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Thompson Calls On Huckabee To Stop Push Polls
CBS ^ | 1/17/08 | John Bentley

Posted on 01/18/2008 8:44:16 AM PST by pissant

PROSPERITY, S.C. -- Fred Thompson called on Mike Huckabee to put a stop to push polling calls that misrepresent Thompson’s record.

“I find it ironic that this man would talk about cleaner politics and rising above the fray,” Thompson said, “while this is going on right under his nose.”

At an event in Prosperity today, a Thompson volunteer stood up during the audience questions portion and said a lot of people had received negative phone calls that “misrepresented your record.”

“Really?” Thompson asked, seeming genuinely surprised. “Could I ask you to raise your hand if you got a phone call like that?”

Roughly half the 75 people in attendance raised their hands.

“Good gracious,” Thompson said. “Who do they say is calling? Do they say anything good about any candidate?”

“Huckabee,” the audience responded.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: fred; fredthompson; huckabee; sc2008
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To: pissant


This classic from days gone by actually refers to Prosperity, S.C. - Clinton, S.C. is the next town over...
41 posted on 01/18/2008 9:22:01 AM PST by The Clemson Tiger (Hold that Tiger!)
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To: barryg

An obvious lie. It is what huckabee is all about.

LLS


42 posted on 01/18/2008 9:23:54 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims and vote Fred!)
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To: pissant; All

Heads up, kids...Rush about to discuss a major news story on Fred.


43 posted on 01/18/2008 9:24:10 AM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: pissant
hey that would make a great campaign tv spot for Fred.
44 posted on 01/18/2008 9:24:58 AM PST by stylin19a
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To: counterpunch

New fox poll for SC just came out. Fred in 4th at 11%. The push-polls are working


45 posted on 01/18/2008 9:26:15 AM PST by Soliton (Dr. Soliton suggests Ciallis for HDS. It 's no cure, but it will distract you for 36 hours.)
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To: Soliton

Rush just said to stay tuned...he has news on a Fred surge in SC.


46 posted on 01/18/2008 9:27:22 AM PST by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: Bob
Seventy five people raised their hands. How many people were there?

Huh? Are you reading the same sentence I did?

half the 75 people in attendance raised their hands.

Seems plain to me.

47 posted on 01/18/2008 9:27:38 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Bob

No conclusion jumping at all. It was at a steak house where a dozen would probably be around 10% of the room capacity.


48 posted on 01/18/2008 9:28:03 AM PST by South40 (Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
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To: counterpunch

Ed Rollins is a shamless scum bag, nuff said.


49 posted on 01/18/2008 9:28:51 AM PST by qman
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To: Izzy Dunne

As I already said, I missed the word ‘half’ in the sentence. My mistake.


50 posted on 01/18/2008 9:29:27 AM PST by Bob
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To: barryg

Huckabee has nothing to do with these calls. They are an independent campaign.

Are these coming from that DBT SVCS 616 number?

What time of day are they calling?


51 posted on 01/18/2008 9:29:30 AM PST by George from New England
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To: barryg

Bull.


52 posted on 01/18/2008 9:29:31 AM PST by rintense (Thompson / Hunter 2008!)
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To: Charles Martel

Thanks for the input. I live in the NY area and don’t have any sense of the small-town reality. I really hope Fred pulls out a surprise victory in SC.


53 posted on 01/18/2008 9:30:52 AM PST by samtheman
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To: South40
No conclusion jumping at all. It was at a steak house where a dozen would probably be around 10% of the room capacity.

And how many people were there? The article doesn't say.

54 posted on 01/18/2008 9:31:05 AM PST by Bob
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To: barryg

“Huckabee has nothing to do with these calls. They are an independent campaign.”

Yeah right. It takes resources to put something of that magnitude together so quickly. Huck’s true colors are becoming clearer every day.


55 posted on 01/18/2008 9:33:59 AM PST by txjeep
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To: Bob

How many people can fit into one room in the average Golden Corral restaurant?


56 posted on 01/18/2008 9:34:11 AM PST by South40 (Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
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To: samtheman

Maybe not as bad as it seems at 1st sight.

Latest population figure is 1,047, with average household size of 2.5 and the percentage of family households at about 70%. Percentage of Republicans voting in 2004 was 62%.

From all of that, we can estimate that there are 400 to 500 Republican voters. So, on a weekday, Thompson pulled in about 75 out of 400 to 500. Many of the rest were on the job working, I would imagine.


57 posted on 01/18/2008 9:34:29 AM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: Bob
And how many people were there? The article doesn't say.

Roughly half the 75 people in attendance raised their hands.

I guess blame reporter grammar or something.

About 75 people were there, roughly half of them raised their hands.

58 posted on 01/18/2008 9:36:08 AM PST by Domandred (Eagles soar, but unfortunately weasels never get sucked into jet engines)
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To: savedbygrace

Thanks.


59 posted on 01/18/2008 9:37:07 AM PST by samtheman
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To: South40
How many people can fit into one room in the average Golden Corral restaurant?

Apparently about one hundred and twenty based on your previous post saying that 12 people is about 10% of capacity. That's still no indication of how many people were actually present.

60 posted on 01/18/2008 9:37:46 AM PST by Bob
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