October 9 - Pet Peeve Monday - Survey Says...NOT

This week’s PET PEEVE MONDAY is a derivative on last week’s PET PEEVE.

Last week’s PET PEEVE MONDAY focused on people that fall back on alcoholism as a disease defense only when they have been caught when their hand or another appendage in the tequila jar.

This week’s hot topic continues to be Rep. Mark Foley’s (R-Fl) email indiscretions with a 16-year-old page. In the latest media news cycle and subsequent “scientific polling,” this event will apparently cause the House and the Senate to move from Republican to Democrat control.

Someone needs to explain to me why the actions of one perverted person, Republican or Democrat, can cause a monumental shift in political control of our country.

Shame on the news media (liberal biased as they are) for focusing on this event. Even Newsweek , a magazine I read each week, used the topic as it's cover story this week.

It affects one, two, or maybe even five people. No one has confirmed that a crime has been committed. It appears that Pervert Foley was calculated in his contacts with House Pages. He consciously waited until they were of age before preying upon them, thus insuring no criminal act occurred.

A wise politician, Rep. Tip O’Neil (D-MA) once said and wrote a book about how, “All Politics is Local.” A loose interpretation is that, where the party may be is disarray, my local guy is OK. This will be the case in 2006.

All of media polls now suggest that more people will vote Democrat versus Republican because of the Foley event.

But if given a discrete choice between Incumbent A and Candidate B, how will they vote?

Historical data suggest that 95+ % of the time they will vote for their incumbent.

I predict that the Republicans will NOT lose control of the House and Senate on November 7. If I am right, I will link everyone back to this blog post. If wrong, you may never see this post again, so print it out.

My PET PEEVE is that the Media is trying to create a story and a political revolution where it does not exist. Is the Mark Foley story really more relevant than Iraq, the economy, North Korea, Iran, and the constant terrorism threat?

The same thing happened in 2000 when the media had suggested Al Gore had won Florida and the election based upon the Florida exit polls. They failed again in 2004 when the early exit polls had Kerry winning Ohio by 7 points. Don’t believe what the news media or polls tell you what will happen.

I hate it when someone says, “The America People want to know…”

To be frank, Screw You. I’ll tell you what I want to know. What I truly want to know is how you can be so arrogant to assume to know what I want to know.

From the media coverage of the Foley story you would think Foley had a nuclear weapon and had performed genocide on his own people. Foley had also claimed responsibility for the Natalie Holloway disappearance and the Jon Benet killings, while eloping with Jennifer Wilbanks, the Runaway Bride. Come on media, can we focus on what is important. Save the sensationalism for Entertainment Tonight.

YO, MEDIA GUYS.

STOP TRYING TO CREATE THE STORY, JUST REPORT IT.