I put Middle Earth Journal in hiatus in May of 2008 and moved to Newshoggers.
I temporarily reopened Middle Earth Journal when Newshoggers shut it's doors but I was invited to Participate at The Moderate Voice so Middle Earth Journal is once again in hiatus.

Saturday, October 02, 2004

Republican intimidating shakedown

Jazz over at Running Scared has the details on a push poll shakedown by Ed Gillespie sent to the Republican "faithful".
Have you ever heard of a push poll? It's a particularly ugly little political tool where voters are contacted under the pretense of collecting polling information, but they are asked questions framed to paint one candidate in a good light and the other as Absolute Evil. This "survey" was even worse, particularly in their fund raising (by which I mean, "extortion") tactics, as you shall see below.

Right out of the gate, the first question was,

"1. Do you support President Bush's initiatives to promote the safety and security of all Americans? _ Yes _ No _ Undecided"

You know... I really hate to be the cynical, suspicious type, but does that sound just a bit biased to you? Might it not have just the slightest tone of saying, "Do you support what our President is doing, or are you in favor of helping the terrorists to murder our women and rape our livestock?"
Go check it out, he even has pictures.

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