I love polls and statistics and because I love them, I have a very strict view on how they should be conducted and how the information should be gathered. I detest oversampling of key groups and the proper wording of questions is essential. The result can be inaccurate results or in some cases the intentional delivery of flawed results for the purpose of swaying public opinon. So when a Yahoo.com poll shows President Obama leading over Romney among "Nascar Fans" me thinks the bologna detection kit needs to be recalibrated.
Now aside from the results of polls, and the gathering methods used to compile them, their are the issues that provide the context for these results. People answer according to their beliefs, passions, creeds, ideologies, and in some cases ignorance. An avalanche of opinion polls exist all asking regeistered and likely voters, "Who do you support, Obama or Romney?" Now once you get the results, the mud starts flying in both directions. "Your a racist!", "Wipe off that Kool-Aid mustache",
"Blood Sucking Capitalist", "Occupy Moocher" and the list goes on till Greta gives the last call.
And so without tapping into a resovoir of prepared quick quips and a volume of venoumous vocabulary I will share my opinion as to why I think many Americans "really" oppose President Obama. Dinesh Desouza in the documentary "2016" presented Presidents Obamas upbringing and provided the context needed to understand the influences that created his world view. Their are many reasons why people don't agree with his policies. They believe the policies are socialist or marxist in nature ( which I also believe) The more Americans discover what redistribution is, the more they resist it. But the personal aspect remains unaddressed. If it's not bias fueled racisim, what is it?
It's simple, Barack Obama can't take No for an answer.
It's not any more sophisticated or complex than that. When President Obama makes a decision, it's made. It's final. If Arizona passes an immigration law, he brings suit against the state through the Justice Department. He's done so with Texas, and Alabama as well. While he demeans others for their lack of bi-partisan efforts, he himself is the most partisan of all. He verbally derides his opponets publically. Just ask Paul Ryan and the Supreme Court Justices. When sixty-three percent of the country was not in favor of the new healthcare legislation, he did all that he could to broker votes from on the fence Democrats and gave us Obama Care anyway. When heads of state request a meeting with him, he chooses a guest spot on David Letterman instead.
When it comes to energy jobs, he aborts the keystone pipeline, and imposes a six month moritorium on drilling in the gulf of mexico. When he told House Republicans "elections have consequences" he meant it. If he can't get legislation passed to his liking, he bypasses congress and uses exectutive order. With exectutive orders the President has eliminated the welfare work requirement, and ordered ICE and and INS to disregard existing federal law. He makes recess appointments to the judiciary while congress is not in recess. All of these things help show the character and resolve of our president and so to put them in perspective, I offer the following question:
If President Obama was losing at a game of Monopoly, he would:
A. Quit
B. Cheat
C. Rake the pieces off the board
D. All of the above
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