[freepersup]

ANWR Caribou tastes like spotted owl (which tastes delicious) ummm... yummy !

[DLfromthedesert]

What do the Akaskans want? Everyone else should have NO say!!

[Radioactive]

DRILL!!!!

DRILL!!!!!

DRILL

Who gives a damn about some area where no-one goes anyway.

Screw those damned eco nuts.

[F.J. Mitchell]

So,Mr. Zogby-why don't you run a new poll, to determine if the dodo's you questioned, have any idea just what the hell ANWR is in the first place, and if so, why are they so determined to keep this country dependent upon people who want us dead and our country extinct, for the life blood of our industry?

Ask them if they know the difference between drill, as in marching, drill as in sowing seed, fire drill, drill as in baboon, drill as in strong twilled cotton fabric.

[bigsigh]

which freeper said "Polls are for topless dancers."

[airborne]

55 percent of Americans aren't even sure what ANWR is, he said.

So how can a majority object to drilling?

[MississippiMan]

I guess Zogby has decided to completely chunk his credibility, because there is NO way, and I do mean NO WAY, that a majority of Americans actually oppose drilling the ANWR, which would bring down fuel prices and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. I repeat: NO WAY. And BTW, I've been known to blast folks who disbelieve polls simply because they don't turn out the way they'd like. My disbelief has nothing to do with my (admitted) desire for such drilling, but because this is a purely hard-left issue, and I suspect the number who'd really oppose it is somewhere closer to the 30% mark.

SHEESH.

MM

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

"Congress is spending too much time trying to open (ANWR) to oil drilling as a payback to the oil companies for their campaign contributions, instead of focusing their attention on more important issues like keeping us safe, providing affordable health care and strengthening the economy."

Overall, 65 percent agreed and 27 percent disagreed, with 9 percent unsure.

LOL!!!! Oh, my gosh!!! Can they try ANY harder to lead the person being questioned? LOL!!!

How about "Congress is killing babies, old people, minorities, and women in order to spend too much time trying to open (ANWR) to oil drilling as a payback to the oil companies. Do you think it is good of congress to do this? (HINT - The answer begins with "Y.")

How can any respectable "journalist" not die laughing at polls like this. Instead they publish it as "news."

[profg]

Here's what you get from polls WITHOUT Zogby's leading questions:

National Polls Find Majority of Americans Support ANWR Production
Results refute recent biased poll sponsored by activist group

"Two separate national polls released this week show a majority of Americans believe Congress should open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for oil production. These findings come in direct contrast to a Zogby poll released last week funded by the Wilderness Society and other environmental special interest groups."

See http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/Press/releases/2005/0202anwrpolls.htm

And what do Alaskans think?

Poll: Eskimos Back ANWR Drilling

"The last time they were surveyed, Americans most directly affected by a Bush administration proposal to drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge overwhelmingly backed the plan. Seventy-five percent of Alaskans told a February 2000 Dittman research survey that they wanted to open up the refuge for drilling, with only 23 percent opposed."

See http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/3/14/110729.shtml

Welcome to reality, Mr. Zogby.

[1Old Pro]

These polls may be correct. It's because the pro-drill side has done NO marketing. The only marketing has been the anti-drilling side showing pristine landscapes with thousands of furry animals kissing each other.

When Bush starting "selling" his side of the Iraq war his poll numbers turned around. Same would be true if we "marketing" why we should drill in ANWR and show REAL pictures of the area which looks more like a frozen wasteland than a pristine animal refuge.

[winner3000]

Zogby could get whatever answer he wants based on the way he asks the question. How about: Would you want the US to drill and destroy the gorgeous beauty of the arctic refuge?

[Truth29]

Barf. With addressable power, can we let the 55% freeze and walk; or at least can we have a two tiered billing system one for Luddites and one for the rest of us?