Just got push-polled about Chris Van Hollen
I'm not sure why I even answered the phone. It became clear when he started asking specific questions about Van Hollen's votes that I knew it was a push-poll because of how they slanted the questions about the bailout, abortion, Guantanamo (as in, he voted to let scary terrorists be tried on American soil. Like that guy in the first WTC attack?, I asked). Poor guy, I'm sure he just works for whatever firm does the surveys. So I mostly kept my opinions to myself, except that wherever possible I picked the most liberal option, or whatever made it seem like I was thoroughly partisan. They questions, though, had a very definite conservative slant and I am sure were mostly lies. Like the one that implied he voted to take away one particular veteran's $80,000 annual pension (I think you'd have to be pretty high up to get that kind of pension, so I doubt it was even true. Or, if true, that there was more to the story).
I know most people try to avoid these kind of calls, but maybe we should answer more of them, especially the conservative ones. Just to skew the results as much as possible. I know my single survey won't make much difference. But maybe I can be an outlier. Maybe activists should train people in how to fuck up polls on purpose. It could be fun even.
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