Please explain a Denver Post POLL?

[serryjw]

Now I can accept that someone would vote for *** because of fiscal policies or is a religious conservative. Please explain the following? Denver Post has a 2 page spread on the election. The results are amazing.

Questions:(partial list--paraphrased)

1) #1 reason you would vote for ***
Answer......I like his integrity and character----51% WTF??

2) do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion on ***---
Answer... 47% favorable

3) How do you rate ** performance as Prez
Answer......50% is either excellent or good

4) Who do you feel would do a better job on Homeland Security,Iraq war OR war on Terrorism(2 different questions)
Answer......55---51% BUSH

Bush wins on questions of the economy, family values,unemployment,taxes

Kerry wins on abortion,Medicare,environment

They TIE on EDUCATION?? WTF??

Does anyone read?

There is alot more BUT the good news is there are still 15% who MAY change their mind before November.

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E29805%257E2236150,00.html

[coloradodem2005]

1. I am starting to think...

...that there are way too many stupid people in my state.

[sallyseven]

2. This is in Colorado

Those people ski all the time and don't read. Altitude is very thin. Brain damage.

[otohara]

6. We Voted Out The Olympics Way Back

when Coloradoan's cared about the environment...520,404 to 345,077. Greedy business leaders were stunned....

just got back from Vail and was sickened by the increase of monster homes hanging on the cliffs of the mountains everywhere. Condos as far as the eye can see. Vail used to be a resort town, but now its a place where millionaires live part-time, or full-time.

[Cobalt Violet]

3. In one word:

Stupidity!

Right wingers are not too bright. They probably are totally clueless what this president is doing. If Kerry did the same exact thing as Bush they would Only hate Kerry for it.

[diplomats]

4. Colorado is a red state that's not even considered a battleground state

Clinton didn't even win there in 1996. And apparently Kerry isn't that far back.

Check out this quote from the article: "

The bad news for Kerry is that he's behind in Colorado," Coker said, "but the good news is that he's not behind by much in a state that he doesn't need to win."

[otohara]

5. How InThe Hell Do People Equate Lying About WAR w/ Integrity?

Just the other day, some dumb woman writes a letter to The Post, repeating the mantra "* Bush has restored honor & integrity, blah, blah, blah"

Are people fucking too stupid to see the difference between lying about a BJ and WAR? I don't get it?

[Martin Eden]

7. Ignorance, Propaganda, and Denial

Ignorance: Most Americans simply don't know the facts, and have very little knowledge or understanding of the world outside their own little self-centered universe.

Propaganda: The Bush administration knows that if you repeat a big lie often enough, it becomes the truth in the minds of the people (a substantial percentage of whom still believe Saddam was at least partly responsible for 9/11). What's really scary is that major media in the U.S. was complicit in propagating this propaganda.

Denial: The Bush team played 9/11 for all it was worth, harnessing the nation's sense of patriotism, grief, anger, and fear. Approval ratings pushing 90% indicate the degree to which the public bonded with Bush as a national leader and placed their trust in him. Most people consciously or unconsciously reject any information that proves them wrong -- that they were played for chumps and that the president in whom they placed their trust has betrayed them with lies and betrayed the country by needlessly sacrficing the lives of our troops in a war that will incite terrorism rather than quell it.

When you combine ignorance with the power of propaganda and the psychological resistance to admitting being so thoroughly wrong about something so important, it is not such a surprise that Bush still enjoys significant support in this country.

[serryjw]

8. Thanks You all about covered it...across the country!

One of my favorite quotes:

The greater the lie, the greater the chance that it will be believed. Is it not amazing that history keeps repeating it's self?

[Martin Eden]

9. Civilization has failed ...

... to teach new generations the hard-won lessons of the past.

one of my favorite quotes:
Those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it.

A liberal education with heavy doses of history and literature is essential to the advancement of civilization, which is probably why conservatives want to drill our children to pass tests based primarily on math, science, and literacy confined to technical achievement rather a well rounded understanding of the world we live in.

The object is to manufacture wealth and power for the ruling elite -- not to educate an informed citizenry capable of achieving the true goals of democracy and self-government.

[tabasco]

10. That's it in a nutshell.

Thank you for stating it so succinctly.