You are simply not going to believe this poll

[mth44sc]

on the web-site of my ol' hometown "newspaper"

http://www.morrowcountysentinel.com/

[sufrommich]

1. Ha! I left a nice messege for them,

I hope others do too.

[speedoo]

18. Yeah, I let them have it. nt

[sufrommich]

23. Glad to hear it! nt

[blondeatlast]

43. Indeed I did-- I "questioned" the editor's ability to do their job, but made it multiple choice. nt

[sufrommich]

44. That one was very witty,good one.

I see the "none of the above" is now up to 80%. Lol,this is fun.

[Kerrytravelers]

2. I voted. And responded.

This has to be the dumbest poll I have ever seen. Apparently the people of this town don't worry about the issues and vote on gossip, slander and smears. I would suggest the people of this town read more.

[That Is Quite Enough]

3. ROFL! They forgot "Scary Black Man" and "Antichrist" as options.

[sufrommich]

5. I "reminded" them that they forgot "terrorist",too.

Morons.

[unpossibles]

4. I left them a comment

"you suck"

[SeaLyons]

6. OMG....

I left them a message - one they will not soon forget. I bet this kind of crap goes on all over the country.

[NYC_SKP]

7. You may vote more than once using different browsers...

Firefox, Safari, SeaMonkey, Explorer, etc.

[Egnever]

10. Dumb poll and stupid webmasters

why am I not surprised.

[margotb822]

25. self delete

[Egnever]

8. OMG where in the world do you live!

I cant imagine what conversations at the local watering hole are like.

[AspenRose]

11. It's Ohio

.

[Egnever]

16. Well theres another Surpise

Lots of work to do there.

On a side note how you feeling bout the increasingly loud rumors that Biden will be the VP choice. I started with Biden as well and the thought of him getting the VP spot has me all goosebumpy. It has the ring of dream ticket to me.

[AspenRose]

41. Honestly, I think he'd make a good VP but I'd prefer to see him stay in the

Senate. That's just me though.

[Egnever]

45. I do like him where he is

but man I think he could do a lot of good as VP were Obama to give him enough leash.

[mth44sc]

15. Don't live there anymore

haven't for 30 years - but i grew up there. Its one of the small counties in Ohio. Population about 40,000 at best. In the town where this paper is published - they outlawed "watering holes" way back when.

[Egnever]

20. A dry county?

Sweet I used to hang out in the sticks in Arkansas in my youth I remember fondly some runs to the city to get some alcohol. I also remember a lot of people that hadn't been any further than little rock their entire lives. I wonder if those people have expanded their horizons any by now.

Glad you made it out of there. Though I bet it is nice to go back now and again.

[AspenRose]

9. Could someone PLEASE do a screen capture of that page

and then send it to Kos and HuffPost?

Shine a light on these cockroaches.

I'm getting an internal server error message at HuffPo.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

29. Here is a screen capture. Please feel free to send it along to any media outlet.

[AspenRose]

40. Thank you: done

.

[intheflow]

58. Thanks for posting the screenshot.

The poll has been taken down so I couldn't see what the offense was. I can only hope someone or multiple someones got seriously chewed out/suspended/fired over this crap. Where's the poll about McCain?

John McCain is

* a psycho with a violent temper
* someone who gives lip service to Christianity but doesn't attend church
* a threat to the Consitution
* all of the above


No option should be given for "none of the above" because all my bullet points are true.

[sufrommich]

12. OK, who put the McCain/senile comment up? lol!

[margotb822]

13. Here's my message:

"I hope this poll is a joke. This is a disgrace to the very idea of journalism. You know full well that Obama is neither a Muslim nor an Arab and reporting any information contrary to that is vile and irresponsible. You are promoting bigotry and ignorance. The least you could do was add the tag "Unfair and Unbiased" to you banner. You and your irresponsible comments are more of a threat to the US than any political leader. Promoting fear, hate and ignorance from within. I hope you're proud, but I bet you don't sleep well. Truly, this is one of the most disgusting things I have seen in this campaign, and that is saying a lot."

It was nice to see that a lot of other people left their mark...and their comments. I'm sorry that is your home town, but you seem to have come away unscathed!

[flying_wahini]

14. done. What asshole thought this poll up?

nt

[ellacott]

17. I left a very long comment

I wrote that they need to be sued for malpractice and people of your town have been robbed.

[sufrommich]

21. I just read your comment,very good! nt

[ellacott]

32. Thanks

[Tinksrival]

19. Wow!

That left me speechless at first!

I left a comment though:

This poll is disgusting. I think the Sentinel is a threat to the US.
7/10/2008 3:12:09 PM

[vaberella]

22. I'm so done with this kind of crap.

[Kerrytravelers]

24. Can somebody who knows how take ascreenshot and post it in this thread?

I would like to send it to various people.

Thanks! :hi:
kt

[ellacott]

31. I tried but it didn't work

Hopefully someone can post it. :)

[BattyDem]

37. Here you go

[ellacott]

42. So cool

Thank you :)

[EnviroBat]

26. Figures, comes straight from Hillbilly County Ohio

Morrow county is a major dumb-ass haven. This doesn't surprise me. I've been telling republican rednecks that the next election is a week later than usual. Most of them believe me.

