Today on Fox News, Brett Hume expressed surprise that recent polls show people are not all that concerned about the rioting and violence. He thought people would be more upset about this. I like Brett Hume, but he missed the obvious. People are upset about the rioting and violence. That is one reason why gun sales are skyrocketing. People who were for gun control last year are out trying to purchase a Glock this year. I know a lot of people, both liberal and conservative. I don’t know anyone who is not concerned about the riots and violence. They may differ on every other issue, but all agree that safety is a big deal. The real lesson here is that the polls themselves are worthless. If they missed this, they are missing EVERYTHING.
This is why it looks like a senile 77-year-old man proposing wildly radical ideas is supposedly leading in the polls. If you never talk to anyone with half a brain, you are always going to get similar results. Smart people don’t talk to pollsters, ever. In fact, more and more people don’t talk to anyone on their phones. Check this out yourself. While you are out, look for people talking on their cell phone. For every one of them you find, you will find about 5 who are texting. Do you really think these people are likely to spend 15 or more minutes talking on the phone to someone taking a poll?
If the polls can’t figure out that no one, and I do mean no one, thinks these riots and violence are a good idea, they are missing everything. Instead, look at what is really happening. The business owners who are defying the lockdown by sneaking people in the backdoor. The people buying guns. The parents fuming because their vacation usually begins when the kids are back in school. The people lined up for hours in 115-degree temperature to hear Trump speak in Yuma Arizona. The MAGA hats. The drop off in fans watching MLB or any other sport because of people sitting for the national anthem. The speed at which Goodyear apologized for a training session that allowed a Black Lives Matter hat but not a MAGA hat. One word from Trump and Goodyear folded like a cheap umbrella. Or how about the boycott against GOYA foods that resulted in an immediate surge in sales.
Have you notice how many rip off their face mask as soon as they leave a store. Do you really think those people will vote for someone who wants them to wear a face mask every time they leave their home? Or how about people in California who were told they were going to lose power while the outside temperature was 110 degrees. This was so obvious our resident idiot, Governor Newsom, ordered an investigation and said his administration would soon lay out detailed terms on how to avoid a power failure.
The following news article explains. Note the last two paragraphs: Newsom emphasized that the state remains “committed to radically changing the way we produce and consume energy,” moving away from fossil fuels toward solar and wind.
He said, however, that “we cannot sacrifice reliability as we move forward in this transition.”
The point is that all this “Green New Deal” and global warming alarmist nonsense quickly fades into the background if you can’t run your air conditioner when it is 110 degrees outside.
In summary, if you are running a poll, and you miss things this obvious, there is no reason to take anything you say or report seriously. If fact, we are close to the Gomer Pyle dilemma. You know, the scene where Sergeant Carter and Gomer are trapped in a room with a ticking bomb. There are only seconds left to avoid disaster. Carter knows he must cut either the red wire or the black wire. He asks Gomer which wire he would cut. Gomer thinks about it and say the red wire. So, Sergeant Carter immediately cuts the black wire. Gomer said: “why did you ask my opinion and then ignore me? The response was: “The only thing knew for sure was that you would be wrong.”
If the polls say it, do more than question it. Odds are high the opposite is true.
TDM