"Polls? We don' need no steenkin' polls!"
Bush has repeatedly said he does not pay attention to opinion polls. At a fundraiser last week for Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., he said he wants congressional colleagues "who don't listen to polls and focus groups but stand strong for what they think we're doing right."
On the other hand:
Today in his speech at the American Enterprise Institute, Karl Rove claimed that the most credible polls on President Bush are run by the RNC, and they are saying the American public likes him:
But the polls I believe are the polls that get run through the RNC. And I look at those polls all the time. The American people like this president. His personal approval ratings are in the 60s. Job approval is lower. And what that says to me is that people like him, they respect him, he’s somebody they feel a connection with, but they’re just sour right now on the war. And that’s the way it’s going to be.
For an administration that doesn't care about polls, they sure do have those numbers handy, don't they?
EXERCISE FOR THE READER: For bonus marks, logically reconcile the following two statements:
- "We trust the American people."
- "We don't believe in polls."
Your time starts now.
7 comments:
The RNC polls make sense, when you think about it. Rove thinks that the only true Americans are Republicans and according to Scarborough Country (of all places), 1/3 of Republicans want the Republicans to *lose control* of the government, that means that about 60% of them must still like Bush.
Mind you, these are the Republicans who'd thank Bush if he came over and personally punched them in the nose and then crapped on their lawns...
They are already so grateful, Brandon, for the punch in the nose that a further crapping on their lawns would only embarrass them.
Are you serious? Polls don't equal people.
Opinion polls aren't accurate reflections of what people want because they are consequence free; all they entail is answering a question. When people are forced to vote, then consequences attach to their decisions. This is why the results on election day in any given election campaign are different than what the polls said at the outset: because people are forced to think more thoroughly about their decision, and in so doing sometimes reach a different conclusion (i.e. I don't like X, but now that I see Y and Z, I reluctantly conclude that X is better)
anonymous writes:
"Polls don't equal people."
No? Then what, pray tell, are you "polling?" Dogs? Lawnmowers? Leafy green vegetables?
By all means, enlighten us. I can't wait to follow the logic on this one.
The only polls which count are on election day. Period.
anonymous writes:
"The only polls which count are on election day. Period."
If that's true, why is the GOP working so hard to spin the recent polls in the president's favour?
Sorry, you don't get to have it both ways. You don't get to celebrate good polls and ignore bad ones.
Remember, this is the administration that, with a thin 51-48 election victory, claimed an overwhelming "mandate" to go completely apeshit and start implementing an asinine right-wing agenda.
Now that 2/3 of the country is pissed off, you can see how suddenly it's, "Aw, shucks, we don't take account of no polls."
Like fuck they don't.
no they don't care about the polls, this administration never has. they do what is in their own best interest. who cares if 2/3 of respondents are venting. this administration is not running for office again. they have pocketed their money... they have bestowed tax breaks on their cronies (who never vent in polls by the way)... they have taken their profits from this cushy post and are ready to split leaving someone else to clean up after them.
so no they do not give a shit about the people... never have.
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