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Real Clear Politics Poll - Confusing To Me!

17/01/2012 00:30:00 Author: Stevie - Tales from the Dungeon (http://hermitsdungeon.blogspot.com/2012/01/real-clear-politics-poll-confusing-to.html)
Posted by: Stevan Sobot

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Numbers! Numbers everywhere!

"It's simple! You check the man you want, put the paper in the box, and complain about that person later!"

When I'm posting actual news articles, I tend to write my own dealio, and link the page where the news can be found.

However, today, the best thing I could find is some crazy captain kind of got bored. Yeah, cool story bro. That's what I call news!

So, I usually check CBC news (You may have noticed if you clicked the link... jerk :P), but today, I felt like being courageous:

I CHECKED FOX NEWS.

I know, you must've lost so much respect for me (more than you already have?), but don't fret, I found nothing news-worthy... Except for this:

"Just put some numbers, and a few decimals, and a percent sign, and voila! Super simple!"

Well, here's a few unclear things to me:

1. What's RCP?

2. Why don't any of the percentages add up to 100%?

3. Isn't Obama a part of the "Congress"?

4. You're talking about the USA Congress, right?

Now, this could make sense: Congress seems to be run by a pack of howler-monkeys because of stuff like this. Not only that, but if we're talking about an online poll, chances are that 84.8% of those people are affected by this stupid law.

See, I can make up fake stats!

However, It just seems like another of those "FOX-worthy" news pieces just to fire people up. For all I know, Obama could really have a 90% approval rating (Though I'd be surprised).

What is the moral of the story? Politics isn't easy: It never is. It can't be condensed without questions or confusion. Just saying it's "clear" or "simple" doesn't make it. That's just life.

The only way for it to become simple is if one man controlled EVERYTHING. Even then, people will still need some abridging.

Thanks for reading! Have a nice day!

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