78% of people in Orlando Sentinel online readers poll agreed that Alan Grayson deserves credit for h

ddeclue

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78% of people in Orlando Sentinel online readers poll agreed that Alan Grayson deserves credit for h

Orlando Sentinel online readers poll:

What do you think?

Does Orlando Congressman Alan Grayson owe the U.S. House an apology for saying that Republicans want sick Americans to die quickly?

� Yes. His comments were outrageous and over the top. (1019 responses) 12.8%

� No. He deserves credit for having the courage to tell the truth. (6232 responses) 78.0%

� Yes. If Grayson really wants health-care reform, this isn't the way to get it. (206 responses)2.6%

� No. Republicans have already shown they aren't interested in doing anything but blocking health care reform. (534 responses) 6.7%

7991 total responses

(Results not scientific)

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Thu Oct-01-09 08:02 AM
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1. Imagine...a Democrat with a spine! YES! nt

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Thu Oct-01-09 08:17 AM
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2. You betcha!

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Thu Oct-01-09 08:21 AM
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3. Ha ha! he was interviewed briefly on an Orlando station yesterday

saying "Dems are tired of Republican hissyfits. He's tired of the naysayers and knuckledraggers....".

Go Grayson! :rofl:

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Thu Oct-01-09 08:29 AM
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4. You should also add in the 6.7% that voted the other "No." At least the poll offered

two choices of each (Yes & No) unlike most that split the liberal while collapsing the con choices.

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Thu Oct-01-09 09:11 AM
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5. excellent.

Hopefully, others will sit up and notice that the public thought he was right on the mark.

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Thu Oct-01-09 09:16 AM
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6. voting is still open - here's the link

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-grayson-diequietly-100109,0,5931813.story

There's an attempt to "FReep" it.

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Thu Oct-01-09 09:26 AM
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7. Heres the results of the poll just now

What do you think?
Does Orlando Congressman Alan Grayson owe the U.S. House an apology for saying that Republicans want sick Americans to die quickly?

Yes. His comments were outrageous and over the top. (1533 responses)

17.4%

No. He deserves credit for having the courage to tell the truth. (6355 responses)

72.0%

Yes. If Grayson really wants health-care reform, this isn't the way to get it. (272 responses)

3.1%

No. Republicans have already shown they aren't interested in doing anything but blocking health care reform. (663 responses)

7.5%

8823 total responses

(Results not scientific)

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Thu Oct-01-09 09:38 AM
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8. Still Open, and the Freepers are working the poll. So vote!

Edited on Thu Oct-01-09 09:39 AM by sandspur

Vote early and vote often

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Thu Oct-01-09 10:50 AM
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9. Grayson Poll (Orlando Sentinel)

Edited on Thu Oct-01-09 11:47 AM by seafan

Orlando is a portion of Alan Grayson's district.

Grayson Poll

by: Florida Politics

Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 08:51:37 AM EDT

The Orlando Sentinel offered a poll today that shows that the editors are grossly out of touch with their online readers.

The question - "Does Orlando Congressman Alan Grayson owe the U.S. House an apology for saying that Republicans want sick Americans to die quickly?"

Yes. His comments were outrageous and over the top. (1548 responses) 17.57%

No. He deserves credit for having the courage to tell the truth. (6357 responses) 71.9%

Yes. If Grayson really wants health-care reform, this isn't the way to get it. (274 responses) 3.1%

No. Republicans have already shown they aren't interested in doing anything but blocking health care reform. (665 responses) 7.5%

Vote here.

As is plain, and unlike the Sentinel editors, who predictably (they live in Sam Zell's world, after all) called Grayson's remarks "hyperbolic, hyperpartisan" and "outrageous", and demanded" that Grayson issue "a sincere apology", the vast majority of the Sentinel's online readers - the folks who the Sentinel sees as their salvation as print media shifts to the online market - strongly disagree.

Note: Expect these poll numbers to shift over the course of the late morning as the Republicans with health care (in many cases gubment health care) wake up (or return from an early round of golf), go online to check out the status of their unearned income, and then make their way to the always comforting Sentinel editorial pages.

The dinosaurs are feeling very, very sick right now.

When they come crashing down, just step out of the way.

UPDATE: National Republicans launch "AlanDisGrayson.com", as reported at the Orlando Sentinel.

Bring it on, you bastards. And your lapdog newspapers, too.

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