[lbo-talk] New CBS Poll: Bad News For Kerry

Marvin Gandall marvgandall at rogers.com
Sat Sep 11 11:32:35 PDT 2004


Charles Brown wrote:


> From: Mike Ballard


> My
> guess is that the polls which are coming out showing
> Kerry behind are designed to depress the vote for a
> change in the leadership of the executive committee of
> the ruling class.
>
> ^^^^^^
> CB: I was wondering about the same thing. Most polls aren't manipulated
> because people like Doug are keeping a watch on them. But within this
> overall context, key polls at key moments can be rigged to try to
influence
> voters action, like depressing Kerry turnout by saying Bush is way ahead.
> This particular poll can be dismissed as an anomoly later.
--------------------------------- I'd be interested in a description of how you think this rigging process works -- does Karl Rove informally call up the editors of Time and Newsweek and tell them the time has come to execute Plan B? Or is there a more formal working session with the polling firms, the White House, and the media where the data is jointly manipulated?

MG



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