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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:12 PM Original message |
Americans overwhelmingly Support Israel, not Palestine |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Polls "say" what the pollsters want them to "say"....and |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. americans also supported the iraq war when we started. popularity doesnt make something right |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Still waiting for MSM to talk about innocent women and children being killed |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Bingo. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
83. True. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's probably because we never hear about the Palestinians unless |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Four decades of Palestinian terrorism might have something to do with that |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. See, the Palestinians aren't terrorists. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Over 300 of the terrorists Israel murdered over the last month were children under 10. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #28 |
70. Four decades of Israeli terrorism hasn't done squat, apparently. (nt) |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
74. Four decades of apartheid and being robbed of your homeland and/or living |
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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well media coverage is primarly pro-Israel. The BBC provides fair coverage in in Europe. |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I don't know what I'd do without the BBC News |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
81. They are. |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. All spin... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. How about a link that shows the methodology of the poll and the size of the sample? |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. So it will probably be up to Hamas |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. WOW....the media has really done it's job |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Indeed |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. America needs to see the WHOLE picture and not selective propaganda. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Yes - although I have little hope of Obama in this particular arena.... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
75. Hey, a little bit of hope is something |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. That's because Israel's far bette than Palestine |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. CNN poll? |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. Poll proves that the pro-Israeli Media bias is still working |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. so Israel controls the American media? |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. They threaten anyone who dares to criticize Israel for slaughtering Palestinians as |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Are you saying US MSM does NOT have a pro-Israel bias? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 05:33 AM Response to Reply #35 |
58. no. I didn't say that at all. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #35 |
65. Having a pro-Israel bias and 'being enslaved to the Israelis' are two different things |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. the typical poll discrediting... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. So, asking for an actual link to actual information about the poll is somehow unreasonable? |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. no, did I say asking for a link was unreasonable? No I didn't |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. "Let me see the sample size and the methodology!" was part of your litany of |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. yes it was |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. When people see polls they don't like, that ALSO have no link, they are perfectly right to question. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. of course they're right to question. |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. LINK HERE: |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. LINK HERE: |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. I believe the poll. I believed the poll where most of America thought the Iraq War was ok, too. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
55. so we're just supposed to believe any old poll without looking at the methods? |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. Great. How many still believe Saddam was associated with 9/11? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. I don't fully support either of them. Both sides have done their share to make the problem worse. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. a. polls lie. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. The "Jews own the media" garbage |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. not the jews. the corporations. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. People who equate Israel with Jews and vice versa are anti-Semitic. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. How about people who equate Islam with Palestinian? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Simple minds can't see the distinction |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 07:10 AM Response to Reply #45 |
64. It's a similar phenomenon |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 08:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
68. Posts 15, 34 and 59 and others |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. You replied to my post, implying that I said that Jews own the media. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #39 |
69. How does this fit with 'owned by Israel'? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. who said anything about or even like "owned by Israel"? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 02:55 AM Response to Reply #77 |
84. In post 32... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. my apologies. |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. When you're a blank slate pumped with massive disinformation your opinion becomes skewed. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
36. This either or type of question is bullshit. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
40. The Neocon propaganda has worked like a charm...even on so-called |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
43. I'm used to being in the minority. |
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nodramamama (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. The media is pro-Israel |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
47. Not a surprise. The majority of people in this country |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
48. Why is this an a) OR b) question? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I support the 1936-1946 Jewish people who were persecuted by the Nazis |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Just thinking the exact same thing. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 06:57 AM Response to Reply #52 |
63. Agree - just posted something similar! |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
51. I seriously doubt that poll. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Why? Because you don't agree with it? It sounds right based on my observations of the real world. |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. You do not strike me as the type who would have any observations of the real world |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. Why? Because of MY observations. Certainly, not all the world sees it as |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
54. Propaganda works! {nt} |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
56. Right. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
60. The rockets launched over the siege walls from Masada will stop... when? |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
61. Who did the poll? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
62. What was the question? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
66. Americans overwhelmingly supported the Iraq war, too |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
67. And the majority of Democrats too... |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
72. THERE'S NO LINK TO THE POLL!! There's a link to a REPORT on the poll but not the poll itself. |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
73. most americans are ignorant about the bad things that really go on in this world. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
78. Interesting. It doesn't seem that way |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
79. The point of your post? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
80. Americans overwhelmingly are ignorant of the facts in I/P conflict |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
82. I support the both |
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Orangeone (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
86. Americans are in the dark |
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genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
87. What do you mean by support? |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-28-09 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
88. While I don't doubt that American public opinion is in Israel's corner, it's a stupid poll |
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