Breaking! ABCnews Shamelessy Slants an Online Poll

ABC News has on online poll.

The Home page asks:

 
"VOTE: Should Bush Agree to a Timeline for Withdrawal? "

If you click on the link, you see three choices:

 O Yes, blah blah blah
 O No,  blah blah blah
 O Im not sure what Bush should do

Wait... .. Something seems wrong....

Like most people, I was ready to click the Yes button, until I decided
to read the blah blah part closer.  

In a speech today on the congressional debate over war spending, President Bush renewed his veto threat, despite Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-N.V., saying he would cut funding for the war if Bush rejects a deadline to end combat in Iraq.

Do you think Bush should veto the Democratic bill?

This is the kind of outrageous crap I would expect at Fox News.

If you feel so inclined , get on over to http://abcnews.go.com/ and
VOTE CAREFULLY.

•  Well...

  right now the forces of goodness and light are winning 4,450 to 2,572.

  by ek hornbeck on Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 09:42:27 PM PDT

  •  And 155 lost souls who *don't know*

    what they think.

    by means are the ends on Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 10:10:28 PM PDT

    •  who are these people? n/t

      by dansk47 on Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 10:13:51 PM PDT

•  Wow

  shocked they didn't refer to democrats as "cut and runners" "or cheese eating surreender monkeys"

  by kingdomemariner on Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 09:45:22 PM PDT

  •  Not going to happen...

    We already had a diary today stating that "surrender monkeys" was racists. Seems not everyone is a fan of the Simpsons.

    by Morgan Sandlin on Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 10:33:12 PM PDT

•  Don't Worry

  More of them will mistakenly click "No" than those of us who will mistakenly click "Yes."

  After all, we're smarter.  And we can read.

  by Democratic Consultant on Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 09:49:42 PM PDT

•  Not worth getting upset about

  Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by incompetence. So some underpaid headline writer at ABC got careless. Who cares.

  I get irked by how easily people around here see evil motives in everything. People are just people, all over the world. Ain't none of us perfect.

  by phenry on Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 09:54:36 PM PDT

  •  Hanlon's razor is non-operable in bu$hlandia

    The proper rule of thumb in the new Rovian fascist age is to ALWAYS assume malice is behind the actions of the bu$h junta - including the complicit SCLM.  Hell, even their incompetence is with malice aforethought.

    Although I do agree that it is minor in the bigger picture of maliciousness, greed, and powerlust that these clowns represent.

    by kbman on Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 11:23:55 PM PDT

  •  Who said evil?

    I didn't say anything about malice or evil.  It is interesting that you would read that into my post.

    I did say they are shameless, which in my book is not the same as evil.

    People do make mistakes, but they do so within an environment that may make it easier, or harder, to do so.    ABC either has not had a competent editor review the posting, or the intent is to slant the poll.

    Regardless of the intent, the effect is the same.   An  invalid poll that could potentially be used to bolster the argument that the democrats have been overreaching.

    by bobtmn on Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 06:38:19 AM PDT

•  ABC Network

  Another Blatantly Conservative network.  No surprise, they have been trying to become the Fox of the evening news for some time.

  by pgm 01 on Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 09:55:16 PM PDT

•  ABC slanting a poll

  in favor of bush?!? never....
  as pmg101 said, another blatantly conservative network, it says it all.

  by dansk47 on Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 10:12:56 PM PDT

•  A new poll!

  Should the Democrats:

  A)  Shut the fuck up and go away?

  B)  Shut the fuck up and slink away?

  or

  C)  Eat tainted dog food and die like the welfare-pushing druggies we all know them to be?

  I don't know about you all, but I guess I'll pick A.  As for ABC, I have not forgotten the "path to 9-11" crapfest, and I've tried to steer my kids away from endless Disney consumerism... with limited success.

  by sgoldinger on Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 10:29:39 PM PDT

•  Peter Jennings is rolling over

  in his grave at what ABC News has become, a Faux News wannabe!

  by Billy Bova on Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 10:41:26 PM PDT

•  Polling 101

  These polls where they add "blah blah blah" are dishonest, and are intended to skew the poll. Just ask yes or no.

  by A Citizen on Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 11:25:25 PM PDT

•  ABC - Asshole Bush Cheerleaders n/t

  by Last Best Chance on Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 12:17:06 AM PDT

•  8 AM CST

  No. It's time to withdraw from Iraq, and Bush should listen to Congress.
  5,201
  Yes. Setting a timeline for withdrawal is playing into the hands of our enemies.
  3,028

  by arkdem on Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 06:07:57 AM PDT