Meridian Research: Who are these a**holes?

[Ernesto]

I got a phone call this PM from these people. !st: do I approve of arnie? (NO) 2nd: do I approve of chimp? (NO) 3rd: What party do I favor? (DEM) 4th: would I ever vote repuke? (NO)..... Then I asked him who his org was working for, & he wouldn't say. Then I told him that it was only fair that if I cooperated and answered then he should answer my question. The prick then told me "too late you already answered" and hung up on me....... Nice people, these repukes!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Best as I can find, right away...

Is that they may be a market research firm out of Memphis. If they are, they simply hired a boiler-room to do their do.

On edit: They could be anyone, using a throw-away name. Frankly, we do not live in ethical times.

[bobbieinok]

2. I always ask who they're doing this for first..........one bad experience

was contacted by repub House candidate campaign......told them issues I wanted addressed, etc..........their later ads included these and made candidate sound 'so good'.......so now I don't think I'll answer questions......or maybe answer them wrong

in IA (ca mid 70s on), people got so tired of polls that they deliberately gave answers contrary to their real positions

[Jackpine Radical]

3. When I know it's "THEM," I never tell thw whole truth.

Generally I try to answer like a slightly crazed millionaire Repug libertarian type & try to bollix up their database.