Army Bob: Biggest losers in the election were pollsters

by Robert M. Traxler

Well I was going to hold the column until we knew the total outcome of the election; however, my contract with the rich and powerful owner of this esteemed publication calls for a weekly contribution, so a few observations on the current election mess we are in.

The Democrats, who have made their mantra “never let a good crisis go to waste,” used the COVID-19 crisis and seized the opportunity to remake election laws literally at the last moment, not bothering to study the what ifs of their actions, not unlike many things the left does, they lead with their hearts and not their heads.

Former Senator Harry Reid changed the rules to eliminate the filibuster during hearings for a Supreme Court Justice appointment, in the end very bad for the Democrats, when Republicans could get three associate justices appointed much more easily. Changing the voting rules may end up helping the conservative party in the future.

Odds are Vice President Biden will win; the toss up states, the ones too close to call, are run by the Democrats, except for Ohio. Ever ask yourself why the people who cannot count are mostly in Democrat-controlled cities in Democrat-controlled states?  We are told there is no election fraud, as no one is prosecuted for it.

OK, having lived in the Chicago suburbs for years, I can tell you in Chicago in darn near every election, precincts report more Democratic Party votes than there are men, women, children, frogs, dogs and hogs living in the precinct. No one is ever prosecuted, so I guess it never happened?

Of the five tossups, too close to call states as of  noon on 4 November 2020, four are run by Democrats. See a pattern here?  Of the cases of voter fraud, most are in Democratic controlled states; a coincidence? Most problems are in larger cities; if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck it is a duck, even if the duck is never tried and convicted for anything.

So just what happened with the polls? The pollsters who got it wrong in 2016 should have learned and gotten it right in 2020. Some polls had former Vice President Joe Biden winning by as much as 20% overall, carrying Texas, Florida and Democrats winning the Senate by a large margin.

Not all but most polls had a sweep for the socialist party, total control of our government. Either the people who conduct the polls are too stupid to learn from their mistakes, or the polls are conducted to manage the facts and not report them.

No matter who ends up winning the presidential election, this column will continue to be respectful to those who hold the elected office of the commander in chief. I will never call the President stupid names, or mock him/her in a disrespectful manner. We old career soldiers are too set in our ways, too schooled in the belief that in our nation is the best in the world to degrade it.

After the election is sorted out we will have time to examine the outcome; however, I will never believe a national poll again.