Russert now again bringing up that 60% of people do not support war... Lieberman says we cannot conduct foreign policy by public opinion polls...
How would Timmy come up with public policy ideas without polls?????
See, here is one example we can sink our teeth into. According to Russert, do 60% of the people want an immediate pullout? Of course not! But Russert doesn't define what he means by stating this, so the implication is for immediate ceasefire and withdraw. Words have meaning. What does Russert mean with this statistic?
Not what the poll measures, I'd wager. I suspect it measures a number of opposite views. It might be measuring some dissatisfaction that we haven't completely won yet, like the home town teams fans who get more nervous in overtime. It might mean that, yes, some want an immediate withdraw of the US military. It might mean some want us to bring on the B-52s and start carpet bombing. Or all of the above.
So we need to check this poll he cites and see what the heck it's trying to measure. If it's as above, as I think it is, I'll be sending Mr. Russert a note.