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SPIN THOSE POLLS! SPIN THOSE POLLS! (Do not vote in any of the online polls tonight)
Kerry Spot ^ | Jim Geraghty

Posted on 10/13/2004 12:14:04 PM PDT by vmivol00

SPIN THOSE POLLS! SPIN THOSE POLLS! [10/13 02:50 PM]

UPI reports on the efforts to spin online polls and mass-mailed letters to the editor.

President George W. Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry will walk across the stage Wednesday night and greet each other at the beginning of the third and final presidential debate. Already, across the country, e-mail messages are arriving in newsroom inboxes declaring a winner. A new form of spam is emerging this fall, called debate-spin spam, experts told UPI's The Web. The veracity of the e-mail messages being sent as letters to the editor is coming into question, as are the timing and content of many of the messages, because a significant percentage is being generated by bots, or intelligent software agents.

Which reminds me, it's time for the Pajamahadeen to continue our jujitsu operations. We had some success recently, but I think it's time to set our sights higher.

As usual, the instant online polls of news organizations, that the DNC is steering its members to here, will be less valuable and useful if the result is so stunningly skewed that no one believes it. So a poll that shows Kerry won 99 percent to 1 percent is less useful to the DNC than one that shows Kerry won 70 percent to 30 percent....


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: polls; shishkabob; skew; skewer
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To: vmivol00

SAMPLE LETTER TO THE EDITOR

kerry won the debate! He reveiled george "shruberew" bush to be a phony and a dunce. The best part was when john kerry made an indisputable case for government run health care, then stepped out from behind his podium, did a triple running backflip and landed on the shrub's podium, pointed at the cowering selected president and said "I OWN YOU SUCKA!!!!!"

JOHN KERRY KICKED BUTT TONIGHT!!!!


41 posted on 10/13/2004 12:28:12 PM PDT by flashbunny
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To: vmivol00

I agree. No poll votes tonight. Is there a way we can keep this thread up through out the day and evening?


42 posted on 10/13/2004 12:29:32 PM PDT by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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To: vmivol00

Good call. I won't vote in any of them. Get out the word.


43 posted on 10/13/2004 12:30:23 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: vmivol00; All
The Kerry Spin Washer

44 posted on 10/13/2004 12:30:35 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
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To: flashbunny

I am in---good, I don't feel like going to all those liberal biased sites anyway!


45 posted on 10/13/2004 12:30:48 PM PDT by LegalEagle61
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To: goldfinch
No, people will not see though it completely

If someone is dumb enough NOT to see through it then they are dumb enough to think their candidate is so far ahead that they don't have show up to vote.

46 posted on 10/13/2004 12:31:18 PM PDT by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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To: sarasota
If Kerry wins, we'll all be living in Crazyland.

No kidding. Sometimes it feels like everything's gone wackadoodle already, but I'm sure that's nothing compared to what we'll see if the Kerry and the Dims gain power.

47 posted on 10/13/2004 12:32:38 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl (Terrorists will "global test" us right off the planet)
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To: vmivol00

I think this is a bad idea.

You are no better than them if you try to manipulate results. In addition, you end up with a "loss". To me, this is a lose-lose strategy.


48 posted on 10/13/2004 12:32:55 PM PDT by stevestras
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To: Question Liberal Authority

"Maybe somebody could post a list of the polls we're supposed to ignore"

My impression was that we ignore them all...


49 posted on 10/13/2004 12:33:02 PM PDT by jagfar
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To: vmivol00

I've been saying this for some time. Nothing lends credibility like parity.

(or parody, for that matter)


50 posted on 10/13/2004 12:33:12 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever ("...upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.")
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To: flashbunny
SAMPLE LETTER TO THE EDITOR kerry won the debate! He reveiled george "shruberew" bush to be a phony and a dunce. The best part was when john kerry made an indisputable case for government run health care, then stepped out from behind his podium, did a triple running backflip and landed on the shrub's podium, pointed at the cowering selected president and said "I OWN YOU SUCKA!!!!!"

JOHN KERRY KICKED BUTT TONIGHT!!!!

I think I've already seen this letter in my local paper. Amazing.

51 posted on 10/13/2004 12:33:14 PM PDT by skip_intro
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To: vmivol00

No, no, no. Vote in them, as many times as you can. But vote for Kerry...


52 posted on 10/13/2004 12:33:28 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (John Kerry will make Triumph the Insult Comic Dog his Secretary of State)
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To: Question Liberal Authority

I agree. I know some sheep who are waiting to "see what the polls say" to decide on who to vote for!


53 posted on 10/13/2004 12:34:19 PM PDT by sirwestlake
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To: need_a_screen_name

Thank you!


54 posted on 10/13/2004 12:35:43 PM PDT by MistyCA
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To: Mr. Silverback

Indeed. Vote for Kerry in the online polls.


55 posted on 10/13/2004 12:35:55 PM PDT by Fun Bob
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To: vmivol00

I've been saying this for weeks. Freeping a poll only works to ligitimize the results. Let them get 99%. It only makes the poll look rediculous.


56 posted on 10/13/2004 12:36:36 PM PDT by Soliton (Alone with everyone else.)
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To: TXBubba
If someone is dumb enough NOT to see through it then they are dumb enough to think their candidate is so far ahead that they don't have show up to vote.

LOL. I hope you are right but I have a deep distrust of the MSM.

57 posted on 10/13/2004 12:37:43 PM PDT by goldfinch
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To: Soliton

great friggin idea... I'm so sick of these stupid on line polls.... lets make them obsolete tonight...

you better believe, after our famous Buckhead incident, the MSM checks here continually...

we are shutting these damn things down...


58 posted on 10/13/2004 12:38:51 PM PDT by Chuzzlewit
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To: Soliton

Yep. I agree.

Why waste time competing against a rigged setup that will pump out votes faster than any human could? Saddam got near a 100% vote in one of his elections, 100% in his last. This should be our aim. LOL


59 posted on 10/13/2004 12:39:04 PM PDT by Soul Seeker
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To: Soliton

CHEESE IT! HO MY GOD! THE DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND IS ONTO US!

I knew this wouldn't end well, Mr. Gower!


60 posted on 10/13/2004 12:40:24 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever ("...upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.")
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