11/21/10

Polling: How to tell the unwashed masses what they should think

Americans overwhelmingly agree with the TSA's ability to rape and pillage those who dare to fly.
Americans prefer the GOP to the DEMS
Americans agree that Bankers, the POTUS, and Congress are as ALL scumbags
Americans believe that POTUS Obama MIGHT be from Kenya
ETC, ETC, ETC

Does anyone else feel like I do that polls, especially those from Fox/Rasmussen are less about 'Taking the temperature' of the electorate, and more about telling us HOW we should feel? 

Beware of pollsters, and polls that don't actually give you an opposition position to select, For example:

Choose from the following

1. POTUS OBAMA is not doing a good job as POTUS
a)  Strongly Agree
b)  Agree
c) Somewhat Agree

No matter what you choose, the result will be the same; Americans overwhelmingly think Obama is doing a poor job. This kind of false choice happens VERY often on FOX. A way to get people thinking "WOW he must really suck if everyone but ME thinks he does"

In the Novel 1984, it was called "group think"

You have been warned......

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