[azmouse]

27. Has anyone sent this to Olbermann yet?

[sufrommich]

30. I would love to see this go viral. nt

[BattyDem]

28. Done.

Just when I think the assholes can't disgust me anymore, they find a way to do it.

[Catherina]

33. Despicable poll but encouraging results

Thanks for taking this poll!
Barack Obama ...

... is Muslim. 1 (0.76%)

... is an Arab. 1 (0.76%)

... is a threat to the U.S. 11 (8.33%)

... all of the above 16 (12.12%)

... none of the above. 103 (78.03%)

[cags]

34. [e-mail] to complain to their publishing company

Sick freaks

[newmajority]

39. I'm surprised they don't call themselves the "WHITE publishing company".

They don't seem the type who would want the word "Brown" associated with them, just in case their sheet wearing brethren might get the wrong idea. :puke:

[Hepburn]

35. Boy, do I remember this kind of shit...

...my hometown is a little burg in the Akron-Canton area...not far from Mt. Gilead.

My deepest condolances from another native Ohioan...and so glad I have now lived in California for over 45 years!

:hi:

[Tempest]

36. What's not to believe?

Morrow County voted 65% for Bush in 2004 and is 98% white.

http://www.city-data.com/county/Morrow_County-OH.html

[sufrommich]

38. I would have left out the "backwood hicks" comment.

I hope that wasn't one of us. People tend to stop listening when you use stereotypical slurs against them. There are probably plenty of local people who read that paper who are just as appalled.

[Pacifist Patriot]

50. Agreed, but I sure enjoyed reading through the comments. Didn't catch a single one..

in support of the poll. LOL!

[rndmprsn]

46. [e-mail] send this cretin your thoughts on this poll

and their joke a "newspaper"

i sent them a piece of my mind just now!

[sufrommich]

47. Will do. nt

[garybeck]

48. I just called them. Here's the phone number

419-946-3010

the woman who answered was unaware and couldn't believe it either. she's going to pass it on to the publisher.

[snowbear]

51. I just called them too... from Anchorage, Alaska.. The dippy woman said the phone is NON stop...

And that she's "trying to find someone to take it down"


What a piece of shit publication!

[margotb822]

57. So glad to hear it

Wonder if we can get it on National News anyways.

[Pacifist Patriot]

49. Couldn't resist a comment.

[90-percent]

52. My response

It would be delicious if your ignorant racist "poll" was covered by the national news media. You should be so proud of your despicable creation. I hope it makes your paper nationally famous as the worst in the USA!
7/10/2008 4:25:41 PM

One of many in the same vein. "Yeah! Feels GOOD!", to quote GWB during the initial phases of Operation Steal Iraq's Oil.


Yeah, this one has sooo got to go viral. Go internets!


-90% Jimmy

[countingbluecars]

53. I think they took it down.

[tledford]

54. Yup. "No Polls Available." eom

[snowbear]

55. Yep, they did.

Bunch of ASSHOLES that work there!

[bigwillq]

56. Yup.

It said No Polls Available.

[garybeck]

59. I just got a call from the owner of the newspaper. She said they are going to fire whoever did it!

I had called them as soon as I saw the poll. I spoke to the receptionist. She said she would pass on my complaint.

The owner of the newspaper called me back about one hour later. She assured me that is not the opinion of the newspaper or the owners, or anything. She has no idea how it got up there. They took it down immediately. She said when they find who did it, they are going to be fired.

Justice Triumphs!

[snowbear]

60. AWESOME !!! .... And kudos to mth44sc for letting us know about it.. and ...

....for everyone here who got to work to bitch to the paper.

Whoever created that poll is a lowlife, scum of the earth who deserved to be fired!!!!


~ ~ ~ ~ ~

[mth44sc]

61. Good to hear

That was just a jaw dropper when I first saw it!

Thanks all for the posts to them and the phone calls....

[azmouse]

62. This is DU at its finest.

Good work!

[TexasObserver]

67. Awesome!! Good for you!

thanks for being solid

[sufrommich]

69. That is so great ! Although I have doubts about

"the mysterious poll" whose origin is unknown. Don't they have Editors for their website?

[blondeatlast]

70. Excellent! Thanks for the legwork, too, gb. nt

[Arugula Latte]

72. Yeah! ... Justice!

:woohoo:

[Vinca]

63. Good job you guys. That was disgusting. nt

[pnorman]

64. You guys must have FRIGHTENED that poor editor out of his skin!

All I saw on that page was: "NO POLLS AVAILABLE"! Can someone here please fill me in?

pnorman

[Bicoastal]

66. Someone correct me if I'm exaggerating...

It was the following:

"Is Obama...

o...an Arab?
o...a terrorist?
o...trying to destroy America?
o...all of the above?
o...none of the above?"

I hope someone got fired for that, I really do.

[BattyDem]

68. They deleted the poll, but not the comments

Very encouraging ... only a couple of wingnuts agreed with the poll. Everyone else blasted them! :D

Comments page:
http://www.morrowcountysentinel.com/absolutepm/xlacomments.asp?p=83


Screenshot of the poll is posted above. Click here

[Beaverhausen]

71. My favorite comment:

"I would call whoever did this poll a moron, but that would be an insult to morons."

:rofl:

[BattyDem]

73. That's a good one.

:rofl:


edited: typo :blush:

[cags]

65. Woohoo... We got a racist disgusting repub pig fired!!!! Now thats DU working together