On Aug 25, 2009, at 1:12 AM, Chuck Grimes wrote:
> I am sorry to disagree. The They, certainly do understand this down to
> the infinitesimal monad. The corporate + right think tank industrial
> complex know exactly how to word these polls to get the result they
> want. That's what the battle field is all about.
>
> Create conflicting polls, fog the rhetoric, mobilize the reactionary
> sentiments of the resentful, and destroy any light of day against the
> darkling glass of the imperium.
The right think tank industrial complex does not control the polling industry.
The whole point of Langer's review is that poll responses vary widely depending on the wording. If it were some sort of locked-down conspiracy, like you say, then the polls would all say the same thing, no? The public is deeply confused. But it would also be wrong to deny the deep conservative streak in American "common sense." The inscos and the right tapped into a pre-existing condition - they didn't create it.
Doug