[George W. Bush]

We certainly are closer in thought on this subject than the last we chatted about.

A happier thread, no doubt.

What happened to the FreeRepublic that knew these polls are bogus, that they're tools to manipulate opinion and diminish the chances of conservative success?

I want that cynical old FreeRepublic back again, the FreeRepublic that could smell opinion-shaping by the media a mile off. I'm not as fond of this new live-by-the-polls bunch of FReepers we have now.

[pissant]

Not sure. But there is no doubt in my mind that liberal polling outfits do there best to shape opinion. It is the nature of liberals.