Ridiculous CBS poll
CBS did an online poll during Obama's speech, where 500 people representing viewers nationally (self-identified 44% Dem, 25% GOP):
The results are being touted all over the place this morning: 91% approve of the proposals the president made in his speech, only 9% disapprove.
This is obviously a completely ridiculous poll, and a suitably ridiculous outcome. As William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection points out, you couldn't get this kind of opinion number in North Korea. 91% of Americans don't agree about anything, let alone anything politically serious.
What's going on here is also obvious. Obama's speech was a list of goodies, period. Naming goodies isn't making a proposal -- proposals contain cost estimates, risk assessments, specify what has to be sacrificed to actually bring about whatever thing or service is being proposed. A goody list is just a description of attractive stuff, with no mention of their cost, what would have to be given up in exchange, or the likelihood that they could actually ever be achieved.
Obama says Higher economic growth. Viewer says, "Yeah, I'm for that!" Better health care that also saves money -- "Yeah, I'm for that, too!" Job creation? "Yeah!" High-speed rail. "Yes!" More technical training in schools. "My man!" And so on and on through the whole silly speech.
It's like standing in front of an audience of seals, holding up one fish after the other to see if they clap their flippers. Of course they would like to have every fish you hold up, wish they could have it, are in favor of it being thrown their way. Clap, clap, clap. So what?
Junk poll, junk result, sponsored by CBS, a junk network, then touted and pumped by the rest of them. Business as usual for the liberal media.
Byron
The results are being touted all over the place this morning: 91% approve of the proposals the president made in his speech, only 9% disapprove.
This is obviously a completely ridiculous poll, and a suitably ridiculous outcome. As William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection points out, you couldn't get this kind of opinion number in North Korea. 91% of Americans don't agree about anything, let alone anything politically serious.
What's going on here is also obvious. Obama's speech was a list of goodies, period. Naming goodies isn't making a proposal -- proposals contain cost estimates, risk assessments, specify what has to be sacrificed to actually bring about whatever thing or service is being proposed. A goody list is just a description of attractive stuff, with no mention of their cost, what would have to be given up in exchange, or the likelihood that they could actually ever be achieved.
Obama says Higher economic growth. Viewer says, "Yeah, I'm for that!" Better health care that also saves money -- "Yeah, I'm for that, too!" Job creation? "Yeah!" High-speed rail. "Yes!" More technical training in schools. "My man!" And so on and on through the whole silly speech.
It's like standing in front of an audience of seals, holding up one fish after the other to see if they clap their flippers. Of course they would like to have every fish you hold up, wish they could have it, are in favor of it being thrown their way. Clap, clap, clap. So what?
Junk poll, junk result, sponsored by CBS, a junk network, then touted and pumped by the rest of them. Business as usual for the liberal media.
Byron
posted by Byron | Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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