Sheehan's protest backfired

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This is for you people who love polls.

"Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan's Bush-bashing protest has apparently backfired, with a slight plurality of Americans saying her antics have actually made them more likely to support the Iraq war, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released Tuesday.

Seventy-nine percent of those surveyed said Sheehan has had no impact on how they view the Iraq war.

But 10 percent say the tart-tongued Californian, who blames Israel for terrorism and said she wants to curse out the president to his face, has actually made them more pro-war. A slightly smaller number, 9 percent, said Sheehan's protest helped turn them against U.S. efforts in Iraq, for a net pick-up of support for the Iraq war of one percent.

Among military families, the anti-Sheehan effect was even more pronounced, with 22 percent of military households saying the Peace Mom made them more likely to back the war - and just 17 percent moving in the other direction.


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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
have you actually looked at the poll data? or did you just read the newsmax version?

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Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
OK dog, whatever:

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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
OK dog, whatever:


Wow dabe. Spectaculor.


Seventy-nine percent of those surveyed said Sheehan has had no impact on how they view the Iraq war.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Right. Which is actually contrary to your meaningless assertion that her protest backfired. The fact is that most people think the war was/is a mistake. That's the more telling statistic, regardless of whatever you may think of Sheehan.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
If she hasn't impacted people's views then her "protest" has backfired.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
Except that she has succeeded in becoming the catalyst for organizing the anti-war movement. That is a huge success, and one you refuse to acknowledge. Gee, go figure.