Another propaganda headline from The Ledger. They can be so great on issues, then two lousy headlines like this in one week. I wrote about the other one here:
Propaganda headline: "Travelers Comforted By Safety Measures"And yesterday they spun a poll all around. They used Kelly Anne Conway's Polling Company for the Republican side, and I am not familiar with the Democratic polling group they used.
I am just going to put several snips from the article about the poll about drilling offshore. Misleading headline, real propaganda. Not a very good write-up either from the St Pete Times reporter. Confusing.
Floridians Say Drilling OK as Gas Prices RiseSt. Petersburg Times poll: More Floridians support offshore drilling than oppose it.
And nearly four out of 10 Floridians think the Sunshine State is being selfish for refusing to allow offshore drilling when the state is such a major energy hog.
Dear reporter, if it is not yet 4 out of 10, then it is officially still about a third. Very misleading. Here is the number on that part of the poll, and that would just about be Bush's base.
Asked if it was selfish of Floridians to continue to oppose the drilling, 37 percent of respondents said yes.
More:
"Drilling has become synonymous with relief at the pump," said pollster Kelly-anne Conway of the Polling Co., which conducted the survey with Schroth Eldon & Associates. "That's why you're seeing these numbers increase. . . . (High fuel prices) are taking a major bite out of the kitchen table budget."
When it comes to offshore drilling, 46 percent of those polled said they support lifting the existing drilling ban off Florida's coastline; 42 percent oppose lifting the ban and 12 percent said they didn't know or refused to answer. The poll's margin of error on statewide questions is plus or minus 3.5 percent. (Let's see 42% opposed lifting ban plus 12 who don't know or refuse to answer...that is 54%)
"This is about $3 gas at the pump," U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., said Saturday when told of the poll's results. He played a lead role in negotiating the Senate drilling plan earlier this month. "You tell people (the Senate plan) would put it 100 miles to 200 miles offshore, and they see it's closer to Veracruz (Mexico) than Florida."
In the Tampa Bay area, however, a majority of voters -- 51 percent -- remain opposed to drilling. The margin of error for Tampa Bay questions is 6 percent. Tampa Bay Republicans, like in the rest of the state, are more likely to support it.