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01-23-2003, 09:26 AM
Public Support for War Virtually Unchanged
By Gregg Bish
GOPUSA News
January 23, 2003
ST. LOUIS, MO. (GOPUSA News) -- Citing a long list of public opinion polls taken by a variety of polling companies over several months time, a senior administration official put a damper on speculation that public opinion support for a war with Iraq was sharply declining.
Using data from Newsweek, Fox Opinion Dynamics, CNN-Time, and others, dating back to August of 2002, the administration official demonstrated that public opinion has steadily supported, by a ratio of 60-40, military action against Iraq.
"Fox poll, January of '03, 67-25; October, 62-27; Pew poll, 68-25; October, 55-34. According to Pew, it's gone up dramatically. CBS, January of '03, 64-30; October, 64-25," the official said.
"CNN-Time, 60-33 in January; 57-33 in November. So, according to CNN-Time, it's actually gone up."
The administration's statements take umbrage with recent media statements that suggest the President's popularity and support for a war to disarm Saddam Hussein is suffering as diplomatic efforts by the U.N. continue to fail to produce evidence of a stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.
Full Story (http://gopusa.com/news/2003/january/0123_war_support.sht ml)
I'm not surprised to learn that recent stories are just a *little more dissembling by a leftwing press with an agenda.
By Gregg Bish
GOPUSA News
January 23, 2003
ST. LOUIS, MO. (GOPUSA News) -- Citing a long list of public opinion polls taken by a variety of polling companies over several months time, a senior administration official put a damper on speculation that public opinion support for a war with Iraq was sharply declining.
Using data from Newsweek, Fox Opinion Dynamics, CNN-Time, and others, dating back to August of 2002, the administration official demonstrated that public opinion has steadily supported, by a ratio of 60-40, military action against Iraq.
"Fox poll, January of '03, 67-25; October, 62-27; Pew poll, 68-25; October, 55-34. According to Pew, it's gone up dramatically. CBS, January of '03, 64-30; October, 64-25," the official said.
"CNN-Time, 60-33 in January; 57-33 in November. So, according to CNN-Time, it's actually gone up."
The administration's statements take umbrage with recent media statements that suggest the President's popularity and support for a war to disarm Saddam Hussein is suffering as diplomatic efforts by the U.N. continue to fail to produce evidence of a stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.
Full Story (http://gopusa.com/news/2003/january/0123_war_support.sht ml)
I'm not surprised to learn that recent stories are just a *little more dissembling by a leftwing press with an agenda.