El Opinador Compulsivo

Más de Liberty Bell. Parece que las encuestas de opinión de la progresía de EEUU son tan confiables como las de Argentina. En cierta medida es comprensible. Después de todo opinar es gratis. El problema es que en países como el nuestro estos resultados son convalidados en las elecciones:

Noticeably, there's always an odd disconnect between what the polls say and what people actually do.

Despite the fact that — according to the polls — the "American people" are fed up with the war Iraq, only a few hundred anti-war protesters showed up in New York City last weekend. The naked cowboy in Times Square gets a bigger crowd than that.

Despite the fact that polls show the public is ready to throw in the towel on Iraq, members of the House of Representatives, or "the people's house," recently voted 403-3 against withdrawing the troops.

Despite the fact that 70 percent of the public thinks Bush is doing a lousy job, when they had a chance to put someone else in the White House a mere 15 months ago, they decided to keep him.