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CNN Poll: More Americans blame Bush for 9/11
Clinton News Network ^ | 9/11/06

Posted on 09/11/2006 6:56:09 AM PDT by presidio9

The percentage of Americans who blame the Bush administration for the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington has risen from almost a third to almost half over the past four years, a CNN poll released Monday found.

Asked whether they blame the Bush administration for the attacks, 45 percent said either a "great deal" or a "moderate amount," up from 32 percent in a June 2002 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll.

But the Clinton administration did not get off lightly either. The latest poll, conducted by Opinion Research Corporation for CNN, found that 41 percent of respondents blamed his administration a "great deal" or a "moderate amount" for the attacks.

That's only slightly less than the 45 percent who blamed his administration in a poll carried out less than a week after the attacks.

Still, most Americans appear to be fatalistic, with more than half -- 57 percent -- saying they think that terrorists will "always find a way to launch attacks no matter what the U.S. government does."

The poll was carried out August 30 through September 2 by Opinion Research Corp. with 1,004 American adults questioned by telephone. The sampling error for the questions was 3%

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To: diverteach
I appreciate the link but TruthOut.org?

That site is run and populated by the craziest moonbats on the planet.

Do you have a link from a reliable source?
81 posted on 09/11/2006 8:01:08 AM PDT by Beckwith (The dhimmicrats and liberal media have chosen sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
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To: presidio9

I'm glad the survivors you know are doing as well as they are. I think of the valor during Flt. 93 quite regularly and I am struck with the pride in that heroism. They saved many lives, I'm sure of that. They knew about the WTC already and they were determined to foil Part 3 of the plan.


82 posted on 09/11/2006 8:01:51 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou


In fairness, the guys I knew were all in Finance, and were pretty set before hand. I worry a lot more about the fireMEN (They were all MEN, dammit, not PC "fighters") and cops. And, yeah, I'm sure none of the guys on 93 were setting the world on fire (excuse the metaphor). Then, of course there were busboys and waiters in Windows On The World. But, still, it was mostly finance people. Cantor alone lost 658 of them. Which probably goes a long way to explaining Lutnik's alligator arms.


83 posted on 09/11/2006 8:08:15 AM PDT by presidio9 (“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
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To: wideawake
I don't believe that 45% of the US population have actually lost their minds. I would say that somewhere between 5-10% of the population are suffering from severe BDS, but not 45%.

I think you're right. These wack polls can be explained by two things:

1. Almost nobody answers a land-line, home phone anymore -- and of those few who do, many are unrepresentative of the general public.

2. Pollsters are free to commit fraud most of the time. The only time liberal media pollsters feel constrained to be accurate, out of concern for their own credibility, is in the period immediately preceding an election.

84 posted on 09/11/2006 8:11:26 AM PDT by shhrubbery! (Max Boot: Joe Wilson has sold more whoppers than Burger King)
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To: presidio9

Hmm...doesn't anyone blame al qaeda???


85 posted on 09/11/2006 8:12:33 AM PDT by ottothedog (Forbes 2008)
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To: presidio9

A big question I have: who insures the insurers? Chubb? How much did those claims impact the industry?


86 posted on 09/11/2006 8:12:34 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: Obadiah
Deserves repeating in big/bold!:

CNN Poll - That's all you need to know.

87 posted on 09/11/2006 8:12:44 AM PDT by demkicker (democrats and terrorists are intimate bedfellows)
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To: crazyhorse691
I didn't know CNN still had 1,004 employees. And I seriously question if they qualify as adults.

ROTFL... Good one!

88 posted on 09/11/2006 8:14:08 AM PDT by demkicker (democrats and terrorists are intimate bedfellows)
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To: presidio9

Or, at least, conquered someone who invented the zero.


89 posted on 09/11/2006 8:15:35 AM PDT by Unassuaged (I have shocking data relevant to the conversation!)
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To: presidio9
I blame clinton and osama bin laden..........Bush had reacted and proved his commitment to America.
90 posted on 09/11/2006 8:16:04 AM PDT by tioga
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To: SoFloFreeper

The poll was carried out August 30 through September 2 by Opinion Research Corp. with 1,004 American adults questioned by telephone.

Where, in San Francisco and Berkely at the center for Islamic Jihad?


91 posted on 09/11/2006 8:16:08 AM PDT by Joan Kerrey
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To: presidio9
Propaganda alert!

Please label as such, lol.
92 posted on 09/11/2006 8:19:01 AM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: presidio9
Okay,so the news media (CNN) has been telling us how bad Bush has been for the last five years,then they take a poll to see if their propaganda has been working on the masses.
93 posted on 09/11/2006 8:23:10 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (12th district Freeper.)
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To: kabar
It seems like people have some very high expectations for the USG to insulate them from every and anything.

No to simply follow the Constitution for the jobs that they so desperately wanted! Protect the country against ALL ENEMIES foreign and domestic! Clinton so royally screwed this pooch (among other things he was screwing) that it was in his job to stop this attack from happening. He ignored it and the world expected Bush to fix it.

However, Bush's blame is due to keeping all of Clinton crony's in their previous positions of power...and incompetentcy!

94 posted on 09/11/2006 8:25:01 AM PDT by Bommer
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To: Froufrou

The reinsurance industry as a whole.


95 posted on 09/11/2006 8:26:13 AM PDT by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: presidio9
I didn't watch it but was surfing for the last three or four days, CNN has run a series on the Footsteps of Bin Laden. They have been glorifying him for almost a week around the clock.

It looks like a documentary but please, every single day? That's when it starts to look like propaganda.

96 posted on 09/11/2006 8:29:22 AM PDT by floriduh voter (www.conservative-spirit.org or Join Terri's Legacy List Contact: 8mmmauser)
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To: presidio9
The percentage of Americans who blame the Bush administration for the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington has risen from almost a third to almost half over the past four years, a CNN poll released Monday found. And media whoredom is over joyed that their considerable efforts to canker this administration during war time have succeeded beyond their imagination. David Gregory must be absolutely beside himself, gloating, and Chris Matthews will probably create a hangover for the ages with his celebrating. At the alphabet networks' offices, they must be cutting cakes and having office congratulatory parties over their power. Sick leftist bastards ... Sharia will lop their heads off first, even when they try to swear allegiance to the demon allah.
97 posted on 09/11/2006 8:31:15 AM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: presidio9
Another POLL that stands HISTORY and LOGIC on it's head. Truth is meaningless to the MSM where George Bush is concerned.

The DBM's finest hour is still light years away!!

98 posted on 09/11/2006 8:33:37 AM PDT by PISANO
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To: Froufrou


The reinsurance industry. But also, they invest the premiums. Many of the best sell-side traders at the dealers leave to become buy-side traders at the insurance companies. The finance side of the business is often huge.


99 posted on 09/11/2006 8:39:48 AM PDT by presidio9 (“The term ‘civilians’ does not exist in Islamic religious law.”)
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To: presidio9
Well, DUH! How can anyone be surprised at the results of this poll. After five years of relentless pounding of the President, what would some feckless people begin to believe. The whole idea of the pounding was to plant seeds of doubt and distrust, which have now grown, flowered and borne fruit.

I sure hope a lot of them watched the ABC show last night. Edits notwithstanding, it was crystal clear that the Clinton administration dropped the ball in looking for these men, and in going after any terrorists in any meaningful way at all.

I sure hope they include in tonight's show, President Bush's quote about his response to the attacks, and how he would not send missles to destroy a $10 tent just to hit a camel in the a$$!

100 posted on 09/11/2006 8:40:27 AM PDT by SuziQ
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