I find this headline rather curious....
Bush gets convention bounce with 9-point lead in Time pollWASHINGTON -- President Bush leads Democrat John Kerry, 52 percent to 41 percent, while independent Ralph Nader got 3 percent in a national poll taken during the Republican National Convention that ended Thursday.
What is especially odd is that the Time poll headline is "Bush Opens Double-Digit Lead"
Just makes you wonder why.
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The 9-point lead is ignorin... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Opinionated Bastard | September 4, 2004 11:41 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The 9-point lead is ignoring Nader, where the race is 53-44.
1. Posted by Opinionated Bastard | September 4, 2004 11:41 AM |
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Posted on September 4, 2004 11:41
2. Posted by Titan | September 4, 2004 12:47 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
An excellent example of how dumbed down our educational system is, and of just how intelligent you need to be to be a journalist. I think this is hillarious.
2. Posted by Titan | September 4, 2004 12:47 PM |
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Posted on September 4, 2004 12:47
3. Posted by Elliott | September 4, 2004 2:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's also entirely possible they meant he had a 9 point jump. As you might recall, GWB had a bit of a lead before the convention even started.
3. Posted by Elliott | September 4, 2004 2:31 PM |
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Posted on September 4, 2004 14:31
4. Posted by Beth Donovan | September 4, 2004 3:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Umm. 52-41=11
4. Posted by Beth Donovan | September 4, 2004 3:06 PM |
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Posted on September 4, 2004 15:06
5. Posted by Lonely Republican in NY | September 4, 2004 4:27 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's the liberal media hoping if they write it, it will happen. I can see their thinking now, if I say an 11 point lead is nine, maybe the next poll will, and then I can admit my math error in writing, "Bush campaign stalls in Ohio battleground, Kerry Gains Ground" Remember I have to see the NYT every time I pick up my Wall Street Journal.
5. Posted by Lonely Republican in NY | September 4, 2004 4:27 PM |
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Posted on September 4, 2004 16:27
6. Posted by Beth and Terry | September 4, 2004 4:30 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's also entirely possible they meant he had a 9 point jump.
That would be understandable except for the fact that the article states “Bush had 46 percent, Kerry had 44 percent and Nader 5 percent in a Time poll taken just before the convention.”
This is just another example of the mainstream press trying to minimize the slide of Kerry. Thankfully the blog system is in full force. The integrity of the mainstream press has become a joke; so much so that we read the paper looking for bias as opposed to useful information.
Meanwhile they sit and scratch their heads trying to make excuses for their decline at the feet of Fox and the internet. Perhaps they should put the mirrors back up and take a good look.
6. Posted by Beth and Terry | September 4, 2004 4:30 PM |
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Posted on September 4, 2004 16:30
7. Posted by Azygos | September 4, 2004 5:36 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
How quickly we forget. It’s not PC to force people to get the correct answer as long as they feel good about the answer they got that’s good enough. *cough*
7. Posted by Azygos | September 4, 2004 5:36 PM |
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Posted on September 4, 2004 17:36
8. Posted by William | September 4, 2004 7:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Their reportage is like the Pravda story about the 10,000-meter race in one of the old U.S.A.-U.S.S.R track meets. There were only two entries: Billy Mills (the winner) and a Soviet runner, who obviously finished second. The article in Pravda the next day stated that the Soviet runner finished second and the U.S.A. runner finished next-to-last.
8. Posted by William | September 4, 2004 7:12 PM |
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Posted on September 4, 2004 19:12
9. Posted by Ben Darnell | September 6, 2004 8:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
WOW, what a great site and I love the comments. We have a great Veteran Commander In Chief and lets keep him. Kerry & Edwards are "unfit for duty". If you're unfit, you stink, and they DO. I enlisted in 1958 as a Navy recruit, became a good hospital corpsman. Continuing to make the best of it I retired from the Army Reserve as a Chief Nurse in 1998. What I have to show for it would take months to tell. It did lead me to develop something while serving. You can see it at -www.marksofpride.com -Patritotism needs to be the "in thing", so let's show the Left Wingers what Americas all about, Freedom and Democracy and we share it. Support our troops all the way! Thanks
9. Posted by Ben Darnell | September 6, 2004 8:01 PM |
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Posted on September 6, 2004 20:01
10. Posted by HERRY KEN | October 17, 2004 5:07 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
GOOD
10. Posted by HERRY KEN | October 17, 2004 5:07 AM |
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Posted on October 17, 2004 05:07
11. Posted by HERRY KEN | October 17, 2004 5:07 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
GOOD
11. Posted by HERRY KEN | October 17, 2004 5:07 AM |
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Posted on October 17, 2004 05:07