Country/Joe Scarborough says that a military strike against Iran would be popular - Polls disagree

[NNN0LHI]

http://mediamatters.org/items/200708300004

Buchanan, Scarborough claimed that a military strike against Iran would be popular, but polls suggest otherwise
Summary: On MSNBC, Pat Buchanan claimed that a U.S. attack on Iran is "comin{g}" and went on to assert that a military strike against Iran would be "a very popular initial move." Joe Scarborough agreed, stating that "a military strike against Iran initially would be extraordinarily popular with the American people." But polling data show that most Americans say they would oppose an attack on Iran.

On the August 27 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan suggested that U.S. officials were "laying down a predicate" for "military strikes" on Iran. Buchanan claimed that an attack on Iran is "comin{g}" and went on to assert that a military strike against Iran would be "a very popular initial move." Host Joe Scarborough agreed, stating that "a military strike against Iran initially would be extraordinarily popular with the American people." Buchanan asserted that "if you took polls of the American people, they would put Iran right up at the top of America's enemies list and much more fearful of Iran than they are of anything coming out of Iraq."

When Time.com Washington editor Ana Marie Cox questioned Buchanan and Scarborough's assertions, characterizing their discussion as "fantasy talk," Scarborough claimed that "military strikes and Iran with middle America, that is not fantasy at all, it would be popular."

While Americans place Iran at the top of the list of countries most dangerous to the United States, a clear majority of Americans say they would oppose an attack on Iran. A May 2007 poll conducted by CNN and Opinion Research Corp. found that 63 percent of respondents said they would oppose a U.S. government decision "to take military action in Iran." By contrast, only 33 percent of those polled responded that they would favor U.S. military action in Iran.

Polls from earlier this year also show the public is opposed to an attack on Iran:

[PDJane]

1. That's crazy.

The most dangerous countries America has to face are China.......and America.

[YDogg]

2. Buchanan and Scarborough have been taking like this for a while.

It's fucking disgusting.

[Union Thug]

3. I think that a military strike against Scarborough would be much more popular! n/t

[PM Martin]

4. I'd support that!

:thumbsup:

[stanwyck]

8. Just don't hurt Mika

who is the only reason to tune in. She tried to get a word in when Coulter was on yesterday. Coulter maintained that O'Reilly didn't say anything out of the ordinary when discussing Sylvia's Restaurant. Mika tried to interject that it was his tone of amazement that was unsettling. But Joe, as he always does, paid no attention and just kept sucking up to Coulter. No tough questioning.
But the reason I've decided to quit watching his show in the morning is how he and Geist this week absolutely spun the Limbaugh story. All Joe had to do was show Rush making his statements. The audience could decide for themselves. But, no, Joe and Willie decided to kowtow to Rush and repeat the lie that he was only talking about a specific soldier -- totally unsupported by the actual transcript.
Plus, no mention of Rush doctoring the broadcast before it aired on Armed Forces radio.
What a bunch of cowards. All of them. (except Mika.)

[musette_sf]

5. god, i thought your subject line was

"Country Joe McDonald says that a military strike against Iran would be popular"

[judaspriestess]

6. wtf is up with this bloodlust these people have?

its fucking crazy

[NNN0LHI]

7. I suspect they both recognize that the Republican party is in deep shit

And being the piece of shit Republicans Buchanan and Scarborough both are they wouldn't mind seeing tens of thousands of Iranians and American soldiers killed in some sick demented attempt to salvage their party.

That is the way it appears to me.

Don