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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 11:25 AM
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Let's DU THIS "Bin Laden Capture" Poll
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Do you think Osama bin Laden will be caught or killed closer to November to boost President George W. Bush's popularity?

Related storiy:

"When asked by reporters in Thailand if the al-Qaida leader is hemmed in -- and would be caught or killed closer to November to boost President George W. Bush's popularity -- Tom Ridge didn't answer the question directly.
Instead, he said "with the help" of American allies, the United States continues to pursue him. Ridge also said he has "no doubt within time" the United States will track bin Laden down and "bring him to justice."
Earlier, Iranian state radio reported bin Laden had been captured and that Bush was withholding the announcement until the elections. "

http://www.click2houston.com/news/2917298/detail.html

Wow...can't imagine anyone even asking this question out loud last year....much less asking it out loud in the Lone Star State.
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dryan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 11:28 AM
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1. Osama Ben Laden
Osama will not be caught until 7:00 PM on election eve. He is working as a pool boy at the Dolphin Hotel at Disney World. He has shaved off his beard; he works the 4-11 PM shift.
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efhmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 12:23 PM
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12. Hey, you're good at that. Do you work for the Globe, being in Florida
and all?
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 11:29 AM
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2. That is quite amazing...I am surprised that this story is still out there
and being reported...
The cracks are widening, folks...let's keep the pressure on and bring this phony unelected misadministration to its knees...
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mourningdove92 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 11:30 AM
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3. Interesting Poll Results
Choice Votes Percentage of 6038 Votes
Yes. It will be an election stunt. 2226 37%

No. I think he's already been caught and that will be announced closer to the election. 1143 19%

No. I don't know when he'll be caught, but it has nothing to do with elections. 2669 44%


interesting results. Currently a total of 56% believe the capture of Bin Laden will used as an election stunt.....wow, Here in Texas. I am impressed.
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 11:40 AM
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5. Interesting, no?
I can't imagine the question even being asked out loud six months ago...
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German-Lefty Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 11:35 AM
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4. Wow, I didn't think they could says stuff like that in Texas.
I glad, but the poll is kind of suggestive. The first 2/3 choices are totaltally "Bush is Evil" suggestions.

Isn't channel 2 an NBC affiliate? Cool so NBC is taking a whack at Bush. American media is silly. They sit on their hands or serve the Repubs, and now all of the sudden they want to cash in.
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efhmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 11:45 AM
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7. We can and do say whatever we want in Texas and some of us very
Edited on Fri Mar-12-04 11:46 AM by efhmc
loudly. I did find it interesting that there were 2 ways to say negative things about bush To make a poll equal shouldn't there have been two positive things? Makes me happy, though. If that many people are really expecting some shanigans won't the stunt get waylaid? (If indeed the buffoons actually have OBL?) Edited to say I knew you were being ironic.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 11:41 AM
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6. The best part in all of this...
I think if Bush really DOES try to pull this stunt, the American people are now skeptical enough to see it for what it is.
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efhmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 11:47 AM
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8. Yep, me too.
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efhmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 11:49 AM
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9. Just a thought but what it were to honestly occur (captture) just before
tthe election. Most of the teeth will have been pulled from that dog, don't you think?
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Virginian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 11:50 AM
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10. This is a three-way with two of the answers very similar.
The side that favors Dubya will get the majority of the votes.

Answer two, "No," is not really a different answer from answer one, "Yes." It is only a subset of answer one. The answer there should have been "Yes, but..."

Answer three, "No," is the opposite of answer two, "No."

They can report tomorrow "A majority of the people who took our poll responded NO to the question 'do you think Bin Laden will be captured...'."
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fob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 12:49 PM
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13. SURVEY SAYS.....!
Virginian has the No. 1 answer!
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ithacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 12:01 PM
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11. 56 percent see it as election stunt
split between those 36% who think the capture will happen in the future, and 19% who think it's already happened but will be announced closer to the election as an "election stunt."

Folks are onto the Bush regime's cynical manipulation of this stuff!
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