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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 01:28 AM
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The Polls are BULLSHIT
Stop panicking and sitting on your hands


Are you fighters or whiners?
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 01:29 AM
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1. half & half nt
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 01:30 AM
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2. well, we are a nation of whiners, you know?
According to the Gramm ol' Party.

But yeah they are. Obama looks better in the EC, plus we have been beating them in Voter Reg and we'll beat them in turnout, just like we did when the primaries were both being contested.
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 02:03 AM
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12. Just like we did in 2004.
My wife says if they cheat us out of it again this time she doesn't see any reason to cast a vote any more.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 02:06 AM
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13. well the good news is
We have Ted Strickland as Gov of Ohio and and Dem Secretary of State there.
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Sodan Donating Member (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 01:30 AM
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3. Winners :)
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 01:33 AM
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4. Welcome to DU, Sodan!
:hi:
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 01:33 AM
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5. Turning whiners into winners! Hey, welcome to DU
Stick around
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 01:34 AM
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7. Thanks Scorp
For God Sakes people, look at the electoral college maps. Those are what matter, and Obama is kicking ass there.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 01:39 AM
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9. Fox Noise is in a funk
Sunday morning only Bill "The Slime" Kristol was sticking to his guns

They are seeing the signs on the walls

We keep up the good work, it will pay off. Have some faith, everyone (A hard word for some around here)

It's simple as that
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 01:33 AM
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6. Yes, they ARE bullshit!
And for the record, I'm a fighter!

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d_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 01:38 AM
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8. It's September 7th
for fucking sake. Everyone wiggin' out because of the bounce we all knew he'd get anyway.

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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 01:45 AM
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10. The polls are in a state of flux, they should not be per se pooh-pooh'd...
They should be heeded for what they are...as having been derived from a diluted survey pool. It is time to get busier no doubt :thumbsup: We here "DU polls" all the time, other polls are no different period, there may be no polling data upon which to take solace as a result welcome to America 2008
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 01:49 AM
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11. FIGHTERS!


GO SCOOBIES!


buffy/
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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 02:09 AM
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14. Amen, MrScorpio!
Edited on Mon Sep-08-08 02:10 AM by NanceGreggs
The "polls" are bullshit.

I can't believe how many people here, who constantly talk about how the MSM can't be believed about anything, turn around and tout their "poll" results as though it were gospel.

Obama draws record crowds - McCain has to have people bussed-in from neighbouring areas to make his events look 'populated' for the cameras. And YET we are supposed to believe the two are "neck and neck".

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curious one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 02:48 AM
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15. You got it right. I do not believe any polls. It all depends who participated and where the poll is
taken.
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Life Long Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 02:57 AM
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16. Has not Palin proven, how much of a fighter the Democratic party is?
I may not like the attacks because of where they go but I still will say you guys were amazing the intensity attacks. No one will take that away.

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Doug.Goodall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 05:31 AM
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18. The polls are being scammed to keep the Presidential Election at the top of the news cycle
This is in the game plan for the Main Stream Media. The MSM is playing the voting public like a fiddle here.
They keep the polls showing the election as being close in order to keep viewership high. If the election was an Obama blow out, no body would watch the news. If Obama is shown correctly at +10%, all the Republicans would just turn off their televisions. If the MSM has no viewers, the don't sell advertising time.

I expect to see several lead changes, When some big story like a hurricane or a bank failure comes up, watch for a big change in the polls. The MSM is working hard to keep this election at the top of the news cycle.
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moez Donating Member (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 08:05 AM
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19. Yeah! The polls don't mean shit!
....uh, unless our guy is winning.... Then they're GREAT!
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 08:07 AM
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20. Many, if not most, political polls today are designed to SHAPE opinion, not report it
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 08:07 AM
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21. agree/disagree. yes stop sitting on your hands. but the polls
are not bullshit.
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 08:09 AM
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22. typical post convention bump. Obama got one too, but because the GOP convention began
right away after ours it was very short lived. My hope is that this one will be too.
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