tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383190015725087577.post3815431558681495594..comments2010-11-29T09:24:02.312-08:00Comments on A WISE MID-WESTERN GRANDMOTHER SPEAKS OUT: POLLSTERS AND POLLS, BAH, HUMBUGBoater Bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07638104389653582921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383190015725087577.post-55781831015604078592010-05-26T14:11:26.893-07:002010-05-26T14:11:26.893-07:00What I am saying to you is: setting up an antagon...What I am saying to you is: setting up an antagonist such as polls is way off the mark. Polls are a distraction used principally by the press, and in some cases by campaign insiders for evaluating the course they are on, as to the allocation of "bucks." Bucks are the beginning and the end of good (or bad) governance. Our legislators are driven by an availability of money that will aid in their re-election. We have just had a Supreme Court decision that grants corporations "person-hood." Now the coffers are thrown wide open for an unfettered flow of union and corporate money to influence any situation of significance to the public. Do you seriously think polls are influencing votes? Check out the empty finance reform bill that is being reconciled between House and Senate, right now. 75% to 80% of all Americans were for tightening up banking restrictions. We're getting "bupkes!" We need 100% public financing of elections to get to a place where we have a workable republic. Polls be damned! (from a semi-conscious geezer who reads your blog)<br />bwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383190015725087577.post-72729748627271173452010-05-25T16:11:50.321-07:002010-05-25T16:11:50.321-07:00Dear Anonymous,
I am so glad to read your comment...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />I am so glad to read your comment,even if you didn't agree with me, at least I know I am not just speaking to the wall. I'm not sur I understand what you mean, but that is probably because you are speaking above my head, so I am even more grateful that you would deign to answer me. thank you again.<br /><br />Semi-wise old grandmotherwise old midwestern grandmothernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383190015725087577.post-73706106338106438022010-05-22T18:31:26.997-07:002010-05-22T18:31:26.997-07:00Platitudes that skirt the essential truth! Until ...Platitudes that skirt the essential truth! Until we have dynamic election reform involving the financing of campaigns of our legislators at all levels, you are hiding behind "wishing it were so." Corporate power is far less naive in asserting its "wishes", and renders your comments mere well intended pipe dreams!<br />bwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com