Posted on 11/04/2004 4:26:53 AM PST by Chairman_December_19th_Society
According to at least three sources, one inside the Kerry campaign, and two outside of it, but with ties to senior Kerry advisers, some of the "early polling numbers" were in fact direct reports from Kerry campaign or Democratic Party operatives on the ground in such critical states as Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin. According to a Washington lobbyist with knowledge of the numbers, the numbers were packaged together so as to appear to be exit poll results. They were then scrubbed through several sources to land in the lap of sympathetic bloggers who these operatives believed would put the numbers up with little question.
Some of the numbers claimed to be exit polling data that showed Kerry with a 8-1 voter ratio. As soon as the numbers hit the Internet, panic set in.
"It was awful," says a Republican House staffer. "You just felt sick when you saw the numbers."
I want a criminal investigation of this.....they tried to disenfranchise our votes..
/john
Good Afternoon. Checking in after a 2 hr nap.
Right now I feel worse than when I went to sleep. I have a cold setting in.
Limbaugh mentioned that, but reading it myself, plus your comments....more info and understanding.
No sympathy for that crowd....EVER from me.
What likely happens is what happened in 2000. Exit polling places employ people to exit poll for two days of training and two days of work per election year. It is not even a real temp job. It is at best a 2 day job. What the Exit polling company does is put help wanted ads in the local papers where they need Pollsters. Then hire the people that apply and give them a days training.
To produce fake numbers all one has to do is have a few ringers apply when the hiring ads are placed. Then those ringers call in fake numbers at noon, 2Pm and 4Pm. When those fake numbers are tabulated the 'Exit Poll' will show a big Kerry win. They did the same thing to VNS in 2000.
They likely did it to the new companies this time.
The idea was likely to discourage Bush voters in Ohio and Florida from voting. But this time it did not work.
If someone put out fake exit poll reports that purported to be from the real exit polling service, the polling service would have contacted the networks and news services within five minuts of the fake numbers hitting the internet. Yet Fox was still reacting to the bad numbers hours after the first noon time exit poll numbers were released.
If the actuall exit polling company had not been fooled the fake polls would not have lasted over 10 minutes.
You really are a very kind and gentle soul.
That's sad. ((Molly))
Did you read Dick Morris's take on the early "exit polls"? He also thinks there was dirty pool going on, saying that there's no way to do exit polls that come out that bad. Not if you know what you are doing at all.
In our local radio cut-in (St. Louis) on Fox radio, 15 mins ago, they send that Aschroft was rumored to be resigning for health reasons.
I saw that Morris piece.
Havening your pork, 'kraut, gravy recipe.
I should have thought of that...hot dogs here..oh well.
Someone on FNC suggested Bernie Kerik for Attorney General.
"Missouri voters did more than just favor President George W. Bush by a decisive 200,000-vote margin out of just over 2.7 million cast. They also put the Republican Party in charge of the Governor's Mansion, the state House and the state Senate for the first time in 80 years.
The GOP snagged control of two other statewide offices - lieutenant governor and treasurer - and maintained control of both U.S. Senate seats, with the re-election of Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond."
Tennessee's state senate is now going to have a Republican majority for the first time in over 100 years.
I keep hearing that on the news, but I can't imagine the Republicans were ever in the majority before then. Maybe I need to brush up on my Republican history.
IG, feel better soon. No sense to spend the time your hubby is gone being ill. Did you ever find an Inauguration dress?
NorthernYankee: let them whine. They're still whining here, too. They'll just have to get used to it. Didn't ya know that the only thing RATS are good at doing is whining? ;-)
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