Comments on: SMART STRIPPERS http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/smart_strippers/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:46:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/smart_strippers/comment-page-1/#comment-6190 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3374#comment-6190 I always wonder how much of this is play-acting. Leno has a bit where he goes around interviewing people on simple facts (sort of like this one) asking relatively easy current-event or history questions ("Who did we fight in WWII?"). The people who answer correctly won't be put on the Tonight Show and they know that. If they act stupid and answer incorrectly ("Canada?"), they get their few seconds of fame on network television, and for a lot of people that is better than being viewed as stupid (everyone thinks I'm stupid, but I was on Leno!) However, I would note that none of the stippers I have ever met were rocket scientists. I always wonder how much of this is play-acting.

Leno has a bit where he goes around interviewing people on simple facts (sort of like this one) asking relatively easy current-event or history questions ("Who did we fight in WWII?"). The people who answer correctly won't be put on the Tonight Show and they know that. If they act stupid and answer incorrectly ("Canada?"), they get their few seconds of fame on network television, and for a lot of people that is better than being viewed as stupid (everyone thinks I'm stupid, but I was on Leno!)

However, I would note that none of the stippers I have ever met were rocket scientists.

]]> By: jen http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/smart_strippers/comment-page-1/#comment-6191 jen Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3374#comment-6191 Sean Hannity does a similar questionnaire on his radio show. He send his producer out to ask random people on the streets of NYC to answer a few simple questions. Most of the people stopped have no clue who Sean Hannity is or that he has a radio show. His standard questions are: 1. Can you name the current Vice President? 2. Can you recite the Pledge of Allegiance? 3. Did you vote in the last Presidential election? If so, for whom did you vote? It's the rare occasion that he gets anyone that can answer all three. The scary thing about that third question is that all too often people who did vote have no idea who they voted for. Sean Hannity does a similar questionnaire on his radio show. He send his producer out to ask random people on the streets of NYC to answer a few simple questions. Most of the people stopped have no clue who Sean Hannity is or that he has a radio show. His standard questions are:

1. Can you name the current Vice President?
2. Can you recite the Pledge of Allegiance?
3. Did you vote in the last Presidential election? If so, for whom did you vote?

It's the rare occasion that he gets anyone that can answer all three. The scary thing about that third question is that all too often people who did vote have no idea who they voted for.

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/smart_strippers/comment-page-1/#comment-6192 James Joyner Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3374#comment-6192 Yep. Having taught at the college level, none of this surprises me. Indeed, I suspect most school teachers couldn't answer the 1st question. Yep. Having taught at the college level, none of this surprises me. Indeed, I suspect most school teachers couldn't answer the 1st question.

]]> By: Paul http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/smart_strippers/comment-page-1/#comment-6193 Paul Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3374#comment-6193 (Ut Oh- soapbox alert) Ya know- That is what gets me about "approval polls." When Gore was getting ready to run for Prez we kept hearing that 70% of the people approved of his job as Veep. I cried "bull shit." At any given moment only about 30% of the people can even NAME the veep... How can 70% approve or disapprove? Paul That is not just aimed at Gore, it is true of 90% of the "approval" polls we see. Veep is just one example. --- (Ut Oh- soapbox alert)

Ya know- That is what gets me about "approval polls."

When Gore was getting ready to run for Prez we kept hearing that 70% of the people approved of his job as Veep.

I cried "bull shit."

At any given moment only about 30% of the people can even NAME the veep... How can 70% approve or disapprove?

Paul

That is not just aimed at Gore, it is true of 90% of the "approval" polls we see. Veep is just one example.

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