This Country Is Really Sick. Just Saw a Poll: 76.9% Say Zimmerman Should Not Be Brought To Trial.

[Solomon]

He was defending himself, his life was in danger & he has a right to "stand his ground".

The poll is being conducted by WCBM radio. Only 13% say he should be brought to trial.

Damn. Race relations are much worse than I thought. I mean, I knew it was bad, but damn.

[rhett o rick]

1. I think it is bigger than racism. It's bullyism.

We have raised a population of bullies. Millions voted for a second term for the bullies Bush/Cheney after it was obvious they were big bullies. Bullyism of course includes racism.

[arthritisR_US]

11. I think you make a very valid point. It has

become etched into the collective conscious of society. To hell with the down trodden, those without resources for Health care or have a pre existing condition and on and on. Empathy is becoming obsolete.

[uponit7771]

2. unnn, something more scientific should be done

[gratuitous]

5. This poll doesn't look too scientific

But I would guess it's not very far off the mark when it comes to matters touching on our national religion.

[ooglymoogly]

37. WCBM is an uber right-wing radio station out of Baltimore.

With about the same audience as Limpballs, who, if I am not mistaken also sends his bile out from this city and if possibele, is a station that is even more right-wing.

If you do any research on this station, the word Nazi comes up more than a few times.

What kind of survey results would you expect from that kind of listening audience on "the wonder of killing whoever you want and getting away with it".

These listeners are on par with the RW audience at the Pug debate who screamed let him die and booed the hero soldier because he was gay.

If this survey proves anything, it is that there is a dangerous bunch of sick puppies of all ages out there, some gathered around their ham radios in weapon infested basements in their weapon infested, pug parents house,cheering on the second coming of "Hister"*.

*ref to Nostradamus's Hister.

[aquart]

3. A poll of its listeners?

No radio station can afford a nationwide poll. So it's just your neighborhood that's so charming.

[Solomon]

7. Oh okay. my bad. its just my

"neighborhood" which is solidly liberal and democratic and not at all a part of this country.

Thanks. That makes me feel a lot better.

[madokie]

32. It would be interesting to see what kind of programing this station has

my bet it is about on the scale along with this poll. People who listen to limpnuts are going to think like this for instance. I really think these radio polls are more a reflection on what they air than on what the local people think as a whole.

[CJCRANE]

4. Who did they poll, how did they poll

and who responded?

If you can answer those questions that will help you make an informed conclusion.

[tsuki]

21. And how many times did each responder respond?

[sinkingfeeling]

6. And what do they think Trayvon Martin was doing?

[MrScorpio]

8. Walking while black, of course...

Zimmerman had EVERY right to be suspicious and confrontational about that... Moreso for why he needed to carry a gun.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Walking home while black at seven o'clock at night

After going to the store to buy two deadly weapons, a bag o's skittles and a bottle of Arizona iced tea.

There is more, his father lives in the complex. So he had all theoretical rights to walk down those mean streets at seven at night.

Why don't you tell us what he was dong?

[sinkingfeeling]

17. I think you misunderstood my post. To me, Trayvon had every right to

break Zimmerman's nose. He was defending himself from a strange man who had been following him and then got close enough to accost him.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. I don't think any nose was broken

My apologies by the way. But the tape at the station shows a man with a pretty intact nose and chiefly...a pristine, tucked in shirt.

I call bullshit on even a struggle happening.

Yup, tended to people after a struggle who have had the kind of injuries described. And they involve quite a bit of blood, at least 100 cc, which does not sound like much. Hell, it is not much, but looks damn impressive. In other words, that shirt has zero sign of blood, nor the jacket he was wearing.

I will even speculate, where ballistics are critical, the shot was not that close up either.

[Ganja Ninja]

9. An on-line poll at a station that carries Rush, Hannity and Savage.

What would you expect?

[frylock]

10. wcbm talkradio in baltimore featuring michael savage?

look at the crap on their front page ffs:

SHOCK: Hillary Supporter's Untold Obama Horror Stories.....Allegations of Intimidation, Manipulation, Sudden Death

..........Bill Gwatney, the Chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party was to Play Major Role Helping Hillary Clinton

..........Aug. 13, 2008, a Gunman Walked to Gwatney’s Office Shot and Killed Him Instantly

..........Assailant, Identified as Timothy D. Johnson, was Fatally Wounded By the Police After a Long Car Chase.

Obama’s Willie Horton: Illegal Immigrant Whose Deportation was Blocked by the Obama Administration Alleged to Have Murdered 15-Year-Old Girl

Michelle Malkin: The Democrats' Election Forgery Racket

CERTIFI-GATE: Sheriff Joe Expands Obama Probe to Hillary Supporters

President Barack Hussein Obama's List of Historic Firsts

COUNTDOWN UNTIL OBAMA LEAVES OFFICE !!!

[SteveABG]

12. 77% of conservative talk radio listeners

I could have told you that many of them were sick, without needing a poll.

[Greybnk48]

13. Who sponsored the poll, the Klan?

All but one person I know says he needs to be prosecuted.

