I posted this under another thread but thought it was enough of a tangent that it deserved its own.
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Funny thing about people. They lie. I call it the "McDonalds effect." I used to work with a bunch of avowed health nuts who swore up and down they NEVER went through a fast food drive through. Funny thing though, whenever I was in the drive through I recognized their cars in front of me. Also, as part of my job I sometimes conduct Media Habits surveys. When asked what radio station they listen to, lots of people will answer "NPR". I've even seen as much as 40-50% of respondents saying that they listen to NPR. Funny thing though, you check NPRs Arbitron ratings and they're almost dead last.
Here's an interesting exercise: go find someone who voted for Clintoon in the last election. Hardly ANYONE will admit to it outside of the Dem faithful, most of whom are in L.A. right now. Something happens in that voting booth though and people, and I think especially older people, pull that lever based on who will give them the most goodies. Right now the Dems are dangling a lot of goodies and the seasoned citizens of this country know that the prescription drug coverage and expanded medicare is much more likely to become a reality with Dems in office.
The country knew it was electing a sexual predator/shyster in Bill Clinton. We're not stupid, as a whole, we just didn't (collectively) care. People forget that Clinton's plan to nationalize health care was, at one time, wildly popular. That promise probably got Billary elected in '92. Then there was a sort of collective awakening and we realized Billary could 'f' up organizing a Girl Scout cookie sale. Quite frankly, a stronger Dem leader who had more of the public's confidence could probably have pulled it off.
Watch this election closely, kids, the "McDonalds effect" could kick in and without anyone really willing to admit voting Dem, they could still take the White House and the House of Reps.
[This message has been edited by Jack 99 (edited August 16, 2000).]
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Funny thing about people. They lie. I call it the "McDonalds effect." I used to work with a bunch of avowed health nuts who swore up and down they NEVER went through a fast food drive through. Funny thing though, whenever I was in the drive through I recognized their cars in front of me. Also, as part of my job I sometimes conduct Media Habits surveys. When asked what radio station they listen to, lots of people will answer "NPR". I've even seen as much as 40-50% of respondents saying that they listen to NPR. Funny thing though, you check NPRs Arbitron ratings and they're almost dead last.
Here's an interesting exercise: go find someone who voted for Clintoon in the last election. Hardly ANYONE will admit to it outside of the Dem faithful, most of whom are in L.A. right now. Something happens in that voting booth though and people, and I think especially older people, pull that lever based on who will give them the most goodies. Right now the Dems are dangling a lot of goodies and the seasoned citizens of this country know that the prescription drug coverage and expanded medicare is much more likely to become a reality with Dems in office.
The country knew it was electing a sexual predator/shyster in Bill Clinton. We're not stupid, as a whole, we just didn't (collectively) care. People forget that Clinton's plan to nationalize health care was, at one time, wildly popular. That promise probably got Billary elected in '92. Then there was a sort of collective awakening and we realized Billary could 'f' up organizing a Girl Scout cookie sale. Quite frankly, a stronger Dem leader who had more of the public's confidence could probably have pulled it off.
Watch this election closely, kids, the "McDonalds effect" could kick in and without anyone really willing to admit voting Dem, they could still take the White House and the House of Reps.
[This message has been edited by Jack 99 (edited August 16, 2000).]
