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		<title>By: Beej</title>
		<link>http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/01/23/i-just-got-push-polled/#comment-1550244</link>
		<dc:creator>Beej</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can one-up you, John.  I got a call the other day, apparently to ask my opinion of the public health care option.  This is how the caller asked the first question:

You would agree, wouldn&#039;t you, ma&#039;am, that a government-run health care system would be the wrong way to reform health care?

My answer:  No.  I think that the only possible way to get insurance companies to lower their premiums to any reasonable level is to have competition from a public option.

The caller then hung up.  

If most polling is being done using this kind of leading question, then it&#039;s no wonder poll results are all over the place.  Good grief, I&#039;ve had high school students who could frame a poll question more objectively than that.  Is this what polling has become?  We don&#039;t care whether results are accurate so long as they reflect our political agenda?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can one-up you, John.  I got a call the other day, apparently to ask my opinion of the public health care option.  This is how the caller asked the first question:</p>
<p>You would agree, wouldn&#8217;t you, ma&#8217;am, that a government-run health care system would be the wrong way to reform health care?</p>
<p>My answer:  No.  I think that the only possible way to get insurance companies to lower their premiums to any reasonable level is to have competition from a public option.</p>
<p>The caller then hung up.</p>
<p>If most polling is being done using this kind of leading question, then it&#8217;s no wonder poll results are all over the place.  Good grief, I&#8217;ve had high school students who could frame a poll question more objectively than that.  Is this what polling has become?  We don&#8217;t care whether results are accurate so long as they reflect our political agenda?</p>
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		<title>By: LongHairedWeirdo</title>
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		<dc:creator>LongHairedWeirdo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt; I was not asked if I support adults being spanked by prostitutes while wearing diapers&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Hold on - who&#039;s wearing the diapers, the prostitutes or the clients? Or are you supposed to put on diapers to see if that changes your position?

I&#039;m confused....</description>
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<blockquote> I was not asked if I support adults being spanked by prostitutes while wearing diapers</p></blockquote>
<p>Hold on &#8211; who&#8217;s wearing the diapers, the prostitutes or the clients? Or are you supposed to put on diapers to see if that changes your position?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m confused&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: pantherq</title>
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		<dc:creator>pantherq</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The mobile phone question is the one that they will use to discard the results of your survey. BTW.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The mobile phone question is the one that they will use to discard the results of your survey. <span class="caps">BTW</span>.</p>
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		<title>By: x</title>
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		<dc:creator>x</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dang. I didn&#039;t know _Grasshopper_ was a wingnut.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dang. I didn&#8217;t know <em>Grasshopper</em> was a wingnut.</p>
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		<title>By: Dave Anderson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I got the same &quot;poll&quot; from FRC this afternoon as well.  The pollster was some entity called Survey 2010.  And John&#039;s script is better than the one I gisted out at the www.newshoggers.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got the same &#8220;poll&#8221; from <span class="caps">FRC</span> this afternoon as well.  The pollster was some entity called Survey 2010.  And John&#8217;s script is better than the one I gisted out at the <a href="http://www.newshoggers.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.newshoggers.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Binky</title>
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		<dc:creator>Binky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just got the same pushpoll, with a Morgantown cell phone number. Answered the same way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just got the same pushpoll, with a Morgantown cell phone number. Answered the same way.</p>
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		<title>By: jerry 101</title>
		<link>http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/01/23/i-just-got-push-polled/#comment-1549755</link>
		<dc:creator>jerry 101</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;It just never stops with these folks. I was not asked if I support adults being spanked by prostitutes while wearing diapers or if my idea of family values included autoerotic asphyxiation while wearing two wetsuits and a dildo inserted in my rectum, but I can understand how these might be touchy subjects for Tony Perkins and the FRC.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Perhaps a balloon juice fundraiser to pay for such a poll.  Maybe set up an organization called the Family Research Company (FRC)?

That would be fun?

Do you approve or disapprove of your senator engaging in auto-erotic asphyxiation?

Do you approve or disapprove of your senator insert a &quot;dildo&quot; into his rectum?

Do you approve or disapprove of your senator engaging in the previously noted activities while wearing a wetsuit?

Do you approve or disapprove of your senator wearing a diaper while being spanked by a prostitute?

Do you currently engage in any of the above activities?  Have you ever engaged in any of the above activities?

Are you older than 50%?

Do you plan on voting for Republican Senator &quot;X&quot;?

This poll is funded by the Tony Perkins Family Research Company.  