[demosincebirth]

14. I don't beleive that poll. Must have polled teabaggers only. Really, 76%?

[SteveABG]

15. Heck

even the biggest teabagger/gun nut I know not only thinks Zimmerman should be prosecuted, but that he should have never been allowed a gun permit.

[Zalatix]

19. You're doing it all wrong, man.

If the Government sent a drone to kill Zimmerman as an imminent threat to America like they did al-Awlaki in Yemen, it would be okay.

[SpencerShay]

23. FAIL.

I’m sick of George Zimmerman defenders using drone strikes as an EXCUSE to defend that racist, murderous motherfucker.

Fuck George Zimmerman, and his defenders!

I don’t care if I get thrown out of here. It wouldn’t be the first time.

[Zalatix]

26. No, I despise Zimmerman. But I also despise the use of drones.

Edited: I want to see Zimmerman live to see trial, get convicted, and then locked away in the wing of the prison where they despise him. He'll probably get the shank in due time.

[SpencerShay]

22. Just admit it...

Just admit it. You don't even want the asshole to go on trial. You just want him to get off free. George Zimmerman played judge, jury, and executioner to Trayvon Martin. I have ZERO sympathy for George Zimmeran.

Fuck George Zimmerman, and his defenders.

[fishwax]

24. was this an online poll?

Radio and TV stations often quote results of their own online polls, but these are not really indicative of much.

[SomethingFishy]

25. I call bullshit. What did they do poll 20 people? Edited to add other polls!

There is NO FUCKING WAY that 76% of America sees this shooting as justified.76% of America would mean all the conservatives and half the liberals.I can't find a single liberal who doesn't think Zimmerman should be arrested. Even Scarborough wants to see a trial.
I'm not buying this poll... at all.

Here's a right wing Rasmussen poll:
One-third (33%) of adults believe crime watch volunteer George Zimmerman should be found guilty of murder in the shooting death of the Florida teenager, while 15% think Zimmerman acted in self-defense, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. But 52% of Americans are not sure.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/scott-rasmussen-decides-to-poll-is-george-zimmerman-guilty-of-murder/

Here's a CNN poll as reported by Politico which says the EXACT OPPOSITE of the poll you posted:

Almost three in four people surveyed, 73 percent, said the 28-year-old neighborhood watch captain whose shooting of Martin has touched off a national uproar, should be arrested, a CNN/ORC International poll found. Just 11 percent said Zimmerman shouldn’t be arrested, while 16 percent said they were unsure.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74486.html#ixzz1rBYy0C2C

THe only poll I found even close to the results you posted was at Brietbart and even they say 48% want Zimmerman arrested.

[MineralMan]

27. Oh, for pete's sake!

Why did you even post this? It's a poll of right-wing radio listeners. It has zero value as a poll and less than zero value on DU. Not everything needs to be posted on DU, and this is an excellent example of something that should never have been posted here. It's worthless on all counts.

[Initech]

28. Why should a poll from a conservative talk station be worth anything?

The listeners of that station should put the robes on and get it over with already. :eyes

[Evasporque]

29. They asked 100 racists.....nt

[stranger81]

30. Unbelievable.

This country IS sick.

Some days I don't even feel like leaving home to interact with these cretins.

[DefenseLawyer]

31. I don't think talk radio listeners are much of a cross section

Don't lose all hope based on a poll like that.

[WI_DEM]

33. So an on-line poll? That isn't scientific at all.

[Justice4allofus]

34. How can you criticize "the country" if it's not represented in this unscientific poll?

?

[LiberalFighter]

35. I wouldn't consider anything coming out of that radio station as sane.

According to website they have Rush Limbaugh and Hannity which right away identifies the station as a wacko station. They have a video on "Vile Unionists" and content that is anti-Obama.

Just because Balitimore might be considered liberal doesn't mean that the station's listeners are liberal.

If you want to accomplish something and you have the resources I would suggest you organize a group of folks that can make phone calls, emails complaining about the programming. If they have a twitter account I would also do tweet bombs on them. Tweet bombs consist of an organized group that send complaints via the twitter to their account. Make sure that their twitter name is enmeshed within the text so that everyone that follows will read any of the complaints. By enmeshed I mean that the twitter name is not the very first part of the text. It can start out with a period and then the twitter account name or referring to the twitter name in the text.

To have some effect for twitter bombs each individual in the group needs to also sent multiple tweets to them about different items or adding more detail with each tweet. So if you have a group of 20 people assigned to tweet bomb each would send about 5 or 10 tweets. Which would amount from 100 to 200 tweets to them. And if you can engage them in a conversation that would be even better because it takes them away from their work assignment.

[Catherina]

36. Disgusting but no great shock.

Honestly, I wish the results were a shock

[Stinky The Clown]

38. WCBM Radio is as hard right as 1942's Radio Berlin or Tokyo Rose

A poll of their most liberal listeners would hold that Atilla The Hun was not far enough right to suit them.

This poll is meaningless.