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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 04:03 PM
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(ABC) More Than Six in 10 Still Support Decision in Schiavo Case

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PollVault/story?id=1771492


More Than Six in 10 Still Support Decision in Schiavo Case
One Year Later, Americans' Views Are Unchanged


March 27, 2006 — One year later, Americans' views of the Terri Schiavo case are unchanged — more than six in 10 still say removing her feeding tube was the right thing to do.

Sixty-four percent in this ABC News poll support last year's decision to remove Schiavo's feeding tube. It was an almost identical 63 percent at the time. More than four in 10 "strongly" believe it was the right thing to do; twice as many as "strongly" call it wrong.

...

Both sides of the family are releasing books about the ordeal this month.


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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 04:04 PM
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1. See also my sig quote
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LiberalinNC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 04:06 PM
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2. It's because of Ms. Schiavo I updated my living will!
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 04:07 PM
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3. The other four are nucking futs
What part of "no brain matter left" and "completely blind" didn't those loons get?

Honestly, the power of magical thinking is something to behold. We just need to keep them away from sharp objects... and power.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 04:07 PM
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4. THAT afternoon two hours, DU, and some reading
that's all it took to see that there was NO issue here. None at all.

And there were no GOD DAMNED QUESTIONS GOT IT ...SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!

Sorry I am so tired of hearing "Well you know there are some questions about what happened that night" NO THERE AREN'T

This fully exposed the RW noise machine and was the whiff of air that the public (in spite of the media) needed to get the ball rolling downhill on W.
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 04:12 PM
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5. Come on, the autopsy told the whole story. What is wrong with 'merkins????
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AValdoux Donating Member (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 04:26 PM
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6. Why is this an issue anymore?
I saw the Schiavo family this morning on GMA. They were allowed to push their book & slam Michael Sciavo. When Diane Sawyer finally asked them, 'what about the autopsy report?' They responded the coroner didn't know Terri & anyone who spent anytime with her would know she was not a vegetable. That went unchallenged. When she asked the family about Michael's claim the father confronted him wanting money, the brother stated that all Terri's settlement money went to the husband's lawyers. That also went unchallenged. The question I wanted Sawyer to ask at this point was "Who paid Terri's hospital bills & how much did they total?"

So much for trying to get facts out about this case a year later. But I guess it always goes back to the bat-shit crazy 30% in this country.


AValdoux
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 06:58 PM
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18. Her Brain Had Turned Entirely into Goo According to the Autopsy
If that 30% are all brain-dead zombies themselves, they might have reason to be concerned.

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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 04:51 PM
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7. in 15 years the percentage will change cuz
people will answer - Who? - what purpose is served by yet another poll over something that happened a year ago and was about ONE person? god, I hate the corporate media!
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endarkenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 04:55 PM
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8. Huh?
"More than four in 10 "strongly" believe it was the right thing to do; twice as many as "strongly" call it wrong."

So let's see: 40% strongly believe right thing to do. 2x (80%) strongly believe wrong thing to do. That would be 120%. It also contradicts the original assertion that 'over 60% support the decision".

I 90% strongly believe this article was written by a moron. Oh and what is with the headline "Still Support Decision in Schiavo Case"? Why on earth would the rational 66% of the population change their minds?

Now the bad news: 34% of the polling sample are freaking nutcases.
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 05:01 PM
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9. 40% strongly believe it was the right thing to do.
That's twice the 20% who strongly believe it was the wrong thing to do. Therefor, the writer is not a moron.
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ima_sinnic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 07:05 PM
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19. "... twice as many AS "strongly" call it wrong."
40% who call it right is double the number who call it wrong.
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stepnw1f Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 05:12 PM
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10. No Way is it Even That Close
No fucking way.... I have yet to meet someone against removing the feeding tube. Sorry... I don't buy it!
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 06:00 PM
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15. Agreed -- the question must have been framed weirdly
Last year, the pools were +85% for the tube being taken out.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 07:45 PM
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20. Where was the poll? I didn't vote in it. Is this just one of those
polls that are secret?

I don't buy it!
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 07:54 PM
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22. I know... it was probably a 100% Repub poll.... seriously
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 05:17 PM
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11. they suppoted removing the feeding tube yet they still voted for the
enablers who didn't want to remove the tube...

go figure

There will be a lot more involvement of the government in private rights, especially when people do NOT even know the difference between the morning after pill, and RU486


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sutz12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 05:21 PM
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12. The sad part is that more didn't change their mind...
on the other side. That means that 40% basically made their decision and refused to change it based on real, factual evidence. Those are the people who have taken over our government.

"I have formed my opinion, kindly don't try to confuse me with the facts." :puke:
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windy252 Donating Member (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 06:33 PM
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17. Facts may change, but my opinions never do-
Stephen Colbert
It's sad how accurate he is sometimes.
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shantipriya Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 05:28 PM
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13. Schiavo & the 40%
The 40% prove that ours is NOT a progressive and mature democracy.The 40% are a bunch of ignorant psychopaths.
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 05:52 PM
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14. 40% weren't affected at all by the autopsy results?
Talk about brain dead, sheesh! :eyes:
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 06:27 PM
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16. Presumably, that same 40% would by unaffected by their own autopsy.
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HockeyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 07:48 PM
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21. The Religious Right want s to CONTROL
when you are born and when you die. That sums it all up.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-27-06 09:56 PM
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23. None of my family members knew about the child shut off life support
in Texas per Dubya's legal mandate at the same time as the Schaivo Follies. Not one of the Bush supporters or others had heard a peep about the law he signed as Governor allowing hospitals to shut off life support if financial obligations could not be met.
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