Opinion polls, as you should know, have little to do with truth and evidence. Americans believe all sorts of things.

Americans’ belief in the existence of the Devil has nearly doubled since 1964. 42% of Americans said they believed that “humans and other living things” have “existed in present form only” and have not changed or evolved at all. 40% of Americans believe in ghosts, 78% in angels. 70% of American Catholics don’t believe in the basic doctrine of transubstantiation.

Wonder how many were for slavery and lynching? How many were against women being able get a loan without the signature of her husband, a scene that changed within my own lifetime?

The point is that the majority just isn’t always…right. Moreover, opinion changes, which I’m sure you’ve noticed.

I have no problem being in the minority on this, except that I wish more people would really research it for themselves. They still have the freedom to do so. I think.

In point of fact, however, there’s a little problem with the poll you cite; it failed to say that Bush was conducting the wiretapping without a warrant. Here’s the new AP poll showing what Americans truly think of Bush’s policy:

“56 percent of respondents in an AP-Ipsos poll said the government should be required to first get a court warrant to eavesdrop on the overseas calls and e-mails of U.S. citizens when those communications are believed to be tied to terrorism.”

Not everyone thinks George Bush is bad for this country and yet many of the liberals act like everyone thinks like they do or those people are just lost.

Afterall, shortly after the information about the legal wiretaps was illegally leaked to the media a poll was taken and nearly 2/3 of the respondents thought it was a good idea for the president to have the authority to give the authorization and less than a 1/3 of the respondents thought it was a bad idea. So I guess that put you in with that minority as far as the respondents goes.