11/03/2004

Those Exit Polls: yesterday at approximately 3PM Michael Barone on FOX warned that they were completely wrong. He mentioned the huge spreads in the Carolinas and PA. Kondrake, another political wonk, was also very suspicious. Brit Hume was completely taken in as well. Only the networks swallowed the polls, most probably because it was what they wanted to hear; the NYT/CBS syndrome at work. When amatuers like me attempt to analyze polls or just quote them without checking them you have the "Morono-blogging" of yesterday.

Another question we must find the answer to is why the polls were so wrong. My inner conspiracy nut tells me that these were out of control liberals attempting to rig the election. I cannot understand how professionals can screw up a poll this badly.

A final observation is about us, us morons who didn't listen to the polls and voted anyway. I think we've all learned not to trust the polls and the people who take them; thank God.

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