stop with all the moronic polls already

[welshTerrier2]

did you ever notice that certain candidate supporters, especially certain candidate supporters of a certain candidate, keep posting poll after poll after poll but never seem to discuss the issues? perhaps we should do a DU poll about whether to have the polls posted in a new group for useless polling information.

when we focus more on the horserace than on our values and the policies that support them, what hope for a better future can there possibly be?

consider this:

source: http://www.politicalwire.com/

James Pindell found a peculiar result to a question in a new poll of likely primary and caucus voter in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida and Nevada. Likely GOP voters were asked how familiar they were the healthcare plans of all their candidates, "even including non-candidate Fred Thompson."

"The results? In Nevada 29% said they were familiar with Thompson's healthcare plan. In New Hampshire it was 15%, in Iowa 18%, in Florida it was 22% and in South Carolina had 24% with some idea about his plan."

The problem? Thompson hasn't even discussed a healthcare plan yet.

[wyldwolf]

1. come now. No one here really wants to discuss issues. They want to discuss political dogma

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Another DU Unintentional Irony Award Winner!

[welshTerrier2]

4. a new award category perhaps?

we could give out weekly "DUPEES" to DU'ers most duped by their own rhetoric.

[wyldwolf]

7. ...or DUkie awards for those who fall for their own bullshit.

[wyldwolf]

5. projection

Here's how discussion of issues happens on DU:

First, someone (like you) determines which position on an issue is "progressive" or rightwing. Then that person chastises anyone who takes the "rightwing" position. When that someone defends that pre-determined "rightwing" position, they're "repub lite" or "DINO" or some other nonsense.

"Why is such and such position rightwing?"

DLC!!!

"uh... well... ______ and ______ took that position. Are they rightwing?"

DLC! YOU FUCKIN' TOOK THAT OUT OF CONTEXT!!!

"Let's lay out ________'s positions on the issues and _________'s and see how they compare"

YOUR'RE BEING OBTUSE!

[welshTerrier2]

8. ah, a personal attack

you've obviously developed such an incredible disdain for DU and DU'ers it's truly a wonder why you waste your time here.

[wyldwolf]

9. ah, see, the personal attacks started against me in posts 3 and 4.

You can dish it out but can't take it? That's another mark of political dogma. Since you're already so sure you have a lock on the truth, personal insults become truth-telling. Retaliation becomes attacks.

[welshTerrier2]

10. nah nah nah nah nah

see ya, little boy ...

[wyldwolf]

11. the message you send by your response is YOU can attack, but you shouldn't be attacked back.

Were you always surprised on the playground when the kid you hit turned around and hit you back?

[durrrty libby]

14. Lol

[Warren Stupidity]

17. You missed the point

I said nothing about your political position. I merely noted that your post was unintentionally ironic. Your dogma ate your post.

[Buzz Clik]

2. I'm hoping that the polling will increase to the point that I can be filling them out nonstop.

Click. Read. Vote. Exit.
Click. Read. Vote. Exit.

Right now, we're going at about one per hour, and that's just too damned slow.

MORE POLLS!

[buddhamama]

6. i despise polls.

politics by numbers accomplishes nothing.

polls are a propaganda tool.

and when talking of the voting populace, they shouldn't be relied upon.

50% of the electorate doesn't vote.

we can't get them to the voting booth but we can determine their position on a certain issue, or the candidate they favor most...yeah right!

[rinsd]

12. Some of us are poll junkies.

Who the fuck declared you king of what's acceptable to post?

[Warren Stupidity]

19. Enough of these porn threads. nt.

[durrrty libby]

13. I enjoy the polls. Fortunately, no one will obey you

[Make7]

15. POLL: Should people stop with all the moronic polls already?

 

 

[cobalt1999]

16. Moronic polls, are those polls about morons?

I'm sorry I missed those. What were the categories?

1) Fundamentalist Morons
2) Corporate Morons
3) Redneck Morons
4) Morons who don't pick the same candidate as me
5) Morons who post polls.

:)

[Warren Stupidity]

18. Oh here:

Q: Moron?

a) Pakistan.
b) Porn should be banned from supermarkets, especially the canned peach section.
c) Fuck off.

[ronnykmarshall]

20. Try the "hide thread" button.