The ink is barely dry on the Iraq Study Group's report and the mainstream media has already decided that the "bipartisan consensus" is gospel.
Just in case any neanderthals who might question this august group haven't gotten the message, MSNBC has created a stunningly blatant online push poll to get them in line.
Text of the poll [emphasis added]:
Do you believe the Iraq Study Group report will make any difference?
Yes. With its recommendations and proposals, it gives the United States the opportunity for a 'graceful exit.'
No. The Bush administration will ignore most, if not all, of the recommendations.
Maybe. If the Democrat-controlled Congress puts pressure on the administration.
Notice that it is assumed that the report will be helpful; there's no option to disagree with the Iraq Study Group's findings. If the group's report isn't helpful, it's only because the Bush administration won't let it succeed.
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But there's no such thing as
December 6, 2006 - 18:29 ET by mattmBut there's no such thing as a liberal media bias, I thought....
Push is right!
December 6, 2006 - 18:52 ET by Gary HallPush poll is right.
There are many different answers that responders may have wished to express. Including:
- Yes. Just getting the Democrats and other naysayers behind something might just be enough to give the Iraqi people enough moral support to pull them together. This, after all, would be a thorn in the stated plan of Al Qaeda.
- Yes. Even if the Bush admin. adopts a few of the more pressing recommendations, such as stepped up training of Iraqi forces, success may come sooner.
- Yes, now that some Democrats have again changed their stance and are calling for more troops now, the terrorists may sense that it's time to get out.
- No. The Democrats are not about to support anything that will allow Bush to pull this off.
- No. Like Sen. Levin (D) said last Nov. (2005), they still have nuclear bombs and now is the time to dust them off.
- Maybe. Maybe not.
<smirk> Good ones, Gary
December 6, 2006 - 21:20 ET by aero<smirk> Good ones, Gary! I like your responses much better than MSNBC's.