"Skewed exit polls?" Are we about to be DIEBOLDED?!?!?!??!?!!?!?

[jackstraw45]

Okay y'all, I'm starting to get suspicious.

Kerry is CLEARLY kicking chimp butt.

But now we hear this:

1. Various reports that the exit polls are somehow "skewed" and are being "rechecked" (Brokaw - NBC)

2. White House source telling National Review that Bush "has won" Ohio and Florida.

3. Ohio a guaranteed win for Bush from Diebold Pres.

4. Both Ohio & Florida have electronic voting in large numbers.

ARE WE ABOUT TO BE DIEBOLDED?

Watch for results to SUDDENLY change.

I hope it doesn't happen but remember this is what we feared.

[City Lights]

1. Here we go.

:scared:

[NewYorkerfromMass]

2. No, I think it's simply that the exit polls show a clear winner

and it is Kerry. Let's hang on.

[Avalux]

3. If so

there will be a civil war. You can count on it. :mad:

[Poor Richard Lex]

13. What were the exit polls saying at this time in 2000?

can't wait for the results to start coming in!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

16. That Gore had won. ANd they were correct. eom

[Peanut Gallery]

31. I may be wrong but I think the exit polls were calling it for Gore

And somewhere along the line the kibosh was put on that.

[Mr_Spock]

4. We surely got to keep up the pressure here

Thanks for bringing us back to reality here.

[Inland]

5. Well, the exit poll raw numbers aren't changing but diebold still scary

they are just changing sampling. But the diebold thing is still scary.

[msongs]

6. links

[Steelangel]

7. huh?

2. White House source telling National Review that Bush "has won" Ohio and Florida.

that surely does not sound appealing..

[DefenseLawyer]

24. That bastion of objective journalism

wouldn't state a known lie to help Bush would it? Surely not. By the way, Kerry is choosing Gephart for VP.

[Steelangel]

36. so true.. you are right. I shouldn't take their words

[geek tragedy]

8. No no no no! People need to get out and vote like we're 1 point behind.

[grace0418]

9. Maybe you should repost this in voting problems

I want to have a HUGE evidence trail should BushCo decide to really fuck with the results. Of course we KNOW they're going to fuck with the results, but if they fuck with them to the point that they "overcome" what is clearly a Kerry landslide victory, they are going to have riots on their hands. And I, for one, want as much evidence as possible. I am not giving up this time. In the name of President Gore, President Kerry will NOT have his term stolen on my watch.

[4_Legs_Good]

10. Reminds me of the Robot vote in the episode of Futurama

where Nixon wins.

david

[dkamin]

11. Agree with previous post

It's WH spin to keep their voters going to the polls. Kind of like a QB motivating his players when down by 2 TDs with 2 minutes to go.

Except that it's more like 4 TDs.

[sonicx]

12. i'm kinda scared...

[AnIndependentTexan]

SOMEONE ALERT AIR AMERICA

[AnIndependentTexan]

14. SOMEONE ALERT AIR AMERICA

[Clinton Crusader]

15. I cant heaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar you....

:scared:

[belle]

17. 3 and 4 we knew, and yes, they are a concern,. As for 1 and 2, though...

All that 1) says is that Brokaw doesn't want to believe his eyes. As for 2)--"a White House source?" well, THAT'S trustworthy, and certainly unbiased. :eyes: who? what? huh?

[jackstraw45]

41. Well, it was from Liberal Rawstory

I just worry...we CAN'T let them steal this.

[blitzen]

18. I think Brokaw meant that the exit polls are "slanted"...

i.e., clearly pointing in one direction. Not "skewed," as in inaccurate. Poor choice of words on his part.

[jackstraw45]

21. but that's the 2nd place I've heard that same language....

and Brokow, a GE employee, obviously got it from the White House.

http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/white_house_predicts_win_1102.htm

"Believing an unverified claim on the conservative Drudge Report, that the early exit polls were skewed in favor of women voters (who prefer Kerry by-and-large), the White House source told the Review they believe there was "skewing" of early exit polls."

[mzmolly]

19. I was just thinkin the same thing.

:(

[Shopaholic]

20. WTF????

Repug on Tweety just tried to claim that Democrats are voting at multiple locations with provisional ballots!

[mzmolly]

22. Riiiiiiiiiiight.

:eyes:

[dennis4868]

23. good.....

payback time....you cannot play it straight when dealing with thw Bush crime family....

[Mr_Spock]

25. Ignore that.

That idiot would say anything on TV - just an ass

[dansolo]

26. Wouldn't it be ironic

If Bush "won" FL and OH, and then loses it by losing in places like Virginia and Arkansas? Remember that Bush "won" both OH and FL in 2000, and still only barely won enough electoral votes.

[DemNoir]

27. For one thing

There is no diebold voting Ohio. calm down and cut the crap

[dave123williams]

28. Vote Fraud is a Federal Offense.

[Spider Jerusalem]

30. Awfully trusting, aren't you?

Have you happened to notice WHO controls the Federal government?

[dave123williams]

33. Obstructing Justice is a Felony.

[Sufi Marmot]

29. The White House may be trying to protect down-ticket races...

By making FL and OH seem to be leaning GOP, they may be trying to prevent GOP voters in other states from getting discouraged and not voting, which would put their House and Senate races at risk.


-SM

[Qutzupalotl]

40. That is plausible.

I like that better than the other scenarios, too.

[harpo]

32. its ROVE BS...don't believe it

[VOX]

34. Remember, everyone but Faux called Florida for Gore based on EPs...

And then they yanked it back, and we'll probably never get to the bottom of that one.

Be prepared for anything!

[louis-t]

35. Good, I hope it backfires

and keeps the repub simpletons home thinking that shitbag has won..

[Clinton Crusader]

37. starts lighting candles, GOD I cant go through this again, the bastards

Has ANYONE in Camp * EVER fucking heard of an honest election?

[CitySky]

38. man, we REALLY need to change this black box problem

by the next election. Gives me knots in my stomach.

One poster here a few minutes ago said he bubbled in his votes on some kind of scan sheet, fed it into a machine, and watched the vote tally go up by one. Computer-read, with a paper record. What's so hard about it? Let's push for this legislation by 2006!!! No more of this scary garbage.

[Carni]

39. Oh shit I can't deal with this again--

Just watched that slimey Ginsberg on TV whining about exit polls and assumed these pantywaists would start screaming about fraud.