Full Head of Nothing

Hey, I thought that the High Punditry had decided that the last thing the American people wanted was "an endless series of investigations into the Bush administration scandals."

But... that seems to contradict the polling:

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign, most Americans say, and White House aides should be forced to testify before Congress about their involvement in the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys.                

In a new Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll, conducted April 5 to 9, 53 percent of respondents said Gonzales should leave his post. Seventy-four percent said White House staff members who had discussions about the firings with Gonzales's chief of staff should testify under oath before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which the White House has refused to allow.

How could it be that the Pundit Opinion is so out of touch with the opinions of the people?

I mean, that's totally unprecedented.

 

Comments

[RT]

And of course, in their own minds, they've been to the left of Middle America for all these years, and have been using that as one more excuse to keep skewing right.

If they ever figure out that they've skewed well to the right of Middle America, which is now well to their left, I think their heads would explode.

Which would make a great YouTube clip.

[Tom Hilton]

How could it be that the Pundit Opinion is so out of touch with the opinions of the people?

I think you've got it backwards. It's the opinions of the people that are out of touch with Pundit Opinion. Which, as we all know, is the ultimate standard of everything.

[Steve LaBonne]

Wouldn't it be simpler for the pundits to dissolve the people and elect another? (Apologies to Brecht. ;) )

[masculine_monica_nyc]

Legislate Si, Investigate Non?

[Daver9]

Pundits: have a drink, make shit up, push the shit out into media land. I's laughable except for the damage done on behalf of boy George.

[Ralph]

Um, the last thing the pundits want is an endless (it's been three months already!!) series of investigations into the Bush administration scandals, which might wind up exposing the astounding, stomach-churning degree to which the pundits themselves have been bribed and corrupted by the Republican Party over the past twenty years.

[owlbear1]

Being a Republican Cultist means a couple hundred old rich guys are 'We the people'.

[Michael Bérubé]

The American people are really fed up with you nasty liberal bloggers, too.

[sdf (Stu)]

Pundits: fascinated by, couldn't get enough of fake and/or manufactured Clinton era scandals; faking confusion due to or extremely bored by real and extremely serious Bush era scandals. Perhaps they should form a "PunditMoveOn," calling for politicians to leave alone investigation of presidential malfeasance and even criminality and return to truly important matters like panty sniffing.

[Peter]

...just like Chomsky always says.

[Mr.Murder]

Like Harry Reid said about the war, the pope doesn't even agree with it.

You can be the President
I'd rather be the Pope...

You can have the side effects...
I'd rather be da dope...

[James]

owlbear- you forgot the adjective "white".

[LJ/Aquaria]

Is anyone else wondering if they'll ever get desperate enough to pull the 'dyslexic pollster' card outta their ass?

I can hear it now: "The 53% was actually 35% with a -35% margin of error! See?"

And that "Seventy-four percent said White House staff members who had discussions about the firings with Gonzales's chief of staff should testify under oath" is really, really supposed to be Seventeen point four percent, silly! I swear, these libs don't know how to read!

[gaswerer]

dNM1CW Vangelis uses a technique of recording all tracks simultaneously on tape, using a device especially manufactured for him which he calls the "Direct box".
"He explains his customary method of approach. As soon as the musical idea is there, as many keyboards as possible are connected to the control-desk, which in turn are directly connected to the applicable tracks of the multi-trackmachine.
vangelis mp3