Please DU the hell out of this poll.

[ElementaryPenguin]

http://www.senate.gov/~src/home/index.cfm

:evilgrin:

[JohnLocke]

1. Done.

[ElementaryPenguin]

7. thanks. Spread the word!

:toast:

[bluestateguy]

2. It's lost

eom

[ElementaryPenguin]

3. Scroll to the bottom of the page

eom

[Anaxamander]

4. Results

The world is actually in worse condition, and Saddam should still be in power because the U.S. acted rashly.:

56%

Better off now that the U.S. is upholding U.N. resolutions and holding Saddam accountable for his actions.:

37%

The condition of the world is the same now as it was before the war in Iraq.:

7%

[CatWoman]

5. I received the exact same results.

[ElementaryPenguin]

6. Bwahahahaha!!!!

:bounce:

[arcane1]

8. I truly hate the way these choices are worded

but I'm getting used to the way they handle these polls.

I'm surprised choice #2 doesn't just say "The world is actually in worse condition, because Saddam was a great man and we miss him so"

[ElementaryPenguin]

10. I actually had this jawbreaker type candy in my mouth, A!

And you damn near had me swallowing it as I laughed!! You're really a very clever one, with those little trademark smart ass remarks of yours! Keep it up!

:hi:

[arcane1]

66. I sneer so as not to weep

I've been sneering a LOT lately!!

:hi:

[Sir Craig]

18. I gotta agree with you about these polls...

These polls are totally asinine in that you are essentially "stuck" with their options. "The world is in worse shape and Saddam should have stayed in power"? What the hell kind of misleading option is that? The world is most certainly in worse shape (99% of the globe is pissed at us, our credibility is shot, etc.), but there is no way I think Saddam should have stayed in power. The problem is, it was not our decision to make, but BushCo made it in America's name anyway.

CNN has a poll as well: "Should we send a man to Mars?" The answers are yes and no, which is why I didn't vote; there was no "Yes, but only if Bush, Rove, Rumsfeld, O'Reilly, Coulter, Thomas, etc. are the ones sent."

[rasputin1952]

25. Gotta remember, this is a "push poll"...

that is why it is worded the way it is. This way, it plays on your emotions as opposed to what one might truly answer. It is a sad poll, but then again, it was put up by some sad people.

O8)

[ElementaryPenguin]

27. Good point, R!

:think:

[PassingFair]

44. LOL!!

Felt exactly the same way.

[Superfly]

9. Voted "No change"

nt

[JohnLocke]

14. Me as well.

[Virginian]

11. Slight change

The world is actually in worse condition, and Saddam should still be in power because the U.S. acted rashly.:

55%
Better off now that the U.S. is upholding U.N. resolutions and holding Saddam accountable for his actions.:

37%
The condition of the world is the same now as it was before the war in Iraq.:

8%

1320 total votes

[ElementaryPenguin]

12. It'll be saying something if Repukes can't even

"Win" their own poll!

[never cry wolf]

13. Done....n/t

[displacedtexan]

15. just voted!

Is the world better off now that the U.S. has captured Saddam Hussein, or would it be better had the U.S. never invaded Iraq?
The world is actually in worse condition, and Saddam should still be in power because the U.S. acted rashly.:
53%
Better off now that the U.S. is upholding U.N. resolutions and holding Saddam accountable for his actions.:
39%
The condition of the world is the same now as it was before the war in Iraq.:
7%
1484 total votes

[Democrats unite]

16. Done.

eom

[Lorien]

17. Done

and what a stupidly worded push poll it was!

[Art_from_Ark]

21. Agreed

They should have worded the first response as follows:

"The world is actually in worse condition because of the anger and resentment that has been stirred up due to the U.S. invasion and continuing occupation of a sovereign nation based on the flimsiest of "evidence" which has since been refuted."

[AP]

19. What stupid choices.

Talk about 'framing the debate.'

[booley]

20. gee, thi spoll is a bit BIASED!

wouldn't you say?

To say the world is worse off also requires you to claim you want Saddam back in power

To say the US was right to invade to hold Saddam accountable to UN resolutins means you have to ignore that Saddam was complying (however grudgeingly) and that the US ignored the UN to enforce those resolutions more to it's liking.

