http://donklephant.com/2008/03/22/poll-politicians-should-pay-attention-to-polls/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:39:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/22/poll-politicians-should-pay-attention-to-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-394709 Donklephant » Blog Archive » Former Republican Congressman On Cheney’s “Public? What Public?” Statement Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:08:43 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/22/poll-politicians-should-pay-attention-to-polls/#comment-394709 [...] Edwards shares an interesting perspective, that ties into that poll I posted yesterday about how people think politicians should pay attention to polls… What, then, is the straw [...] [...] Edwards shares an interesting perspective, that ties into that poll I posted yesterday about how people think politicians should pay attention to polls… What, then, is the straw [...]

]]> http://donklephant.com/2008/03/22/poll-politicians-should-pay-attention-to-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-394640 Jim S Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:33:37 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/22/poll-politicians-should-pay-attention-to-polls/#comment-394640 The major weakness of the idea that the only input the public should have is in an election is that the public does not consist of a population of seers. Who in 2000 foresaw 9/11 and that part of the President's reaction to it would be to invade a country that had nothing to do with it? For all that Bush and his apologists say now does anyone really think that they would have invaded Iraq if 9/11 hadn't occurred to give them the confidence that the public would fall for it? In 2004 how many of the people voting for Bush and his fellow Republicans thought that we would still be there come the next Presidential election? I think one major reason for the Republican losses in 2006 was that this truth was finally beginning to sink in. The major weakness of the idea that the only input the public should have is in an election is that the public does not consist of a population of seers. Who in 2000 foresaw 9/11 and that part of the President’s reaction to it would be to invade a country that had nothing to do with it? For all that Bush and his apologists say now does anyone really think that they would have invaded Iraq if 9/11 hadn’t occurred to give them the confidence that the public would fall for it? In 2004 how many of the people voting for Bush and his fellow Republicans thought that we would still be there come the next Presidential election? I think one major reason for the Republican losses in 2006 was that this truth was finally beginning to sink in.

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