I’m going out on a limb with my presidential election prediction. I think the polls are wrong again and it’s not going to be close. There, I’ve said it. So you can either laugh at me on election day or say, “He must be a psychic or something!” Or something.
For my journalism degree I had one class about polling which I found very interesting, and I still like reading the polls. They were wrong in 2016 even though Hillary won the popular vote. Trump became president because of the electoral college.
After that race, the pollsters made many adjustments in their polling, but in 2020 they were wrong again. And remember the red wave that was supposed to happen in the midterms in 2022, the polls said it would happen, and they were wrong again. Republicans only won by 1.2 percentage points.
Polling today is a lot different than it was when I went to college in the 1980s. Everyone had a land line for one thing. Today that is not the case.
Also, back then I don’t think people would have any reason to lie to the pollsters. Today I can easily see that happening with my fellow Americans.
I’m so tired of the election chaos of the past 10 or so years that I’ll sure be happy if the election is not even close. I’m very happy to see that over 1,500 Milam County voters exercised their right on Monday. Unfortunately, we normally have very low turnout and it’s sad that more people don’t care enough to bother. Go vote! —kwc— A couple is trying to have a baby. The blonde tells her husband, “Honey, I have great news! We’re pregnant, and we’re having twins!” The husband is overjoyed and says to his wife, “Honey that’s wonderful, but how do you know so soon that we’re having twins?” She nods her head and says, “Well, I bought the twin pack pregnancy test and they both came out positive!” —kwc— A fellow went to the doctor who told him that he had a bad illness and only a year to live.
So he decided to talk to his pastor.
After the man explained his situation, he asked his Pastor if there was anything he could do.
“What you should do is go out and buy a late ‘70 or early ‘80 model Dodge Pickup,” said the Pastor.
“Then go get married to the meanest, ugliest woman you can find, and buy yourselves an old house trailer in the panhandle of Oklahoma.”
The fellow asked, “Will this help me live longer?”
“No,” said the pastor, “but it will make what time you do have seem like forever.” —kwc— A young couple invited their pastor for Sunday dinner. While they were in the kitchen preparing the meal, the minister asked their son what they were having.
“Goat,” the little boy replied.
“Goat?” replied the Pastor, “Are you sure about that?”
“Yes,” said the youngster. “I heard Dad say to Mom, ‘We might as well have the old goat for dinner today as any other day.” —kwc— My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, “Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?”
I mentally polished my halo while I asked, “No, how are we alike?”
“You’re both old,” he replied.
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