From a Wolf to a Pussycat in just three days...

[TruthIsAll]

The last FOUR CNN Wolf Polls...

But look at the number who voted today: 193,000?
I know, they're not scientific, blah,blah,blah....
I'll take them anyway..

7/8
Should Congress launch a formal inquiry into President Bush's handling of Iraq intelligence?
Yes 92%
No 8%
Total:11,000+ votes

7/9
Did President Bush make an honest mistake in his State of the Union address, or did he deliberately mislead the American public about Iraq?
81% deliberately misled
19% honest mistake
12,600 votes

7/10
Has the president's case for the war in Iraq been damaged by questions about pre-war intelligence on WMD?
Yes 62% 119768 votes
No 38% 73595 votes
Total: 193363 votes

7/11
Whom do you blame for the mistake in the president's State of the Union address on Iraq?
President Bush 93% 14640 votes
British intelligence 1% 228 votes
CIA 5% 830 votes
Total: 15698 votes

[ShaneGR]

1. Wow, 175,000+ means a big ratings boost!!!

Basically, that means they had a bigger viewership (They may be on the net but a lot of them are watching). Bigger ratings means more airtime for that story. This is good.

So sayeth I.

[qandnotq]

6. means someone cheated in the poll

there is no way that the legitimate number of votes goes up by a factor of 10 to 20 over average in one day. not unless the WTC gets blown up that day. someone figured out a way to spoof their security measures and had a program repeatedly vote.

[foxglove1]

2. Well then, check out today's poll ... it's a gooder

Whom do you blame for the mistake in the president's State of the Union address on Iraq?

President Bush 93% 14640 votes
British intelligence 1% 228 votes
CIA 5% 830 votes

Total: 15698 votes

Sue

[TruthIsAll]

3. Wow, number 4! Add it to the group. Another winner.

Bring 'em on! Bush is Toast! There must be a consequence!
No, a dictatorship is NOT better!
Stealing an election is NOT democracy!
Disenfranchising blacks in FL is not covered up by going to Africa!
Scapegoating the Company will never work!

[Gingersnap]

4. all I can say is whoohoo

This seems too f*ckin' good to be true! Let's keep up the momentum by continuing to prod our reps for a full investigation (and impeachment).

:party:


Edited for dumb typo

[dae]

5. Please God, let this be "the" straw that brakes their back!

[Guaranteed]

15. It very well could be....

I think this is it...right here:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1802&e=8&u=/washpost/a48847_2003jul12

>>CIA Got Uranium Reference Cut in Oct.
Sun Jul 13, 7:31 AM ET

By Walter Pincus and Mike Allen, Washington Post Staff Writers

CIA (news - web sites) Director George J. Tenet successfully intervened with White House officials to have a reference to Iraq (news - web sites) seeking uranium from Niger removed from a presidential speech last October, three months before a less specific reference to the same intelligence appeared in the State of the Union address, according to senior administration officials.
Tenet argued personally to White House officials, including deputy national security adviser Stephen Hadley, that the allegation should not be used because it came from only a single source, according to one senior official. Another senior official with knowledge of the intelligence said the CIA had doubts about the accuracy of the documents underlying the allegation, which months later turned out to be forged.


Just read the whole article, I guess...it's pretty darned convincing. The only string holding them up now is this "The British had other sources" BS, and, like Rummy said today, hey, it's technically right that the British DID say that. Psssssh.

[Fovea]

7. if this is driving up wolf's numbers

I cannot see him stopping these sorts of polls anytime soon.

[TruthIsAll]

8. Here is an interesting statistical observation..

Notice the 193,000 votes in the 3rd poll which split 62/38?
Compare this to the other 3 polls (around 13,000 average) with a 90/10 split.

This is good info, if we assume de minimis freeping and tends to validate the polls - to an extent. The reason is that 193,000 more precisely represents the CNN universe of viewers.

Let's face it, 90/10 is a little much; we don't really think Bush is down to 10%, do we?

So 62/38 is more intuitively correct. Bush favorability has dropped like a rock in recent days - and is heading below 50%. It's just that the diehard Repukes need more time before they give up on Bush..

"Scientific" polls sample only 1000 people.

CNN polls sample only vistors to CNN web sites, so it is biased. But that's OK. It means that the vast majority of CNN viewers can't stand Bush.

Now Wolf knows what will drive his ratings - and it ain't the pro-Bush market anymore, if it ever was..

And also, know this: You can't put Humpty Chimpy back together again. Don't you EVER think you can call him "this very popular war president" again. He's done. Cooked. Toast.

Wolfie, its time to realize that the tide has turned..and the Fat Lady is clearing her throat..

[comradebillyboy]

9. THE VERY BEST THING ABOUT WHORES IS THEY CAN

be bought. they are not loyal true believers. the price is now right to turn on dip-shit*. these guys are pack animals and pretty soon even faux will turn if it improves ratings(rupert loves$$$$$ more than he loves****)

[TruthIsAll]

10. Kick for weekend viewers

...

[revcarol]

11. Is he still choking on the words as he recites the results?

If he's still choking, he's still in whoredom. If he just says them, he's not. Is he still choking?

[TruthIsAll]

12. And now todays MSNBC Poll: Is Bush off the hook: 88/12 NO; 1010 votes

CIA takes the heat: Is Pres. Bush off the hook?
* 261 responses
88/12 1010 votes @ 3:00PM EST

[TruthIsAll]

13. Today's 90%-er

Should Congress launch a formal inquiry into President Bush's handling of Iraq intelligence?
Yes 91% 534 votes
No 9% 53 votes

Total: 587 votes

[TruthIsAll]

14. 7/14 CNN Poll: Did Saddam have WMD? Yes 13%, No 87%, 11015 votes

another one