Why bother with facts

...when lies are so much more pliable?

Word has it the poll Lowry was referring to was worded as follows:

"Would you support withdrawing American troops from Iraq if it meant al Qaeda would follow us here and blow up your Volvo, rape your daughters, and place landmines in the supermarket aisle with all the pork products"?

Think Progress » National Review Editor Spins Poll Numbers To Falsely Claim Americans Oppose Troop Withdrawal

National Review editor Rich Lowry claims in his column yesterday that the majority of Americans oppose withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq:

Politically, Iraq is a loser for Republicans, except for the bright spot that the American public is not yet ready to quit. A CNN poll in August found that 69 percent of Americans oppose withdrawing American troops by the end of the year, and 66 percent believe that we can win the war there.

But Lowry is manipulating the poll numbers to prove his point. The CNN poll from Aug. 2-3, to which Lowry is referring, found that just 34 percent of Americans oppose U.S. troop withdrawal. Sixty-one percent support it. Of that 61 percent, twenty-six percent support full troop withdrawal and another 35 percent support some redeployment...

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