Guys,
Is this the toe sucking Dick Morris? This appears to be an opportunity for these people to double dip. One - he gets paid by the advertisers. 2 - He gets you to feed him poling data without even dropping a dime.
It would be a revolutionary tactic to fuck up his data by always giving him the wrong opinions and answers to his questions.
Fold, spindle, and mutilate,
Joshua2
Bard wrote:
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> http://www.vote.com/
>
> WHAT IS VOTE.COM?
>
> Vote.com is a fully interactive web site designed to give Internet users a
> voice on important public issues and other topics. The Internet is filled
> with chances for us to listen and read. This site gives us a chance to speak
> out and to be heard. When you vote on a topic listed on our site, we'll send
> an immediate e-mail to significant decision makers like your congressional
> representative, your Senators, and the President telling them how you feel.
>
> When the polls close, we will send each a tally of the votes in his
> district. Then, when your congressional representative votes on the issue,
> we will e-mail you to tell you how he or she voted. Right before election
> day, we'll send you a report card listing how they voted on all the topics
> you voted on -- so you can see if they agree with you.
>
> WHO IS BEHIND VOTE.COM?
>
> Dick Morris and his wife Eileen McGann. The funding for the site comes from
> Dick Scruggs and Steve Bozeman, two of the nation's leading anti-tobacco
> lawyers.
>
> WHY DID THEY SET IT UP?
>
> Morris' entire career has been in polling -- finding out what voters think.
> Now he and his wife want to set up a way for voters to speak out. Morris
> says, "I trust the voters a whole lot more than the politicians. I guess I
> know the politicians too well."
>
> IS IT FREE?
>
> Absolutely. We get our money from advertisers on the site.
>
> IS IT LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE?
>
> Neither. It's a ballot box. And it's not Democrat or Republican either. It
> has no point of view. It wants to bring your point of view to the attention
> of those in power.
>
> WHAT IS THE FIFTH ESTATE?
>
> That's an online magazine published on our site. It is irreverent, probing
> and investigative. It will publish stories that will make news and shake
> things up. Edmund Burke, a British statesman, called journalism the Fourth
> Estate during the French Revolution. We think the Internet is replacing the
> media, so we call it the Fifth Estate. (The other three Estates were in the
> French parliament under the king -- the first was the clergy, the second was
> the nobility, and the third was the merchant class).
>
> ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS POLITICAL?
>
> No way. We will get your opinions on who should be in the Hall of Fame and
> e-mail it to the sportswriter's committee. We'll ask you who should win the
> Oscars and e-mail the results to the group that makes the decision.
>
> IS MY VOTE SECRET?
>
> You bet. The computer knows how you vote, but we don't. Your vote is
> encrypted so that even the staff people at Vote.com cannot access that
> information.
>
> WHAT IS VOTE.COM?
>
> Vote.com is a fully interactive web site designed to give Internet users a
> voice on important public issues and other topics. The Internet is filled
> with chances for us to listen and read. This site gives us a chance to speak
> out and to be heard. When you vote on a topic listed on our site, we'll send
> an immediate e-mail to significant decision makers like your congressional
> representative, your Senators, and the President telling them how you feel.
>
> When the polls close, we will send each a tally of the votes in his
> district. Then, when your congressional representative votes on the issue,
> we will e-mail you to tell you how he or she voted. Right before election
> day, we'll send you a report card listing how they voted on all the topics
> you voted on -- so you can see if they agree with you.
>
> WHO IS BEHIND VOTE.COM?
>
> Dick Morris and his wife Eileen McGann. The funding for the site comes from
> Dick Scruggs and Steve Bozeman, two of the nation's leading anti-tobacco
> lawyers.
>
> WHY DID THEY SET IT UP?
>
> Morris' entire career has been in polling -- finding out what voters think.
> Now he and his wife want to set up a way for voters to speak out. Morris
> says, "I trust the voters a whole lot more than the politicians. I guess I
> know the politicians too well."
>
> IS IT FREE?
>
> Absolutely. We get our money from advertisers on the site.
>
> IS IT LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE?
>
> Neither. It's a ballot box. And it's not Democrat or Republican either. It
> has no point of view. It wants to bring your point of view to the attention
> of those in power.
