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Friday, November 05, 2004
It's just not worth it
I had started writing a long rant about Robert Borosage's press conference today at the National Press Club (here if you really want to read it.) I was about 2/3 of the way through with it and realized that it was over 10 WORD pages long. I'm not going to subject my two or three faithful readers with that kind of nonsense.
I could pick apart almost everything he said. Most of it was based on an exit poll the Institute for America's Future conducted. (Dang- the name of their organization is even pretentious!) Their sample was greatly skewed- it had to be based on their results. They just don't mesh with what we see in Middle America. He showed a gross lack of knowledge about the dynamics of the GOP and of the beliefs of the majority of Americans. His assumptions about a second Bush administration, the electorate in general, and conservatives in particular showed an extreme bias that would make the MSM look fair and balanced. He managed to use just about every ill-conceived stereotype of conservatives, consentrating on racist homophobe, but hitting all the others for good measure. He based his findings on polling skewed to match his narrow view of reality.He has bought into the idea that President Bush wants nothing more than to stifle our civil and social rights and trample on the Constitution. He touted the Left's List of Liars (Michael Moore, Air America, John Stewart, etc) as if they were the be all and end all in honest reporting. Then he put forth an agenda that would make even John Kerry shudder- think of every liberal agenda item you can fathom, and they were all probably on his list.
But, why? Why bother sifting few the inaccuracies, looking for the juicy bits I could pounce on? Would it really matter? Would it really change anyone's mind? I mean... the Left isn't known for looking at things with logic and reason. Would my logical approach, picking apart the fallacies of Mr. Borosage's press conference, impacted anyone? Would it have made a single person look at their left-leaning views differently, possibly converting them to "our side"?
Or would it have just angered those who already believe as I do? Would I have just been preaching to the choir?
I will tell you what bothered me about what he said, though. I was bothered by the fact that he reduced the majority of people who voted in the election to radical hacks who are out for their own good and care not for the weak and downtrodden. He completely missed the point of who we are and what makes us tick. He doesn't know a thing about us, and yet he tears us down as if he knows our inner thoughts. In his arrogance he made assumptions that put his ignorance on display for all to see.
And what bothers me more than that is that the Left will latch on to polls like his and take them as gospel truth. 10 pages of misleading information taken at face value because it confirms their misconceptions.
That's what bothers me. And that's why trying to fisk his tripe was just not worth it.
I could pick apart almost everything he said. Most of it was based on an exit poll the Institute for America's Future conducted. (Dang- the name of their organization is even pretentious!) Their sample was greatly skewed- it had to be based on their results. They just don't mesh with what we see in Middle America. He showed a gross lack of knowledge about the dynamics of the GOP and of the beliefs of the majority of Americans. His assumptions about a second Bush administration, the electorate in general, and conservatives in particular showed an extreme bias that would make the MSM look fair and balanced. He managed to use just about every ill-conceived stereotype of conservatives, consentrating on racist homophobe, but hitting all the others for good measure. He based his findings on polling skewed to match his narrow view of reality.He has bought into the idea that President Bush wants nothing more than to stifle our civil and social rights and trample on the Constitution. He touted the Left's List of Liars (Michael Moore, Air America, John Stewart, etc) as if they were the be all and end all in honest reporting. Then he put forth an agenda that would make even John Kerry shudder- think of every liberal agenda item you can fathom, and they were all probably on his list.
But, why? Why bother sifting few the inaccuracies, looking for the juicy bits I could pounce on? Would it really matter? Would it really change anyone's mind? I mean... the Left isn't known for looking at things with logic and reason. Would my logical approach, picking apart the fallacies of Mr. Borosage's press conference, impacted anyone? Would it have made a single person look at their left-leaning views differently, possibly converting them to "our side"?
Or would it have just angered those who already believe as I do? Would I have just been preaching to the choir?
I will tell you what bothered me about what he said, though. I was bothered by the fact that he reduced the majority of people who voted in the election to radical hacks who are out for their own good and care not for the weak and downtrodden. He completely missed the point of who we are and what makes us tick. He doesn't know a thing about us, and yet he tears us down as if he knows our inner thoughts. In his arrogance he made assumptions that put his ignorance on display for all to see.
And what bothers me more than that is that the Left will latch on to polls like his and take them as gospel truth. 10 pages of misleading information taken at face value because it confirms their misconceptions.
That's what bothers me. And that's why trying to fisk his tripe was just not worth it.
