poll dancing

*TRIUMPH (comdog) [chasing after Karl Rove]: Oh, it's Karl Rove. it's the brains. You're Bush's brains, Karl. I was expecting a much smaller man.

* "former Bush speechwriter David Frum has observed that labeling the effort against al Qaeda the "war on terrorism" makes as much sense as it would have for FDR, after Pearl Harbor, to have declared a "war on sneak-attackism."

* "But here is what is truly encouraging about Zogby's poll: among newly registered voters Kerry leads 52 percent to 38 percent." it seems that theres a lot of new registrations, and many wont be getting counted in the polling.http://www.bushlies.ws/2004/10/good_news_for_k.html

* tradesports has bush at 60 again. (some have suggested that tradesports is being 'managed')

* heres a copy of that newsweek / bcci article. " "You can't talk about that because people think you're talking about the BBC," Bob Shrum, Kerry's top adviser, told one senior staffer. "Why were you investigating British TV?""
http://www.irlnet.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4149

* "The polling average in swing states sees Kerry winning Ohio (58) and New Hampshire (40) of the states won by Bush in 2000. New Mexico is tied (35), and Kerry holds a 0.7 per cent edge in Wisconsin (55) and Iowa (52), all three won by Al Gore."
(ive put 43s tradesports numbers into the above par to show the differences)
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11141839%255E2703,00.html

* "But if Democrats regained control on November 2, they would elect Edwards vice-president. Or, if it is tied 50-50, Cheney, as the sitting vice-president and president of the Senate, would cast the deciding vote - for himself." ahhhhhhhhhhhh

* "If the house remained deadlocked on inauguration day, Hastert, second in line to the presidency as Speaker of the House, would become acting president. There is nothing in the constitution to prevent him serving a four-year term." ahhhhhhhh

* huntersthompson is always fun to read "Nixon was a barrel of laughs compared to this gang of thugs from the Halliburton petroleum organization who are running the White House today -- and who will be running it this time next year, if we (the once-proud, once-loved and widely respected "American people") don't rise up like wounded warriors and whack those lying petroleum pimps out of the White House on November 2nd." http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/_/id/6562575?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=single7&rnd=1098381631874&has-player=true&version=6.0.11.780

* "Cokes European volumes also slumped 3 percent, sparked by a 16-percent drop in Germany." apparently this was due to the weather or something. i also reckon that americanbrand companies must be taking a hit in warprotest. i know its prolly not fair and it doesnt make much a difference. but people are sooo mad, and theres not much else they can do. its prolly not american companies so much, as americanbrand companies - like maccas and coke.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=6575810

* jonk has been using some good lines lately.

* "Dear Mr. Smith:
As New York State Comptroller, I am the sole trustee of the $115 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund. We hold 256,600 shares of Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. As a shareholder, I am writing to ask about some recent actions" http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102104B.shtml

* "Clearly charged up for the event, supporters gave Kerry more than a half-dozen standing ovations" funny. i never seen this on the teeve http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/9961184.htm

* "Everybody maintains that the two candidates are in a statistical dead heat. Nobody knows that. With a huge number of new registered voters, overwhelmingly of color, and young, and with 40 million using cell phones... Yet the newspapers and television are running polls as if they are excerpts from textbooks at MIT." which is all true - but it begs some questions. does this mean jonk will win? if the polls say 50/50 and it underrepresents jonks support then he should win. so thats good news. on the other hand - why are they so determined to tell us its a close race, and pounding us with invalid poll numbers? the benign answer is that simply by saying that its close makes it more respectable to vote for 43. the more nefarious answer is that if peeps believe its 5050, it makes the election easier to steal. trying to steal an election when you are perceived to be down 5 points on election eve would be much more difficult. thats why theyve been telling us the same thing since at least the triumphalism of missionaccomplished. and as far as i can tell, the whole 'closerace' mantra isnt to stir the base into voting - the mantra is heard by dem unlikely voters as well, and a low turnout suits the cadmin.
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nybres214013687oct21,0,6406517.column

* jonk on stemcells: 'its wrong to tell scientists they cant cross the frontier' note 2 jonk: 'dear jonk - some people think that stemcell research goes too far - ie it "crosses the line" into dogs own territory. and when yuo say 'cross the frontier' you kinda remind people in their little brains about the 'crossing the line' meme. therefore please change your language to 'explore the frontier'. and please extend this idea to your other language. the repuglicans dont make this sort of mistake. concerned citizen, lukery.'


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