Iraqi Poll Contradicts Dean
Monday, December 12th, 2005Last week, in an interview with San Antonio radio station WOAI, Howard Dean said this:
“The White House wants us to have a permanent commitment to Iraq. This is an Iraqi problem. President Bush got rid of Saddam Hussein and that was a great thing, but that could have been done in a very different way. But now that we’re there we need to figure out how to leave. 80% of Iraqis want us to leave, and it’s their country.”
I can’t think of a single person who bought that 80 percent figure, and lo and behold comes the results of this poll today:
Specifically, 26 percent of Iraqis say U.S. and other coalition forces should “leave now” and another 19 percent say they should go after the government chosen in this week’s election takes office; that adds to 45 percent. Roughly the other half says coalition forces should remain until security is restored (31 percent), until Iraqi security forces can operate independently (16 percent), or longer (5 percent).
Not even close. It seems that Mr. Dean was simply pulling numbers out of thin air in order to make it appear that his statements and ideas had merit. In fact, just as in the case of his losing campaign in 2004, his statements and ideas had no basis in fact whatsoever. Hell, even the Democrats didn’t believe him or vote for him in 2004. That should tell you something.
Right here, right now, I make the following prediction: As long as Howard Dean remains Chairman of the Democrat National Committee, the Democrat Party will not regain control of Congress or the White House.
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