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DOJ sues Gallup polling firm
The Washington Examiner ^ | August 22, 2012 | Joel Gehrke

Posted on 08/22/2012 8:20:29 PM PDT by princeofdarkness

Justice Department officials joined a whistle blower lawsuit and alleged that The Gallup Organization, a major polling firm, intentionally overestimated the amount of time it would take to complete a job for the government and was paid accordingly.

“Contractors who do business with the federal government must honor their obligations to provide honest services and products,” said U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. in a statement on the lawsuit. “Working with relators and federal investigators, we will do all that we can to act against those who illegitimately bill the American taxpayers.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


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Look for Gallup to skew their samples for the Teleprompter Kid.
1 posted on 08/22/2012 8:20:33 PM PDT by princeofdarkness
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To: princeofdarkness

During times of universal deceit telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act ~ George Orwell


2 posted on 08/22/2012 8:23:34 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1311 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: princeofdarkness

Suing the pollsters?

How desperate can one moslem get.


3 posted on 08/22/2012 8:26:20 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: null and void

“Working with relators and federal investigators, we will do all that we can to act against those who illegitimately bill the American taxpayers.”

The person working for a wage payed by you and me, speaks of a “relator.” What is a “relator?” Am I wasting my money by paying for a total fool? In addition to Obama and Biden?


4 posted on 08/22/2012 8:29:01 PM PDT by Rembrandt (Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
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To: princeofdarkness
intentionally overestimated the amount of time it would take to complete a job for the government and was paid accordingly

So Gallup told the government what they would charge for a job. The government agreed to the proposed price and paid them when the job was done.

Now, the government doesn't like the price, so it's going to criminally charge them?

Kenyan goombas.

5 posted on 08/22/2012 8:32:31 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: princeofdarkness

Yup. Nothing like having the feds on your back to make you “correct” your polling.


6 posted on 08/22/2012 8:35:07 PM PDT by chessplayer
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To: Rembrandt

I think “relators” is Ebonix for “regulators”


7 posted on 08/22/2012 8:36:08 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1311 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: null and void

This is what happens when you come out with a poll that shows Romney ahead. Move along, nothing to see here!!


8 posted on 08/22/2012 8:38:52 PM PDT by timlilje
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To: princeofdarkness; mnehring; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; ...

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you need to threaten to report me to the Admin if I don’t add you to the list...

9 posted on 08/22/2012 8:46:38 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1311 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: Rembrandt; null and void
“Working with relators and federal investigators sounds incestuous to me...

Can't even find it in the dictionary. Besides that will all the polled be sued as well...a reverse class action suit?

Penny for your thoughts.
10 posted on 08/22/2012 9:01:38 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (74 days)
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To: BIGLOOK

Well, I guess I can relate, but only in a way that doesn’t cost me money ;)


11 posted on 08/22/2012 9:09:23 PM PDT by jurroppi1
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To: BIGLOOK
Penny for your thoughts.

We need Zero unemployment at 12:01, January 20th, 2013.

12 posted on 08/22/2012 9:16:27 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1311 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: null and void

I think “relators” is really “realtors.”


13 posted on 08/22/2012 9:17:14 PM PDT by healy61
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To: princeofdarkness

Obama is unhappy that Gallup oversamples Democrats by only +9; he wants more.


14 posted on 08/22/2012 9:47:50 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: null and void

My theory is that Gallup is not giving him the poll numbers he wants to see, so he is using this suit to punish them.

Ok, I’ll take my tinfoil hat off now.

p.s. I’d rather be a right wing nut helping to hold this country together than one of the loose screws on the left.


15 posted on 08/22/2012 10:36:24 PM PDT by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: OrioleFan

“Nice polling outfit you got there. Be a shame if something bad happened to it.”


16 posted on 08/22/2012 10:37:09 PM PDT by princeofdarkness (The Obama Administration is circling the wagons. But the Truth Indians are using flaming arrows.)
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To: null and void

Oh goodness. Thanks for the ping, nully. :(


17 posted on 08/22/2012 11:00:23 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: generally

Hubby says he would rather be a rightwing nutjob that a leftie with no job and no nuts.


18 posted on 08/23/2012 5:50:56 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Good one. I’m passing that along!


19 posted on 08/23/2012 7:12:43 AM PDT by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: null and void

What a great quote!


20 posted on 08/23/2012 10:22:56 AM PDT by CityCenter
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