<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
		>
<channel>
	<title>Comments on: Gallup&#8217;s Internals and Our Nation&#8217;s</title>
	<atom:link href="http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:47:01 -0700</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4</generator>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
		<item>
		<title>By: Richard</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/comment-page-1/#comment-2367</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/#comment-2367</guid>
		<description>I became very skeptical of polling in 2000 when the Battleground Polls showed Bush ahead when Gore actually won the popular vote by 250,000.    How much the bad exit polls by Mitofsky and company skewed the election results we will never know. The exit polling completely lost its credibility in 2004 when they showed Kerry in a dead heat in Mississippi in the early returns.  
Just as major accounting firms lost their credibility with phony numbers, I think the pollsters are plugging rubbish into their mathematical formulas.  I no longer believe their samples are truly random anymore.  Moreover, I don&#039;t believe their .05 levels of confidence are mathematically valid; it is at least double.  It&#039;s simple:  they don&#039;t know what they are talking about and we don&#039;t really know what&#039;s going to happen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I became very skeptical of polling in 2000 when the Battleground Polls showed Bush ahead when Gore actually won the popular vote by 250,000.    How much the bad exit polls by Mitofsky and company skewed the election results we will never know. The exit polling completely lost its credibility in 2004 when they showed Kerry in a dead heat in Mississippi in the early returns.<br />
Just as major accounting firms lost their credibility with phony numbers, I think the pollsters are plugging rubbish into their mathematical formulas.  I no longer believe their samples are truly random anymore.  Moreover, I don&#8217;t believe their .05 levels of confidence are mathematically valid; it is at least double.  It&#8217;s simple:  they don&#8217;t know what they are talking about and we don&#8217;t really know what&#8217;s going to happen.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: lee</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/comment-page-1/#comment-2323</link>
		<dc:creator>lee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/#comment-2323</guid>
		<description>“the fundamentals of our economy are strong”

John Mccain followed that up with a &quot;...but this is a tough time for us&quot; I believe.

Once again, the great fall of financial instutitions has to do with America&#039;s inefficient, bloated way to running the economy than any ideology. If the banks exercised sound judgment in their lending practices, we don&#039;t have this problem.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“the fundamentals of our economy are strong”</p>
<p>John Mccain followed that up with a &#8220;&#8230;but this is a tough time for us&#8221; I believe.</p>
<p>Once again, the great fall of financial instutitions has to do with America&#8217;s inefficient, bloated way to running the economy than any ideology. If the banks exercised sound judgment in their lending practices, we don&#8217;t have this problem.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Jeff</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/comment-page-1/#comment-2219</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/#comment-2219</guid>
		<description>What people don’t understand is why some of us are so against the current Republican ticket, but we have an obligation to fight against history of ever being repeated again. Many of us out here are not fighting for the Democratic campaign but are fighting against an ideology.

1) An ideology that completely mirrors the ideology of this past 8 years.
2) An ideology that recognizes the few while completely disregarding the masses.
3) An ideology that believes in taking military action against Iraq, an incident that is completely unrelated to 9/11, without solidifying our claims beforehand. In the present, we have found no evidence of weapons of mass destructions or a tie to Osama Bin Laden. The devastation of this war has cost us over 4,000 of our brave troops and counting, over 1/2 trillion dollars of taxpayer’s money and counting, and over 1 million Iraqi lives unrelated to the terrorists or insurgency.

Cost of the Iraq War — http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home 

4) An ideology that still believes that the Iraq War is the right war on terrorism when the Afghanistan War should had been the right war on terrorism, where Osama Bin Laden actually was until he slipped into the mountains and into Pakistan’s territory now. The Iraq War also diverted our attention away from the Afghanistan War. We now have extended our resources in two separate places and have heightened our risk to our troops, our expenses, and creating another dilemma that will take quite some time to finalize. The Iraq War will not go away overnight and it is now our obligation to see it all the way through for God knows how many more years. This has also been the most unpopular war in the eyes of the world’s communities.
5) An ideology that believes that we are at our safest state since 9/11, when a recent terrorist plot was still trying to enter Great Britain’s airports with liquid explosives heading directly to us, but thankfully the plot was foiled. While in Afghanistan, the terrorists are regrouping and strengthening and we have recently suffered another high casualty to our troops yet again within this past month. We currently have the least amount of alliances in the world’s communities due to this unpopular Iraq War. True national securities are the ties that bind us to our world’s communities and the ties that bind them to us.
6) An ideology that vetted one of the most inexperience VP ticket in history, from foreign policies to national defense. If God forbids that anything happens to this President if elected and is stricken with illness, this VP will be running the country. For a more compelling look at Sarah Palin’s VP readiness, please look at this link below —

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loUHRv3ipLE

7) An ideology that believes in “the fundamentals of our economy are strong” while we are facing the highest mortgage foreclosure crisis, high unemployment rate, and the largest collapse of our financial infrastructures since The Great Depression of 1929.

