2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Nah... They're Not Worried... LOL !!! - 'Clinton Opens The Spigots On Sanders' - Politico [View all]Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)what a f'n stupid lie. If I was in politics you bet your ass I would pay attention to the polls. I would be very unlikely to change my opinions or what I am advocating. But, it would tell me where I need to clarify my positions if polls indicated people thought I was saying A when I was saying B. They would allow me to know what messages to focus on and which ones to perhaps get more education on, I might change my mind then. I would explain why I did that as well. For example if I changed my mind about being a war hawk. I would say I am sorry that I was so blind to what the oligarchy does world wide and it does appear most wars are to prop up a capitalistic system that can only exist when it preys on labor in it's own boarders and by stealing/underpaying for resources in other countries. I will be very careful about advocating for any war under those circumstances and I am sorry if I ever advocated for an exploitative war.