"_______ Believes In Dirty Bombers And Open Airplane Windows, But Not In Polls"
Is there no end to the things that _______ doesn’t know anything about? In just the past several days, the _______ presidential candidate has demonstrated shocking ignorance on a number of topics, some of which are crucial to the job he’s now applying for. Most recently, _______ responded to a voter at a town hall meeting, who cited a recent poll, by simply declaring that polls actually are not a legitimate way to measure public support. He can only hope.
_______ responded to a New York City school board member and parent who cited a public opinion poll by telling the man “I don’t believe it for a second. I know something about polls, and I know you can ask questions to get any answer you want.”
______ wholesale dismissal of public opinion polling as a way to measure public opinion ought to frighten anyone considering voting for _______. He didn’t say “I don’t believe that poll,” or “I’ve seen that poll, and here are the flaws,” he simply attacked all polls (even, presumably, ones which confirm his beliefs) as the illegitimate work of conjurers.
_______ distrust of polls goes hand-in-hand with _________’s obsessive quest to de-legitimize the news media, because in between elections, public opinion and the Fourth Estate are really the only oversight that the people have over their leaders. Don’t like the news? It’s all “hit-jobs” and “bias.” Don’t like a poll result? It was manipulated ...
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