Posted on 11/06/2004 12:25:33 PM PST by forest
The first thing we have to realize is that media liberals tried to throw the election for the party of the ass again. Of course, this newsletter's readers were alerted[1] back in issue 321 (Another Election Reporting SNAFU Coming Up).
In a nutshell, the failed Voter News Service was replaced by two groups headed by former CBS News reporters with their election results funneled to Associated Press to tabulate and disseminate to media outlets.
So, we had the very-left (Bush Administration haters) AP essentially programming most news outlets on election results. AP will never be confused with fair and balanced reporting. Anything they publish should be taken with a few grains of salt. Or, like Reuters, AP articles should be disregarded as little more than socialist propaganda.
With this background, we can get down to the nuts and bolts of how to affect an election. Two words nail it this time around: exit polls.
Most of the media were provided exit poll data last Monday. The idea was to create an expectation of a Kerry win within the media. The liberal New England states, of course, would report early and go for Kerry, which would tend to verify the exit poll data and further boost the media's willingness to subtly act as if Kerry were to win a large majority in all states. With that, the exit poll mania quickly spread and the liberal media were happy to report, early on, that first data showed Kerry on top in key states.
Their idea in this closely programmed propaganda ploy, of course, was to suppress the conservative vote in many states outside of New England by demoralizing Republican voters.
That was the plan. Except, it didn't work very well this time around.
They called some states for Kerry as soon as the polls closed, but would not call states for Bush (like Florida) even after 92% of the vote was counted and Bush had a clear win. Even Fox News got in on that scam.
Tuesday, while polls were still open, Susan Estrich said on Fox News that she had spoken to Kerry headquarters and that either all the exit polls are wrong, or John Kerry is the next president. All the networks trotted out their far-left spinmeisters to back up the AP exit poll lies. Which means, all television networks were involved in spewing propaganda aimed at demoralizing those who would vote Republican.
Tuesday evening (EST), the scam was in full swing -- and by then, the bogus "news" was heard by Midwestern and Western voters. Most polls throughout the country were still open, yet the talking heads could hardly contain themselves from declaring Kerry's grand slam. Exit polls all favored Kerry, of course. Or, so talking heads thought, anyway.
They might just as well have had the Kerry campaign and the Democratic Party count the vote. They would have done it free. Instead, the media had the Democratic media cheerleaders do it, and actually paid big bucks for the false information.
But, by this stage of the game, the American people were well advised of the strong liberal bias in the media. After so many news outlets ran with the obviously forged Bush National Guard documents perpetrated by CBS News and seconded by many other news outlets, people took notice. Then came another totally bogus story, again disseminated by many news outlets around the country, concerning "380 tons" of "missing" explosives in Iraq. These were just two instances of out and out fabricated stories designed to affect the Bush campaign. Yes, the American people noticed.
And so too did voters notice the glee displayed by the talking heads as they talked of exit polls and did just about everything but declare a clean sweep for Kerry last Tuesday -- even while all polling places were still open.
Fact is, few of us believed the talking heads. Sure, many of us became concerned. That just made the plan backfire on AP & company. It made even more conservatives go vote. No matter how long the lines were, the exit poll lies gave determination to conservative voters.
So we have three major media scams in as many months. All propaganda ploys. All backfired in the face of major media. We know Old Media for what they are.
Old Media, babble on. But remember that few Americans believe you anymore. Your days are numbered. New Media is taking over.
1. <http://www.uhuh.com/reports/headsup/fron321.htm>
<http://www.exit-poll.net/pool.html>
Of course, you could look at it this way: At 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM, 11/02/04, the most likely exit poll results would have been biased toward folks that didn't work for a living. Given this dynamic, it could be possible that the count was largely democrat.
I'm either repeating what Laura Ingraham or Ann Coulter said the other day....research has shown that news that your candidate is behind discourges those who've yet to vote from going out to vote.
It's an emotional reaction, but it makes sense to me.
"three major media scams"
Actually .. there were 4 - everybody always leaves out the ABC Nightline FAKE WITNESSES story. ABC was willing to believe "supposed" Communist FAKE witnesses - over the decorated American military witnesses regarding Kerry's lying statements on his after action reports and his Silver Star citation.
"Something smells funny."??
SOMETHING STINKS!!!!!!!!!
Actually, I am not surprised that exit polling was off so much.
Many polling places had moveon.org "poll watchers" -- who were actually holding illegal Kerry rallies. Additionally, voters had been bombarded with messages from the Kerryokies that anyone voting for Bush was an evil moron that copulated with animals or committed incest with his (or her) parents or children. I got those type of messages from liberal co-workers, and I live in the Houston area. Lots of people heard about cars vandalized for having a Bush bumper sticker or homes trashed after having a Bush sign out in front.
Now, you are Jane (more likely in mid-day) or Joe Voter. You are not really political, and just want to live your life. To you participation in politics is voting every other year. But you have come out to vote, and in the privacy of the booth, picked Bush. This despite the noisy pro-Kerry rally just outside the voting booth -- held by these really intense people, who seem just . . . a little . . . ah . . . well, intimidating.
You leave the booth and start heading for your car. You don't want trouble. You just want to get to work or back home. Suddenly someone comes up to you and asks, "So, who did you vote for?" You do not know this person. Did she come from the group of pro-Kerry loons? Is she going to take your name? What happens if the Kerryokes get mad at you? So you look the person straight in the eye, and say what you know will let you get to your car undisturbed -- "John Kerry, of course."
Not every Bush voter did this. But if as few as one out of every eight to ten lied this way, the results would be that the exit polls showed a Kerry landslide. You would be swinging the totals 20% (Which is how far they were off in Pennsylvania.)
That is what I think happened.
Pray for W and Our Troops
To the degree that the 'exit polls' were election fraud, designed to improperly influence an American election, investigations and prosecutions should proceed. Of course, even if they do proceed, they will probably slip into the never-to-be-reported file, already containing the forged documents matter, the Sandy Burger matter and the missing munitions matter.
Kerry never had a chance in NC. Edwards knew he could not get re-elected.
bttt
I find that to be a very good question. All of the internals are still gospel. What is the deal with that.
I kind of believe that. I had voted early Tuesday morning, but when I thought Kerry was the winer, I actually got into bed and pulled the covers over my head for a while.
However, thanks to my FreeRepublic addiction, I couldn't stay away very long, and then I learned the truth.
Listening to Rush on Friday he came up with proof that the Kerry campaign was feeding the networks the data and making it look like exit poll data. He has also linked the Kerry operatives to calling the networks and getting them to suspend calling Ohio for Bush in order to keep west coast dems voting. His site lists his research on both topics.
I agree, without the MSM, voter fraud, and downright lies, the race would not have even been close!
It is beyond comprehension that these people continue to profess they are speaking for the majority. If they would once run an honest election they would find only 30% of the country even moderatly agreeing with them. Alas, they campaign not for truth but more for what they think is better for us. I am for the complete destruction of the left wing. They haven't had anything remotely resembling the American consience for 30 years. They lean farther and farther toward socialism and communism every election cycle. This will be their downfall. Sooner than later if I can have anything to do with it.
Which is another reason to ban exit polling within 500 feet of a polling place.
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