AP Poll Spin: Americans Will Vote for Republicans -- But They Hate Themselves for It

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | October 22, 2014 | Rush Limbaugh

[Kaslin]

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RUSH: Now, ladies and gentlemen, there's an AP poll out today, and this is the most amazing poll. It is an AP-GfK poll. And the headline is this: "Most Expect GOP Victory in November," but they will cringe voting for it, meaning the Republican Party.

"Two weeks before Election Day, most of the nation's likely voters now expect the Republican Party to take control of the US Senate, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. And by a growing margin, they say that's the outcome they'd like to see. But the survey suggests many will cringe when they cast those ballots. Most likely voters have a negative impression of the Republican Party, and 7 in 10 are dissatisfied by its leaders in Congress." Well, thank God the AP managed to work that in! Of course, 60 years of vilification by the news media wouldn't have anything to do with what people think of the Republican Party now, would it?

Sixty years of smears, 60 years of vile lies, distortions, and smears, wouldn't have anything to do with what people think? But let me ask a question. Most expect the GOP to -- by the way, let me tell you something else. The New York Times has a story today about the Democrat Party and panic, and I think that that is because it's looking even worse than anybody publicly is willing to state. This AP poll today, there was one back in September, very same poll. And it said back in September -- this is only October, folks. This has been four or five weeks since the last poll. The AP poll in September said that both parties were neck and neck. Now it says the Republicans are up by 8%.

Back in September, the AP claimed that women favored Democrats over recommends by 7%. Now the Republicans are up by 2%. That's a shift of 9%, in less than a month. So we're supposed to believe that there has been a gigantic shift toward the Republican Party just since September, but, while this shift has happened, the people who made it possible resent it. They resent themselves. They're gonna vote Republican, but they don't want to. They're gonna vote Republican, but they're gonna cringe when they pull the lever. They're gonna vote Republican, but they hate the Republicans. They're gonna vote Republican, are gonna vote against the Democrats, but, oh, man, they're not gonna like what they do at all. And just a month ago, this wasn't even gonna happen.

A month ago, the Democrats were gonna win, were gonna hold even, might hold the Senate, might even pick up some seats here and there, and they certainly still had the edge in women. Now four weeks later and a total reversal. And the people responsible for the total reversal, the voters, are mad that they have reversed. A month ago they were happy. They loved the Democrats. They thought the Democrats were much better for women than the Republicans. And now in four weeks something's happened, and they've totally changed their minds and they've changed their preferences, but, boy, are they mad at themselves. I mean, there's some self-loathing going out there. They must really hate themselves. These people are going to cringe as they vote for Republicans. It must mean they really hate the Democrats.

What has happened in these past four weeks to cause this? You know what I think is more likely? I think it's more likely we're just seeing what we see almost every election year. As we get closer to actual Election Day, the polls get a little more realistic because the pollsters start thinking about their credibility. So a poll a month ago, a poll in August, a poll three months ago could be used entirely to shape public opinion and advance, say, the Democrat Party agenda rather than reflect public opinion. And I have no doubt this happens. None. Zip, zero, nada. Shifts in public opinion don't happen this way.

So what's obviously happening here as we're getting closer to the actual of the election, the polls are starting to reflect more and more the reality of the situation. By this time the pollsters have done as much as they can to boost Democrat donations. They've done as much as they can to boost Democrat turnout. Now they have to try to salvage some credibility by showing that their polls were accurate after the election. But I'm still struck by this whole premise. "Two weeks before Election Day, most of the nation's likely voters now expect the Republican Party to take control of the US Senate, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. And by a growing margin, they say that's the outcome they'd like to see."

Okay, that denotes happy people, to a certain extent. Most of the nation's likely voters expect the Republican Party to win the Senate, and most say that's what they want to see. But the next sentence: "But the survey suggests many will cringe when they cast those ballots." They want the Republicans to win, they're gonna vote for the Republicans, and they're gonna hate themselves in the morning. It's just amazing the way people who vote Republican are characterized, is it not? Self-loathing, confused, snarky, mean-spirited extremists.

