In a report realesed earlier this month by the Programs on International Policy Attitudes(PIPA), we were told that when it comes to supporting the war in Iraq, what network you watch has a great impact on your level of support. Of course, those that supported the war are shown to have been the most ignorant about the issues regarding the war. It turns out the people that were most ignorant about the war were viewers of Fox News. If you watch Fox News(Why would you do that?), you are more likely to have believed one of three of the following untruths:
1.) There are proven links between Iraq and Al-Queda.
No matter how many times Dick Cheney says it, that doesn't mean it is true. As a matter of fact, pretty much anything Dick Cheney says should automatically be cause for skepticism, except if he tells you he is having a heart attack, that is probably true- but then again, that would be presuming that he has a heart.
2.) Weapons of Mass Destruction have already been found.
This, of course, is not true. David Kay has said that WMD's have not been found. He said this repeatedly last week when he was reporting back to Washington(-->See my blog "Does Bush actually believe the things he says?" from October 4th) Now, again, the Bushies and Fox News, which are both pretty much interchangeable, would have you believe otherwise. They, of course, are liars, and sadly a good deal of the American public believe what they say.
3.) World public opinion supported the war in Iraq.
It is hard for me to imagine the idiot that believes this one. The largest world-wide protest in human history happened before this war. Country's hate us more because of this war then ever before, and they fear us more then ever before(hence, North Korea, Iran, and Saudi Arabia all scrambling to find a way to acquire nuclear capabilities to protect themselves from our insane policy of preemptive aggression.)
If you watch Fox News(And, again, why would you do that?), then you probably believed at least one of these three things are actually true. They are not. According to the PIPA study, 80% of people that watch Fox News believe one of the three above fantasies. The most trustworthy news souce, having only 23% of its viewers believing one of the above three delusions, was NPR/PBS, which will not be at all surprising to those of us who watched and listened to public television and radio during the war.
Steven Krull, director of PIPA, said, "While we can not assert that these misperceptions created the support for going to war in Iraq, it does appear likely that support for the war would be substantially lower if fewer members of the public had these misperceptions."
Well, Mr. Krull may not be ready to make such a bold assertion, but he is no Hot Gun Spy. I assert that believing any of the above three premises for supporting the war makes you a moron and a danger to a punch card ballot in all fifty states, and I strongly encourage you not to vote in 2004, and in any subsequesnt election for the rest of your days. Also, please, please, please, do not breed.