Domino theory..again

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Timm,
Here's a follow up...
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/45466/

Let's just expose the liars for what they are.
Does anyone like being lied to?
I don't think so.
Let's just expose the frauds for what they are before they do continued damage.
They have no shame.
They DO have excuses and "justifications".
It's not selling with me, nor 75% of the American people.
Let's bring our great country back to the promises of truth on which it was founded.
When we stand on truth, we're on firm ground.
Let those that don't, fail in the quagmire of their own creation.

There was no lie. Let me quote the article: "For the first time, a majority of Americans(53%) believe it's not likely that the US will ultimately succeed."

So the author is admitting that in every single poll done for the last 5 years, that a majority of Americans think that we will win.

The author calls Snow a liar because Snow says "A majority of Americans not only think that we're capable of winning, but we should."

How in the world could the author call Snow a liar? Some of these authors have no shame. How dumb do they think their audience is? He thinks that people will think that Snow is a liar because there was finally a single poll that shows that the majority of Americnas don't think we will win? Maybe Snow didn't see this poll. Does this author think Snow sees every single poll that comes out every day. The author admits that this is the first poll where a majority of Americans don't think we will win. Considering that there have been hundreds of other polls showing the opposite, it is not surrpsing that Snow still thought the majority the Americans think we can win.

Not only that, you can get different answers depending on what you ask people. Snow said that the majority of Americans "think we're capable of winning." If you ask people if they think we are "capable of winning", you may get a diffeent answer than if you ask people whether or not they think "we will win". Being "capable of winning" is different from "winning".

But for argument sake, let's just say the questions are the same. You still can't call Snow a liar. Every poll has said exactly what he he said. It is only this brand new poll, where a majority(53%) says that they don't think we will win. Snow may not have seen this new poll. That hardly makes him a liar. I would agree with the author and say that Snow is a liar if all the polls for the last year showed that a majority of Americans don't think we can win. But all the polls have shown the opposite. It was only this one new poll that Snow probably didn't see, that said a majority don't think we will win.

It is absurd for the author to call Snow a liar.