Let's DU this poll for Chris Bell (SA Express)

[sonias]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/ Bottom of the page. Right now One Ton Gasbag Strayhorn is running away with it.

Sonia

[Czolgosz]

1. d k r - still needs help

[sonias]

2. Big time I'm going to get to messaging some help

n/t

Sonia

[sonias]

3. More kick!

Looks like we've moved ahead of MoFo at least. We were at a sad 7% this morning.

Chris Bell
28.8%

Kinky Friedman
14.4%

Rick Perry
23.4%

Carole Keeton Strayhorn
33.5%

Total Votes: 6491

Sonia

[WestHoustonDem]

4. K&R lets get this sucker onto the greatest page! n.t

[PDittie]

5. Done! Just now:

Chris Bell

28.6%

Kinky Friedman

14.4%

Rick Perry

23.4%

Carole Keeton Strayhorn

33.7%

[TexasThoughtCriminal]

6. Vote early and vote often

Don't close the main page, and keep hitting the submit button.:evilgrin:

[StellaBlue]

8. hahahahaha

vote early and vote often

love it hahahaha

[Maestro]

7. Done -nt

[MagickMuffin]

9. Still trailing behind, but not that far.....

However, his numbers are better than the other two MisFits!


Chris Bell 30.5%

Kinky Friedman 13.9%

Rick Perry 22.1%

Carole Keeton Strayhorn 33.5%


Total Votes : 7048

:applause:for Bell

[WestHoustonDem]

10. We're making headway

Chris Bell 31.1%
Kinky Friedman 13.9%
Rick Perry 21.9%
Carole Keeton Strayhorn 33.1%

Total Votes: 7123

[Vincardog]

11. MAy be we can get some help from the Greatest page.

[cynthia]

12. done!

:kick:

[Hissyspit]

13. Done.

[BrightKnight]

14. done - n/t

[WestHoustonDem]

15. Woohoo!!! Bell pulls ahead!

Chris Bell 33.9%
Kinky Friedman 13.3%
Rick Perry 20.8%
Carole Keeton Strayhorn 32.0%
Total Votes: 7612

:woohoo:

[PDittie]

16. You know, it could seriously break just like that

With Governor MoFo and Carole Straynames switching totals, Kinky in the low teens, and Bell getting elected with 34%.

[WestHoustonDem]

17. As long as we vote early and vote often. Right TTC?

:rofl:

[TexasThoughtCriminal]

18. You got that right

:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[sonias]

23. That would be the winning formula

From your thoughts to the creator's will.

Sonia

[Czolgosz]

19. Let's not forget WHY we're for Bell (and NOT for Kinky, for example)

Democrat Chris Bell is the only candidate who supports our beliefs and values in a field that includes one out-of-the-closet Republican and two Republicans running as "Independents." But more important that party affiliation, Democrat Chris Bell is the only candidate who stands up for our beliefs and values while Perry, Strayhorn, and Kinky have each failed to support the issues, candidates, and causes which matter most to us. Here's 10 great things about Kinky:

1. Bell is the only candidate who didn't vote for Bush/Cheney,

2. Bell is the only candidate who supports raising the minimum wage,

3. Bell is the only candidate who hasn't flip-flopped with regard to his political party,

4. Bell is the only candidate who hasn't been a cheerleader for Bush's Iraq foreign policy debacle,

5. Bell is the only candidate who did anything to bring down the DeLay empire of corruption,

6. Bell is the only candidate who would stop the practice where Texas actively misinforms women about their reproductive health,

7. Bell is the only candidate who has endorsed and voted for other Democrats over the past decade,

8. Bell is the only candidate who favors raising teacher pay $6,000 to bring Texas teacher pay up to the national average,

9. Bell is the only candidate who respects the First Amendment's separation of church and state, and

10. Bell is the only candidate who has successfully fought lobbyist abuses and the improper influence of undocumented political action committee money on public policy.

