AmericanPapist Comments
New gallup poll shows them in a dead heat.
LA Times and Newsweek have taken heat for VERY poor sampling (17% more democrats than republicans).
The media's worship of the Messiah is becoming a little obvious.
Yes, as I understood it the poll showing Obama that far ahead was an outlier. Most other polls show either a dead heat or a lead of just a few percentage points. The media is clearly trying to portray him as the front runner in order to convince voters to "jump on the bandwagon". At this point in the race, there is no bandwagon. But reporting that would ruin Barack's mystique.
Catholics don't vote for abortion supporters. Fake Catholics do. Obama's support is very shallow. Once his tax and spend policies become better known, he's toast. I recall well that "Presidents" Mondale, Dukakis, Gore, Kerry, etc., were all heavily favored media picks. Tom
Joe Sobran used to write brilliantly about the absurdity of polling, as well as the preposterous notion that one could/should trust politicians who fashion their lives according to polls.
It seems to me that Jimmy Carter was expected to come close, or possibly win in 1980 -- according to the polls -- and he was trounced by RR. (I may have my names and dates wrong here, but it was one of the presidential elections 20-plus years ago. The pollsters came up with some lame explanation for their absolute wrong call, but it didn't do much to convince most conservatives that the pollsters didn't have an agenda that influenced the outcome of their polling and subsequenct reportage of that polling.
In any case, sticking to principles in discussing elections w/ "players" makes a difference, and I'd encourage all conservatives to avoid the polling bs.
Maybe 20 years ago or so one of the major networks decided they were not going to run articles about polling and would focus on "issues."
In my days as a newspaper editor we rarely ran or assigned articles about polling data, and demanded that reporters instead focus on where the candidate's money was coming from, what his/her endorsements were, and whether the candidate had a track record.
Words mean less than money in politics. One learns more about what's going on by following the money.
TJM,
"Tax and spend"?
Under whose administration has the national debt increased to $9 trillion?
Oh, right. That would be Republican George W. Bush.
"Catholics don't vote for abortion supporters."
Catholics don't vote for supporters of embryonic stem cell research (aka Mr. John McCain).
Obama is the latest empty suit to run for high office. He has little experience and the ideas that he does have are bad ones! So far the media are covering his gaffes but they can only do so for so long. Of course the media are running his campaign for him so far. Let's pray voters wise up by November!
"Once his tax and spend policies become better known, he's toast."
"'Tax and spend'? Under whose administration has the national debt increased to $9 trillion?'
Trying to change the subject is a tacit admission that one cannot counter what was posted.
Catholics don't vote in good conscience for abortion supporters, advocates of embryonic stem cell research, warmongers, those who favor the rich, or advocates of euthanasia or assisted suicide.
But they do PRAY for them! Let us pray for some serious conversions of hearts! I think both the candidates need it, as do many people in our country and government.
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