein had pre-war ties
with al-Qaeda justifying the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq?
Yes 41%
No 59%

[Spirochete]

62. NO leading now 58-42 n/t

[DIKB]

63. The freeps must be on it now

even though it's more a poll testing the general stupidity of the public, they've just trying to convince them everyone's as dumb as a freeper.

[michaz]

64. Done. Why is this question still being asked?

[malaise]

65. Good question

Even the Pentagon says No.

Yes 40%
No 60%
Total Votes: 4560

[FVZA_Colonel]

66. It's 60 no, 40 yes now

Better than what was going on before, but still fucking confusing.

[bigwillq]

67. Done

Do you believe Saddam Hussein had pre-war ties
with al-Qaeda justifying the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq?
Yes
40%

No
60%


Total Votes: 4569