I feel better now that Obama's reached the magic 50% mark without resorting to Republican tactics, but the outline of this 'almost a diary' was already written, so sling some arrows, laugh a little, but enjoy the moment, hopefully right into November.
Back to the topic -
A push poll is a political campaign technique in which an individual or organization attempts to influence or alter the view of respondents under the guise of conducting a poll. In a push poll, large numbers of respondents are contacted, and little or no effort is made to collect and analyze response data. Instead, the push poll is a form of telemarketing-based propaganda and rumor mongering, masquerading as a poll.
We all remember where it all started? The push poll that put His Maverickyness out of the picture in 2000 ....
Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for John McCain for president if you knew John McCain needed psychiatric care after returning from Viet Nam?
Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for John McCain for president if you knew John McCain's wife was addicted to prescription drugs?
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?
I'm sure we can expect the same shenannigans scaring the Jewish voters in Florida ....
Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for Barack Hussain Obama for president if you knew Barack Hussain Obama had raised $millions to the PLO?
Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for Barack Hussain Obama for president if you knew Barack Hussain Obama is being supported by Hammas?
Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for Barack Hussain Obama for president if you knew Barack Hussain Obama is a Taliban sympathizer?
Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for Barack Hussain Obama for president if you knew Barack Hussain Obama was an AK47 carrying Hezbollah fighter?
But, it got me thinking when it comes to Palin, one only needs a light spin to make heads spin ....
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin repeatedly abused her position to fire her State trooper brother inlaw?
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin like Cheney, believes she is above the law by refusing to comply with committee subpoenas?
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin fired a cabinet member for wanting to investigate violent sexual attacks in Alaska?
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin made rape victims pay for their rape kits because she thinks the victim should foot the bill to collect evidence against her attacker?
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin would refuse your daughter emergency contraception even if she had been raped?
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin's stance on no sex education led inexorably to her unmarried 17 year old daughter's pregnancy?
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin installed a tanning bed in the Governors Mansion with public money?
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin said "Thanks, but no thanks" to $423 million in earmarks yet kept the money anyway?
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin's husband was a member of an anti-American secessionist group?
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin is in favor of the wholesale slaughter of beavers, moose and polar bears using the Alaskan National Guard's helicopter gunships if necessary?
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin regularly consorts with Witch Doctors in her own Church?
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin says she's ready to deal with foreign heads of State, yet has rarely visited any of the other 49 States?
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin thinks she is an expert on security issues because she can see Russia from her house? (h/t to SNL)
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin supports spending $10 billion a month rebuilding Iraq while the home economy tanks?
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin's answer to Wall Street reforms is to continue the Bush era by handing them another $200 billion in tax breaks?
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin supports privatizing Social Security even after the recent Wall Street crash?
Would it effect your vote if you knew since Palin's nomination to VP the DOW has lost 10% of it's value?
Would it effect your vote if you knew Palin wears the same shade of lipstick as the Cheney/Bush pig?