This is an ideology that many of us in America are against. Whether this ideology is in the Republican or Democratic ticket is not the main issue but the fact is that America does not want to fall into another 4 more years of devastation. We cannot afford this anymore.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What people don’t understand is why some of us are so against the current Republican ticket, but we have an obligation to fight against history of ever being repeated again. Many of us out here are not fighting for the Democratic campaign but are fighting against an ideology.</p>
<p>1) An ideology that completely mirrors the ideology of this past 8 years.<br />
2) An ideology that recognizes the few while completely disregarding the masses.<br />
3) An ideology that believes in taking military action against Iraq, an incident that is completely unrelated to 9/11, without solidifying our claims beforehand. In the present, we have found no evidence of weapons of mass destructions or a tie to Osama Bin Laden. The devastation of this war has cost us over 4,000 of our brave troops and counting, over 1/2 trillion dollars of taxpayer’s money and counting, and over 1 million Iraqi lives unrelated to the terrorists or insurgency.</p>
<p>Cost of the Iraq War — <a href="http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home</a> </p>
<p>4) An ideology that still believes that the Iraq War is the right war on terrorism when the Afghanistan War should had been the right war on terrorism, where Osama Bin Laden actually was until he slipped into the mountains and into Pakistan’s territory now. The Iraq War also diverted our attention away from the Afghanistan War. We now have extended our resources in two separate places and have heightened our risk to our troops, our expenses, and creating another dilemma that will take quite some time to finalize. The Iraq War will not go away overnight and it is now our obligation to see it all the way through for God knows how many more years. This has also been the most unpopular war in the eyes of the world’s communities.<br />
5) An ideology that believes that we are at our safest state since 9/11, when a recent terrorist plot was still trying to enter Great Britain’s airports with liquid explosives heading directly to us, but thankfully the plot was foiled. While in Afghanistan, the terrorists are regrouping and strengthening and we have recently suffered another high casualty to our troops yet again within this past month. We currently have the least amount of alliances in the world’s communities due to this unpopular Iraq War. True national securities are the ties that bind us to our world’s communities and the ties that bind them to us.<br />
6) An ideology that vetted one of the most inexperience VP ticket in history, from foreign policies to national defense. If God forbids that anything happens to this President if elected and is stricken with illness, this VP will be running the country. For a more compelling look at Sarah Palin’s VP readiness, please look at this link below —</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loUHRv3ipLE" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loUHRv3ipLE</a></p>
<p>7) An ideology that believes in “the fundamentals of our economy are strong” while we are facing the highest mortgage foreclosure crisis, high unemployment rate, and the largest collapse of our financial infrastructures since The Great Depression of 1929.</p>
<p>This is an ideology that many of us in America are against. Whether this ideology is in the Republican or Democratic ticket is not the main issue but the fact is that America does not want to fall into another 4 more years of devastation. We cannot afford this anymore.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: ProgMeister</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/comment-page-1/#comment-2117</link>
		<dc:creator>ProgMeister</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/#comment-2117</guid>
		<description>@HRPKathy

&lt;b&gt;Even if Obama wins this election he will be more unpopular than GWB in 2000, and national crisis will only make it worse for him because he cannot vote present in the WH, as he as done even as recently as the economic turmoil of last week.&lt;/b&gt;

well, good for you ... at least you&#039;re starting to prepare for the new realities;  you&#039;re not doing a very  good job of it, but you&#039;ll improve with age</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@HRPKathy</p>
<p><b>Even if Obama wins this election he will be more unpopular than GWB in 2000, and national crisis will only make it worse for him because he cannot vote present in the WH, as he as done even as recently as the economic turmoil of last week.</b></p>
<p>well, good for you &#8230; at least you&#8217;re starting to prepare for the new realities;  you&#8217;re not doing a very  good job of it, but you&#8217;ll improve with age</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: ProgMeister</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/comment-page-1/#comment-2102</link>
		<dc:creator>ProgMeister</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/#comment-2102</guid>
		<description>@CoolCzech

