Re: Bias In The Polls

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Yik Yak wrote:

On 26 Oct 2005 15:29:33 -0700, "Holger Dansk" <Stationair@gmail.com>
wrote:

"Ever wonder where the media gets their ideas for polling?  The answer,
of course, is that they make them up.  Yesterday there were two new
ones, two of the most meaningless and partisan polls ever conducted.
They come to us courtesy of CNN/USA Today and Gallup

Why is it CNN conducts these polls and not Fox News Network?
Is Fox afraid of the horrible truth? Bush has little or no appeal
among most Americans, and that he is taking a freefall in the polls

The first one asked if they would vote for George Bush if he were again
running for the presidency this year.  This is an idiotic question
because Bush has already been elected twice and can't run again.  But
that's not stopping the leftist Bush-bashers at CNN/USA Today and

It's not an idiotic question. It's just that you have no appreciation
for any kind of hypothesis. Not all Bush-bashers are leftists. Why is
CNN  known derisively as Communist News Network by right wing kooks?
I personally think Lou Dobbs does a fine job of exposing the
corruption of the Bush administration and its negligence of the whole
illegal immigration crisis.

Gallup from pushing their agenda.  So they manufacture news by taking a
poll.  By the way, the poll said 55% would vote for a Democrat over 39%
for Bush.  The only reason for taking such a poll is to embarrass the
president and continue to push their biased, liberal reporting on the
American people.

Bush has pretty much taken the credit for embarrassing himself. Iraq,
energy prices, Karl Rove are just a few of his embarrassments.

Poll number two involved the Valerie Plame non-affair.  It said that
only 1 in 10 Americans believe Bush administration officials did
nothing illegal or unethical.  Once again, the CNN/USA Today and Gallup
organizations come together to create a poll that bashes George Bush,
so they can report it as news.  If you were to walk down the street in
any city in America, you probably couldn't find 1 in 10 people who even
knew who Valerie Plame was.  Yet now we have a poll. Riiiight.

Not all polls are created to bash Bush. How else is anyone to guage
the popularity of a leader? Don't you think it's  important to guage
the popularity of a national leader for the purpose of national
continuity? I don't think many Americans enjoy paying $2.50 a gallon
for gas or enjoy paying high bills to heat their homes this winter.

Of course they don't, but that's not Bush's fault.

They didn't like his slow response during hurricane Katrina.

The slow response was due to the dumbness and incompetency of the mayor
of New Orleans and the governor of Louisiana.

Americans are unhappy with the nearly 2000 American soldiers who have >lost their lives in Iraq for a pointless cause.

Of course, we are always unhappy with lives lost in wars. It's
certainly not a pointless cause, and if it's successful, it will be the
most noble thing in the recorded history of the world.

The military is voluntary. The people in Iraq chose to be there. Less
than 1% of them do any fighting there.

Consumer sentiment is down for the third straight month in a  row. People >are feeling a bit disenfranchised and less secure in their jobs  than >ever before.
They are beginning to feel frustrated with overall lackluster economy.

The economy is improving each month and has been for several years.

People look towards a reliable news outlet that will reflect their
sentiments. That's why polls are conducted.

That's laughable. The main news media is not reliable at all, but give
a very lopsided broadcast except for Fox News.

The polls are practically meaningless. Most are just what the common,
ignorant people think, and they really don't think at all and many
should not be allowed to vote without taking an IQ test. Also, the
polls go up and down like the stock market.

The media and the anti-war left continue to do everything they can to
bash the Bush administration.   All they have to do to justify their
efforts is take a poll."

Not all of those who are anti-war are leftist. You seem to have a
tendency to include the word "leftist" or "lefty" in just about every
sentence or paragraph. Just because you repeat this word often enough
throughtout your daily rants, doesn't make the outcome true.

How pitiful. The media (except for Fox News) uses polls to produce what
they call news. (Which really isn't news)

 The reason Fox doesn't conduct polls is because they present "facts"
by careful omission. Holger, I think its time for you to get your head
out of your asshole and to quit watching the Faux News Network.
Start watching Lou Dobbs in evening on CNN. Maybe you'll learn
something.

Only a simpleton wants to consult the polls to see what time he should
use the restroom each day. That's what I call the Wille Clitoon
syndrome. Below is a list of people who love CNN and the other lopsided
media. They're just plain dumb.

Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein, Cynthia McKinney, Ted
Kennedy, Al Gore, Howard Dean, Dick Durbin, Joe Biden, The Hildebeast,
Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Pat Robertson, Cindy Sheehan, Phil Donahue,
Jerry Falwell, Louis Farrakhan, Danny Glover, Chuck Schumer, Barbra
Streisand, Ike Newkirk, Charles Rangel, Harry Belafonte, Chevy Chase,
Max Cleland, Jimmy Carter, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Dustin Hoffman,
Geraldine Ferraro, and anyone employed by or associated with the ACLU

Holger

Holger

Date	Subject		Author
26.10.	Bias In The Polls		Holger Dansk
26.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Jim
26.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Atlanta Ranger
26.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Yik Yak
27.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Holger Dansk
27.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Yik Yak
27.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Holger Dansk
27.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Yik Yak
27.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Atlanta Ranger
28.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Holger Dansk
29.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Yik Yak
29.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Holger Dansk
30.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Andy Walton
29.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Holger Dansk
29.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Holger Dansk
30.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Andy Walton
30.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Holger Dansk
30.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Andy Walton
30.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Holger Dansk
30.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Brett
29.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Holger Dansk
29.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Yik Yak
29.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Holger Dansk
29.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Yik Yak
30.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Wired_and_Tired
30.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Jim
30.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Holger Dansk
30.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Yik Yak
30.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Holger Dansk
29.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Holger Dansk
30.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Yik Yak
30.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Holger Dansk
27.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Jim
27.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Brian
27.10.	Re: Bias In The Polls		Ken Abrams

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