My thoughts on the latest Rasmussen poll

The highly respected Rasmussen Reports just released its latest poll findings. They include:

Sixty-four percent (64%) of Americans believe the National Security Agency (NSA) should be allowed to intercept telephone conversations between terrorism suspects in other countries and people living in the United States.

(About) 23% disagree.
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Just 26% believe President Bush is the first to authorize a program like the one currently in the news.

Hmm.

What to make of 23% of respondents saying the National Security Agency (NSA) should not be allowed to intercept telephone conversations between terrorism suspects in other countries and people living in the U.S.; and 26% erroneously believing Bush is the first president to authorize such a program?

For one thing, I'll bet there's so much overlap between the 23% and 26% respondent groups that they're essentially the same group.

What's more, I'll bet the overwhelming majority of them come from "the Democratic Party base." They wanted Dean and voted for Kerry. They dream of a President Hillary Clinton. They worry President Bush might get credit for doing anything right because that will make it harder for Clinton to win in '08. And, of course, they "support the troops."

Such respondents trust mainstream media to tell them all they want to know; and mainstream media doesn't let them down.

That's what I think. How about you?

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