Hit and Myth: Poll Shows 1 in 3 Americans Still Believe Saddam Involved in 9/11

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Editor & Publisher

Six years after the 9/11 terror attacks on the U.S., it seems the media still have some educational work to do. A new CBS/New York Times poll reveals that even today, 1 in 3 Americans believe that "Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon."

This notion was thoroughly debunked by official sources, including those in the White House, years ago, but the myth endures. Polls have shown that belief in this untruth was a prime component in support for the attack on Iraq.

Four in 10 Republicans still hold this view, compared with 32% of Independents and 27% of Democrats.

The poll of 1,035 adults was taken Sept. 4 to 8.



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The propaganda is still working!

[ananda]

1. Well..

It used to be 2 out of 3, didn't it?

[Barrett808]

16. I think this number is significantly down, so the trend is in the right direction... n/t

[subsuelo]

28. doesnt matter all that much now

the administration got away with what it needed to get away with: invading Iraq, overthrowing the ruler, and ensuring a US-friendly regime will somehow emerge

[HopefulCanadian]

2. Head shaking

I'm not sure there is enough tin foil hats to fit all the ones who think that Saddam was personally involved as well as those that think Bush and the CIA were involved.

[TheWatcher]

13. Not to mention the most deluded one's of all.....

The people who still cling to the Orwellian Fantasy that is The Official Story.

:eyes:

Continue sleeping. I'm beginning to believe it really doesn't matter anymore.

[saigon68]

29. SHEEP (nt)

[hisownpetard]

3. Oh, @#$%^&*()(*&^%$# - say it isn't so! n/t

[ShortnFiery]

4. That's because our Corporate Media only serves it's masters within the Military Industrial Complex.

Perpetual War = Double Plus Good!

[bread_and_roses]

22. and if Democrats were telling it like it is about the illegitimate junta's

unconstitutional acts, its' lies, its' violations of international law, its' grab for Iraq's oil - how many of them are speaking against the "oil law" the Corporate shills are demanding of the Iraqis? - then maybe fewer would be willing to swallow ALL the swill put out by the mal-administration.

[alfredo]

5. When asked, Petraeus said there was no connection between Saddam

and 9-11.

[trusty elf]

6. catapult the propaganda

It's time for some Saddam Hussein anagrams.

mad sand hussie
as sand he is mud
send a humid ass
medusa had sins
unmessiah's dad
sand had misuse
demand as sushi
humid sand seas
adam's used shin
usa mends a dish
sand sham is due
head man is suds
usa demands his
mud ass in hades
mad hand issues
susan had dimes
dam his nude ass
ham issued sand
shun a sad deism
saudis' mad hens
ashamed in suds
same sad hindus
and i smashed us
dune sham is sad
send saudis ham
a mind shades us
shade as nudism
shuns mad ideas
dune has sadism
sand i shamed us
dad uses sin ham
his name dud ass
us's men had aids
i am suds and she
dim sauna sheds
a hidden u.s. mass
a sand hued miss
human's ass died
dead sinus hams
his sand medusa
a snide suds ham
dad names sushi
sad danish muse

[regnaD kciN]

7. Look on the bright side...

A year or so ago, that number was 59%. People are beginning to get it, albeit slowly.

[abq e streeter]

8. What? 27 % of DEMOCRATS???

Yow

[trusty elf]

9. What I find really troubling

is that 9 out of 10 people STILL don't believe that dubya dangled a baby out of a hotel window too!

When are they going to wake up!

[ladjf]

10. I am not joking when I say that something is making Americans

dumb.

[TheWatcher]

14. Yes there is.

It's called Apathy, Self-Absorption, Self-Delusion, Willful Ignorance, and the desperate need to do anything to avoid having to face even the remotest uncomfortable Truth.

[ladjf]

17. Good point. However, I view that behavior as being the symptom

rather than the cause.

[fujiyama]

19. Don't forget the mainstream media!

[SomeGuyInEagan]

33. Hmmm. Could it be mainstreaming curricula ...

... to focus on rote memorization so that students' growth may be "measured" by standardized tests rather than promoting the development of critical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills? And then attacking those schools, teachers and administrators who point out that standardized tests lead to standardized minds? And then defunding those schools or otherwise attacking them financially?

And then cutting all sorts of college aid programs, thus making it far more difficult for students to even consider pursing a higher education (for whatever reason one wants - whether out of necessity for employment or love of learning) without looking at a mortgaged future and a still the possibility of being stuck in a series of unstable jobs?

Could it be a real effort to dumb down a large segment of the population, keep them scared and unstable, so that they don't question authority?

Nah ... nobody would try that.

[depakid]

11. 27% of Democrats

Impressive. That's about the same percentage of Congressmen and Senators who consistently enable or vote with the far right.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. It would appear we've found their constituents. n/t

[rodeodance]

15. they even got Petraeus to say there is NO link on Nat. TV today.

[StarryNite]

18. Brainwashed fools!

[DemBones DemBones]

20. ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! nt

[AndyTiedye]

21. "You Can Fool Some of the People All of the Time, And Those are the Ones You Want to Concentrate On"

[LynnTheDem]

23. Poll Shows 1 in 3 Americans is too ignorant for belief.

HTF did so many Americans ever get to be so damned dumb.

[ProudDad]

24. Uh, 'cause they were trained to be (n/t)

[durablend]

26. Slap a "Bush Cheney 2004" bumper sticker on

And VOILA--you have your answer!

[aaronbees]

25. Never underestimate the power of a lie ....

repeated ad nauseum. There is still a kind of post-traumatic, collective psychosis in this country.

[CJCRANE]

27. There's your support for the war.

If the anti-war crowd and 9/11 truthers targeted "Saddam did NOT do 9/11" messages at the Repub base/freepers then the support would dry up. A poll I saw back in '04 showed that 85% of American troops in Iraq believed this meme.

[saigon68]

30. It shows how recruiters go after

Mostly ignorant rustics-- who enjoy believing "gangster" Cheney's fairy tales

I know I saw this when "the troops" ate up Johnson's lies 40 years ago---- look to Project 100,000 to get your answer (for those who want a link and won't do their own research)

[riverdale]

31. Polls show 95% of Americans believe in God

That should tell you how stupid we are as a nation.

[PATRICK]

32. Cool, I am waiting

for the next Saddam video release whose authenticity will not be questioned by the MSM.

Bush: "I'm just not all that concerned about Saddam." That is the only thing that will give the 30% permission to re-enter the real world.

[slackmaster]

34. Come on people, you know how dumb the average person is

Half of them are dumber than that.