If 77% of Americans disagree with the war...?

Question

Why is the election coming down to pro-war Hillary and Giuliani 9-11?

(10 points for the most creative justification or best display of denial)

Oops I was thinking about 72% of SOLDIERS wanted the war over LAST YEAR

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1075

Answer 1

Hillary will start withdrawing troops the day after she is sworn in. No timetable, just withdrawal out of the "red zone" to start. Once Iraq's government gets their heads out of their camel's asses and realizes that the BS is over maybe then they'll fight for their own country instead of sitting on their cushy camels and living it up like they've been doing for 4 years.

Giuliani will do pretty much the same thing, he just can't say that now or the trailer park pickup truck jockeys won't vote for him...

Answer 2

Because fear of Hillary trumps all else. The passing of the Patriot Act and many of Bush's Executive Orders give nearly limitless power. Hillary does not oppose these things in action, only in word. She will have no trouble exploiting them for her benefit: fake pseudo-socialist with limitless power yields fascism eventually.

I am against the war but would vote for Giuliani over Hillary.
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However, I highly doubt that 77% of the country is really against the war. The "Silent Majority" is probably not a majority, but there is definately a very strong invisible support base for the "Conservatives" led by the Bush type.

Answer 3

I'm going to recycle an article that I provided on another recent answer:

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Mass democracy, in a country with nearly 300 million people and a government that has bases in 150 nations across the world, is a sham and a half. The 'will of the people' obviously has nothing to do with whatever [a politician] decides to do with his power, and even if it did it would not make the [his or her] actions right.
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Read the rest of the article for some thought-provoking views on the election. This is in the context of immediately after the 2004 presidential election.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory43.html

Answer 4

Rudy is hailed as a hero because of his inate ability to let the pros do the work, yet take all the credit via the photo-ops. In short: He was as useless as t+ts on a boar during 9-11.

Hillary, did vote for the war, but so did every other member of both houses of Congress (with the exception of Maxine Waters) based on faked intel from the administration.

Heck, W even lied to his own Sec. of State to get his flawed data in front of the UN.

Sooooo....It would appear that the UN General assembly is actually much more perceptive than the duly elected members of Congress, therefor:

Kofi Anan in '08!

Answer 5

I don't think anyone likes war. It's just a fact of life. There will always be war going on somewhere. At 911, it was here in our own backyard. You can disagree, yet support our troops. To say bad things about the war, what has happened and that we are fighting for nothing is to disrespect those who have died in this war and are fighting so that we can lay our heads on safe pillows at night and not worry about a bomb exploding next door. As far as it coming down to Hillary and Giuliani, I think they are both the most well known candidates. And besides, it's not like we have very much of a choice. Hands down though, Rudy gets my vote. Hillary had her chance at running the white house and lied for Bill to keep her comfy little DC mansion. Think she won't sell out for something bigger than that?

Answer 6

Against all odds, people as a whole are afraid to have strong opinions. Therefore, they tend to be attracted to middle-of-the-road candidates. Unfortunately, peace is too "liberal" an idea for most people to handle comfortably. Therefore, candidates think that to be "middle-of-the-road," they need to fall somewhere between peace and war. Hillary, the progressive-ish (very ish) candidate decides to solve the problem by saying the war was good, but lets pull out now. Rudy, the conservative candidate, solves the problem by denying that it exists. Simple.

Answer 7

Nobody wants to look weak on terrorism.
Also, nobody wants to be blamed for a terrorist attack.
Also, Bro, as much as I dislike this phoney war, we cannot go over there and screw everything up and then leave.
Bush is insane!, All we can do is try to pick up the pieces and make the best of it.

Answer 8

It's too late to be creative.

This is the United States of America with 300 million people of every description. They represent every national origin, every race every creed every age and every other distinction you can think of from the status of their citizenship to the area in the country where they live or were born.

Try to imagine what the odds are that 77% of them would be of one mind on any issue.

Polls are a scam perpetrated by college student interns and geeky statisticians along with psycologists and anthropologists who can't find a real job.

They have been wrong in all of the last three general elections. They have even been wrong with exit polls on the day of the election.
It's a crock.

Answer 9

Where did you find that number?

The last poll in September showed just over 50% of Americans want troops in Iraq.

Answer 10

IMHO the fact that Hillary was pro-war in 2003 is disturbing. Being pro-war now is just common sense and acknowledging our responsibilities.