Facts from the developer of the Facebook Poll Application

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Monday September 28, 2009 · 8:48 PM PDT

2009/09/28 · 20:48

Hey everyone. I'm the developer of the Facebook Poll Application that hosted the "Should Obama be killed?" poll. You can read about it here.

I'm sure you have all sorts of assumptions about me, my application, and how this went down, but I want to start by listing a series of facts followed by an open-ended Q&A.

Vann

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Tuesday August 18, 2009 · 3:21 AM PDT

2009/08/18 · 03:21

Those of you who you Facebook might be familiar with the Facebook polling application. For some reason most of the polls skew rightward and that's a problem! They're dominated by right-wingers, birthers, teabaggers, and nativists of all sorts. It's time we changed that and made our impression on Facebook!

Vann

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Saturday November 01, 2008 · 4:42 PM PDT

2008/11/01 · 16:42

Over the last week I've been working on Who Contribued?, a site that uses the FEC financial data to track the geographic distribution of campaign contributions and expenditures and display it in a nice map. This includes numbers from the primaries, too.

The first thing that jumped out is how truly dominating Obama is when it comes to state-by-state contributions, but there's more interesting facts and trends I'll share below.

Vann

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 9:54 AM PDT

2008/09/10 · 09:54

We all know how important this election is. The issues at stake are just too great to give up the fight or let petty differences get in the way of the progressive agenda that both Hillary and Obama represent.

But there are people still nursing wounds from the primaries. In a September 2nd Gallup poll only 65% of Hillary supporters said they were certain to support Obama in the national election. This election is more important than any one candidate and Hillary would be the first to say it.

To address this some friends of mine set up BeyondHillary, a website that lays out, point by point, how McCain and Obama compare to Hillary. It's a one-stop-shop for Hillary supporters that clearly and concisely states the case for why they should support Barack Obama for President.

Share this with your friends, family, and any Hillary supporter who is still uncertain what the right choice is. Let's win this!

Vann

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Thursday December 20, 2007 · 7:49 AM PST

2007/12/20 · 07:49

Former US Senator Bob Kerrey apologized Thursday for his remarks earlier this week in which he raised the specter of Obama's childhood in Muslim-majority Indonesia.

From Kerrey:

“What I found myself getting into in Iowa - and it was my own fault - it was the wrong moment to do it and it was insulting,” Kerrey told the AP. “I meant no disrespect at all.”

The Obama campaign accepted the apology without much comment, but I'm not going to be so laconic.

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