DU buds, need your help with local poll... HELP !!!

[snowbear]

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Can you please (pretty, pretty please) go to this link and vote for Democrat Mark Begich over corrupt bastard Ted Stevens?

I know that internet polls don't mean much, but this one gets serious media play in Anchorage.

It is being freeped (Mark is very popular here) but it won't take many votes to get it back on track.

The poll will only be up another 1.5 hours or so.

PLEASE HELP --------------> http://www.ktuu.com/

Remember ~ MARK BEGICH !!

Thank you! :)

[snowbear]

1. Poll was at..

39/61 when I posted this.

I hope you guys see this message. It is VERY important!

[Pirate Smile]

2. Done.

[lonestarnot]

3. Now 40/60

[snowbear]

4. THANK YOU... THANK YOU.... THANK YOU ....

You guys absolutely ROCK!!! :)

Mark Begich >> http://www.ktuu.com/

[chknltl]

6. Up to 40/60

I do not know who Mark Begich is. I did a quick Wiki on him. He's a Dem goin'up against a repuke. Fair enough, I needed no more than that. Mark Begich got my vote.
:patriot:

[Swamp Rat]

5. done

[chknltl]

7. kick nt

[mitchtv]

8. Kick; done .....scary

the general election were tomorrow, who would you support for U.S. Senate?
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich Incumbent Sen. Ted Stevens


Thank you for participating in our poll. Here are the results so far. Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich 40%
Incumbent Sen. Ted Stevens 60%

[snowbear]

10. It seems to be stuck at 40/60 ... but there's still over an hour..

And I can hope and pray it changes..

I guess more freeps are out tonight because Ted Stevens is NOT faring well here in local polls (besides this one tonight) and Mark Begich is a highly popular mayor.

Thanks again guys ~ http://www.ktuu.com/

[Breeze54]

9. Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich 40% to rethug stevens 60%... C'mon people!! Let's DU this puppy!!

Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich - 40%

Incumbent Sen. Ted Stevens - 60% :grr: Vote this criminal old fart OUT!!!

[lonestarnot]

11. Are we sure this poll isn't another bridge to nowhere?

[snowbear]

13. LOL !! ... Hey guys, it just changed !!

We're knocking down the freeps.. (at least a little)

He's at 41 anyway!

If this was an un-freeped poll, he would win easily.

But it's gonna take DU Power to fight off the freeps.

THANK YOU AGAIN ~~~~ http://www.ktuu.com/

[lonestarnot]

15. still says 40 60

[Breeze54]

14. Are you feeling down tonight?

:hug:

You seem to be in a really 'black' mood.

But your comment was funny! :P

Did you do the poll?

Stevens needs to go to jail, not back to the senate!

[lonestarnot]

23. Nope,

but have posted my eyes out, think it's time for bed. Yes I did the poll. LOL sounds like a dance. and yes that prick belongs in jail! :toast: :hug: Thanks for caring. :hug:

[Iwillnevergiveup]

12. Done

K&R - still at 40/60 at 9:30 p.m. PST.

[peekaloo]

16. 42-58.....dagnabbit Ted these whippersnappers are using the series of tubes

agin ya!

[kristopher]

19. My pleaseure, it's now at 43. Stevens is a prick.

[babylonsister]

17. Just voted and here are the results:

If the general election were tomorrow, who would you support for U.S. Senate?
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich Incumbent Sen. Ted Stevens
Thank you for participating in our poll. Here are the results so far.
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich 43%
Incumbent Sen. Ted Stevens 57

:wtf:

[Lisa0825]

18. done!

K&R

[snowbear]

20. It's changing!!! 43/57 ..... YOU GUYS ROCK !!!!!

Still over an hour before the poll closes.

I love DU'ers ~~ :toast:

http://www.ktuu.com/

[Breeze54]

22. Post this in GD-P and Political Campaigns group too!!

:hi:

[snowbear]

25. Breeze, I put in in the lounge... but...

..

I haven't visited the GD-P section since late December. :(

The in-house bickering was just so severe that I decided that until the primary was over, I'd stay clear of that particular section of the forum.

I can't wait till this primary is over (no matter how it turns out) because I can't wait until DU'ers come together again.