The last one is apathetic.

i mean, whats even he point of polling? al the answers are slanted to get a particular end.

Oh wait, silly me. This is from the senate republicans. No wonder...

[camero]

22. That's why I voted

that it's in the same condition as before. Which it is. The rich cartels are still looting, raping, and pillaging the population.

[ComerPerro]

23. No fucking way

This poll is bullshit.

[ParanoidPat]

24. I voted.....

.....Current totals:

Quick Poll

Is the world better off now that the U.S. has captured Saddam Hussein, or would it be better had the U.S. never invaded Iraq?
The world is actually in worse condition, and Saddam should still be in power because the U.S. acted rashly.:

52%

Better off now that the U.S. is upholding U.N. resolutions and holding Saddam accountable for his actions.:

41%

The condition of the world is the same now as it was before the war in
Iraq.:

8%

1866 total votes

NEXT! :evilgrin:

[are_we_united_yet]

38. I'm surprised

The wording of the poll was pretty poor. I voted no change but I actually believe we are worse off with Hussein in custody. The Saddam should still be in power part shyed me away from the first. The second selection was total rubbish.

[Timefortruth]

26. Um gang, do you really think they are going to lose in this poll?

They fix elections, this will be fixed without a second thought.

[ElementaryPenguin]

28. Very good point indeed! But at least we can scare 'em!

:hurts:

[IronLionZion]

30. um they ARE losing this poll

and I doubt it was just from DUing it

[DebJ]

29. now 52% worse off. Didn't appreciate the end of the choice

saying 'Sadam should still be in power'....like their are no other options and the USA hasn't practiced those options repeatedly.

[IronLionZion]

32. it's loaded

There were a bunch of loaded questions in a pamphlet I got for deciding who to vote for. Some conservative group put out the pamphlet so there were questions like "do you support killing babies"!

[MoonRiver]

33. Yes, but even with that 'gotcha' phrase, bush*istas LOSE!

:D

[goobergunch]

31. done

The world is actually in worse condition, and Saddam should still be in power because the U.S. acted rashly.:

52%
Better off now that the U.S. is upholding U.N. resolutions and holding Saddam accountable for his actions.:

40%
The condition of the world is the same now as it was before the war in Iraq.:

8%

1904 total votes
show poll

[RebelOne]

34. Now up to 53% world worse off.

[Clark4VotingRights]

35. Done/kick.

"Acted rashly" is winning, by a nose hair...

[ncrainbowgrrl]

37. 2002 votes

and still 53% for acting rashly

[Liberal_Andy]

36. 53% worse off!! 39% better off 8% same

not bad

[mandyky]

39. Up to 53% world is in worse shape

I don't like the wording of that choice, but I voted for it...

[Exgeneral]

40. kick

that's a poll that needs DUing if I ever saw one.

[VOX]

41. Done -- but what a piece-of-crap BIASED poll...

Great choice: "The world is actually in worse condition, and Saddam should still be in power because the U.S. acted rashly."

Conclusion by the average freeper (IQ somewhere around room temperature): "Yeah, ain't it jus' like all them commie-bastard lib'ruls to still want Saddam in power!"

Goddammit, I am SICK of being demonized, shunted off, talked down to, made the goat.

Liberals are full of anger? You fu**ing bet!!! :kick:

[lovedems]

42. 55% Saddam should still be power to 37% we are safer.

Screw you republicans! I wonder what sick and twisted bastard came up with that wording?

[sendero]

43. I'd have to go...

... with "none of the above". The way they phrase the first (worse off) answer is spin.

[DrBB]

45. Gee, two questions in one, how professional!

"The world is actually in worse condition, and Saddam should still be in power because the U.S. acted rashly."

Um, that would be two separate questions I think.

I mean, everyone knows these online polls aren't scientific (like any polls ARE--you couldn't possibly HAVE such a thing as a "Democratic pollster" or a "Republican pollster" if there were such a thing as "scientific" polling). But still, there are at least SOME standards to how this sort of thing is done. And including TWO questions in the same item is rather a glaringly obvious no-no type way to try to skew your results.

