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Tuesday, October 07, 2003

Dissonance in a Poll

To the Editor:

Re 'Poll Shows Drop in Confidence on Bush Skill in Handling Crises' (front page, Oct. 3):

There is something terribly out of whack when a clear majority of poll respondents say the country is seriously on the wrong track while at the same time more than 6 in 10 say the president has strong leadership qualities. If people think that quality leadership exists while the country is being driven over the edge of the cliff into the abyss of perpetual war and economic catastrophe, we are in worse shape than I thought.

The cognitive dissonance reflected in these poll results indicates that we may not yet fully understand how completely we've been bamboozled by this administration.

Actually, I think it's because people don't want to believe it. No one likes to admit they've been hoodwinked.

Jack Clark 10:10 PM [+]   
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