VP Debate Polls: a conspiracy?

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Okay, I'm sure this will sound kind of crackpot, but bear with me, as there could be some relevance to the recent polls.

Over at Freeperville, there were a few comments made about how the Freeps should start spamming the polls with votes for Edwards. That way, they would unnaturally skew the poll results so that they would not seem remotely credible to the average observer.

Just imagine if Edwards won these polls with 70-80% of the votes-- a margin much higher than the one Kerry had last week in his slam-dunk over Dubya. Could the Freepers intentionally throw the vote to fsck up the online polls, and therefore sabotage a media talking point?

Before you say that this is an insane idea, let me remind you that this has been done before, albeit in a different setting.

Anybody who's ever read Hunter Thompson's "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72" may recall a scene at the national convention. An "alternate" state delegation, not made up of party insiders, was trying to get seated in place of the "official" state delegation. It was still pretty early in the convention, and the McGovern forces did not know if they had enough support on the floor to secure a first-ballot nomination. So, they decided to use this challenge as a test of their power.

Instinctually, most McGovern delegates thought the "alternate" delegation should have been seated, but the floor bosses told them to vote against it. Eventually, the "official" delegation was seated, because an overwhelming majority of the delegates voted to seat it instead of the "alternate" delegation.

The McGovern leaders INTENTIONALLY threw the floor vote on this delegation because they did not know if they had enough votes to carry it. Why? Because it would have been an early test of their strength-- and if it had failed, even by a close margin, it would be the end of their power and credibility.

It was a move so sly that most of the major networks called it a major victory for Humphrey and the bosses, and completely missed the behind the scenes action which led up to the vote.

How does this relate? Well, could it be that there is/was a Freep effort to completely invalidate the online polls by making it look like Cheney lost by a landslide, thereby making the Democrats overconfident as we go into the last few weeks?

Think about it. There's been a lot of gloating over last night's debate, despite the fact that Kerry's victory last week was much more profound. Maybe the Freeps are hoping we'll rest on our laurels, and coast into the election?

Victory or not last night, this is no time to rest. We need to keep on keeping on. Doorknock, phonebank, Litdrop, donate, we need every ounce of support we can get!

But NEVER believe the hype, especially your own.

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1. They said this because they knew that Edwards would actually

win by a large margin. They would then be able to take credit for it, even if they hadn't done anything.

Freepers are fucked up.

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2. Exactly my point

They're the ones fscking with the online polls! This serves two purposes: 1) they can claim they were the ones who created the large margin, which means that we are not as strong as we think we are, and 2) because we think we're doing so well, we can rest on our laurels.

It's devious, but I would not put it past them for a SECOND.