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Politics_Guy25 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:05 PM Original message |
Internet polls from MSNBC/CNN show overwhelming support for Mcchrystal-Firing him=bad politics |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Internet Polls????? |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. My sentiments exactly. |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. I wonder if those polls have been freeped. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Ya think?? |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. firing means removing him from his present position - not taking away his pension or otherwise |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Or by the rule of law... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. That should come from the Sec of Army or the Army Chief of Staff - not Obama |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. There is no decision to be made... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 05:19 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. that's vindictive - and Obama needs to stay above it |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Vindictive my lily white ass! |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. and I would find it vindictive . . . and petty . . . |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You really should read up on Patton and MacArthur... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. firing him is the correct path |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Internet polls are worthless |
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Politics_Guy25 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Well...that's what I thought but... |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. They're self-selecting. Not at all random. Therefore any time they're correct... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. I can only assume this means the talking points memo has been completed... |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. McCrystal is not NEARLY as high profile or beloved as McArthur. |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. People who laugh at internet polls shouldn't. Why? Because the msm talks about them as they are fact |
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Politics_Guy25 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Also, if it were me and based on just principle..I'd fire his ass |
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Politics_Guy25 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Keith O agrees with me for kind of the same reasons |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. Internet poll = Freeper extravaganza----especially when it's- love war/hate Obama. n/t |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Internet polls? Have we come to this? |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. The majority of the American public has lost its mind (if it ever had one that is). |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. You mean internet polls that have likely been Freeped to death? |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. Sorry but if Obama doesn't axe him. He comes off as weak |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. Internet polls are worth the paper they're printed on. |
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nsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Ha! +1 |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. Internet polls are notoriously freeped |
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angee_is_mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. well the freepers control the polls |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. Who cares about polls or the politics of it |
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Aramchek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. nice try. the dude's ran off at the mouth one too many times. he's done. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
28. So you base your political stances on INTERNET POLLS? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. Let me know when you've got a real poll. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. Freepers can dominate those polls. Twitter (which is just as non scientific) had plenty of fire hims |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-22-10 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. There won't be any "enormous blowback". Americans by and large don't give a shit |
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shayes51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Totally agree with |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Spot on... |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
33. Keith Olbermann argued this point in his SC last nite |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. Internet polls are just south of worthless |
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oviedodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. Until he just gave them.... Petraeus. So know they can go away |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. You should head to a library, check out a statistics book, and read it ASAP |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
43. You have a slim grasp of the politics of this decision. |
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