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[dutchess]

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Dewey Defeats Truman!
by JohnHuang2

The jobless rate is falling, the GDP is soaring, home ownership is soaring, the stock market is soaring and there hasn't been another terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11, so a solid majority think the country is headed off on the wrong track, polls show. Only a full-blown recession could brighten the mood now. Actually, the way you get a solid majority of the country thinking the country is headed in the wrong direction during boom times is to pack your poll with Democrats. The more the economy booms, the more Democrats and "independents" get squeezed by media pollsters into their polling sample mix to get this 'rising tide of discontent' we keep hearing them yap about.

Notice all the attention the latest AP/Ipsos poll is getting? If AP/Ipsos were to be believed, John Kerry won the election with 50% of the popular vote. Just before his defeat, AP/Ipsos had Kerry beating Bush by four points, 50%-46%.

Kerry was on his way to victory in the Marist College poll, too. He was being sworn in as the 44th president in the Fox News Opinion Dynamics poll. Kerry was delivering the '05 State of the Union Address in the Zogby poll.

At 5:00 p.m. on Election Day, just as Bush was trouncing Kerry across America, Zogby projected Kerry the winner by a comfortable Electoral vote margin. But maybe Zogby was just tired. He spent the whole day with Teresa measuring the drapes in the Oval Office.

Any incumbent below 50% is toast. Or very seriously vulnerable. As an indication of their incredible accuracy, virtually all the media polls had Bush below 50% just before he won.

"Right-wing" Fox News had Bush at 46%. CBS-New York Times, CNN/USA Today/Gallup, NBC-Wall Street Journal, ABC-Washington Post, ARG, etc., all showed Bush below 50%.

As for 'Right Track/Wrong Track' polling, 57% told Gallup they were angry and dissatisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. Two weeks later, they re-elected Bush. Fifty-six percent told AP/Ipsos pollsters the country was seriously off on the wrong track. Days before Bush beat Kerry. In Mid-October, 2004, 58% in the Pew Research Center survey thought the country was going to hell in a handbasket, then gave Bush a second term.

According to TIME, Newsweek, Annenberg, and the L.A. Times, a solid majority were dissatisfied with the way things were going in this country before re-electing the guy in charge. Like I said, these polls really have the pulse of the nation!

As for forecasting which party will control Congress after the elections, the media polls have a wonderful track record. AP/Ipsos had Democrats in May of '04 creaming the GOP, 50%-41%. (Nancy Pelosi would be House Speaker. Heading the committee overseeing the Capitol police would be Cynthia McKinney.) In May of '04,TIME magazine's poll had Democrats seizing control of Congress by 13 percentage points, 53%-40%. In June of '04, the Los Angeles Times had Democrats taking over Congress by 19 percentage points, 54%-35%. Three months before the '04 elections, Newsweek still had Democrats ahead of the GOP by a whopping margin, 51%-41%. (My advice to Democrats: Please, keep trusting these polls!)

The point of all this? Media polls are junk. As trustworthy as CBS's National Guard documents. Keep that in mind the next time you read how Bush's job rating has dropped to a "career low" amid "continued broad public skepticism about the Iraq War" (ABC News, 4/10/06).

Besides, despite all the polls, there's good reason to believe Bush will mount a powerful comeback in the months ahead and win re-election! Oops...

Anyway, that's...

My two cents

03-28-06 ~ Hall of Fame #15

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 04-10-06 Military Monday 04-11-06 This is Your Life 04-12-06 Warm Fuzzy Wednesday

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[dutchess]

[dutchess]

It's Thursday at the Finest... Time for another tell it like it is John's 2cents!!!!

[Lancey Howard]

BUMP!

[im4eagles]

Is there a framed copy of Michelle Malkin's Seattle PI editorial about Freepers and FreeRepublic hanging in the small room? Just curious what Jim finally did with it.

[MEG33]

*Garden Path*

Good Morning To The Finest
Pollsters sometimes lead one "down the garden path"! It did the dems in that election.LOL..Great essay and presentation!

