A Tale of Two Polls On the War In Afghanistan

I found this interesting and I know it won't be a shocker to any of you who, even intermittently, follow the main stream media. I was reviewing two separate polls done of the American people in regards to the War in Afghanistan and even though these polls were taken only 12 days apart, it is amazing to me how the two spin the results.

The first poll is from USA Today/Gallup and wanted to stress how unpopular the War in Afghanistan is.

The second poll is from The Washington Post/ABC News and this one seeked to make President Barack Hussein Obama seem as popular as it could.

Let's take a look at the first poll from USA Today/Gallup:

Poll: More view Afghan war as 'mistake'

American support for the war in Afghanistan has ebbed to a new low, as attacks on U.S. troops and their allies have hit record levels and commanders are pleading for reinforcements, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows.
In the poll taken Saturday and Sunday, 42% of respondents said the United States made "a mistake" in sending military forces to Afghanistan, up from 30% in February. That's the highest mark since the poll first asked the question in November 2001 when the U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban government that sheltered al-Qaeda terrorists responsible for the 9/11 terror attacks.

Now, let's see how the Washington Post/ABC News poll seeks to make Obama look good:

The president's ratings on Afghanistan

With Barack Obama making his first trip to Afghanistan as president, a Washington Post poll finds the issue to be one of his strongest. It stands as the only issue tested on which his handling merits majority approval and more strong approval than disapproval.
Afghanistan is also an issue where the president is buoyed by cross-party support, but dragged somewhat by less enthusiastic support in his base.
Overall, 53 percent of those polled approve of the way Obama is dealing with the situation in Afghanistan; 35 percent disapprove. Among independents, exactly half give the president positive marks, and 35 percent negative.

So, after viewing this, I hope more people can see exactly what the MSM did to President Bush in regards to the Iraq War during his presidency...and what they subsequently did to our troops fighting bravely in that war.

One other note...just yesterday I had the misfortune of sitting through the broadcast of The Chris Matthews Show and his little roundtable discussion with the MSM's top Leftist spin artists and after viewing about 20 minutes of that slop, I just shook my head and wondered how anyone with an IQ over 50 could consider it "journalism." The MSM has become nothing more than a Ministry of Propaganda and quite frankly, it's gone beyond even that. The MSM is literally a paid advertisement for the Liberal movement in America.

I'll leave you with a question. If NBC News had run just one in-depth expose' in 2008 of Barack Hussein Obama's "missing" Columbia University transcripts, if ABC News had done one segment on Obama's voting record on abortion, if CBS News had done just one report on Obama's Communist childhood mentor, and if MSNBC had reported on the true relationship between Barack Hussein Obama and Bill Ayers, would the results of the 2008 Presidential election have been different?