Tea at Trianon: The Polls Are ‘Inflated’

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

The Polls Are ‘Inflated’

From Lifezette:

Speaking at a grassroots summit via videoconference, Jen O’Malley Dillion made some startling accusations about the polls that show her candidate ahead by almost double digits. Not wanting to forget what happened in 2016 with Hillary Clinton, Dillion had some strong words for her voter base. She said, “Please take the fact that we are not ahead by double digits. Those are inflated national public polling numbers.”
Surprisingly, this isn’t the first time Dillion has made these types of comments. Last Friday, after record-breaking donations, Dillion let it slip via social media that the polls were a lot closer than what the media was portraying. She said, “Early voting is already underway in many states. Millions of voters have already cast their ballots. But there is still a long way to go in this campaign, and we think this race is far closer than folks on this website think.” (Read more.)

Sansa said...: I doubt Biden is far ahead. The polls have over exergarated his lead to demoralize Trump supporters and if Trump wins they will say he cheated.; October 20, 2020 at 9:09:00 AM EDT
julygirl said...: No one can say one way or the other. In this digital age they still get the numbers wrong, i.e., the so called death toll accounting from COVID is inflated.; October 20, 2020 at 2:25:00 PM EDT