[The Mayor]

April 13, 2006

When The Pressure Is On

Read:
Romans 5:1-5

We also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance. —Romans 5:3

Bible In One Year: 1 Samuel 22-24; Luke 12:1-31

What makes a shiny apple look so delicious? The skin, of course. But what is it about an apple that actually makes it delicious? The juice and substance inside. That's the apple's real "character."

I learned this as a boy watching my mom make applesauce. With a wooden pestle, she would mash the soft, boiled pieces of apple through a metal colander and into a bowl, until all that remained in the colander were drab, flattened skins. But oh, the sauce tasted so good!

God uses life's pressures to bring out the sweetness of Christlike character in us. Tribulation (which means "pressure" in the Greek) also helps us realize the awful potential of our sin nature and see it for what it is—ugly and tasteless. Under pressure, all kinds of sins begin to surface—greed, selfishness, lust, pride.

Pressure, whether from without or from an unrealistic perfectionism within, is a fact of our fallen world. God controls its intensity and duration so that we can recognize, confess, and renounce those fleshly "skins" that obscure Christ's character in us.

Tribulation is not something anyone seeks. But when it comes, the Holy Spirit will use it to create in us perseverance, character, and hope (Romans 5:3-4). —Dennis De Haan

All God's testings have a purpose—
Someday you will see the light;
All He asks is that you trust Him,
Walk by faith and not by sight. —Zoller

The gem of Christlike character is formed by pressure and refined by friction.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Joseph: Overcoming Life's Challenges

April 13, 2006

When The Pressure Is On

Read:
Romans 5:1-5

We also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance. —Romans 5:3

Bible In One Year: 1 Samuel 22-24; Luke 12:1-31

What makes a shiny apple look so delicious? The skin, of course. But what is it about an apple that actually makes it delicious? The juice and substance inside. That's the apple's real "character."

I learned this as a boy watching my mom make applesauce. With a wooden pestle, she would mash the soft, boiled pieces of apple through a metal colander and into a bowl, until all that remained in the colander were drab, flattened skins. But oh, the sauce tasted so good!

God uses life's pressures to bring out the sweetness of Christlike character in us. Tribulation (which means "pressure" in the Greek) also helps us realize the awful potential of our sin nature and see it for what it is—ugly and tasteless. Under pressure, all kinds of sins begin to surface—greed, selfishness, lust, pride.

Pressure, whether from without or from an unrealistic perfectionism within, is a fact of our fallen world. God controls its intensity and duration so that we can recognize, confess, and renounce those fleshly "skins" that obscure Christ's character in us.

Tribulation is not something anyone seeks. But when it comes, the Holy Spirit will use it to create in us perseverance, character, and hope (Romans 5:3-4). —Dennis De Haan

All God's testings have a purpose—
Someday you will see the light;
All He asks is that you trust Him,
Walk by faith and not by sight. —Zoller

The gem of Christlike character is formed by pressure and refined by friction.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Joseph: Overcoming Life's Challenges

[Diver Dave]

All these polls are as relevant as would-be president Kerry.

My neighbor still has a Kerry-Edwards sign in her front window.

Let's see now, where did I put that picture of the Kerry-Edwards sign in the trash pile?

[DollyCali]

great essay John and wonderful presentation & graphics Dutchess! Thank you both for your efforts!

Polls. Are a little the Bible. You can pick a little something here & there & "prove" what you want. A random sampling of scriptures can raise many eyebrows along the way.

Polls & the Media..both not friends of conservatives it seems

[DollyCali]

Really lovely photo Meg and again you picked a lovely table to show it off. I appreciate your sharing. I have yet to finish scanning yesterday's thread but the quick overview revealed your lovely trademark contributions! Thanks!

[MEG33]

Thank you Dolly. I hope you have found some relief for your backache.

[DollyCali]

Pressure, whether from without or from an unrealistic perfectionism within, is a fact of our fallen world

That is absolutely the lesson I have been learning the past few weeks. How timely!

