It's Official: Bush Supporters Are Dumber Than Bush

Paul Craig Roberts, Ronald Reagan's Secretary of the Treasury, has analyzed the polling data and finds ignorance of BushCo cause & effect rampant.

Two recent polls, a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll and a New York Times/CBS News poll, indicate why Bush is getting away with impeachable offenses. Half of the US population is incapable of acquiring, processing and understanding information.

That half would be the backside of the Bell Curve, Paul.

The inherent barrier to the truth: the media.

Much of the problem is the media itself, which serves as a disinformation agency for the Bush administration. Fox "News" and right-wing talk radio are the worst, but with propagandistic outlets setting the standard for truth and patriotism, all of the media is affected to some degree.

Simply baffling polling results:

64% of the respondents have concerns about losing civil liberties as a result of anti-terrorism measures put in place by President Bush. Yet, 53
percent approve of spying without obtaining court warrants "in order to reduce the threat of terrorism."

Only 43 percent said they approved of Bush's performance as president. But a majority believe Bush's policies have made the US more secure.

And then there are those pesky facts, ignored by the press and the pollsters:

The law permits the president to spy first (for 72 hours) and then come to the court for permission. As the court meets in secret, spying without a warrant is no more effective in reducing the threat of terrorism than spying with a warrant.

95 percent of all Muslim terrorists in the world were created in the past three years by Bush's invasion of Iraq.

Here's a little factoid to add to your list, Paul:

Only 11% of Americans rank terrorism as a major issue affecting their lives.

But that question was polled a few days before Hamas won the Palestinian election in a landslide... an event the Bush administration "never saw coming."


File this under: The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct. Marcus Tulius Cicero