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| 2008-10-24 |
| Link goes to Campaign Spot. I guess Bambi wasn't kidding when he said 'get in their faces'. Would people need to be armed to go to the polling place? After releasing this morning’s numbers showing McCain ahead in Ohio and Florida, the Strategic Vision polling company received several death threats through the contact e-mail on the company’s web site. David Johnson, the CEO of Strategic Vision, shared the messages with National Review Online. One of the messages stated: My goodness, your polls stinks. There are 3 polls that have Obama by double digits and only yours has Obama down. WOW!. How come your poll is the only one giving Palin high favor ratings? I think you nee dto be careful tonight when you get in your car and might want to check underneath your car. SCRAP YOUR IDIOTIC POLLS OR ELSE! Another stated: A poll that gave Sarah Palin and Barack Obama the same favorability rating is wrong off the bat. Be careful going outside tonight because you might not see tomorrow. A third message stated: Why would your presidential election poll results be so drastically different from every other reputable poll taken over the same time period? Are they that dumb or are you guys that smart? Smart guys wind up dead. The company has contacted the FBI and appropriate authorities, Johnson said. There was, thankfully, nothing in the messages that indicated that the sender had actually sought out the location of the company or its employees. Johnson noted that while the messages came from different addresses, they all came within a short period of time, and that it was possible they were from the same person. Johnson said he’s not fearful, but taking appropriate measures. “It’s probably just a bunch of nut cases, but this is first time we’ve ever experienced something like this,” Johnson said. “It’s highly, highly unusual. We get messages in the vein of 'your numbers are wrong, the other guy's numbers are right' all the time. But this has never happened before.” Well at least I get to try out 'seedy policians'.... |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #5 uh huh... and they claim that the roving DUI total-stops don't cause ANY delay. I don't have any issue with getting drunks off the road. As long as we're making stops, how about checking for citizenship? OOOoooooohhh Noes! That would an infringement of "illegal's rights" (which nobody can define or point to in the Constitution or Bill of Rights), but full-scale-hauls of traffic for above .08 is OK?....riighhtt. Where's that ACLU or ICLU or whatever the hell is the appropriate acronm? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-10-24 21:50 |
| #4 Just returned from dinner. Spent 30 minutes in a "Safety Check" police roadblock on GA-74. Must have been 25 police cars from three counties and cites plus a special Atlanta trailer and unit of some kind with light sets. They had a lane marked out for ticketing and violations. The stock answer from three officers was routine "Safety Check." First one I've seen like that in the US, anywhere. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-10-24 21:15 |
| #3 If Obama loses the election I think we will see a lot of "civil unrest" but not a civil war. If Obama wins and the Democrats implement all their socialist policies we may see a civil war but it won't be very civil. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-10-24 20:43 |
| #2 What would provide the spark? 1. Obama loses the election 2. Obama wins the election. There, that about covers it. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2008-10-24 19:48 |
| #1 The country is primed and ready for civil war. The only question is what will provide the spark that sets it off. |
| Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-10-24 19:11 |