Reply #86: This actually shows us both to be a bit off-base, and shows a rather even split.

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General Discussion is a much more hostile forum to the President, though, so it would be interesting to see polls from General Discussion Presidency.

We both engaged in a bit of hyperbole, and my assertion that DU was overwhelmingly for it takes a hit here, but these polls truly contradict your claim that "DU was against aiding them, overwhelmingly", and still shows DU skewing for the war.

Poll 1: March 18th: 23 for war, 20 against

Poll 2: March 20: 30 for war, 40 against

Poll 3: This was done on March 2nd, well before the hysterical claims of a Benghazi massacre had been used to gin up war fever, so I do not feel that this should be included.

Poll 4: March 20th: 150 for war, 155 against, 6 "other" pretty much dead even

Poll 5: March 20th: 128 for war, 171 against

Poll 6: This was in late August, so is not representative. It is decidedly against, though, so it runs contrary to my assertion that DU is still for it.

Poll 7: Inapplicable; it posits what kind of government will emerge.

Poll 8: March 22: The only poll that directly addresses your point of whether DU is for or against. These people seem to be a bit wiser than either of us, with 47% saying that DU is Divided, 18% saying that DU supports the war and 0% saying that DU is against it. This should be considered as for the war.

Poll 9: This inapplicable; it's about the duration of the war.

Poll 10: March 18th: 38 for war, 21 against and 3 undecided. That's 61% for, 34% against.

So let's recap:

You clip and post 10 polls, of which only 7 are applicable to addressing the assertion of whether DU is for or against the war. Three of them show DU for the war, three of them show it to be against it and one is a dead heat (#4) with a large sampling, so it should be considered effectively a tie; some of the "other" voters in that poll stated that in some circumstances they could be for action.

My assertion of DU being overwhelmingly for the war does not hold up when seeing these, but your contrary one doesn't either. Using a poll from March 2nd is far too premature; none of the hysteria about black mercenaries and "genocide" had been brought up yet

Do you really expect people to not read what you post?

These are all from General Discussion, too, which is not as friendly a forum to the President as General Discussion Presidency.