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Political Hubris: Democrats Blame Pollster Rasmussen For Voters Rejection of Their Agenda
Politico/The Lid ^ | 1/2/10 | The Lid

Posted on 01/02/2010 5:16:38 PM PST by Shellybenoit

If you believe the Democratic ideologues, their policies are perfect and so is their President. There is no way that Americans could turn against either. That is, unless you believe Rasmussen. Judged by Rasmussen America has issues with both the POTUS and his party's policies.

Democrats believe that Rasmussen, who is acknowledged as one of the more accurate political pollsters, is either inaccurate or the purposely biased. They whine that Rasmussen's polls constantly report numbers that are about 5% lower than other polls,which is generally true because Rasmussen measures likely voters, other pollsters measure all adults.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: democraticparty; losers; politicalpolls; rasmussen; waaaah
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1 posted on 01/02/2010 5:16:40 PM PST by Shellybenoit
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To: Shellybenoit

Ironically, about 15 months ago, conservatives and Republicans who were complaining about Rasmussen’s “left-wing bias” when he was showing Obama ahead of McCain...


2 posted on 01/02/2010 5:19:17 PM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Conservatives unite behind conservative Republicans in the primaries!)
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To: Shellybenoit

So these people have resorted to blaming gravity for plane crashes.

And this is the intelligent set.


3 posted on 01/02/2010 5:19:40 PM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: Shellybenoit

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=DCAD6DDB-18FE-70B2-A8986E439331DA11

Direct Link to story...


4 posted on 01/02/2010 5:21:27 PM PST by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO!)
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To: Shellybenoit

This is a great article. Shows
the totalitarian nature of the
Demo party. If you don’t give
us the results we want, we will
demean you every chance we get
so that eventually if repeated
enough, people will believe that
an impartial pollster is biased.


5 posted on 01/02/2010 5:25:48 PM PST by WKTimpco (Traditional Values Counter Revolution)
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To: GRRRRR

Whistling all the way to the gallows. Yes!!!


6 posted on 01/02/2010 5:28:23 PM PST by JoenTX (Don't Tread on Me)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

How silly, a pole tells us what to think! If we were all liberal zombies I would say yes it’s Rasmussens fault, but what they will never realize is that we are a free thinking bunch with a brain!


7 posted on 01/02/2010 5:30:28 PM PST by ronnie raygun (Leaders who refuse to lead will be lead by the people)
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To: Shellybenoit

I’m confused. I thought that claim belonged to Limbaugh! I need to know who influenced me!


8 posted on 01/02/2010 5:43:25 PM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: Shellybenoit

Does this mean we are beyond Blame Bush?


9 posted on 01/02/2010 5:44:01 PM PST by teletech (Say NO to RINOS!)
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To: Shellybenoit

Rasmussen isn’t like the other pollsters and over sample dems 15%-20% . IMHO the anger about the Dems agenda is even bigger than most polls are showing all you have to do is listen to what is being said around you!


10 posted on 01/02/2010 5:48:07 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: Shellybenoit

Whiney gasbags, aren’t they...


11 posted on 01/02/2010 5:52:50 PM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2013: Change we can look forward to.)
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Ah-Oh, Obama better get in gear and legalize those 30 million currently illegal democrats, er I mean aliens, er I mean democrats. Whatever!


12 posted on 01/02/2010 5:58:03 PM PST by ArchAngel1983 (Arch Angel- on guard)
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To: Shellybenoit

Skewing poll results could affect the agenda?

Who would have thought?


13 posted on 01/02/2010 6:29:55 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: Shellybenoit

We shouldn’t be surprised by democrats complaining about surveys that only use actual voters. They’ve relied on illegals voting, fraudulent registrations, and local election officials chicanery to overcome actual voters for years. Their polling firm of preference is INGSOC.


14 posted on 01/02/2010 6:43:12 PM PST by festusbanjo (It's not that we tax too little, it's that we spend too damn much!)
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To: Shellybenoit

I see something more sinister in this, The RATS intend to steal the election (nothing new here). When the stolen election results are at odds with the polls they will claim the poll was biased rather than admitting it was true but the election was not.


15 posted on 01/02/2010 6:49:53 PM PST by Nateman
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What they intend and what will happen will not leave them happy.


16 posted on 01/02/2010 7:17:02 PM PST by DarthVader (Liberalism is the politics of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: Shellybenoit
Hey Dems, the poll results are because people are getting more and more educated (every day I might add) to your leaders craven socialist agenda of attempting to destroy capitalism and replace it with a marxist-socialist government. It's as simple as that, and you can debate the concept with me all you want, but that's the heart of the matter. He thinks he can slick-Willie his motives past us, but we see through it. The American people are waking up and see Obama's real agenda - and they don't like it!

Expect the poll numbers to worsen as people get more informed about Alinsky's rules, Cloward-Piven, Obama's commie friends and mentors, his early and current socialist ties, the New Party, his relationship with Ayers et al, total control of the MSM, income redistribution and on and on.

Thank God for the internet and email. New Patriot and Conservative sites are coming online. Patriot sites are getting new members. An Army of Conservative Patriots are daily "passing on" news items by email. Millions of bits of truthful information is in the ether that will cause the downfall of Obama's communist aspirations. We daily go Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, Here and many other sites. Time is on our side.

So get used to it, the tsunami has landed and the poll numbers will continue to drop!

17 posted on 01/02/2010 7:22:20 PM PST by Art in Idaho
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To: Shellybenoit

Rasmussen is reporting that which we the people tell him we think in answer to his questions.

The Left owns the MSM which is concerned with filling our heads with that which the Left wants us think.

Seems to me that the Left is rightfully dismayed at the results of their investment, and striking out as only the Left knows how. They blame something other than themselves for their failures, thus Rasmussen gains their Ire.


18 posted on 01/02/2010 7:32:54 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
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To: Shellybenoit

RATs are delusional and better get on some meds. They’re TOAST!


19 posted on 01/02/2010 7:48:18 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead (Clean the RAT/RINO Sewer in 2010 and 2012)
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To: rockinqsranch
The Left owns the MSM which is concerned with filling our heads with that which the Left wants us think. Seems to me that the Left is rightfully dismayed at the results of their investment, and striking out as only the Left knows how. They blame something other than themselves for their failures, thus Rasmussen gains their Ire.

Rasmussen is getting Alinskied:

RULE 1: “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.” RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” RULE 8: “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.” RULE 12: “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”

Of these, Rules 4, 5, 8, and 12 have been used to greatest effect by the Left.

“If your opponent [has a hot temper], seek to irritate him. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. Attack him where he is unprepared; appear where you are not expected.” (Book I, Verses 22-24)”

Barack Obama taught a class on using Alinsky principles to keep the nation in chaos. After all, it’s easier to get radical policies enacted during a crisis. The Rasmussen attack is par for the course.

More Alinsky vs. Sun Tzu: How ancient strategy can be used against the Liberal Left.

20 posted on 01/02/2010 8:01:42 PM PST by Art in Idaho
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