[Peace-discuss] Fwd: CNN HCR poll

[Ricky Baldwin]

Polls, sometimes fortunately, sometimes unfortunately, do not make things happen.

Ricky



"Speak your mind even if your voice shakes." - Maggie Kuhn

--- On Mon, 3/22/10, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu> wrote:

From: C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Fwd: CNN HCR poll
To: "Stuart Levy" <slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Cc: "Peace-discuss List" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 9:11 PM

Given the propaganda from the media & the administration, are you really surprised?  An honest account from those sources would produce an overwhelming majority for Medicare for all.

"... the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy." -- Alex Carey, Australian social scientist


Stuart Levy wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 08:29:10PM -0500, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>> CNN has a new poll on health care reform, taken over the weekend:
>> 
>> <http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/03/22/rel5a.pdf>
>> 
>> Results:
>> 
>>   39%   Favor
>>   43%   Oppose, too liberal
>>   13%   Oppose, not liberal enough
>>    5%    No opinion
>> 
>> So, in favor + not liberal enough = 52%.
> 
> Good that it has the right sign (> 50%)
> but depressing that it's that close.   
>> [From Doug Henwood at Left Business Observer.  --CGE]
> 

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