From ThinkProgress:

“I don’t really believe those polls.” – First Lady Laura Bush, on her husband’s sinking approval ratings. Mrs. Bush added “As I travel around the United States…A lot of people come up to me and say, ‘Stay the course’.”

Ummm, that’s because no one who disagrees with you is allowed within shouting distance.

And it’s not that Mrs. Bush is saying she doesn’t pay attention to polls, as the President does. She’s saying that she doesn’t believe them. To her, these polls are the James Frey of statistical data — they might as well be fiction.

Reuters: Laura Bush doesn’t believe bad polls on husband

My internship in DC has ended and I’ll be back in America’s Dairyland by the end of the week.  But first, I’ve got to pack and attend ballgames in Baltimore, DC, and Cleveland.  It’ll be a busy week, but I hope to begin some regular posting when I get back on exciting topics like campaign finance reform, the proposed amendment to ban same-sex marriage and any-combination-sex civil unions in WI, the referendum to bring back the death penalty in WI, the WI Governor’s race, and Brewers Baseball.

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