The Biased NSA Poll

And here we go again, another biased poll:

May 13, 2006 – Has the Bush administration gone too far in expanding the powers of the President to fight terrorism? Yes, say a majority of Americans, following this week?s revelation that the National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone records of U.S. citizens since the September 11 terrorist attacks. According to the latest NEWSWEEK poll, 53 percent of Americans think the NSA?s surveillance program ?goes too far in invading people?s privacy,? while 41 percent see it as a necessary tool to combat terrorism.

You can see the actual numbers here.

1007 Adults. 27% Republican, 36% Democrat, 32% Independent.

Out of those they had 897 Registered Adults:

29% Republican, 36% Democrat, 32% Independent

Sigh.

To quote myself from the last biased poll:

How in the hell can anyone really honestly believe this crapola? The 2004 Presidential election had the Republican with 50.7% of the vote next to 48.3% for the Democrat. Independents had .04%!

How about the last midterm election in 2002?

49.6% for the Republican while 46.9% for the Democrats. Independents? .02%

Hello? MSM? Do you think anyone buys this crap other then the KOS kiddies and DummiesU alumni?

Another example of the press trying to make news rather then report news.

UPDATE

Riehl World View was just polled and the results were quite revealing:

First, they asked for the youngest male in the home at the time. Maybe that was for this specific poll, but it bothered me that they wanted the youngest view. In any event, it just so happened to be me at the time.

I was asked if I felt the President was doing too much, enough, or not enough as regards combating terrorism. They also asked if I was aware of the NSA story and how closley I had been following same.

Honestly, I found myself trying to think as the questions quickly came and went. I had to match thoughtful opinions to pre-determined terms. For example, on privacy issues and the NSA story, was I very concerned, somewhat concerned, concerned, not much concerned, not concerned at all, etc. I felt as though there were blanks, or context to be filled in around any particular view I held, obviously, I couldn’t do that.

A question over the NSA program troubled me as it dealt with the government having all of my phone call information in their hands. If I hadn’t been following the story, I might have assumed they meant the content of my calls, as opposed to simply the numbers existing within a database too large to even imagine. WOuldn’t most people assume a phone record is an actual call?

And Blue Crab Boulevard has his take on the way he was polled:

Assuming his description is accurate (and I am willing to bet it is) the form of the questions provide a “push”. Look – I was a psych major once upon a time and had to take design of experiments. That’s a push poll. There is a vaguely threatening air about the questions – be intellectually honest. (I know this is a different poll than the Newsweek, but I think it is relevant).

While a dummy commented at his blog that “maybe” the reason there is such a disparity between Dem’s and Republicans is because everyone is leaving the Republican party…..sigh. It’s a wonder some people can even put on a pair of pants, don’t think they have more then two brain cells left.

Anyone who doesn’t see the obvious bias in these polls is either a delusional leftist (which leftist isn’t delusional tho) or lying to themselves.

Curt

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