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In reply to the discussion: Why does everyone automatically trust the polls? [View all]RepublicansRZombies
(982 posts)16. how do you judge the general trend?
You have actually heard voters charmed by Romney?
Or is this just the media narrative?
All the stations lie, even Rachel and Ed attacked Obama instead of the multitude of lies spewed by Romney last time...
All the polls could lie as well.
They have gotten away with creating reality so long, they have become empowered.
Why would they stop when they are getting everything they want?
Karl Rove:
"We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that realityjudiciously, as you willwe'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."
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I second that. Polls are just a news-creator for the 24-hour entertainment/news cycle.
LovePeacock
Oct 2012
#3
really? I just see so many Americans as apathetic, having no idea what is going on
RepublicansRZombies
Oct 2012
#17
It's not about you, it's about the millions of people who will support the cops beating protesters
RepublicansRZombies
Oct 2012
#28
I trust my state's Secretary of State to ensure that voting systems and procedures used in...
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#25
I think we better do something about the way our elections are counted...and FAST!
RepublicansRZombies
Oct 2012
#12
okey, just seems like a lot of people believed Obama lost because of the media
RepublicansRZombies
Oct 2012
#14
Who "won" the debate is a matter of OPINION and cannot be objectively proved one way or another
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#34
These polls are all over the place, plus they use DIFFERENT methodology as well....
LenaBaby61
Oct 2012
#11
I don't trust any one poll, but I do trust the general trend... and it isn't good.
reformist2
Oct 2012
#13
Who gives them more money, Koch and Rove groups, or your average American citizen?
RepublicansRZombies
Oct 2012
#22
True but there's a huge number of right wing polls coming out now. I'm not just talking
craigmatic
Oct 2012
#24