Reply #35: Ah, when you don't get the answer you want, change the question

[Charlie Brown]

"presented with the question, 'Do you think we ought to immediately withdraw from Iraq?' I think the vast majority of Americans would say no.""

Forget that Murtha supported a gradual withdrawal over the next year, forget that Americans will continue to die in Iraq, and forget that "the government" in Iraq is a cartel of conservative Shiite parties. Just ask a question that will ignite the collective guilt of the public ("We shouldn't have gone to war, but we can't just leave") and hope their frustration does not increase.

Smooth.