>>Now with all the technology (including headology, the science of social engineering), imagine if Bushies organized a referendum about anything. Would you bet a beer that they'd lose?
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>I wouldn't be willing to bet anything. They'd get a part of the population agreeing, but the majority would be dead against anything they proposed.

Spin isn't limited to tales... if you're organizing a referendum, you take goood care to pick the question in such a way that they'd feel bad if they let you down. And then you claim victory. The question is, usually, a thinly veiled "are you a traitor", rephrased as applicable to the situation at hand.

BTW, and quite unrelated... an eatery in my neighborhood: http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/13762575.jpg