Blast from the past - Nov 5, 2000

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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN NOV 5, 2000 17:50:29 ET XXXXX

BUSH INTERNALS REVEALED: LEADING GORE BY 5% IN FLORIDA; CALIFORNIA BY 2%

The DRUDGE REPORT has obtained the Bush campaign's most recent internal polling
data.

The confidential data commissioned by Bush shows the Texas Governor topping Vice
President Gore by 5% in Florida, 9% in Michigan and by 2% in California, within
the margin of error.

The fresh results have given senior Bush staffers a deepened sense of confidence
going into Tuesday's election.

MORE

Bush's internal polling shows the governor up 4% in Washington state and up 10% in
Missouri.
One sour spot for Bush: Pennsylvania, where he finds himself down 2% into the
homestretch.

A campaign spokesman refused comment on the polling leak

[RunningFromCongress]

1. I hope the bush people think they have those numbers again

[Bucky]

2. 2% in California - obviously a leaked story

I gotta admire how good they are at keeping their troops motivated. Hnag in there, gang! We're gonna have a historical upset in California! The usual bullshit, all-bluff, paper tiger approach that is the hallmark of the neocons. You don't need the facts to back you up if you're just confident enough.

Too bad that kind of leadership style gets so many thousands of people killed. Their gameface skills are truly enviable.

[Was_Immer]

3. Its 2000 not this year, reread the headline n/t

[Bucky]

8. I know what year it was, Immer. My point still stands: they're all bluff

All bluff and no "stuff". While they THOUGHT they had (or said they thought they had) a 2% edge in CA in 2000, they lost by over 15%. They just put on their game face and go for it. It's the same mentality that led to them starting a war w/o planning it out first.

[rockydem]

4. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

God damn Drudge is a fuckstick! Fuck Drudge and fuck his army of freeper followers - they are the SCUM OF THE EARTH.

[punpirate]

5. Let's hope they're using...

... exactly the same pollsters this time around. :)

[PCIntern]

6. They don't believe their own bullshit

only their followers do.

See what Special Ed gillespie looked like the other day? Like shit.

[UL_Approved]

7. Ahhh, internal polls

I'm sure Gobbel himself pioneered this tactic in Nazi Germany to support Hitler and the regime. Internal polls have to be made up, by definition, as they don't actually reflect official survey polls published on a regular basis. After all, what does it say about the accuracy of EITHER poll if two different poll types are necessary?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. Bush Did Win Florida by Five

Five Supreme Court Justices...

[Walt Starr]

10. They only pull out the "internals" when it's looking BAD

Seriously, a campaign that does this knows it's in trouble and is trying to shore up the troops!

And they've already done it this year, too!

Notice, the Kerry campaign is not "leaking internals".