Posted on 10/08/2004 8:48:19 PM PDT by LibFreeUSA
Just announced (somewhat sheepishly) by Chris Mathews their online 'Who won the debate' poll. Sounds like he's even embarrased at the online farce taking place.
Just voted in the FOX poll twice - between the first and second, the vote jumped 20,000+ for Kerry in less than a minute. All Dem viewers? R-i-g-h-t.
OK you computer whizzes - how are they doing it?
It's called a BOT. It is a program that automatically votes over and over until you tell it to stop.
Dubya didn't do nearly as well as I thought he needed to tonight, but I thought it was at worst-- and at best -- a draw.
Something is waaaaaay wrong with this poll.
Debate 1....Kerry 19 Bush 4
Debate 2....Cheney 22 Edwards 2
Debate 3....Bush 14 Kerry 8
Yep. The media knows the democrats are using them. They know they're being lied to.
Online polls are worthless and meaningless.
Most definitely. The lefties are shooting themselves in the foot with their own stupidity.
let em cook in their own juice..
http://www.americandaily.com/article/5315 Excerpt
McAuliffe said there are "four critical things you can do to help beat the Republican spin machine."
He asked readers to forward his e-mail to family, coworkers and friends, write a letter to the editor, vote in online polls and call radio and television stations.
"Your 10 minutes of activism following the debate can make the difference," McAuliffe said. "It is important that we double our efforts from the last debate, because the Republicans are now copying our strategy."
McAuliffe reminded readers to vote at online polls at a number of news web sites. He singled out CNN, MSNBC, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, Akron Beacon-Journal, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Philadelphia Inquirer and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
"And be sure to check the web sites of your local newspapers and TV stations for online polls. It is crucial that you do this in the minutes immediately following the debate," McAuliffe said. "Make sure swing voters know why you support John Kerry by sharing your thoughts on message boards in target states. Visit our 2004 Debate Center after the debate for a list of message boards where you can fight the Republican spin. If you visit chat rooms on AOL, MSN, Yahoo, or other web sites, be sure to let people know what you thought of the debate."
McAuliffe also suggested writing a letter to the editor.
"Immediately after the debate, go online and write a letter to the editor of your local paper," he said. "If you feel John Edwards presented an optimistic vision for the next four years, put it in your letter. If you feel Dick Cheney failed to explain the last four years of failed policies, put it in your letter."
He also recommended calling radio and television stations because their coverage, he said, "is where much of the spin is cemented. Make sure you call radio and TV stations to tell them what you thought.
As a postscript McAuliffe added, "Make sure to forward this email to at least 10 other people who will be watching the debate. Also, print out copies for your friends, family members, coworkers and neighbors and get them involved."
The official web site for the reelection of President George W. Bush was also harnessing the power of the Internet.
Under a headline of "Fight the Spin – Spread the Truth!" readers were encouraged to make their voice heard.
"Last week, the Kerry campaign's spin machine managed to mask their candidate's flip-flops on the war in Iraq, imposition of a ‘global test' for protecting America, and repeated denigration of our troops and allies," a blog entry read.
Readers were invited to "fight the spin, and spread the truth. After the debate, make sure voters understand the President's message by sharing your thoughts in these key message boards."
A number of newspapers were then listed. They included the "Seattle Post-Intelligencer & Seattle Times", the "Arizona Republic", the "San Jose Mercury News / Contra Costa Times", the "Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News", the "Detroit News", the "Cleveland Plain Dealer", the "St. "Louis Post-Dispatch", the "Orlando Sentinel", the "Oregonian", the "Pittsburgh Tribune-Review" and the "Orange County Register."
"Hell, let's help them with these."
Absolutely...by Monday his popularity should be roughly what Saddam's was in his last election.
Agree. But the RATs will steal, lie, and cheat towards the weakest link in the chain, i.e. 'voting' - whether it's the ballot box or media show.
Fox News online has Kerry 67%, Bush 32%. Looks like 70/30 is the DU spread. Online pols are not scientific or accurate in any way. But the idiots who watch MSNBC and the rest obviously don't know this.
After the next farcical "debate" EVERYONE should call these polls and vote for Kerry. When they have to sit and report that 100% voted that Kerry won, it will be met with the same derision that the world had when they heard that Saddam won the Iraqi presidential election by 100%. It will show the media that everyone knows they are Dem shills.
I think that the expression "FREEP THIS POLL" should now mean that we ignore it. We have more important things to do than play online poll tag -- such as running biased and dishonest anti-journalists and propagandists like Halperin and Rather out of their jobs!!
Am I the only Freeper who voted?
Don't fret folks. I've been a software developer for twenty-eight years and I've always thought that online polls are, by definition, useless. There is absolutely no mechanism to prevent multiple voting. And that means you can write a program to vote as often as you want.
If you're saying vote for Kerry to make it 99-1 in his favor, I couldn't agree more. But I won't go to any online poll. Period.
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