Those Stupid Voters

It's interesting to note a real strain of elitism creeping into Conservatism lately. They have always been against elitism--or at least a certain type of elitist. The pointy head intellectual type. But they recently are showing they don't trust the American people.

- Many arguments in favor of tort reform contain the idea that American Juries can no longer be trusted. They often prefer to focus on trial lawyers (unless they happen to be a trial lawyer, like David Limbaugh), but they make it clear that "juries made of people too stupid to get out of jury duty" are irresponsibly giving money away.
- They are taking pot shots at the american working class for not carrying his fair share of the load. You know those lucky duckies who don't pay enough income tax.

Well today Cal Thomas attacks polls. This is nothing new--Republicans have doing this for a little while. And given the news that the Presidents approval numbers have dropped to pre-September 11 figures, perhaps its expected.

Thomas complains that the pollsters are asked questions that they really can't answer because they are stupid and ill-informed. He states, "The first question in the Gallup survey asks, "Based on what you have heard or read, please say whether you favor or oppose each of the following economic proposals."

Heard or read? Heard from whom and read in what? Do we know where the respondents are getting their information? If it is from the broadcast networks, or newspapers like The New York Times and The Washington Post, the likelihood is they will reflect the bias against Bush's domestic and foreign policies contained in those media." Yep, and if they got their news from unbiased sources like Cal Thomas or Rush Limbaugh they would know better.

He repeats the conservative mantra that Bush is going to do what he believes in, not what the polls tell him. That may be true--but I have no doubt whatsoever that Karl Rove is watching this like a hawk. After all if the polls accurate reflect what the American people think (which is another question entirely), than Bush may not get that second term he wants so badly.