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["Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com>]

David,
I just finished reading the Slate article and it says nothing about
illegitimate black children.  Do you more evidence to this claim?

Tony

  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Spencer [mailto:tony AT tonyspencer.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 9:46 PM
> To: 'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'
> Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Bogus Political Polling
> 
> Thanks for the info David.  I naively admit I've not heard of 
> this.  I do remember the primaries of 2000 and I remember 
> that Bush was losing but I always thought that it was his 
> comeback in the debates that cinched it for him.  If what you 
> say is true, I'm absolutely disgusted.  I'm off to research.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org 
> > [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf 
> > Of David Minton
> > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 6:08 PM
> > To: InterNetWorkers
> > Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Bogus Political Polling
> > 
> > Tony,
> > 
> > I am surprised this is something new to you. This type of 
> > thing made big
> > headlines in the 2000 Republican Presidential Primary.
> > 
> > It is called "push-polling." A push poll is where, using 
> the guise of
> > opinion polling, disinformation about a candidate or issue is 
> > planted in the
> > minds of those being 'surveyed'. Push-polls are designed to 
> > shape, rather
> > than measure, public opinion. Karl Rove is supposed to the 
> > grand master of
> > the push poll.
> > 
> > It is reported that George W. Bush¹s campaign strategists, 
> > including Karl
> > Rove, devised a push poll against John McCain in 2000. South 
> > Carolina voters
> > were asked "Would you be more likely or less likely to vote 
> > for John McCain
> > for president if you knew he had fathered an illegitimate 
> > black child?".
> > They had no interest in the actual percentages in the poll, 
> > the goal was to
> > suggest that he had. This was particularly vicious since McCain was
> > campaigning with his adopted Bangladeshi daughter. The sight 
> > of the little
> > dark skinned girl made the seed planted earlier grow and John 
> > McCain lost
> > South Carolina, effectively ending his run for the presidency.
> > 
> > Here is a piece that Slate ran on the subject:
> > 
> >     http://slate.msn.com/id/74943/
> > 
> > Looks like some Democrats are attempting to even the playing 
> > field. Too bad.
> > 
> > David
> > 
> > On 10/10/04 5:49 PM, "Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I encountered the oddest tactic to sway my opinion on the 
> > upcoming election
> > > today. I received a phone call from a company called "GHY 
> > Research". The
> > > call begins like a neutral political survey poll asking me 
> > questions such as
> > > my choices for president, governor, and lieutenant 
> > governor. About 5 minutes
> > > into the survey the caller begins to ask loaded questions 
> > such as "Richard
> > > Burr sided with RJ Reynolds and voted against a tobacco 
> > buyout hurting our
> > > North Carolina farmers. Does this make you more or less 
> > likely to vote for
> > > Mr. Burr?"
> > > 
> > > Incredible. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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