tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post3093547733557563914..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: A Divided CountryAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-70534390945057858462013-09-09T16:55:32.748-04:002013-09-09T16:55:32.748-04:00Addendum: with most polls I think it is a questio...Addendum: with most polls I think it is a question of putting words into people's mouths. As in "which of the following do you think is closest to the truth . . ."Luke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-64030915346198185662013-09-09T16:52:40.922-04:002013-09-09T16:52:40.922-04:00When you consider how low information most people ...When you consider how low information most people are -- think of all those Jay Leno sidewalk interviews -- it's a wonder most people have an opinion about anything, or that pollsters take their "opinions" seriously on various relatively arcane questions (climate change, economic policy, etc.). I suppose there is a wisdom of crowds, but I don't know . . .Luke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-81291452040590821062013-07-02T22:02:43.596-04:002013-07-02T22:02:43.596-04:00You'd have thought that the re-enactment of Ge...You'd have thought that the re-enactment of Gettysburg in the news lately might have reminded his respondents that there are more dramatic divisions than red/blue and other sorts of Firing Line.<br /><br />But maybe "history" sorts of things aren't quite real? Not as real as whatever's on TV, for instance.<br /><br />And without any sense of history, I'd be just trying to decide if political debate is more fraught now than back in the 60's when I wasn't paying attention.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com