Would you prefer a hesitant intellectual or a decisive idiot?
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Tue Jul-13-04 04:52 PM
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Would you prefer a hesitant intellectual or a decisive idiot? |
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Edited on Tue Jul-13-04 05:16 PM by troublemaker
Most reporting of this recent AP Poll about attributes of Bush and Kerry has compared apples and oranges by comparing “yes” totals for each man head to head despite the obvious fact that in every category Kerry has more “Not sure” responses. (People are always more familiar with a sitting President than with a challenger; particularly before the conventions.)
So, to allow apple to apple comparison, I’ve divided the yes’s by the no’s. Example: Say you asked whether Bush has good hair and the responses were 50% yes, 40% no and 10% not sure. 50 divided by 40 equals 1.25.
Any result over 2 (or under 0.5) suggests a distinction in the public mind so clear-cut that it transcends part identification, getting into the territory of questions like “was Bill Clinton a skillful politician,” or “did Ronald Reagan read speeches well.”
ARROGANT: KERRY 0.85 / BUSH 1.11
DECISIVE: KERRY 0.91 / BUSH 2.16
HONEST: KERRY 1.33 / BUSH 1.15
LIKABLE: KERRY 1.72 / BUSH 2.00
COMPASSIONATE: KERRY 1.82 / BUSH 1.48
INTELLIGENT: KERRY 5.93 / BUSH 1.75
WEALTHY: KERRY 9.45 / BUSH 11.25
(On edit: pollsters need to determine whether some percentage of people are hearing the word decisive as "divisive." I'm serious.)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/07/12/politics0155EDT0410.DTL
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Tue Jul-13-04 05:02 PM
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1. Yea! At last the public (some of it) is recognizing the Stump is |
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Tue Jul-13-04 05:05 PM
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2. What's astounding to me is the closeness of those |
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"likeable" numbers. Isn't Bush's strength supposed to be his good ole boy, back slapping charm? I guess people are starting to see through that to the foul mouthed, juvenile frat boy beneath.
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Warren DeMontague
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Tue Jul-13-04 05:06 PM
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3. That might be a valid choice.. However, |
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what we've got here is a decisive intellectual against a blithering, slithering, dithering idiot.
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Tue Jul-13-04 05:08 PM
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honest, intelligent, and compassionate. Thankyouverymuch.
And Kerry's numbers are higher on all three.
Whoop!
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Jack_Dawson
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Tue Jul-13-04 05:15 PM
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I dunno why but that was funny.
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Tue Jul-13-04 05:17 PM
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6. Who is more diplomatic? |
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They forgot that question. John Kerry would win that one! It is important for the US, the number one country in the world, to have a leader with diplomatic skills.
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Tue Jul-13-04 05:19 PM
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.....do people get the idea the Chimp is more decisive? Is it because of his decision to keep reading "My Pet Goat" instead of reacting on 9/11?
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Tue Jul-13-04 05:19 PM
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8. Prometheus means "forethought" |
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Epimetheus means "afterthought." Which is the better quality?
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Tue Jul-13-04 05:25 PM
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9. Are you saying Laura is Pandora? They do rhyme... |
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Tue Jul-13-04 07:09 PM
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10. Laura is the Whore of Babylon |
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Look at her clothes. She unleashed the evil of stre-e-e-tch polyester back into the white house.
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Tue Jul-13-04 07:11 PM
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11. MANY people are extremely intimidated |
noiretextatique
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Tue Jul-13-04 07:14 PM
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14. indeed...intelligence is something of a disease |
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to some people....something to be avoided (an eradicated) by any means necessary.
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Domitan
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Tue Jul-13-04 07:12 PM
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12. Goes to show the immature fuckwittery of many |
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Why do so many people think that making quick firm decisions automatically makes a person a strong fit leader???
BTW, interesting that more people see Bush as the rich guy than Kerry. Anyone from the kingdom of corporate media whores reading this???
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Brian Morans
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Tue Jul-13-04 07:13 PM
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13. I'd even prefer a hesitant idiot n/t |
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Tue Jul-13-04 07:15 PM
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15. why would anyone perfer an idiot? |
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Edited on Tue Jul-13-04 07:15 PM by noiretblu
:scared: especially a decisive one
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