Bush's Press Secretary Makes WWII Gaffe

The fear-mongering of the Bush administration has included attempts to compare Bush's wars to the gravity of World War II. Anyone who knows the history of World War II ought to be skeptical of administration claims, including recent comments by Press Secretary Tony Snow. Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo has come across an old poll worth taking a look at:

Okay, back on Monday we discussed Tony Snow's comments about how if polls had been taken during World War II's Battle of the Bulge people would probably have been pushing for a change in the course of the war as they are now in Iraq.

That's actually an insult to the American people generally, as well as the men who fought World War II and those who supported them on the homefront.

In any case, Snow clearly believes he can get away with this malarkey because he thinks polls weren't taken at the time.

But he's wrong. They were taking them. And they pretty clearly belie Snow's whole point.

Be sure to see the poll. Bush can only wish he had such numbers.