Republicans protest Star Tribune's polls

[Dickie Flatt]

Republicans brought their protest of the Star Tribune's polling methods to the newspaper's front doors in downtown Minneapolis on Monday.

About 40 GOP activists again called for the resignation of Minnesota Poll director Rob Daves or the suspension of the poll through the Nov. 2 presidential election.

"Hey, hey, ho, ho, Rob Daves has got to go" and "Star and Sickle, you're in a pickle," they chanted, using a nickname to describe what they regard as the newspaper's leftist views.

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[bobbieinok]

1. repubs do thhis at EVERYTHING......where are the democrats??????/

[study_war_no_more]

21. waaaaaaaaa I went to WCCO instead

I thought it was kinda quiet, I thought I missed the protest? Anyhow go Star Tribune.
Have you bashed your bush today?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. And what did they claim was wrong with the poll?

Maybe that it didn't oversample Republicans, like the Gallup/CNN and NYT polls? Like maybe it actually was accurate? Those fuckwits can't stand it when they are treated *fairly.*

[LisaL]

5. Actually, the poll showed Kerry ahead

that is what was wrong with it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. That's what I figured.

To those buttwipes, any poll showing Kerry winning necessarily had to be based on flawed methodology. The very thought that the entire population is not yearning to kiss The Chimpinator's wrinkly ass is impossible for them to contemplate.

[UCLA Dem]

19. They can't stand the hint of something not being rigged in Shurb's faovr

[alittlelark]

3. ....and how much did they get paid for that???

I guess it was the price of their souls.

[progressivebydesign]

4. Sounds like the Palm Beach rioters again!

A bunch of ugly, pasty, overfed frat boys no doubt.. Why do I think it's more of the same? To quote a great man, they "can't HANDLE the truth!"

[LisaL]

6. WTF writes those things?

Here is the quote from the link:
"The demonstration was relatively good-natured, although the Republicans gently booed employees as they left the building, especially one non-newsroom worker who wore a Kerry button."
Booed gently?
Booed gently?
What kind of crap is that?
Republicans are now booing gently?
LOL.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. WTF?

boo. boo. boo.

[UCLA Dem]

20. how do you boo "gently?"

[Andromeda]

23. Booed gently,

makes as much sense as "catastrophic success.":eyes:

[Eye and Monkey]

9. This is getting creepier and creepier.

That comment coming from a person who saw the Balkans fall apart.

[mrdmk]

10. This is great, these people should talk. Ha, ha!

<snip>
Gyllenhaal said the Star Tribune's poll methodology is available for anyone to review. He also said it's important to recognize that this political season is particularly volatile. He noted that Gallup and Pew, widely respected national pollsters, last week reported vastly different presidential poll results. The Gallup poll showed Bush leading Kerry 55 percent to 42 percent nationally. The Pew survey showed the two tied at 46 percent.
<snip>


http://www.counterpunch.org/price09202004.html

<snip>
For years an open secret among academic researchers and polling agencies is starting to become apparent to the general public: the reliability and predictive value of telephone-based surveys is becoming increasingly questionable.
<snip>


http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=9030&fcategory_desc=Under%20Reported

<snip>Independent Media TV - Accurate voter turnout has not been part of the equation for pollsters.
Recently Pollster John Zogby of Zogby International wrote an article discussing how the Newsweek Poll that showed an 11-point lead for the president after the convention was flawed and deceitful.
<snip>


Lets just keep on with the legitimate protest and see what happens when the fat lady starts to sing!


edit: missing words (doh)

[truthisfreedom]

11. weirdos. 40 people, huh? winter can't come too soon.

next job for these freaks is tearing up Kerry/Edwards lawn signs. mark my words. when it comes to rethug "activists" the definition is "disruptors, harassers, and intimidators."

[Carolab]

12. They'll have a lot of work then

St. Paul-Minneapolis has a lot of Kerry-Edwards signs and stickers. (I live here.) There is a small group of very disturbed, very disruptive RW creeps here who try every stunt in the book to stifle Dems. Recently, it was an attempt to shut down a voter registration desk being manned at the State Fair by a local (alternative) newspaper, City Pages. The paper was simultaneously offering a lottery to win a trip. This cretin said they were offering some kind of "bribe" to get people to register. He contacted a RW nutjob at the Secretary of State's office, who as it turns out is an old buddy of his, to try to turn a statute against them. City Pages took this group's punk ringleader to task and cited a section of the statute that instead indicated HE might be breaking the law by trying to interfere with voter registration. Classic. What a bunch of numbnuts.

[NervousRex]

15. It's because of this ...

that I have printed up a sticker for my yard sign that reads: "Gun owner for:" to my Kerry Edwards sign. I live in NE Mpls...I am hoping that'll keep away the troggs.

[truthisfreedom]

22. i'm with both of you. i live in Minneapolis too... and this week i'm so

happy to be seeing an explosion of Kerry/Edwards signs, and literally zero new bush signs.

yay! 8^)

[Kilroy003]

24. Drive down to Bloominton this weekend.

And don't forget your puke bucket. There's plenty of B/C signs around. It's a shame.

[MisterP]

29. the ones that can ready, anyway

both of 'em

[fearnobush]

13. Time for a counter rally. Better counter it big time, these psycho's

followed an other megalomaniac in 1933 and look where he took them.

[JohnnyCougar]

14. I just sent them an e-mail of support!

[kodi]

16. where are the blues brothers when you need a crowd of nazis dispersed?

would have loved to see a car drive right at those brown shirts and scattered them like leaves

[Berserker]

17. OMG

leftist views we can't have that in America something Must be done maybe WE should boo gently against those poopy pants republicans.:puke:

[theKnave]

18. Give it a rest...

... are they afraid that some people aren't going to vote for * becaause he isn't leading a popularity poll? Those polls don't mean diddly anyway. They are a bellweather, not a predictor. The only polls that count don't open until Nov 2.

[leesa]

25. These brownshirts are just too much! I hope this disgusting behavior

finally wakes Minneapolis up to the foul behavior of the GOP.

[mrbill]

26. a belated welcome dickie flatt, how's uncle phil getting along?

n/t

[sendero]

27. What a bunch of ...

... simpering, whining little bitches. Picketing a pollster? What an abject waste of time...

[struggle4progress]

28. LTTEs (16 September)

<snip> Whine, whine, whine. That's all the GOP knows how to do. <snip>

Ron Eibensteiner should not expect anyone but Republicans to do Republican "push polls." <snip>

The Republican chairman will find himself a lone voice against the combined opinion of other researchers, who have always found the Minnesota Poll and Daves to be at the forefront of skill and integrity. <snip>

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