Comments on: When Their Agenda Fails, Liberals Always Blame The Voter

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:57:58 +0000

Nick, this is the point at which it is appropriate for you to admit that you mischaracterized the point of Mike’s post. Or, maybe you could just add a title to your comment: “When polls don’t say what you think they should, blame the pollster!”

By the way, have you come across any polls that support your theory about what the voters of Massachussetts were saying?

By: Nick Marinelli

Nick Marinelli — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:35:12 +0000

First off, the poll was conducted for three uber-liberal organizations by a left-leaning polling outfit called Research 2000. I wouldn’t put too much stock into the results unless they mirrored other, more accurate polls.

As for why people who agree with the liberal agenda voted against Coakley, maybe they thought that voting for her was against their interests. After all, even I know that Curt Schilling plays for the Red Sox, and I don’t follow baseball.

By: Mike Thomas

Mike Thomas — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:34:06 +0000

You didn’t read my post very well. If you look at it in context you will see that the people I was referring to as “dumb” were the ones who essentially agreed with Coakley, but voted against her because, according to the poll, were upset because they didn’t think Democrats had gone far enough pushing health reform.
The voters who voted against Coakley because they disagree with her may be misinformed in my opinion, but they are not acting dumb. Their vote at least makes sense. It is the other people in the poll who were clearly voting contrary to their interests and thus earned the moniker “dumber than rocks.”