Reality Check for the Polling Deniers

I tend to take these media swine political polls with a grain of salt. I do this because they always dole them out to lure you in, then when a crucial political contest arrives, the polls that were once trending downward for Republicans all claim to trend upward in reaction to some political minutia that only busy-body needle-noses in Washington media circles give a damn about. Classic bait ‘n’ switch tactics.Now I have no doubt that the GOP is suffering is hemorrhaging voters, or at the very least, people that claim with pride that they are “REPUBLICANS!” The way I know this is much more organic than taking the word of some random poll. I travel around the country more than five times a year for my job. I’ve visited some pretty far out areas of the country. As much as the media attempts to downplay the impact of the last eight years on the so-called “GOP brand,” most folks I talk with are almost apologetic when they admit to being “Republicans.” It’s as if they are embarrassed by a family member whose an alcoholic or drug abuser. They call themselves “conservatives” or “independents.” They are members of the Republican party, yet they’re so reluctant to claim allegiance with any single thing the party is committed to at this stage. They have sharp words for the Democratic party, so don’t get it twisted. But they tend to merely criticize actual policies, not the party itself. When discussing the Republican party, they GO OFF!!! They rail against Bush Jr., Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, and, unfortunately, Powell.They also go off on McCain and Palin. Last year, the more self-identified “Republicans” that I spoke with, the more they were convinced that the party itself was not even serious about last year’s election. I tell them how much of a fan I am of Palin’s…je ne sais quoi, and they first lambaste McCain for picking her, then they go off on her for being knowingly unprepared for the national stage. One conservative woman I spoke with called her a “whore” even. I’m sure she meant to add the “attention” adjective, but, then again…this woman was going on about Cindy McCain opinion on the Palin nod. Ha!Anyway…it’s much more fun paying no mind to media swine and polls, and just talking to your fellow countrymen about their political point of view. In fact, it’s downright lazy to depend solely on the pontificating dorks in the media. I look at all this sensationalism passing for political discourse and I nod my head. It is all designed to make the pundits look like sages, yet all it really does it make them look like a bunch of bored hens gossiping in a most mundanely routine manner. Pathetic!