And then if you read a little further in this excuse for a story, you find this. "The Democrats win few accolades themselves." Oh. You mean voters cringe when they vote Democrat, too? You mean there might be some unhappiness with the Democrats? You mean that's why a majority of the people want the Republicans to control the Senate and are going to vote that way because Democrats win few accolades themselves? Apparently so. "Impressions of the party among likely voters have grown more negative in the past month." Why? What's happened in the past month? What's so much different in the past month than the past six years?

Well, some things maybe. Obamacare. Maybe ISIS. Maybe Ebola. Maybe jobs. But all of this has been happening to one degree or another. I mean, we weren't in utopia four weeks ago and all of a sudden have somehow ended up in hell. Nothing really starkly bad has gone on. It's just continued to get worse day in and day out. In fact, do you know what the AP loves to report here? In this very poll, remember, now, most likely voters are gonna vote Republican because they want the Republicans to control the Senate, and then this. "In fact, Democrats are more trusted than the GOP on just two of nine top issues, the poll showed."

I wonder what those issues are. Gay rights, climate change, income inequality, really important stuff? I mean, what is it? "The economy remains the top issue for likely voters -- 91 percent call it 'extremely' or 'very' important. And the GOP has increased its advantage as the party more trusted to handle the issue to a margin of 39 percent to 31 percent." So the economy's big. Women have moved in the Republicans' direction since September, the last AP poll.

I'm telling you, folks, nothing's happened other than the pollster is changing his objective. A month ago, two months ago, three months ago, the objective was to shape public opinion, to try to engender donations to the Democrats, voter registration for the Democrats. They've done all that they can. Now we're getting close. Now they've gotta start getting real so that they have credibility when their poll is looked at after the election.

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RUSH: One more little tidbit from this poll. The Democrats are actually cringing more than the Republicans are. Forty percent of Republicans in this silly poll, 40% say that they're excited to vote for their guy. Thirty-two percent of Democrat voters say they're excited to vote for their guy. So we are looking at Democrats cringing even more than people voting for Republicans. Have you ever heard of anything like this? Have you ever heard anything reported like this? People, likely voters, want the Republicans to win the Senate. They expect it to happen, and they're going to vote for it, and they're gonna cringe when they do it, even though they're doing what they want to do.

And the impression clearly left, that for some reason people would really like to vote Democrat, but they just can't. It's mind-boggling.

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[lentulusgracchus]

EVIL PURIST!!

Yeah, whaddayawanna do, elect Hillary?

<snert>

lol

[Norm Lenhart]

Nope. Elect conservatives. Cant fathom why so few people on a conservative site oppose the idea.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” We now have to look at our former hero as a complete moron because all his speeches, actions and policies clearly were in error.”

Yeah, we must abandon all principle, and vote for a RINO, because he will slow down the destruction (Even though the RINOS have all destroyed the Republican party, and conservatism within the party) “Voodoo economics” doncha know......

[Norm Lenhart]

I think it is selfish of those damn purists to want to stop the destruction when clearly they should just slow it down.

What if people like their destruction and want to keep it? I never considered what value destruction brings to America. But now that I think about it, it does employ a lot of RINOS that would otherwise be unemployable. If we were to simply stop it through conservative governance, what would they do?

No, clearly we have to just slow it down so RINOS can maintain empoyment.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” I think it is selfish of those damn purists to want to stop the destruction when clearly they should just slow it down.

What if people like their destruction and want to keep it? “

LMAO!!

[noiseman]

I am as fed up with do-nothing liberal RINOs as anyone, but you have to think logically about this. The way to fight RINOs is by running conservative candidates and voting for them in the PRIMARIES. That’s how we got Ted Cruz, among others. Once we get to a general election, however, the only logical choice is to vote for the Republican, period.

Voting third party or not voting at all in a general election is not going to “teach the establishment Republicans a lesson”, and it will certainly guarantee a result that none of us want, namely ensuring that the Democrats have enough representatives to constitute a ruling majority. Unless you have a plan to create a viable alternative party (which I would welcome, by the way), the only rational plan is to attempt to purify the party in the primaries while voting party line in the general. Anything else is just emotionalism in action, which I thought was a liberal, not conservative trait.

[Norm Lenhart]

Find me a single flaw in this logic.