Some Kool-Aid drinkers here at DU express sympathy for Kinky as if he was not a disaster. Here's 10 awful things about Kinky:

1. Kinky has run for office in the past as a Republican <http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA010306.1A.candfile.da6677a.html>,

2. Kinky voted for Bush/Cheney in 2004 <http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4517585>,

3. Kinky's interview with Ruminator magazine confirms that he supported Bush's Iraq war:
Question: So does this idea of the honorable cowboy have anything to do with why you threw your support behind President Bush in this last election? You did, didn’t you?
Kinky: Yes. I did in this last election, but I didn’t vote for him the first time.
Question: Who did you vote for in 2000?
Kinky: I voted for Gore then {NOTE: AS SHOWN BELOW, THIS IS A LIE}. I was conflicted. . .but I was not for Bush that time. Since then, though, we’ve become friends. And that’s what’s changed things.
Question: So it’s your friendship with him that’s changed your mind about having him as president more than his specific political positions?
Kinky: Well, actually, I agree with most of his political positions overseas, his foreign policy. On domestic issues, I’m more in line with the Democrats. I basically think he played a poor hand well after September 11. What he’s been doing in the Near East and in the Middle East, he’s handling that well, I think. <http://www.ruminator.com/content/040501.html>,

4. Kinky's public voting records confirm he lied about voting for Gore in 2000 because he hadn't voted since 1994 when he voted for the first time in a decade to vote for Bush/Cheney in 2004 <http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4517585>,

5. on the topic of immigration, Kinky has said that the immigration protesters were "half playing hooky," and "Mexico is not a poor country," and he told Bill O'Reilly "Good fences make good neighbors, and, Mr. Fox, help us build that fence," and he wants to outsource our border security to 5 Mexican generals <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,150482,00.html>, <http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/14367663.htm>, <http://www.kilgorenewsherald.com/news/2005/0717/Front_Page/002.html>,

6. Kinky wants to take time out of the school day for prayers in public schools and he wants to post the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms <http://kdka.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_023065123.html>,

7. on the topic of women's reproductive rights, Kinky refused to say what his position was for the first year of his candidacy until he was called "evasive" by a CNN anchor, and while he now claims to be pro-choice, he will not say whether or not he favors repealing the Texas law that requires physicians to mislead women seeking reproductive counseling by giving medically contradicted information falsely suggesting a link between abortion and cervical cancer <http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0502/03/lol.02.html>, <http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/news/elections/2006/stories/DN-abortion_22tex.ART.State.Edition2.3e69b1d.html>,

8. Kinky's sworn testimony at Max Soffar's trial and his website give two completely contradictory view of Kinky's position on the death penalty,

9. "Most analysts assume that if Friedman gets more than 10 percent, he could well guarantee a Perry victory, since those votes are probably coming from Bell or Strayhorn rather than from the governor" <http://www.texasmonthly.com/csc/865feature3.php>, and

10. Kinky thinks "Negro is a charming word" <http://youtube.com/watch?v=C9mXTxEQI3A>.

[STxDem]

20. Now: Bell - 33%, Kinky - 16.2%, Perry - 19.9%, Strayhorn - 30.9%

[readmoreoften]

21. Guys, what's the point of DUing this poll?

Don't we want accurate assessments of how Chris Bell is doing? If he's only at 20%, I don't see what boosting this poll up and lulling Texans into a false sense of security is going to achieve.

[PDittie]

22. The same purpose as DU-ing any other poll

To give the traditional media a clue that support for our candidates/issues is more significant than traditonal polls are capable of measuring.

[readmoreoften]

25. okay then

i was just asking. i'm just really concerned about bell, that's all.

[sonias]

24. Perception is important

The paid polls can give the Bell campaign the real numbers and these on-line polls are certainly not scientifically accurate. Heck TTC figured out how to stuff the ballot. The main purpose of this is give other readers of the Express on-line, the perception that we're strong. Putting up a winning attitude and believing you can win does make a difference. We need to play ball hardball the way the other side does - by whatever means necessary to win.

Sonia

[PDittie]

26. Somebody's stuffing Kinkster's ballot box

Chris Bell
30.1%

Kinky Friedman
21.0%

Rick Perry
19.7%

Carole Keeton Strayhorn
29.2%

Total Votes: 9488

[ceile]

27. Done. Now it's:

Bell: 30.9%
with Stray. at 28%