:-)</description>
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<blockquote>It just never stops with these folks. I was not asked if I support adults being spanked by prostitutes while wearing diapers or if my idea of family values included autoerotic asphyxiation while wearing two wetsuits and a dildo inserted in my rectum, but I can understand how these might be touchy subjects for Tony Perkins and the <span class="caps">FRC</span>.</p></blockquote>
<p>Perhaps a balloon juice fundraiser to pay for such a poll.  Maybe set up an organization called the Family Research Company (FRC)?</p>
<p>That would be fun?</p>
<p>Do you approve or disapprove of your senator engaging in auto-erotic asphyxiation?</p>
<p>Do you approve or disapprove of your senator insert a &#8220;dildo&#8221; into his rectum?</p>
<p>Do you approve or disapprove of your senator engaging in the previously noted activities while wearing a wetsuit?</p>
<p>Do you approve or disapprove of your senator wearing a diaper while being spanked by a prostitute?</p>
<p>Do you currently engage in any of the above activities?  Have you ever engaged in any of the above activities?</p>
<p>Are you older than 50%?</p>
<p>Do you plan on voting for Republican Senator &#8220;X&#8221;?</p>
<p>This poll is funded by the Tony Perkins Family Research Company.</p>
<p>:-)</p>
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		<title>By: Platonicspoof</title>
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		<dc:creator>Platonicspoof</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think I just got insulted, since Lieberman knows this won&#039;t pass.
Via &lt;a href=&quot;http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/77479-filibuster-reform-headed-for-senate-floor-faces-uphill-battle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Hill&lt;/a&gt;:
&lt;blockquote&gt;Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) intends in the next few weeks to introduce legislation that would take away the minority’s power to filibuster legislation.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Under Harkin&#039;s bill, which is co-sponsored by &lt;strong&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.&lt;/strong&gt;), 60 votes would still be necessary to cut off debate on an initial procedural motion.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Democratic leadership aides say Harkin’s bill is unlikely to succeed and that the idea hasn’t been seriously considered in light of Brown’s victory.&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I just got insulted, since Lieberman knows this won&#8217;t pass.<br />
Via <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/77479-filibuster-reform-headed-for-senate-floor-faces-uphill-battle" rel="nofollow">The Hill</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) intends in the next few weeks to introduce legislation that would take away the minority&#8217;s power to filibuster legislation.</p></blockquote>
<p></p>
<blockquote><p>Under Harkin&#8217;s bill, which is co-sponsored by <strong>Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.</strong>), 60 votes would still be necessary to cut off debate on an initial procedural motion.</p></blockquote>
<p></p>
<blockquote><p>Democratic leadership aides say Harkin&#8217;s bill is unlikely to succeed and that the idea hasn&#8217;t been seriously considered in light of Brown&#8217;s victory.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)</title>
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		<dc:creator>DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-1549571&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Shell&lt;/a&gt;: 

Yep, and as a kid my teacher couldn&#039;t tell me how it pooped. I know, I asked. Everyone else in the class laughed along with me when I asked...lol!

Dang kids...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-1549571" rel="nofollow">Shell</a>:</p>
<p>Yep, and as a kid my teacher couldn&#8217;t tell me how it pooped. I know, I asked. Everyone else in the class laughed along with me when I asked&#8230;lol!</p>
<p>Dang kids&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Shell</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Do you support cuts of up to 50% in medicare in the Pelosi/Reid/Obama healthcare pla&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Speaking of rectums, which one did they pull that figure out of?

Hmmm. Pushme-Pullyou. Wasn&#039;t that the two headed llama in the &#039;Doctor Doolittle&#039; books?</description>
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<blockquote>Do you support cuts of up to 50% in medicare in the Pelosi/Reid/Obama healthcare pla</p></blockquote>
<p>Speaking of rectums, which one did they pull that figure out of?</p>
<p>Hmmm. Pushme-Pullyou. Wasn&#8217;t that the two headed llama in the &#8216;Doctor Doolittle&#8217; books?</p>
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		<title>By: The Grand Panjandrum</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Grand Panjandrum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-1549430&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;MTmofo&lt;/a&gt;: Yea, R2000 is a reputable outfit I seriously doubt they would want to ruin their reputation by doing push polling for anyone.

Q: Does Brick Oven Bill sound like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0122393/quotes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bobby&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068473/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Deliverance&lt;/a&gt;?

A: Weeeeee!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-1549430" rel="nofollow">MTmofo</a>: Yea, <span class="caps">R2000</span> is a reputable outfit I seriously doubt they would want to ruin their reputation by doing push polling for anyone.</p>
<p>Q: Does Brick Oven Bill sound like <a href="http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0122393/quotes" rel="nofollow">Bobby</a> in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068473/" rel="nofollow">Deliverance</a>?</p>
<p>A: Weeeeee!</p>
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		<title>By: Incertus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Incertus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I was not asked if I support adults being spanked by prostitutes while wearing diapers or if my idea of family values included autoerotic asphyxiation while wearing two wetsuits and a dildo inserted in my rectum, but I can understand how these might be touchy subjects for Tony Perkins and the FRC.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Thanks. Because I needed that image in my head for the rest of the night. Where&#039;s that damn bottle of Jim Beam? (Don&#039;t judge me on my brand--it&#039;s left over from my last party and my income tax refund hasn&#039;t gotten here yet so I can&#039;t afford any good stuff.)</description>
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<blockquote>I was not asked if I support adults being spanked by prostitutes while wearing diapers or if my idea of family values included autoerotic asphyxiation while wearing two wetsuits and a dildo inserted in my rectum, but I can understand how these might be touchy subjects for Tony Perkins and the <span class="caps">FRC</span>.</p></blockquote>
<p>Thanks. Because I needed that image in my head for the rest of the night. Where&#8217;s that damn bottle of Jim Beam? (Don&#8217;t judge me on my brand&#8212;it&#8217;s left over from my last party and my income tax refund hasn&#8217;t gotten here yet so I can&#8217;t afford any good stuff.)</p>
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		<title>By: Ranger 3</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ranger 3</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-1549469&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;DougW&lt;/a&gt;: Illegal? You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#comment-1549469" rel="nofollow">DougW</a>: Illegal? You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.</p>
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		<title>By: DougW</title>
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		<dc:creator>DougW</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do support prosecuting the Obama Administration for the illegal torture taking place in Gitmo?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do support prosecuting the Obama Administration for the illegal torture taking place in Gitmo?</p>
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		<title>By: Quiddity</title>
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		<dc:creator>Quiddity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do you support the death panels which are in the Pelosi/Reid/Obama healthcare plan? 

Well, do ya?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you support the death panels which are in the Pelosi/Reid/Obama healthcare plan?</p>
<p>Well, do ya?</p>
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