But you can put it over there if you want ;)

Thank you again guys for all your help.. Mark thanks you too!!!!!


http://www.ktuu.com/

[Breeze54]

37. I posted it in GD-P for you...they're hitting it hard!

:P

[Hamlette]

21. done kick n/t

[Breeze54]

24. 44 % / 56 %

:woohoo:

http://www.ktuu.com/

[BrightKnight]

26. done - 45/ 55 - n/t

[snowbear]

27. 47 > 53 now ..... YOU GUYS ROCK !!!!!!

~~~~> http://www.ktuu.com/

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

28. 1:04 AM eastern, I voted just now, Begich 48% Stevens 52%

Thank you for participating in our poll.
Here are the results so far.

Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich 48%
Incumbent Sen. Ted Stevens 52%


But just having it this close says something, ya know?

[skipos]

29. 48 52

[ReadTomPaine]

30. Go Mark! For those who don't know, Mark's father Nick was a congressman who disappeared in '72...

with Hale Boggs in a suspicious plane crash while still in office.

Here's a clip from Wiki:

1970, Begich was elected to the at-large seat for the state of Alaska. In 1972, he faced a tight race against the Republican candidate, state senator Don Young. On October 16, 1972, he was aboard a twin engine Cessna 310 along with Congressman Hale Boggs of Louisiana, the Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, when the plane disappeared during a flight from Anchorage to Juneau. The only others on board were Begich's aide, Russell Brown, and the pilot, Don Jonz;<2> The four were heading to a campaign fundraiser for Begich.

In the largest search ever mounted by the U.S. military, Coast Guard, Navy, and Air Force planes searched for the party. On November 24, 1972, after thirty-nine days, the search was abandoned. Neither the wreckage of the plane nor the pilot's and passengers' remains were ever found. The accident prompted Congress to pass a law mandating Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) in all U.S. civil aircraft. All were presumed dead on December 29, 1972, Begich was forty years old. The accident prompted Congress to pass a law mandating emergency locator transmitters (now called emergency position-indicating rescue beacons) in all U.S. civil aircraft. Posthumously, Begich won the 1972 election with 56% to Don Young's 44%. However, after Begich's declared death, a special election was called which was won by Young.

Nick Begich's younger son, Mark Begich, is the current mayor of Anchorage, Alaska.

Emphasis mine.

The circumstances surrounding this disappearance have been suspect for years, with recent evidence indicating the FBI suppressed information that could have led to the discovery of the crash site during the rescue operation.

[snowbear]

38. Very sad isn't it.. and this state has had Don Young ever since..

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Thankfully though, Ethan Berkowitz (D) is beating Don Young in the polls here.

Don Young is also under federal investigation and is in a lot of trouble here.

We have SOOOooOOo many corrupt Republicans in this state. Two were recently sent to prison and there are many more trials to come!!

Thank you again everyone for voting!!

[snowbear]

39. Shoot, a rethug must've just voted.. went down by one...

Breeze, are you still around? :)

Edit. Nevermind.. I was going to ask you if you posted this in GD-P and I see that you did.

Ahhhh man, you are too awesome!

[ReadTomPaine]

44. Young has been a pox on Alaska and the House since '72 and every time I see him I think about Begich

... and the Alaska that could have been.

This account has been due a long time, indeed. Taking the both of them out of office and getting Nick's son in the Senate would go a long way toward healing some wounds still open 35 years later.

[JimGinPA]

31. Still 48 - 52 + Question

Can you delete history/cookies & vote multiple times?

[snowbear]

34. I don't think so... then again...

I'm not really sure.

I'm just so happy that DU was able to knock back the freepers as much as they did!!!

Seriously, the initial vote on that poll was no where close to the feeling here in Alaska -- Ted Stevens is seriously corrupt and should be in jail.

The poll closes in another 40 minutes or so and THANK YOU to everyone here who helped out so much!!

[Breeze54]

36. YES!!!

:P

[lligrd]

32. Done nt

[WillyT]

33. Done !!! - K & R !!!

:kick:

[Breeze54]

35. Mark Begich 48% to Stevens 52% and DU is making the difference! WOOT!

:woohoo:

[dorkulon]

40. done. 47/53, I'm afraid. /nt

[Breeze54]

41. Oh no... say it ain't so! -- C'mon DU..

:(

[snowbear]

42. I know... I'm so bummed that it went down a point...

Dammitall...

It will be up for about 20 more minutes, so who knows?

Thanks to everyone who voted tonight! ~~

[Breeze54]

43. 125 peeps read and possibly voted from GD-P !

I know at least 12 people replied there! ;)

[snowbear]

45. Couldn't have done it without you Breeze!

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I sure thought that when it got to 48% that we'd eventually tie it, but hey.. at least we got it close despite the freeps.

You rock ~~

[Breeze54]

47. You rock!! I hate Stevens so doing this was a no brainer for me!

:P

:hi:

[Jane Austin]

46. Done!

We're catching up.

[Breeze54]

48. What's it at now?

:shrug:

[1]

49. shouldn't you let a local poll be a local poll?

???

in all fairness, why involve people outside of alaska?

[orleans]

50. good question, grasshopper n/t

[Breeze54]

51. No, Stevens affects the whole country. He needs to go to jail.

Begich needs to win this poll and the election!