‘Tis the season to be polling,
The numbers now are really rolling.
Snapshots of a place and time,
Take on aspects near divine.
Deeds’ supporters say he’s gaining,
McDonnell’s say that needs explaining.
Pundits thrive on each day’s flow,
From Holsworth on to Sa-ba-to.
Does The Thesis really matter,
Or is it merely idle chatter.
What about Deeds’ tax idea,
Disaster or a cause for cheer.
Just wait to end the constant fussin’
To get the gospel from Rasmussen.
But if you do not like his way,
Just wait for Survey USA.
But the numbers do not coincide,
They always change like daily tides.
But still we watch in fascination,
And listen to the explanations.
This one’s biased to the right,
And makes the left get so up tight.
Then the right gets out of sorts,
As the next one lists too far to port.
What would we do without our polls,
What else would our attention hold.
So in our campaigns they belong,
Even though they’re often wrong.
Tonight with Bell’s unique invention,
The calls go forth with rapt attention.
And campaigns wait for morning light,
To see who got the nod last night.
But in the end the voters choose,
We decide just who will lose.
The pollsters put their tools away,
To baffle us some other day!!
Wyatt Durrette is a Director at DurretteBradshaw, PLC (www.durrettebradshaw.com) and co-founder of the XDL Group. He served three terms in the House of Delegates and was the Republican candidate for Governor in 1985.
“Day’s flow” and “Sa-ba-to” are an ingenious rhyme; “polls” and “hold” an interesting half-rhyme, which Wilfred Owen may have pioneered.
I am starting to wonder about the innate intelligence of Creigh Deeds. I mean this seriously. Does anybody on this site know the man personally? I’ve met him in passing, been to a couple of speeches and watched the debates. He just doesn’t seem very sharp. I don’t have much respect for Mark warner or Tim Kaine but I think they are smart. I don’t have much respect for George Allen (the former governor, not the legendary football coach who I think was brilliant). But I think former Gov. Allen was smart enough.
Deeds seems dim. He comes accross as confused, inarticulate … well, not so right.
Now, I’ll be the first to say that McDonnell isn’t the next Albert Einstein either. But he seems a whole lot sharper than Deeds.
So, I ask again - in all seriousness - does anybody on this site know Deeds personally? Is he just tounge tied or is he a few bricks shy of a load?
I grew up in Virginia - just like Deeds and McDonnell. I had to pick a college - just like Deeds and McDonnell. I went to UVA, MCDonnell went to Notre Dame. Deeds went to Concord College. Until this election I had never heard of Concord College. Is a a good school? As good as UVA or William & Mary or Virginia Tech? Notre Dame is as good as those three schools. Why did Deeds go there? Some kind of family connection?
Then, look at this picture of Creigh Deeds -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creigh_Deeds
Does he look like he knows what’s going on? The picture is from Wikipedia not some crazed Republican site.
Many will say my question is unfair. Picking on Deeds. Being an elitist. However, many of these same people felt perfectly comfortable calling Sarah Palin stupid. She went to five different colleges before graduating from the University of Idaho. The Democrats made a big deal of that. So, I have to ask:
Is Creigh Deeds sufficiently intelligent to become the governor of Virginia?
If it was fair to question Sarah Palin’s intelligence, it is fair to question Sen. Deeds.
As an aside, I did not think that Sarah Palin was sufficiently experienced or intelligent to be VP.
Brilliant! (But don’t quit your day job!)
Very, Very well done! Bravo!
Groveton, the question is whether Virginians are sufficiently intelligent to elect Creigh the next governor, over that Regent-inspired, blow-dried, balsam-headed lap-doll that plays Charlie McCarthy to Pat “Hurricane” Robertson. UVA? Isn’t that one of our ‘public option’ schools? I’ve heard of it.
Groveton,
From personal experience with both, I can tell you that Creigh Deeds has, at minimum, 25 IQ points on George Allen, who you seem to think was bright enought to be governor of Virginia.
Glad the poem was enjoyable, but I won’t quit my day job or venture too far into the intelligence debate, except to note that in my view either guy is easily smart enough to serve as Governor.
Well I appreciate the commentary. Deeds once said, “I am not as dumb as I look.”. His opponent replied, “You couldn’t be.”.
I’d like to see a good race between two candidates with reasonable but somewhat different views of the future. Until Deeds wrote the Op Ed piece it was all McDonnell. Now that Deeds has taken his stand on taxes and transportation, I’d say it’s a race.
Barnie - UVA is sort of a public option school. I say “sort of” because UVA gets only 8% of its operating budget from the state. In addition, our elected officials have liitle to no say in how the university is run and the endowment has billions and billions of dollars (quite a rainy day fund). McDonnell wants to sell the ABC stores. I want to sell UVA and William & Mary. Both could be taken private through the use of their endowment funds and some borrowing against future tuitions. Harvard is private, Duke is private, Vanderbilt is private. They are all better schools than UVA or W&M. Private colleges can be fine colleges.
Then, what to do with the money? First, I’d establish magnet schools in every region of Virginia. Lots of Thomas Jefferson High Schools. But, if you go there - you owe the state a two year stint in state government after you get out of college. I’d pour money into George Mason, Virginia Tech and Christopher Newport. Better facilities, more scholarships and … you guessed it, scholarship recipients will be required to work for 4 years in Virginia public service after graduation.
Groveton, I have degrees from both private (Duke) and public option (UNC-Chapel Hill). Public option is better. Sell UVA? Suits me. It’s basically a day care for rich, snot-nosed New Jersey brats anyway. Good riddance. BKD