&lt;b&gt;You’re trying to convince yourself of that AWFUL hard, hopalong. Got news for you: McCain is going to beat that scrawny, jug-eared political hack from the Chicago Democratic Machine like a rented donkey.&lt;/b&gt;

the data and sentiment indicators are convincing me, pal ... you, on the other hand, are just frantically denying that your old, washed up POW who&#039;s out making a fool of himself can&#039;t pull this off ... based on nothing

when you don&#039;t like what you see before your eyes, you just scream &quot;MSM&quot; ... ok, you can do that until November 4th</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@CoolCzech</p>
<p><b>You’re trying to convince yourself of that AWFUL hard, hopalong. Got news for you: McCain is going to beat that scrawny, jug-eared political hack from the Chicago Democratic Machine like a rented donkey.</b></p>
<p>the data and sentiment indicators are convincing me, pal &#8230; you, on the other hand, are just frantically denying that your old, washed up POW who&#8217;s out making a fool of himself can&#8217;t pull this off &#8230; based on nothing</p>
<p>when you don&#8217;t like what you see before your eyes, you just scream &#8220;MSM&#8221; &#8230; ok, you can do that until November 4th</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: nlcatter</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/comment-page-1/#comment-2079</link>
		<dc:creator>nlcatter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/#comment-2079</guid>
		<description>Troopergate case against Sarah Palin is about malfeance in office 

there is no state case  against Obama, 
just some neocon trying to get in National Enquirer</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Troopergate case against Sarah Palin is about malfeance in office </p>
<p>there is no state case  against Obama,<br />
just some neocon trying to get in National Enquirer</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: CoolCzech</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/comment-page-1/#comment-2070</link>
		<dc:creator>CoolCzech</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/#comment-2070</guid>
		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;ProgMeister:
Unfortunately, none of the polls take into account voters who will definitely show up

yeah, the one on November 4th does, and you guys are NOT going to like the outcome

Sep 22, 2008 - 8:04 pm&lt;/blockquote&gt;

You&#039;re trying to convince yourself of that AWFUL hard, hopalong.  Got news for you: McCain is going to beat that scrawny, jug-eared political hack from the Chicago Democratic Machine like a rented donkey.  The only Messiah routine ol&#039; Barry is gonna do after that will be registering the dead, just like old times...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>ProgMeister:<br />
Unfortunately, none of the polls take into account voters who will definitely show up</p>
<p>yeah, the one on November 4th does, and you guys are NOT going to like the outcome</p>
<p>Sep 22, 2008 &#8211; 8:04 pm</p></blockquote>
<p>You&#8217;re trying to convince yourself of that AWFUL hard, hopalong.  Got news for you: McCain is going to beat that scrawny, jug-eared political hack from the Chicago Democratic Machine like a rented donkey.  The only Messiah routine ol&#8217; Barry is gonna do after that will be registering the dead, just like old times&#8230;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: ProgMeister</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/comment-page-1/#comment-2063</link>
		<dc:creator>ProgMeister</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/#comment-2063</guid>
		<description>@Princess

&lt;b&gt;I don’t understand why there’s so much talk about the Troopergate case against Sarah Palin&lt;/b&gt;

because there&#039;s an ongoing investigation in the State of Alaska perhaps?  an investigation that Palin and her husband are stonewalling on

&lt;b&gt;and not one word about a case filed against Obama, under Obamacrimes.com, questioning his citizenship. Media chose to ignore it.&lt;/b&gt;

they have a pretty good nose for bullshit; and, right now, all there is is a civil complaint from one Philip Berg

&lt;b&gt;Why would anybody vote for somebody who was a Muslim before (we are all aware about their Quran, if you do not join them, kill them) and his direct association with Socialists and Ayers, etc.&lt;/b&gt;

Princess, this is where you undermine your credibility entirely;  you have as much evidence that Obama was a Muslim as Phil Berg has that Obama is ineligible to be President:  NONE

Anyway, no point in getting your panties in an uproar;  Obama&#039;s answer is due tomorrow and the FEC&#039;s is due Oct 21 ... if Phil should somehow manage to prevail (assuming he actually has standing to sue), you can petition your representatives to have him impeached, ok?

