Comments on: Americans Don’t Support the ‘Nuclear Option’ http://dancody.org/archives/americans-dont-support-the-nuclear-option.html Progressive commentary & Wisconsin politics by Daniel Cody of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:01:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Les http://dancody.org/archives/americans-dont-support-the-nuclear-option.html#comment-1878 Les Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:24:06 +0000 http://dancody.org/wordpress/?p=668#comment-1878 Polls are often as manipulative as the ones taking them. Case in point--there was a poll taken a few weeks ago that asked people if they supported Bush's Social Security plan. A striking majority said no. Later in the poll, the same people were asked if they would support certain types of changes to the system, which coincidentally matched the Bush plan. A significantly larger, albeit still a minority, of people said they would. The only difference was that Bush's name was left out. That's the problem with politics today. People can't see beyond the elephants and the asses. Everybody knows work has to be done on Social Security, but know one wants to admit it on the other team's watch. Did you hear about the bill Harry Reid proposed in 1983 yet? Polls are often as manipulative as the ones taking them. Case in point–there was a poll taken a few weeks ago that asked people if they supported Bush’s Social Security plan. A striking majority said no. Later in the poll, the same people were asked if they would support certain types of changes to the system, which coincidentally matched the Bush plan. A significantly larger, albeit still a minority, of people said they would. The only difference was that Bush’s name was left out.

That’s the problem with politics today. People can’t see beyond the elephants and the asses. Everybody knows work has to be done on Social Security, but know one wants to admit it on the other team’s watch.

Did you hear about the bill Harry Reid proposed in 1983 yet?

]]> By: mwarden http://dancody.org/archives/americans-dont-support-the-nuclear-option.html#comment-1877 mwarden Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:12:09 +0000 http://dancody.org/wordpress/?p=668#comment-1877 While I would personally oppose such rule-changing, I think it's ridiculous that it says "Republicans" and not "Congress" in the question. While I would personally oppose such rule-changing, I think it’s ridiculous that it says “Republicans” and not “Congress” in the question.

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