Critical Thought: Iraq War v. 8/28 Malarkey

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Read an article shrugging off the continued (political) importance of the Iraq War, because polls say only 7.5% of Americans still "care" about it, one way or the other- that's 22,500,000+ people. Assuming that 7.5% of Americans is evenly distributed across states that's 2,773,625+ Californians, alone.

No back links to the cited polls, no mention of polling practices, no disclosure of poll questions.

I think that 22.5 million people are worthy of political pandering, especially while the media has dedicated too much coverage to Glenn Beck's 8/28 malarkey. We'll have a week or so of quibbling over the attendance. As if it matters- if Beck gets his 100k, I still think of the Tea Party movement as being a self-selecting and wholly insular minority; though they have a great press machine, even in their detractors.