tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811719312494990925.post-74131980942261635202006-10-13T14:48:00.000-07:002006-10-13T14:48:00.000-07:00I agree we should be skeptical about any claims to know what "the average American" thinks or knows about. But I also agree with JPL's central point, which is that a big, fat, ugly number is like a picture, and speaks much louder than words to those (whoever and however many they may be) who may not have been as engaged or outraged otherwise.<br /><br />Regardless of the actual number -- for me, the 60,000 estimate was surely horrifying and damning enough -- the publicity for this study can only be bad for an already rapidly sinking Republican ship. The President's dismissal of the study shows more than his hostility to sound scientific research -- it shows, once again, his callousness to the real human costs of his exciting little war in Iraq.<br /><br />In other good news, Chris Shays is apparently trailing Diane Farrell by TEN POINTS in the Connecticut Congressional race. Looks like he hitched his wagon to the wrong set of horses.JLBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10987058554014193721noreply@blogger.com