tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post6618628495633893081..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: Why Does Obama Get Job Performance Approval?Alan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-36516560538314544382015-02-03T02:06:33.010-08:002015-02-03T02:06:33.010-08:00I put pollsters in the same category as snake oil ...I put pollsters in the same category as snake oil salesmen. They ask questions in ways that will generate affirmation versus reality. Having said that - I've followed the Rasmussen polls for some time now I keep seeing everyone claiming they hate Obama's policies but think he's just doing a Jim Dandy job. Is that a case of cognitive dissonance or was Gruber right – people are stupid? <br /><br />I think it’s a combination of the following. Cognitive dissonance is rampant, the pollsters are corrupt, people are largely misinformed and uninformed by choice and a corrupt media that wants to keep them that way and Gruber was right. There is only one question that needs to be answered. Gruber was attacked as being ‘arrogant’ by various writers – was he being arrogant or was he merely making an observation of reality that no one liked? <br /><br />Here’s an insight to the correct answer. Recently Newsweek found that 29% of Americans didn’t know who the Vice President was, 27% didn’t know the President of the U.S. was in charge of the executive branch and 70% didn’t know the supreme law of the land was the U.S. Constitution. <br /><br />One commenter made the observation they may have thought it was the Prime Directive from the United Federation of Planets. I would be willing to bet if that question was part of the test a fair number would have agreed!<br /><br />http://www.newsweek.com/take-quiz-what-we-dont-know-66047Rich Kozlovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-17866214621725794452015-02-02T16:34:53.361-08:002015-02-02T16:34:53.361-08:00I also have been puzzled by the polls. Remember t...I also have been puzzled by the polls. Remember that Scott Rasmussen was ousted from the organization he founded, and since then the polling has been pro-Democrat?????? However, Gallup has been in the business since the 1930's, and I've not investigated the guy who runs it. On the other hand, how do you poll people in this age where fewer people now have land lines. The last election is probably a better indicator of the average citizen, and it was a historic change away from the Democrats.....<br />curiousonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09571300262367870998noreply@blogger.com