“If you keep doing the same thing for 30 years and end up with a more liberal party than when you began, who is now fully supportive of leftist policies on immigration/borders/homosexuality/marriage ect, you should stop doing that”

Just one.

[Norm Lenhart]

I hoped for change...

[stephenjohnbanker]

I’m still pissed about the Great Pumpkin......

[Norm Lenhart]

I’m pissed that “A wish for Wings that Work” isn’t on DVD.

[PLMerite]

Anybody know WTF “GfK” stands for ?

[Norm Lenhart]

And for any lurkers reading, I would like to point out that throughout this thread, just like every other I have brought it up on since it happened, not a single person demanding we vote RINO will even touch the issue of their promise to give us Amnesty if they are given control.

Not one. Why do you all suppose that is? Shame?

[Blood of Tyrants]

I don’t throw a tantrum and refuse to vote if a conservative isn’t on the ballot.

[jwalsh07]

Hey, I despise republican leadership but I will happily pull the lever for any republican I can. Voting democrat for any reason? I would prefer beheading by ISIS.

[noiseman]

There is one obvious flaw there: The only thing that conservatives have been doing the same for the last 30 years (for the most part) is NOT running serious primary opponents. It is only since the recent advent of the Tea Party that conservatives have gotten serious about opposing their own party, and their successes have ALL come as a result of successful primary challenges. Name one Tea Party candidate who won in a general election by running as anything other than a Republican.

I'm with you 100% in spirit, but until someone builds a party machine to equal the existing Republican mechanism voting for anyone other than the Republican in a general election will accomplish absolutely nothing positive, and will only lead to more Democrats being elected. It's not complicated - that's the only possible outcome, unfortunately.

That's why the only rational strategy is to use the primary system to change the party from within. It's also important to get involved in the internal party machinations, beginning at the caucus level. If enough conservatives got involved in the party itself, instead of sitting in the corner and pouting by casting meaningless protest votes, things would change.

[gogeo]

You’ll still get a rat. Just a cloaked rat.

I'm skeptical.

What's the track record of candidates we've had to hold our noses to vote for, so as not to be overpowered by the stench of Rinocrat?

1992...HW pi$$ed away a Desert Storm approval rating, lost to Bubba.

1996...Bob Dole, famously tagged as the tax collector for the welfare state.

2008...John McCain...first to go nuclear on fellow Repubs, but famously said we need not fear a Barack "no middle name" Obama presidency.

Mitt Romney...again went nuclear on fellow Repubs, went limp on Obama.

Those who say we need to hold our noses and vote for the Rinocrat need to show when that's been a successful strategy.

Why vote for light beer?

[stephenjohnbanker]

” I don’t throw a tantrum and refuse to vote if a conservative isn’t on the ballot.”

I don’t throw tantrums, I just point out the truth. If you don’t see it, I can’t help you.

[The KG9 Kid]

The counter-spin is obviously “Yes, the Obama Administration is THAT bad.”

[stephenjohnbanker]

“” What’s the track record of candidates we’ve had to hold our noses to vote for, so as not to be overpowered by the stench of Rinocrat?

1992...HW pi$$ed away a Desert Storm approval rating, lost to Bubba.

1996...Bob Dole, famously tagged as the tax collector for the welfare state.

2008...John McCain...first to go nuclear on fellow Repubs, but famously said we need not fear a Barack “no middle name” Obama presidency.

Mitt Romney...again went nuclear on fellow Repubs, went limp on Obama.

Those who say we need to hold our noses and vote for the Rinocrat need to show when that’s been a successful strategy.”

Great post!

[noiseman]

"And for any lurkers reading, I would like to point out that throughout this thread, just like every other I have brought it up on since it happened, not a single person demanding we vote RINO will even touch the issue of their promise to give us Amnesty if they are given control. Not one. Why do you all suppose that is? Shame?"

OK, so we all clearly hear what you think SHOULDN'T be done. Therefore, let's cut right to the chase: What is your brilliant plan for defeating Democrats, getting true conservatives elected, and vanquishing RINOs? We know you disagree with our input, so what would you do? And don't answer that by just reiterating what you wouldn't do.