WTF?!?..."Obama's Lead Has Faded, Poll Says"...

[renie408]

I swear to god, if McCain wins this Fall, I am going to run amok. I mean it, AMOK!! What is going on? Is America REALLY this stupid?

http://news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/obamas-lead-has-faded-poll-says/20080714092009990001

[Goblinmonger]

1. You do know it's July, right?

Those polls are pretty useless at this point.

[scheming daemons]

2. What is a mok? And how does one run it?

[zbdent]

11. kinda like a subcompact mook ... you first open up the hood

and pull the cord. If it doesn't start on the first pull, then add a little gas.

If that doesn't work, press control-alt-delete.

If you get a blue screen, hit the carburetor with a ball-peen hammer.

then kick, but watch for its teeth ...

[demokatgurrl]

3. It IS early yes, but yes, America really IS that stupid

Just take a look at the White House.

[jefferson_dem]

4. Old poll with flawed sampling still being promoted by the boring MSM.

Dismiss.

[renie408]

18. The poll is dated 7/11/08. How is that 'old'? n/t

[Thrill]

5. 60 million voted for Bush

Never lose sight of how dumb people in this country are.

[harun]

6. Polls won't mean a thing until summer is over, noboby is paying attention to anything right now

[book_worm]

7. Get used to it. The polls will be up and down. Ultimately change (Obama) will win.

[Mike Nelson]

8. Yes

(the stupid people question)

[smoogatz]

9. Kos had a good piece on this a day or two ago.

Newsweek got slammed for their "outlier" 15-point spread (confirmed by the LAT, but never mind), so in the next poll they changed their sample to one that tilted whiter, older, and more conservative than the previous poll. Viola! Different sample, different results—now it's a horse-race and everyone can go back to pretending that McCain has a chance. The media did the same weird shit for weeks after Hillary was mathematically eliminated from the primary—they kept repeating her goofy campaign spin about the popular vote and white voters and big states as though it actually meant something, because the illusion of a horse-race was good for ratings. The only problem with this kind of manipulation is that it makes it somewhat more possible that McCain and the Republicans could steal the election, or at least cheat Obama out of the landslide mandate that's rightfully his. The media have collaborated pretty consistently on the side of Republicans in electoral politics since the late '60s.

[Hutzpa]

10. Thanks for your concern,....

but thats an outlier poll, an aol poll has no credibility, now lets
all go back to what we where doing before this batshit.....

[renie408]

17. Actually, it was a NEWSWEEK poll, quoted on AOL. NOW you can get

back to the REALLY important stuff you were doing before. :*

[Hutzpa]

22. Funny how you come across

as all worked up over some damn poll showing McCain tying Obama....

:P

[muryan]

12. From the prestigious

AOL news......................................................

[renie408]

20. Noo...from the slightly more prestigious NEWSWEEK. n/t

[Overseas]

13. AOL news is right slanted. /eom

[renie408]

19. What about Newsweek? That is where the poll is from. Are they right slanted also?

[Youphemism]

14. Read The Widget and feel better: Monday, July 14 – Obama 402, McCain 136...

No sense getting upset at meaningless popular vote numbers, *especially* this early.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6497921

[cags]

15. Yes America is STUPID!! Bush twice!! The media can crucify Obama and give McIdiot a pass. Losing is

a possibility. Obama is making some mistakes as of late IMO as well and feeding the fire.


Its disheartening and I wish that most Americans would look things up for themselves when they hear something on the news but sadly they don't and they take a lot of it as truth

[SheilaT]

16. Come November what will matter the most

(in my opinion) is whether or not a significant number of new, young voters actually show up and vote for Obama. Historically citizens under age 25 hardly vote at all, and if they show up in the same percentage as those over 50, then look out! I also personally hope that the extreme right wing feels discouraged enough to stay home.

[BuyingThyme]

21. Obama just hit America on the head with a baseball bat.

Why would anybody expect something other than a drop in the polls?

[Freddie Stubbs]

23. 1. It's still early

2. State-by-state polls are better predictors of the electoral vote

3. This is only one poll