Why is CNN polling about 9/11 Iraq connection?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

http://www.cnn.com

WTF? - The 9/11 commission found no link between the 9/11 attacks and Saddam yet CNN is asking whether or not "we" think there IS a connection?

This is truly an effed up country we live in!

[Tim4319]

1. Sounds like The Cheney News Network to me!

[bif]

4. One of the right wingers here at work called it the Communist News Network

Sure. It's a left wing network.

[RebelOne]

17. Done.

[bif]

2. Maybe they're doing it to show what idiots Americans are

n/t

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

I think ALOT of there polls do that

Amazingle well too, btw

[LosinIt]

6. they're doing a fine job of it

[DemoVet]

16. Well, duh!

No, I really mean "duh". Not quite half of us (hopefully, tho it didn't help last time) will vote for this crew. I've worked in politics before and dealt with Republicans as an election board official, generally amicably. I felt at the time that our differences were policy based and never personal. Now I'm going to find it hard to meet a Republican and not want to ask, "what do you think of members of a Republican administration, members of your own party, trying to help the president evade the Constitution, the Geneva Convention, and all that is right and decent so that he could arbitrarily have people confined and tortured? Do you believe that torturing human beings is a good thing? Do you believe that the Constitution is outdated and 'quaint' and that John Ashcroft can just go ahead and use it as toilet paper?" Unless and until each of them can answer "no" to these questions our differences are now moral and personal, which run far deeper than differences of policy.

So I'd like to see how many still think that Iraq, al-Queda, and 9-11 are all linked. Lets me know if critical thinking is beginning to happen out there.

[ClassWarrior]

3. Link?

n/t

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Um, there's a link there

n/t

[punpirate]

5. Consider it a push poll to keep the meme alive...

... since Cheney spent the weekend repeating it to any asshole reporter who would listen to him.

CNN thinks ethics are something in the cafeteria, wrapped in plastic.

[Supormom]

7. 71% of respondents said no.

[cheezus]

9. so 29 yes? wtf

the poll should be this:

Is the 9/11 commission's conclusion that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 correct?

[dansolo]

24. Actually, the I think the poll is valid

If you recall, didn't they have a similarly worded poll months ago where the numbers were reversed? I think that there is value in having the poll now with the same question, in order to demonstrate whether people are actually paying attention to the 9/11 commission. While 29% is still high, keep in mind that not too long ago 70% of the people polled thought there was a connection.

[Cannikin]

8. Go and vote to make sure the 'no's' keep it!

Yes 29% 3726 votes

No 71% 8993 votes
Total: 12719 votes

[MirrorAshes]

10. I posted this also

It really is mindblowing. Can someone just grab these people by the shoulders and shake them profusely please?

[Loonman]

Wolfie must be behind in his GOP ass-kissing

Maybe.

[LuLu550]

11. Cheney said it again a day or so ago

and Bush agreed with him. It has become an issue again in TV newsland. Frankly, I think it is good they are polling again to show how much this constant lie by Cheney and Bush is affecting the "less informed." It's a poll Kerry can use against them.

[Generic Other]

12. Hasn't the WH admitted there was no link?

How can even 29% continue to believe this lie?

[Skittles]

13. um.......because they are media whores?

nt

[Goldmund]

14. In order to imply...

...that a link is still a possibility. Plain and simple.

[truthspeaker]

15. who are those 29% morons?

I never understood why anyone thought Iraq was involved. There was no evidence whatsoever.

Imagine if someone had done a survey in 1942 asking "Do you think Nicaragua worked with Japan to plan the attack on Pearl Harbor?"

[RebelOne]

18. They must only watch Fox News.

[Francine Frensky]

20. Could someone make a lawsuit out of Fox/Rush, etc. lies??

I mean seriously, the right-wingers lies and innuendos and mud-slinging has seriously distorted the reality for a lot of americans who listen to talk radio all day and watch fox at night. These people are so out of it they still say stupid things like, "why doesn't the media ever show all the good things that are happening in Iraq?" and "Saddam had wmds." and "hillary is the devil". And then these people get all riled up to vote and elect idiots like bush and delay and that ruins the country for the rest of us.

Isn't there some way to take legal action against someone who lies over public airways???

[ElementaryPenguin]

19. Bush's base!

Same 30% that keep popping up as Bushler supporters. In other words, at least 30% of the US population is now certifiably insane!

[Catherine Vincent]

21. That's bizarre for CNN to have that poll question.

Do they not believe the 9/11 commission?

[Cat Atomic]

22. Media happily allows the right wing to steer public debate.

The question should be:

"In the light of the 9-11 Commission's finding that no connection existed between Iraq and 9-11, what should be done about Cheney's continued Iraq/9-11 claims?"

[Paranoid_Portlander]

23. Tony Blair still insists that WMDs exist.

A direct quote from Blair on C-SPAN last night sometime between 7:00--8:00 PM PT: "The WMDs won't go away if we ignore them." So does he want us to pay attention to the WMDs instead? Will the WMDs go away if we pay attention? Will Blair go away if we pay attention and ask questions?