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To: exDemMom
The hysterical grasping to this commissioned poll by Zogby, which bore no resemblance to any other poll taken in the country is humorous to watch. I suspect "life news" commissioned it with the questions worded by them so ambiguously as to be meaningless as it relates to the Schiavo case.

No one's buying it.

7 posted on 04/05/2005 6:50:29 PM PDT by KDD (just the facts please)
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To: KDD

The Zogby poll was the only one that asked questions actually relevant to the Schindler case. The ABC poll completely misrepresented the facts--it was what is often called a "push" poll.


8 posted on 04/05/2005 7:00:15 PM PDT by exDemMom (Death is beautiful, to those who hate their own lives.)
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To: KDD

So you'd be in the murder the voice-free camp, I take it?


9 posted on 04/05/2005 7:05:32 PM PDT by bvw
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To: KDD
I suspect "life news" commissioned it with the questions worded by them so ambiguously as to be meaningless as it relates to the Schiavo case. ... No one's buying it.

It would be fun to compare the poll wording from the various sources. IIRC, the ABC and CBS polls began with the premise that the patient was brain dead and on life support, or the legally false premise that somebody other than the patient gets to choose (e.g., "Who would you rather have make life or death medical decisions for you, your spouse or your parents?"). Some of the exact wording of the Zogby poll questions is below, for your convenience.

Misleading the public, and forming public opinion (and somewaht, public policy) with polls and fake memos is not healthy for freedom.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1375888/posts <-- Link

"If a disabled person is not terminally ill, not in a coma, and not being kept alive on life support, and they have no written directive, should or should they not be denied food and water," the poll asked.

"When there is conflicting evidence on whether or not a patient would want to be on a feeding tube, should elected officials order that a feeding tube be removed or should they order that it remain in place," respondents were asked.

Some 18 percent said the feeding tube should be removed and 42 percent said it should remain in place.

When asked directly about Terri's case and told the her estranged husband Michael "has had a girlfriend for 10 years and has two children with her" 56 percent of Americans believed guardianship should have been turned over to Terri's parents while 37 percent disagreed.


47 posted on 04/06/2005 3:58:13 AM PDT by Cboldt
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