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Why Won't Scarborough Release Spiked Iowa Poll Results Showing Strong Sanders Lead?
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 02/03/2020 12:24:29 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

Joe Scarborough knows the results of the spiked Des Moines Register poll on the Iowa caucuses. And they apparently show Bernie Sanders with a big lead.

So why is Scarborough refusing to disclose them? Yes, the newspaper decided to spike the results because it was concerned about a possible problem with its methodology. But that surely doesn't bind Scarborough. Aren't reporters supposed to report? Let Scarborough release the results, and let people decided for themselves how reliable they are. Scarborough can explain the possible problem with the polling to put the results in context.

So why are Joe and other MSM members suppressing the poll? Is this good journalism . . . or an effort by the liberal media to dampen Sanders' momentum, in favor of candidates they deem more likely to be able to defeat President Trump?

On today's Morning Joe, Scarborough said "everybody knows" the results of the Des Moines Register poll. Without disclosing the results, he strongly implied that they show Sanders with a lead greater than the 7% he had over Joe Biden in the Emerson poll, the most recent one that has been released.

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To: Grampa Dave

Could be those conservative sites are practicing El Rushbo’s Operation Chaos strategy to muck things up for the other Dems by advancing Crazy Comrade Bernie.

If the deranged old commie wins the nomination, Dems might as well start singing the “Internationale” and wave hammer-and-sickle flags and portraits of Lenin, because it won’t worsen their chances in November.


21 posted on 02/03/2020 1:00:05 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: volunbeer

MSNBC is part of the DNC. NOPE...The DNC is part of the MSM. There. I fixed it.


22 posted on 02/03/2020 1:03:32 PM PST by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

It’s called a “lie of omission”.


23 posted on 02/03/2020 1:08:47 PM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: shanover
Sanders is a complete scum and commie POS sh*t but I will say the DNC is screwing him over again. It is also sickening that old white fool has such a following.

Yes, but can you imagine a better opponent for Trump?

Other than "Orange Man Bad":
Democrats have less reason to support an Independent.
The DNC has no reason to support an Independent.
The Undecideds have very little reason to vote for an obvious Communist.
His ties to Iran and Russia are better than his ties to America.
The Never Trumpers have no reason to go vote for him.
His financials are even easier to dissect than Trump's, and lead to far more obvious problems.

It should be an easy win, especially once the debates begin... and a huge blow to the DNC as well... and a huge demonstration directed at both Parties, since neither candidate would be a politician of their Party.

And "Orange Man Bad" is not strong enough to overcome massive improvements in the economy, International agreements, lower taxes, no new wars, vast improvement for minorities without any "directed programs", etc etc etc

24 posted on 02/03/2020 1:10:42 PM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

POP-CORN NIGHT!!!!

God Bless Rush Limbaugh


25 posted on 02/03/2020 1:22:09 PM PST by devane617 (Kyrie Eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?)
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To: Truthoverpower
Simple fact is whoever wins Iowa is a 100% guaranteed winner of the Democrat nomination

While winning Iowa, then NH and NV, certainly gives Bernie a path to the nomination, it's no guarantee he wins. What it does is give him is momentum. He will take almost the entire West, including CA, OR, WA, CO, UT and more. Biden will sweep the South, and Warren will split the Mid-West and much of New England with Biden. Bernie's momentum, should he win Iowa, will likely block Biden (or any candidate) from a path to nomination on first vote at the Dem Convention. This is the nightmare scenario in Milwaukee. Blood on the streets.

26 posted on 02/03/2020 1:32:04 PM PST by ETCM
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

So what, the numbers are out.


27 posted on 02/03/2020 1:32:40 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Epstein pulled a Carradine, the bozo.)
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To: Truthoverpower

“Because he’s a naked out and out communist of course!”

It’s not that at all. He’s just moving too fast for the plan because he’s not in the club, and they know he’ll get beaten badly.


28 posted on 02/03/2020 1:35:40 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Epstein pulled a Carradine, the bozo.)
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To: ETCM

Bernie’s momentum, should he win Iowa, will likely block Biden (or any candidate) from a path to nomination on first vote at the Dem Convention. This is the nightmare scenario in Milwaukee. Blood on the streets.
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RUN, HILLARY, RUN!


29 posted on 02/03/2020 1:52:15 PM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: House Atreides

“....RUN, HILLARY, RUN .....”

Whenever you post that, you need the theme from “Jaws” playing in the background.


30 posted on 02/03/2020 1:55:28 PM PST by Reily
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To: Teacher317

The American media is meddling in our elections far worse than any government on earth.

True, that!


31 posted on 02/03/2020 2:09:27 PM PST by Flick Lives (MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
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To: Trump20162020

“Why are “conservative” sites shilling for Sanders and regurgitating delusional Bernie Bro conspiracy talking points?”

presumably, because they (like many Dems) believe Trump will crush bernie because our nation isn’t yet ready to elect an avowed communist, particularly given that the economy, employment, and wages are the best they’ve ever been since WWII, and commies are only popular when everything is in the crapper ...


32 posted on 02/03/2020 2:29:28 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Nobody should care what Scat-Burro says or thinks.


33 posted on 02/03/2020 2:44:43 PM PST by rfp1234
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To: volunbeer

Spiking a story is much more severe than just offering opinion.

It is the opposite of genuine journalism.

It is an insult to the viewers, basically indicating they are not entitled to know the truth—that is reserved to the elites and insiders.

There is nothing more foul than a “journalist” who spikes a story to further their agenda.


34 posted on 02/03/2020 3:00:18 PM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: rfp1234

could there be a clue to the poll results in the following?

2 Feb: NBC: With live music and booze, Sanders draws massive crowd to party-like Iowa campaign rally
3,000 people turned out for his rally in Cedar Rapids on Saturday night, dwarfing attendance figures for events held by rival campaigns.
By Adam Edelman

By comparison, the attendance numbers sent by the campaigns for former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg for events on Saturday ranged from 158 to more than 700...
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/live-music-booze-sanders-draws-massive-crowd-party-iowa-campaign-n1128376


35 posted on 02/03/2020 3:00:40 PM PST by MAGAthon
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I had a conversation with a very well connected Dem. They are really scared by a Sanders candidacy. They agree with us that would pretty much guarantee Trump’s re-election.


36 posted on 02/03/2020 3:04:30 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Punchable Clown Face #2 likes to think that he is important. If Bernie’s puppets ever wake up, Joey Smugface will be on their short list.


37 posted on 02/03/2020 3:21:30 PM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Comey coould put together a team of former agents to investigate this aspect of Russian Collusion. Sanders is a commie...ergo a Russian colluder.


38 posted on 02/03/2020 3:35:28 PM PST by spintreebob
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To: elcid1970
BOL!

If the deranged old commie wins the nomination, Dems might as well start singing the “Internationale” and wave hammer-and-sickle flags and portraits of Lenin, because it won’t worsen their chances in November.

39 posted on 02/03/2020 5:00:49 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Most so called Cures for most viruses are imaginary. It has been ride it out, to survive or die.)
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To: House Atreides
Bernie’s momentum, should he win Iowa, will likely block Biden (or any candidate) from a path to nomination on first vote at the Dem Convention. This is the nightmare scenario in Milwaukee. Blood on the streets.

Brings back sweet memories of the 1968 Democrat convention in Chicago, a few miles south of Milwaukee!:


40 posted on 02/03/2020 5:14:12 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Most so called Cures for most viruses are imaginary. It has been ride it out, to survive or die.)
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