Even On Sports Forums The Iraq War Is Unpopular...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

The only place it is probably still popular is at freakrepublic.....



http://forums.espn.go.com/espn/thread?forumID=736&threadID=2240775&lastPostID=13044342

[marmar]

1. Wow...

and that despite being barraged with ESPN's not-so-subtle pro-Republicanism.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. I Am A Huge Sportsfan And I'm Surprised By Some Of The Responses...

Actually for a non political board it tilts slightly to the left...

[marmar]

4. I've been similarly surprised...

by a frequent flyer message board I visit often. You'd be expect it to be loaded with well-off Republicans, but whenever someone tries to sneak some pro-war B.S. into a post, it's immediately attacked.

[opihimoimoi]

3. Saying the right things, jockying for position after the FALL??

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. It's A Message Board Just Like This...Except For The Topic..

I do my best to spread the anti-Iraq war gospel to all corners of the internet universe...

[opihimoimoi]

8. I was refng to those Pubs and their statements....

Come, we go drink :toast:

[MidnightWind]

6. When they've lost the usual right-wing supporters, you know they are

SCREWED. They are losing their base rapidly. Interestingly, I live in the middle of red-state land. And what did I see in my local paper yesterday? A headline that says "State still supports Bush" but the article beneath the headline said that they couldn't find a single person who supported the war in Iraq! So how is that "supporting Bush"? Liberal media my ass!

[ET Awful]

7. Well, I'm not going to register at the site,b ut if you feel like replying

to quesoperro who wrongly says O'Lielly was opposed to the war, ask him why Bill made the promise about if we go in and there are no weapons of mass destruction, he'll apologize and he'll never trust this administration again.

[mattclearing]

10. He did apologize on Good Morning America.

Dunno about the trusting, though.

[ET Awful]

17. That was hardly an apology. n/t

[mattclearing]

18. I only remember it because it made news.

There was an article about it. I didn't see the segment, though.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. I Like Yaozilla's Reply

"it's a tragedy, a sham, a mockery"

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. And Jesustaco's Reply

We threw out a secular dictator in the most "westernized" major Arab country and replaced it with Islamic Facsism. It's like we are doing Bin Laden's work for him.
Even if we are "successful" in creating a Iranian style Islamic state- which is now apparently our "goal"- I see that as a step backward from Saddam, not a step forward. Nice job Bush.

[tx_dem41]

11. Just like there are calls on DU to take back and own the flag...

damnit, we need to take back and own sports too. I'm kind of joking, but kind of not joking at the same time.

[Blue_Tires]

13. the war and bush are still # 1 on the MLB.com fan forums

i hardly go there anymore...and since i also frequent fan sites for the Washington Redskins and University of Kansas (generally conservative fanbases), i get that kind of crap daily

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. Maybe NBA Fans Are A Bit More Liberal Because Of Their Demographics

nt

[Blue_Tires]

16. possibly...

but i guess i wouldn't know because i haven't been a big NBA fan for about 10 years (before the time i was involved in the internets and message boards)

[javadu]

15. Sports Fans . . . Read This!!

I don't post often on DU, but I read DU and dailykos everyday. I am a more active poster on sports message boards.

I want to encourage all DUers who are sports fans to participate in sports message boards for your favorite teams. Many boards have "politics" forums in an effort to keep all political posts off of the general sports forum. Some of them moderate their sports forums and delete political posts. However, they often have a relatively unmoderated "smack" forum in which everything else is discussed, including politics.

If you are a sports fan, I think that you can do a lot of good participating on those boards. My suggestion is that you participate in the sports discussions, as well as the political discussions. This will give your political posts some credibility, but do what you want. I think a common stereotype is that sports fans are repub frat boys. However, you will be surprised by the number of fellow liberals you will encounter on the sports message boards. At the same time, however, you won't be "preaching to the choir."