Posted on 09/08/2012 6:40:57 PM PDT by BerryDingle
Employees at the venerable Gallup polling firm suggested they felt threatened by Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod when he questioned the methodology of a mid-April poll showing Mitt Romney leading the president – according to internal emails published Thursday. That poll showed Romney leading Obama 48-43 percent. The exchange, according to emails published by The Daily Caller, started when Axelrod sent a tweet saying the tracking poll was “saddled with some methodological problems” and directing followers to a National Journal story in which a professor suggested outdated sampling. According to the email chain titled “Axelrod vs. Gallup,” the White House in addition asked that a Gallup staffer “come over and explain our methodology,” which was apparently perceived as a subtle threat. A Gallup official said in an email he thought Axelrod’s pressure “sounds a little like a Godfather situation.” “Imagine Axel[rod] with Brando’s voice: ‘I’d like you to come over and explain your methodology…You got a nice poll there … would be a shame if anything happened to it… .’” The exchanges also show that Gallup invited White House officials to its Washington offices, but it remains unclear whether any of the meetings occurred. However, when Gallup declined to change its polling methodology, the Obama administration’s Justice Department revived a 2009 whistle-blower lawsuit against the firm by joining the suit, a senior Gallup official alleges. The suit was filed by former Gallup employee Michael Lindley, who claims the firm violated the False Claims Act by overcharging the federal government for its services. Gallup declined to talk about the issue. Calls to the Justice Department, the White House and the Obama campaign have not been returned. Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs told The Washington Times this week that he was unaware of any communications between the campaign and Gallup.
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Seems like Clinton used to do the same thing. They know the pollsters are like the media, happy to dance when their strings are pulled.
If I owned Gallop, I would start releasing “poll results” showing obaatard up by 20, 30, 40, and then 50 points. By exactly those amounts. And plead the 5th when asked for data on methodology.
Give in big to obastard’s thuggery. Loudly and publicly. After all, what will obastard do, say “no, we’re not winning, they’re just saying that out of fear”?
Get smart, Gallop. Or become irrelevant. And broke.
Then they should blatantly start reporting 0% or even negative unemployment. Give in to obastard’s thuggery loudly and publicly.
Get smart, Gallop, or go under. Those are your choices.
Er, Gallup...
Before the threat:
R 48
O 44
After the threat:
O 47
R 43
Go figure.
In other news, a new Gallup poll suggests that 93% of the folks who think that Gallup is in the tank for Obama are misinformed - the remaining 7% are just plain wrong...
I went to see it yesterday (Sat night at 7pm) in Cherry Hill NJ (RAT township) in Camden County (RAT county) in NJ (RAT state), but it was 1/3 full, but I can tell you that most of those folks left (I could see it in their faces) with their heads shaking. When the movie ended, you could hear a pin drop, and no one could move out of their seats, they just silently sat there. It was kinda creepy. You should see it, this will give you more ammunition when you talk to others. It’s an excellent movie done excellently and very scholarly.
This movie needs to be shown EVERYWHERE, everyone needs to see it. If anyone has any moderate/Independent friends take them to see it. Of course those people were shocked, they know what’s coming if Obama wins re-election, unfortunately you have so many drones feeding off of Govt it will be very hard to win, possible but very hard.
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