15 Minutes with President Bush

Gallup Poll (08-31-05) asks 1007 people selected randomly from across the country what they would say to President Bush about the Iraq war if they had 15 minutes of his attention. Ok, polls may have limited value and may too often irresponsibly employ rhetorical device - I'll give you that, but this video presentation nonetheless effectively captures what Gallup Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport calls "the fabric of American public opinion on this critical issue."

An interesting turn in this report is that reader-listeners are encouraged to survey the verbatim answers actually provided in the polling process - an inclusion of data not usually accommodated by the Gallup folks. The idea is that Gallup is inviting its audience to draw its own conclusions and to hear (read) for themselves what Americans have to say about Iraq. Bottom line: 41% say "Get out of Iraq now!"

Listen to the American people, Mr. Bush. Bring our troops home now.

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