How amusing that in spite of that it's still coming in 58% against the invasion.

[Ksec]

46. They frame the question

like that site someone DUer said today. They frame it to make it look like a no vote makes you the bad guy.

Do you support the tax relief Bush wrote?

You vote no and youre a bad guy. They frame things to make them simple when the answers are complex.

[knight_of_the_star]

47. Current results:

The world is actually in worse condition, and Saddam should still be in power because the U.S. acted rashly.:

60%
Better off now that the U.S. is upholding U.N. resolutions and holding Saddam accountable for his actions.:

29%
The condition of the world is the same now as it was before the war in Iraq.:

11%

2862 total votes

I think this reflects poorly on them, don't you?

[goforit]

49. Yes......They all should be fired ASAP!!!!

[Guaranteed]

60. Yeah, it sure does, considering that we had had 55% of the vote

and now we have 4%. Gee, how did that happen?

[goforit]

48. Done. but what are the results?

[rman]

50. LOL nice leading answer; "Saddam *should* still be in power"

well i sure think the US acted rashly.

Obviously that's not the reason why Saddam "should" still be in power. It's just that if the US would not have acted rashly, the inevitable consequence would be that Saddam would still be in power. That's the lesser of two evils - but it's not the goal. The goal would be not to have the US act rashly.

Having regrets about putting Saddam in power in the first place? Regime change in Iraq? Maybe, but not at any cost.

[rman]

51. now US acted rashly: 52% safer world: 45% no difference: 3%

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[Lorien]

52. kick

:kick:

[in_cog_ni_to]

53. Done

Is the world better off now that the U.S. has captured Saddam Hussein, or would it be better had the U.S. never invaded Iraq?
The world is actually in worse condition, and Saddam should still be in power because the U.S. acted rashly.:

52%
Better off now that the U.S. is upholding U.N. resolutions and holding Saddam accountable for his actions.:

45%
The condition of the world is the same now as it was before the war in Iraq.:

3%

24329 total votes
show poll

[dusty64]

54. Love the wording

of this puke poll, don't you.

[HFishbine]

55. This Poll Is Being Manipulatd on the Back End

If you follow this thread, where people report the results at the ime of their votes, you'll see that there is a sudden flip between the "worse off" and "no different" numbers. Curiously, I observe this morning, that the order of the answers has changed in the poll question. "Worse off" is now where "no different" is and vice versa. Other DUers who took the poll during the day yesterday can confirm this.

They've switched the order of the questions but not the underlying, corresponding data. It's a complete and total shame. Apparently, the congressional repukes treat polls the same way they treat ballots.

[Guaranteed]

61. That is confirmed. The Worse Off had been at the top.

This morning it is at the bottom.

Fucking RIGGED.

[kcwayne]

56. Talk about framing the question

"Saddam should still be in power".

How about the option, Saddam should have been removed from power by a multi-lateral initiative?

Oh, excuse me, this is the Animal Farm government, and I am just a bleeting sheep.

[Imalittleteapot]

57. Hey. They flipped the questions but not the results.

The first and last questions are in opposite positions. Reminds me of Bill Frist's Healthcare poll a while back. When they don't like the answers, the Repugs change the poll to reflect the results they want.

[HFishbine]

59. You are correct

I noticed that too.

[rman]

58. turn 180 ; US acted rashly: 4% - safer world: 52% - no difference: 44%

of course we can trust the Senate not to rig such a poll.
they'd never do that, would they?

[stickdog]

62. Black Box Polling.

Diebold created the webpage!

[DUreader]

63. Bwahahaha !!! Transparent fucking morons!

Is there any doubt about the type of crooks running the US?ë

[Guaranteed]

67. You're fucking SHITTING me!!

Somebody needs to write a book on this shit. I oughta have been taking notes or something for the past year. This shit is stacked a mile high.

[Rockholm]

64. Different "Poll" up now....

[Cat Atomic]

65. Complete disdain for public opinion.

These guys despise democracy in all forms. It comes out in little piddling shit like web polls, too.