] As the nation prepares to watch the presidential
] candidates debate foreign policy issues, a new
] PIPA-Knowledge Networks poll finds that Americans who
] plan to vote for President Bush have many incorrect
] assumptions about his foreign policy positions. Kerry
] supporters, on the other hand, are largely accurate in
] their assessments. The uncommitted also tend to
] misperceive Bush's positions, though to a smaller
] extent than Bush supporters, and to perceive Kerry's
] positions correctly.

[ Framing, framing, framing, framing. Co-opt the language and you convince people despite facts. Luntz, Norquist and the network of conservative think tanks have worked for 30 years to set this up. These are the rewards they're reaping :

"Majorities of Bush supporters incorrectly assumed that Bush favors including labor and environmental standards in trade agreements (84%), and the US being part of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (69%), the International Criminal Court (66%), the treaty banning land mines (72%), and the Kyoto Treaty on global warming (51%). "

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