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Thomas Sowell: Don't believe every poll you see
The Abilene Reporter-News ^ | October 21, 2008 | Thomas Sowell

Posted on 10/21/2008 8:09:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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Does this man ever write a bad column?
1 posted on 10/21/2008 8:09:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: nwrep

Prescient ping.


2 posted on 10/21/2008 8:11:25 PM PDT by jla (Sarah!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Don’t be a POLLer Bear!........


3 posted on 10/21/2008 8:12:15 PM PDT by Red Badger (My wallet is made out of depleted you-owe-mium........)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Still, it may take more than voter fraud and media spin to put Sen. Obama in the White House. Most public opinion polls show Obama ahead, but not usually by decisive margins, and sometimes by a difference within the margin of error.

That's My American Prayer.

4 posted on 10/21/2008 8:13:07 PM PDT by XR7
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5 posted on 10/21/2008 8:16:16 PM PDT by XR7
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Does this man ever write a bad column”?

...don’t think so.


6 posted on 10/21/2008 8:19:37 PM PDT by albie
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To: Red Badger

Ha!


7 posted on 10/21/2008 8:20:12 PM PDT by antceecee (McCain ~ Palin '08 May God have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dr. Sowell bump.

Printable version with photo:

http://www.creators.com/print/opinion/thomas-sowell/polls-and-pols.html


8 posted on 10/21/2008 8:20:20 PM PDT by Weirdad (A Free Republic, not a "democracy" (mob rule))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Another good one, thanks


9 posted on 10/21/2008 8:21:41 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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Does this man ever write a bad column?

If so, I've never read it. Anyone?

10 posted on 10/21/2008 8:22:47 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Stand up and fight. We're Americans, and we never give up."--John McCain acceptance speech)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thank you for posting this.


11 posted on 10/21/2008 8:23:01 PM PDT by Edgewood Pilot
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I only wish some pollster would call me and ask who I’m voting for. When asked why I’m not voting for BHO, I’d beat him to the punch and confirm his already blatant but false assumptions by just saying because he’s a n***o.


12 posted on 10/21/2008 8:24:31 PM PDT by fwdude
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It wasn't long ago when McCain was leading in the polls, and I cautioned people... to beware and not let these polls get to you because they are just likely pulling the "old Lucy vs Charlie Brown trick" they set us up, we believe the polls, then the numbers sink.

Polls are worthless. Liberal media polls have always been off by large margins. I keep mentioning 1996... this is looking like 1996 again. Back then, the polls were off the mark in double digits. Polls can be used as propaganda tools.

I took statistics in college. One of the main rules in statistics is accuracy depends heavily on the size of the sample. You can't poll 1,000 people in a country of millions and realistically expect to get an accurate measure weeks away from an election.

4% margin of error? How do they figure that margin of error? In 1996 election alone, 90% of the polls were OUTSIDE their margins of error. I post this again... what good is a margin of error if it can be exceeded?

We must guard ourselves against propaganda, and polls are a powerful propaganda tool. They have been used that way before, and they are being used that way again.

All these problems for Obama they keep talking about... They say 30% of DNC will not vote for him because of his color, admitting DNC has a racism problem. How can he lose 30% of his own base and still win by 10%? How can he win by 10% if the leaders of NOW are standing on the stage with Governor Sarah Palin making speeches? How can he win by 10% if he depends heavily on a youth vote that has been promised in every election but has never shown up? With all these negatives he has, the bloom is off the rose... they ain't gonna show. Remember 2000? Vote or Die? They were supposed to have the youth vote FIRED UP! Here they come! (Nope!)

With two weeks to go, the college age population will have some time to think things over. Do they really want an untested socialist? This racism cloud is going to pass. They can't sustain it for two weeks. They can't make this election a mandate for racial harmony.

What we need is for J.C. Watts and others to come forward and loudly support McCain right now. They cannot sit on their hands and let this honorable man John McCain get slandered as a racist like this. Right when we needed his help, Powell has stabbed us in the back. It is time for all good black men and women of the conservative persuasion to stand up for our Republic!

13 posted on 10/21/2008 8:26:38 PM PDT by 1-Eagle (Its official - all words used to critize Obama are now code words for black.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thomas Sowell does it again. There’s a bumper sticker somewhere — “The MSM is giving you the bum’s rush into voting for Obama.”


14 posted on 10/21/2008 8:29:02 PM PDT by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent.)
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“Does this man ever write a bad column?

If so, I’ve never read it. Anyone?”

No. And the man is 78!


15 posted on 10/21/2008 8:31:48 PM PDT by reaganaut1
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To: fwdude

Give the pollster a heart attack - use the N word.

Then say you’re voting FOR Palin “cuz she’s so HOT”.


16 posted on 10/21/2008 8:31:59 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (It's Joe the Plumber vs. Bill the Bomber!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“In other words, the media helped create the charged atmosphere in which some people give misleading answers to pollsters to avoid being stigmatized.”

And it only takes one easily-intimidated voter out of 20 to throw the entire poll into the dumpster.


17 posted on 10/21/2008 8:38:18 PM PDT by cookcounty (Sarah and Todd Palin : They're more like us than we are.)
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To: fwdude
I only wish some pollster would call me and ask who I’m voting for. When asked why I’m not voting for BHO, I’d beat him to the punch and confirm his already blatant but false assumptions by just saying because he’s a n***o.
Better yet, tell them "Look, I am a Democrat. My family has been Democrat for generations. I am disappointed in my party. We didn't start the KKK for nothing! Where are our leaders like Sen Byrd?"

Bet that would freak 'em out!

18 posted on 10/21/2008 8:44:25 PM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Ever write a bad column? Not to my knowledge. He is the oracle. If McCain had the election in the bag, Dr. Sowell was my write in vote. The man is a national treasure and I believe he would be a great President who would make use of the podium much like Reagan did and very well could be the educator we conservatives have longed for after Reagan left office.

Libs should be forced to read Dr. Sowell every day as a cure for their mental disorder, though I doubt they would have to be forced to read his stuff after a couple of weeks or so.

19 posted on 10/21/2008 9:01:15 PM PDT by GBA
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“Some of these polls seem like they are not trying to report facts but to create an impression.”

Bingo!


20 posted on 10/21/2008 9:03:50 PM PDT by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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