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PhilipShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 10:19 PM
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CBS Poll: Only 3% of Americans identify themselves as Republicans
RedState
CBS Poll: No Republicans Found in America
Mar 2nd, 2006

http://proud-kaffir.redstate.com/story/2006/3/2/21500/45924

CBS News Poll: No Republicans Found In America (CBS)- According to a recent CBS poll of 1003 random adults conducted over the weekend, only 3% of Americans identify themselves as "Republicans" (1% Unweighted)...

In regards to the CBS News Poll that shows Bush's approval rating at an all-time low of 34%, many people have accused CBS of deliberately skewing the results by only including 28% Republicans as opposed to 37% Democrats (weighted). The unweighted results were even more lopsided with 27% Republicans and 40% Democrats. I offered a different theory. Perhaps many Republicans simply did not want to speak with CBS news, leaving the pollsters with a large underrepresentation of the GOP.
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Greeby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 10:21 PM
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1. If only that translated to Congress
*sigh* :)
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 10:23 PM
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2. People Are Embarrassed To Identify W/ Republicans
That's very true. I mean, who in their right mind would want to be associated w/ these fucking criminal psychopaths? Answer: Only other criminal psychopaths.
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 10:27 PM
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5. Happens every time in Banana Republics...
Soon we'll be told that 98% of voters love El Presidente...but no one will personally know anyone who likes him.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 10:43 PM
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10. That would be true of the rich bastards that voted for him just
for profit.
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FightingIrish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 10:24 PM
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3. If you see an uncontested Repuglican office,
run for it or get your dog in the race. The tide has turned.
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 10:26 PM
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4. It's like what happened after the fall of Nazi Germany
Nobody admitted to being a nazi. So who were all those Germans in those old black and white videos cheering him on?
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 10:33 PM
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6. If no one wants to be a rethuglican anymore, Bush isn't going to
much support in the polls. He's managed to ruin the party of Lincoln, along with everything else he touches.
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we can do it Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 10:34 PM
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7. Whatever It Takes - I'll Let Em Down Easy When They See the Light
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 10:37 PM
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8. No Nazis in Germany after 1945, either...
hrmmm...
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 10:38 PM
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9. In 1948, there were NO Nazis in Germany. nt
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radio4progressives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 10:45 PM
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11. When it's a piece of satire or spoof, you kind of need to leave
Edited on Thu Mar-02-06 10:48 PM by radio4progressives
an indicator somewhere in the post... i know the title should seem obvious, but really - some people are gullible ! :hi:
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DaveinMD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 11:18 PM
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12. more likely
partisan attitudes have shifted since the election. More people are self-identifying as Dems because of how bad Bush is fucking up.
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radio4progressives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 11:22 PM
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13. the article is tongue in cheek... written by a right winger..
to disparage CBS polling on Bush's popularity..
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DaveinMD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 11:28 PM
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15. I understand that
but the point is the same. More and more people in these polls are self identifying as Dems. Not just the CBS poll. It is the most encouraging trend of all.
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bilgewaterbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 12:04 AM
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17. Are you daft? Polls mean squat.
Elections are what counts. Kerry would be Pres. if it were left up to polls. When we win an election we can talk about swinging sentiment. Right now we have to deal with members of our party who vote for the patriot act and Alito.
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DaveinMD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 12:26 AM
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19. actually
Kerry was trailing in the polls most of the election. But insult me if you must.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 11:22 PM
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14. Some of you need to read the piece
It is written by a Bushbot who is desperately trying to say that the poll is biased.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 11:50 PM
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16. The Reluctant Bush Voter Syndrome.
They really, really believe in Bush Republicanism....except that don't won't to tell pollsters this. Pretty sooner all Republican voters will stop talking to pollsters, but they will mysteriously find their voice at the ballot box.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 12:07 AM
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18. Well now...IF the polls say that in Novemebr..THEY COULDN'T STEAL
the election and get away with it! :woohoo:
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 09:03 AM
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21. ...but will they try? And..as one wag told me....
"Who's going to stop them?......I thought so..."
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father_of_hope Donating Member (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 09:21 AM
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23. they HAVE stolen 2006 already
and will get away with it again if Dems don't get off their asses.

The election in November has already been taken care of. The machines and computers have already been rigged. Repugnants can't afford to lose power, now more than ever. If they do, they'll be impeached, indicted, prosecuted and sent to prison.

Stop thinking there'll be fair elections, that's why we lost in 200, 2002, 2004.
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 12:53 AM
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20. Same thing happened when Nixon went down - couldn't find a
solitary soul who had voted for him. hehehe
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LisaLynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 09:21 AM
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22. Hee hee. Is it wrong that I find this funny?
Because I do.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 09:23 AM
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24. Thw wipe out is coming
Pay back time is coming this November.
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loudsue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 09:33 AM
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25. LOL!! Just like what happened in the exit polls for election 2004?
:rofl: Poor underrepresented republicans. :rofl:

When are they going to figure it out? That dog don't hunt.

:kick:
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 09:50 AM
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26. So....does this mean that all those pollsters that weighed their
polls heavier to the Republican side and slanted the polls towards Bush in the last election, now have to go the other way? Only 3% of Republicans need to be polled?

Happy Days are here again....!
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:04 AM
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27. "Well to be accaurate I am really a LIBERTARIAN"
:eyes:
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:10 AM
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28. Very misleading post - please note that it is SATIRE
You left out the intro:

I have noticed a dwindling percentage of Republicans in CBS polls, probably for this very reason. I began to imagine how a CBS news poll and accompanying story might appear in the near future:
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 10:23 AM
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29. Maybe Republicans are too embarassed to admit it
If I was associated with this pack of sociopathic thugs, crooks and bumblers, I wouldn't want anyone to know, either.
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sojourner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 11:06 AM
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30. I agree with post #11... satirical posts need some indicator lest some get
an entirely wrong impression! Some folks (here as well as elsewhere) don't bother to click on links, and take statements at face value.

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specimenfred1984 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 12:01 PM
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31. But It Is True, Repubocrooks Are Ashamed to Admit Who They Are
Except for the "Dead enders" and "loyalist extremists".
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iconoclastNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 01:32 PM
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32. Oh boy
Edited on Fri Mar-03-06 01:32 PM by iconoclastNYC
Do whatever mental summersaults you need to do to not have to accept fact.
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