Monday, November 5, 2012

Misleading Hurricane Sandy approval rate

Recently, there have been references to polls of likely voters showing a positive Hurricane Sandy approval rating for the President and the federal government.  Of course, the main street media have published these polls.

Don't be fooled - the polls and the results are inherently biased.  You see, those of us who were actually impacted by Hurricane Sandy could not be contacted to respond to the polls, because we had no power, no heat, no water and NO PHONES!  We could not comment on the President's and the federal government's response because we were totally cut off.  So these polls just represent the main stream media asking people no where near the impacted areas to opine on the response based solely on the reporting they saw on the very same main stream media.  How self-serving can one get?

Speaking as one who was impacted and freezing, I can tell you that there was neither hide nor hair of the President or FEMA visible in my neck of the woods.  Had Connecticut been a swing state, I'm sure he would have been here parading around for photo ops like he did in NJ.  However, instead of staging supplies like water, ice, food and gasoline in the areas forecasted to be impacted on Sunday afternoon, before Sandy hit, the government sat on its collective asses to watch the devastation (hmmmm, remind anyone of another deadly situation a few months ago?).  I think the death toll is up to 29 now, from the storm.  It's sure to rise with freezing temps and people living in uninhabitable homes BECAUSE THE POTUS AND FEMA HAVE DONE VIRTUALLY NOTHING.

Don't believe the politicians you see on TV congratulating themselves and other politicians for their hard work.  They've done little to nothing.  Local communities have done the bulk of the work looking after their neighbors.  So many places have so much to do, and so little time as a second Nor'easter is forecast for this week.  People can't stay warm because they can't get gas for their generators.  They can't go to work because they can't get gas for their cars.

Pollsters, please go to Staten Island, New York, the south shores of Long Island and Connecticut, and the Jersey Shore, walk the debris filled areas that were once communities and ask the people shivering there what they think of the President and FEMA.  Open your eyes and get the REAL answer from the people who matter most - the people who are not being served by the government.

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