[jboot]

I don't know if it is true any more than any other polling data is "true". Nevertheless, it does seme to capture the prevailing mood of most people that I know here in the East. In these parts, there is no faster way to become a social leper than to voice even lukewarm support for the war-even amongst "conservatives".

I trust middle America is different. But I don't think the majority of Americans live there.

[Inyo-Mono]

Nevertheless, it does seme to capture the prevailing mood of most people that I know here in the East. In these parts, there is no faster way to become a social leper than to voice even lukewarm support for the war-even amongst "conservatives".

I trust middle America is different. But I don't think the majority of Americans live there.

Wow! What a difference. Here in my hometown, just last week, we lined Main St. with American flags as half the town filled the sidewalks to say goodbye to a local soldier killed in Iraq as the hearse carried his coffin to the cemetary. Flags throughout the county are flying at half mast out of respect for his honor and duty as I write.

Most folks here have "support our troops" bumpers stickers and the ladies and girls at our local schools and churches make yellow ribbons and put them along our main street while there are handmade signs of support for our troops posted on fences, telephone poles and shopkeepers windows. Of course this is middle America out West here.