The Blogosphere Exposes Another Fraudulent White House Media Operation

[BigBearJohn]

The more things change, the more things stay the same. And Gallup is showing us that a leopard doesn’t change its spots.

On the heels of the Iraqi election, and with the White House needing a boost in Bush’s image and approval ratings as he tries to ram through a terrible budget and Social Security privatization plan to a wavering GOP, much was made yesterday about the most recent CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll done over the weekend. This poll, bull-horned through the media and rightwing blogosphere, showed an incredible jump in Bush’s approval rating to 57%, a five-point jump from the polls done in early January. Yet even those earlier January polls it turned out were suspect because, you guessed it, they were based on a sample that had more Republicans in it than Democrats (37.2% GOP, 35.6% Democrat, and 27% Independent).

So is this recent poll, showing Bush with a growing and mandate-building approval rating of 57% a clear sign of emerging Bush strength?

Hardly. The poll trumpeted far and wide yesterday by CNN, USAT, and the right wing blogosphere was based on a sample constructed by Gallup that contained 37% Republicans, 35% Independents, and only 28% Democrats.

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http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/003675.php

[Liberty Belle]

1. Kick! Someone should run an FOIA on the folks at Gallup.

ARe they getting WH payola too?

[DELUSIONAL]

2. I thought these idiots were playing the same game

when I saw the huge improvement in bushie's number. This game has been exposed before by our side -- stacking deck -- with GOPigs and "Independents".

Gallup = prostitutes for the bushies.

[tsuki]

3. Are they polling cell phones yet?