O'Reilly's Distance From Actual Facts.
The American right wing are becoming ever more seriously unhinged, as Coulter's appalling recent remarks show. Now O'Reilly steps up to the bat and says this:
O'Reilly believes most Americans are in favour of torturing people, are against Habeas Corpus, secretly yearn for another war - this time with Iran - and are all for abandoning FISA.So just talking about your personal security, would you support President John Edwards? Remember, no coerced interrogation, civilian lawyers in courts for captured overseas terrorists, no branding the Iranian guards terrorists, and no phone surveillance without a specific warrant.
"Talking Points" believes most Americans reject that foolishness.
There is scarcely a single thing that he has said there that is true, but like many Republican supporters he simply trots out his own prejudices and imagines that they are universal.
Recent opinion reports have shown that:
Public anxiety about America's place in the world has reached troubling levels, and not just on the war in Iraq. Over a winter dominated by debate over the "surge" in Iraq and a potential showdown with Iran, Public Agenda's Foreign Policy Anxiety Indicator increased seven points in six months. That puts the indicator at 137 on a 200-point scale, edging toward the 150 point mark that we would consider a crisis of confidence in government policy. The public's disenchantment is also leading to increased skepticism about the use of military force in general and a stronger inclination to diplomatic options in international affairs.And not only do Americans disagree with Bush warrantless wiretapping, but a clear majority - 52 to 43 percent - think that he should be impeached if he has done so.
This desire for diplomacy is particularly apparent in public attitudes on the spread of nuclear weapons. As far as the vast majority of Americans are concerned, military force is "off the table" in dealing with Iran's nuclear program and its possible meddling in Iraq. There's also been a sharp drop in public confidence in military force as a tool for dealing with other countries developing weapons of mass destruction—even though controlling the spread of nuclear weapons is the public's top policy priority and one of its major fears.
And 42% of Americans feel that the United States is torturing people with 53% of Americans thinking it should not torture people and only 27% - that magic Bush 30% number again - thinking that they should.
So O'Reilly claims that "most Americans" would reject what he sees as "foolishness" when the truth simply couldn't be further away from what he's claiming.
Most Americans reject everything that he is saying.
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2 comments:
I think O'Rielly knows that what he's saying is nonsense, but it is his job to make it sound as if the decisions coming out of Washington have popular support, that even if an individual listener (or his friends) may not agree with it, that most people do. That will confuse the public enough to allow the politicians (bought and paid for) to continue scamming the people.
What I find astonishing Dave is that these lies are allowed to circulate as if they are true.
Especially as, in the cases he spoke of, there are polls that show he is talking nonsense.
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