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 MP> ABC NEWS POLL: MILITIA ISSUES
 MP> Released : April 25, 1995
 MP> As you may recall, four federal officers and about 80 members of the
 MP> so-called "Branch Davidian" cult were killed two years ago after a
 MP> gun battle and standoff that ended with a fire at the group's compound
 MP> in Waco, Texas. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the FBI and
 MP> other authorities handled the standoff with the Branch Davidian cult
 MP> in Waco?
 MP> Approve   Disapprove    No opinion
 MP> 4/25/95*       52         37          11
 MP> 4/21/93        70         27           3
 MP> * Introductory sentence added.
This seems to parallel what I've found in my own discussions with people.
The ones who "approve" of the FBI/ATF actions base their opinion on
what they soaked up from network TV. One person to whom I showed
"WACO: The Big Lie" thought it was slanted to make the Davidians into
sympathetic figures, and dismissed the idea that the federal agents
were culpable in any way for murdering innocent men, women and children.
Hey, you can lead a horse to water......
And with gross injustice like this, imagine trying to argue constitutional
principles with people who have never read it. (I heard a rumor that
the Ass-in-Chief read it once, while trying to discover his "relevance.")
:)
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