Thanks as always for making this part of our day here & at other threads Rus.

Today appears to be a good day for construction. Sunny, warm.. I have a pretty full plate of commitments & wish I could be doing some outdoor yard-work. Our Lake County Republican club is sponsoring a forum of the three candidates tonight who are running for Supreme court in our area. Having media coverage & anticipating a good meeting. About 8 FReepers are members so this is the group we hope will be our Regional FReeper Core.

[DollyCali]

The chiropractor visit did help some. I will be going weekly & I know better re: abdominal exercises to strenghten back. Just lazy in those areas. I hate to be dependent on meds alone when with some minimal effort each day relief could be had.

Thanks for asking. I cut my finger this am closing a basement window (trying to air out the mold/mildew).My hand just went thru the pane. I am lucky to have just a minor cut on one finger. Going to unfortunately slow things down a bit. I have a medical plastic glove atop the wrapped finger.

Well need to go take aunt to doc.. see ya'al later

[MEG33]

Always to good to hear from you, Dolly!

[LadyX]

Dear, Dear John....

At the risk of disillusioning the masses, The LadyX is...g-u-i-l-t-y.....
of having in a frame on the wall before me Presidential campaign buttons saved through the years.

At the very top, in the center, is a genuine 1948 one, no less!

How crushed I was by the Truman win, reminded he once stood me up at the White House..:>(

[Okay..a bunch of us, actually - participants in the 1947 National Spelling Bee - and he had the perfect excuse...his mother in Independence, Missouri fell ill..:]

Now you write of The Almighty Polls... POLLS SCHMOLLS !!

Insults to intelligent minds, they are merely Fingers-in-the-Wind straws, blowing past and meaning nothing.

They try to build a [political] house with 'em...
just ask the how wise that is!

Sheesh...if you take a poll in (Choose One) Cape Cod - Baltimore - San Francisco - etc., out of the token, paltry 1200 "asked," 1198 will vote for a Lib...and 2 votes cast for "Others"... they, of course, were tourists...

Like Joe Friday - - in the 1960's television series, Dragnet, said, interviewing a witness, "My name is Friday - I'm a cop." and "Just the facts, Ma'am."

Signing off, John, asking you to "get the facts" and keep 'em coming!!

~ LadyX

[Diver Dave]

Let's see now, where did I put that picture of the Kerry-Edwards sign in the trash pile?

Found it!

[Diver Dave]

Good one, LadyX. :)

[MEG33]

Thank you for a great "Dear John" letter, LadyX!

[LadyX]

LOL, Dave...doncha love how John Edwards occasionally pops up in the news, wishin' and a hopin' - trying to appear *relevant* to something?!

He - - "Don't Muss Mah Hairdo" - hasta be lost, with not much to do but sit there counting his NC Defense Trial Lawyer Mi$$llions.

Almost suspected he'd be seen in television clips of the Duke Mow-'Em-down mess, when that Muslim student deliberately plowed into a bunch on a sidewalk, proclaimng His Allah Supremo...

Why, several of the victims will have the right to sue...Allah???

[LadyX]

Every day we thank YOU for your many beautiful and moving contributions, Meg...
you always give us something to appreciate, ponder, digest, mull over, laugh...the whole spectrum..:)

You bring us colorful *rainbows,* like this one:

[dutchess]

God Bless Our Military
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Below are names of some of our FReepers' loved ones who are serving our country. If you have someone you would like to add, please address a post to Billie; Dutchess, The Mayor, DollyCali or GodBlessUSA and we will add their name to this list. As we pray for them, we pray also for all our nation’s leaders, and military personnel, and their families and friends. May God hold them close to His heart.

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We ask Lord, that You guide the leaders of our great country in their hour of decision. The burden that has been placed on their shoulders is overwhelming. We ask that with Your infinite wisdom You guide them gently to the right decisions.

Please give us the strength, Lord, to get through each difficult and devastating day that faces each of us and our country. Protect and guide our Military that are now being called to duty, strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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