Poll Vaulting
I've got an idea. Let's get this whole darned thing over with in the next three weeks. We can throw all the candidates on both sides together, have one last mega-debate about nothing hosted by Jerry Seinfeld and Pee Wee Herman, and then, instead of these caucuses, the Iowans can stay home where it's warm and they'll take a final poll. Let Iowa decide who'll be the next president. I figure they're just as smart as the rest of us. Smarter maybe. At least they can figure out what this caucus business is all about. This way, when the country goes to hell in a handbasket we can blame it on Iowa. And let's face it, if the polls are so accurate, why don't we just leave it up to the pollsters and save the rest of us the trouble of voting? And if they're not, why are the hot-air bags on television even talking about them?
posted by John M Crowther @ 7:30 AM
3 Comments:
Too easy a solution! Yes, America is facing the prospect of a nation full of illegal immigrants, almost all of whom are working under minimum wage and sending dollars back to their families in South and Central America, thereby boosting the world economy. If we decide the election now as you propose what will happen to all our pundits? Unlike our illegal population, the chances that these experts will find jobs gardening or cooking in overpriced Italian restaurants is very slim. They will simply sit around the house feeling sorry for themselves and their lack of exposure and will eventually turn to fascism … that is, those who haven’t already. Gore Vidal once pointed out that in America the groves of the academe provide welfare for the over-educated middle classes. I say that punditry is welfare for the over-opinionated. For god’s sake, in the interest of preserving what is left of our democracy let those people talk and talk, and let the rest of us ignore them.
Totally agree. All this hoopla over the election when there is little to choose from on either side is driving me crazy. In the beginning had my mind settled but then the candidates on both sides started making speeches that sounded more and more stupid as the campaigns go on and on, so now I am tempted to vote for "none of the above". Like the idea of being able to blame someone else when it starts to hit the fan.
For years I have had doubts that polls were actually made....... But this week, I was called to participate in one and asked a series of questions. I asked why I was called and was told that they got the names and phone numbers from the registration for voting and called people who voted most often or regularly. I never miss voting at election time, but I wonder why it took them so many years to get around to my name.
Katherine
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