Meanwhile, the most likely outcome of this &quot;case&quot; is dismissal and richly deserved sanctions for Mr. Berg under Federal Rule 11;  hopefully the court will require that he pay them out of his own pocket instead of allowing the RNC to underwrite the effort</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Princess</p>
<p><b>I don’t understand why there’s so much talk about the Troopergate case against Sarah Palin</b></p>
<p>because there&#8217;s an ongoing investigation in the State of Alaska perhaps?  an investigation that Palin and her husband are stonewalling on</p>
<p><b>and not one word about a case filed against Obama, under Obamacrimes.com, questioning his citizenship. Media chose to ignore it.</b></p>
<p>they have a pretty good nose for bullshit; and, right now, all there is is a civil complaint from one Philip Berg</p>
<p><b>Why would anybody vote for somebody who was a Muslim before (we are all aware about their Quran, if you do not join them, kill them) and his direct association with Socialists and Ayers, etc.</b></p>
<p>Princess, this is where you undermine your credibility entirely;  you have as much evidence that Obama was a Muslim as Phil Berg has that Obama is ineligible to be President:  NONE</p>
<p>Anyway, no point in getting your panties in an uproar;  Obama&#8217;s answer is due tomorrow and the FEC&#8217;s is due Oct 21 &#8230; if Phil should somehow manage to prevail (assuming he actually has standing to sue), you can petition your representatives to have him impeached, ok?</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the most likely outcome of this &#8220;case&#8221; is dismissal and richly deserved sanctions for Mr. Berg under Federal Rule 11;  hopefully the court will require that he pay them out of his own pocket instead of allowing the RNC to underwrite the effort</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: ProgMeister</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/comment-page-1/#comment-2057</link>
		<dc:creator>ProgMeister</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/#comment-2057</guid>
		<description>@all

just another little factoid for Mr. Logan to chew on:

&quot;Mr. Obama received $75 million from women — that’s 47 percent of those who gave more than $200 to the campaign. Mr. McCain, the Republican nominee, raised $34 million from female contributors, 28 percent of his $200-plus donor base.&quot;

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/womens-campaign-giving-on-the-rise/
http://wcf.3cdn.net/3ba2b8d619e665e313_8zm6bt9f0.pdf</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@all</p>
<p>just another little factoid for Mr. Logan to chew on:</p>
<p>&#8220;Mr. Obama received $75 million from women — that’s 47 percent of those who gave more than $200 to the campaign. Mr. McCain, the Republican nominee, raised $34 million from female contributors, 28 percent of his $200-plus donor base.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/womens-campaign-giving-on-the-rise/" rel="nofollow">http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/womens-campaign-giving-on-the-rise/</a><br />
<a href="http://wcf.3cdn.net/3ba2b8d619e665e313_8zm6bt9f0.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://wcf.3cdn.net/3ba2b8d619e665e313_8zm6bt9f0.pdf</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: ProgMeister</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/comment-page-1/#comment-2054</link>
		<dc:creator>ProgMeister</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/20/gallups-internals-and-our-nations/#comment-2054</guid>
		<description>@Frank Logan

&lt;b&gt;Here’s your Realitycheq. Poll: Obama struggling to win over Clinton voters&lt;/b&gt;

Hey, knucklehead, here&#039;s what you left out from that AP-Yahoo Poll .. the stuff that counts of course:


After the presidential election in November, which of the following would you prefer?

Barack Obama as president and Democrats controlling the Congress 45
Barack Obama as president and Republicans controlling the Congress 5
John McCain as president and Democrats controlling the Congress 13
John McCain as president and Republicans controlling the Congress 33
Refused / Not Answered 4


If the 2008 general election for President were being held today and these were the candidates, would
you vote for…

Barack Obama, the Democrat 40
John McCain, the Republican 35
Bob Barr, the Libertarian 1
Ralph Nader, the independent 2
Someone else (specify) 3
Don’t know 18
Refused / Not Answered 0</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Frank Logan</p>
<p><b>Here’s your Realitycheq. Poll: Obama struggling to win over Clinton voters</b></p>
<p>Hey, knucklehead, here&#8217;s what you left out from that AP-Yahoo Poll .. the stuff that counts of course:</p>
<p>After the presidential election in November, which of the following would you prefer?</p>
<p>Barack Obama as president and Democrats controlling the Congress 45<br />
Barack Obama as president and Republicans controlling the Congress 5<br />
John McCain as president and Democrats controlling the Congress 13<br />
John McCain as president and Republicans controlling the Congress 33<br />
Refused / Not Answered 4</p>
<p>If the 2008 general election for President were being held today and these were the candidates, would<br />
you vote for…</p>
<p>Barack Obama, the Democrat 40<br />
John McCain, the Republican 35<br />
Bob Barr, the Libertarian 1<br />
Ralph Nader, the independent 2<br />
Someone else (specify) 3<br />
Don’t know 18<br />
Refused / Not Answered 0</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>