>
> WHAT IS THE FIFTH ESTATE?
>
> That's an online magazine published on our site. It is irreverent, probing
> and investigative. It will publish stories that will make news and shake
> things up. Edmund Burke, a British statesman, called journalism the Fourth
> Estate during the French Revolution. We think the Internet is replacing the
> media, so we call it the Fifth Estate. (The other three Estates were in the
> French parliament under the king -- the first was the clergy, the second was
> the nobility, and the third was the merchant class).
>
> ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS POLITICAL?
>
> No way. We will get your opinions on who should be in the Hall of Fame and
> e-mail it to the sportswriter's committee. We'll ask you who should win the
> Oscars and e-mail the results to the group that makes the decision.
>
> IS MY VOTE SECRET?
>
> You bet. The computer knows how you vote, but we don't. Your vote is
> encrypted so that even the staff people at Vote.com cannot access that
> information.
>
> WILL I GET A LOT OF SPAM MAIL?
>
> Nope. We will tell you about referenda you might find interesting (based on
> the ones you have already voted in). And, if you tell us, we won't send you
> anything.
>
> HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU EXPECT TO PARTICIPATE?
>
> Hopefully, millions of people will want to vote. It will give us all a
> chance to be heard so our voice gets loud enough to drown out the special
> interests that run Congress.
>
> WHAT IS THE BOOK, VOTE.COM?
>
> Its a book Dick Morris wrote about how the Internet is taking over politics.
> It will be sold in bookstores and on the Vote.com site. It says that the
> Internet is taking the place of television in politics, that money will
> matter less and less because the Internet is free, and that special
> interests are losing their grip over Congress.
>
> WHO ARE DICK MORRIS, EILEEN McGANN, DICK SCRUGGS AND STEVE BOZEMAN?
>
> Dick Morris, the President of Vote.com, was President Clinton's chief
> strategist and advisor in the 1996 campaign. He has handled the campaigns of
> a large number of American politicians including Trent Lott, William Weld,
> Pete Wilson and a whole lot of others. He's now a commentator on the Fox
> News Channel and writes a weekly column in the New York Post. He has written
> three recent books: Behind the Oval Office, The New Prince, and Vote.com.
>
> Eileen McGann, Morris' wife, is an attorney and former public interest
> lobbyist. She serves as the CEO of Vote.com.
>
> Dick Scruggs and Steve Bozeman are Vice Presidents and partners in Vote.com.
> They were the pioneers of the anti-tobacco litigation. They represented the
> states of Mississippi, Texas, Florida and a number of others in their
> lawsuit against the tobacco companies. They negotiated the settlement where
> big tobacco had to shell out over $200 billion. They also represented
> Jeffrey Wigand, the whistle blower who is the hero of a new movie, The
> Insider.
>
> WHO ELSE IS INVOLVED?
>
> Frances Cerra Whittelsey is Editor of the magazine, the Fifth Estate. She is
> an award-winning former consumer reporter for The New York Times and
> Newsday. She wrote the book, "Women Pay More," about gender-based pricing,
> at the request of Ralph Nader. She and Fifth Estate Senior Editor, Kathy
> Jones, created the ground-breaking SIS web site, the first and only
> non-profit, ad-free web site devoted to women consumers.
>
> Joel Morton is formerly with Fox News Channel and is Vice President in
> charge of Voting Operations.
>
> Miguel Sal is from Bologna, Italy, and is the Creative Director for
> Vote.com.
>
> Paul McGann is in charge of operations.
>
> Environments.com and SenseNet helped design and build the site. GTE is our
> server.
>
> HOW CAN I CONTACT VOTE.COM?
>
> E-mail us at comments at vote.com.
>
> Ban Handgun Sales to Kids Under 21?
>
> Should patients be able to sue HMOs?
>
> Protect Gays from Hate Crimes?
>
> Vouchers for Schools?
>
> http://www.vote.com/
>
> Bard
>
> We don't need a 3rd party; we need a 2nd Party.
>
> The DNC and the GOP defined:
> Two wings of the same bird of prey,
> The National Socialist DemocRatic Republican Party.
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