I Got A Poll
I feel like a Republican from 2005.
So this guy, George W. Bush, runs for re-election promising to continue bombing brown people and to dismantle Social Security and American voters are like, "sounds good!" and they elect him. Then six months or so later the voters are like, "Hey! He's bombing browns and dismantling Social Security! He sucks!" as evidenced by his plummet in opinion polls.
So then this guy, Barack Obama, runs for president in 2008, promising health care reform and actually to raise taxes on the rich. And the voters are like, "Awesome!" and they elect him. And less than a year into it, voters are like, "Hey! Keep the government out of my Medicare! And don't raise my taxes!" and public opinion of him plummets.
Your faithful 'Dlogger is getting upset! Politicians are famous for lying, but these guys have been scrupulous to a fault! It forever will remain a mystery to me why Bush's poll numbers fell in 2005, considering he was re-elected in the first place. He did precisely what he said he would do, and voters were incensed. I want to shake the collective weave out of the American electorate's hair! Our misery isn't the fault of our politicians but of lazy, impatient, uninformed citizens who have no earthly idea what they even want government to do except fix this stupid place.
Stupid America. Grow a brain, and until you do, you deserve whatever your elected officials give you. And as extra incentive, if you grow a brain in the next couple of weeks, you'll get publicly funded health care.
So this guy, George W. Bush, runs for re-election promising to continue bombing brown people and to dismantle Social Security and American voters are like, "sounds good!" and they elect him. Then six months or so later the voters are like, "Hey! He's bombing browns and dismantling Social Security! He sucks!" as evidenced by his plummet in opinion polls.
So then this guy, Barack Obama, runs for president in 2008, promising health care reform and actually to raise taxes on the rich. And the voters are like, "Awesome!" and they elect him. And less than a year into it, voters are like, "Hey! Keep the government out of my Medicare! And don't raise my taxes!" and public opinion of him plummets.
Your faithful 'Dlogger is getting upset! Politicians are famous for lying, but these guys have been scrupulous to a fault! It forever will remain a mystery to me why Bush's poll numbers fell in 2005, considering he was re-elected in the first place. He did precisely what he said he would do, and voters were incensed. I want to shake the collective weave out of the American electorate's hair! Our misery isn't the fault of our politicians but of lazy, impatient, uninformed citizens who have no earthly idea what they even want government to do except fix this stupid place.
Stupid America. Grow a brain, and until you do, you deserve whatever your elected officials give you. And as extra incentive, if you grow a brain in the next couple of weeks, you'll get publicly funded health care.
posted by john at
10:59 AM
2 Comments:
I'm not defending the swing voters here, but merely clarifying. They went to Obama because a) his intangibles of charisma, "bringing both sides together", blah blah blah and b) the economy sucked, and they blamed the incumbent.
I certainly over-simplify it too. E.g. there was some lady from Alaska, etc. My parent of the maternal variety has always lamented that voting was not an essay question, which by reading all 120 million would be the best answer. Alas, exit polls are the closest we have, and if my weak memory serves, I don't believe there was much to indicate that the traditional democrat policy goals were why the middle shifted towards BO at the end.
Good point - maybe the problem is that voters make their choices based on things other than what the politician says he's going to do for the country. I don't feel like I should need to spell out why that's dumb, but there's a new 'Dlog post.
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