MSNBC: Was Giuliani's Speech Wonderful or Magnificent?

[MrBenchley]

Check out the utterly disgusting Question of the Day on their website...

"Did Rudy Giuliani's speech reassure you or move you to support the Bush-Cheney ticket?"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434/

And neither "no" or "kiss my ass" is an answer option....I'll bet Pravda under Stalin ran more honest opinion polls...

[CO Liberal]

1. The Poll Equivalent to "Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife? - Yes of No"

Morans.....

[MrBenchley]

4. The thing is...

to be effective, this stuff has to be subtle...when it's this blatant, it backfires.

[skypilot]

2. I just heard...

...a snippet from his speech on AirAmerica. He claimed that on 9/11 as "the flames of hell" were pouring from the WTC, he grabbed the police commissioner--or someone--by the arm and said, "Thank God George Bush is president". Utter bullshit!!!!

[ladjf]

6. That can't be true. Nobody is that stupid.

[jjmalonejr]

7. I heard him say that, too.

I don't believe that for a second. What a total liar!

[skypilot]

10. What the fuck had George Bush done...

...up to that point that would cause anyone to feel reassured by the fact that he was our president during a crisis. I mean, we all know what the chimp was doing at the very moment the "flames of hell" were burning. Oh yeah, I feel so safe. :eyes:

[jeanmarc]

21. Later that day, Giuliani was saying....

...WHERE THE FUCK IS GEORGE BUSH?!!!!

[BrotherBuzz]

9. I also heard him say that we got rid of the Taliban

So, just who set that damn bomb off in Afghanistan the other day?

[skypilot]

12. Saddam loyalist, maybe???

:beer: (Drinking the Koolade)

[BrotherBuzz]

15. That's the ticket! LOL

Just how muddy can these waters get?

[MrBenchley]

13. Funny he didn't mention that ON 9/11

when the reporters kept asking him if he'd heard from pResident Fucknut and he kept saying "No, I haven't."

[PatriotGames]

17. I want to puke. n/t

[elperromagico]

3. Oh, that's really effin' cute. And at the top of the page:

"Trippi: Violent protests will only help Pres. Bush"

What violent protests? I must have missed something...

[MrBenchley]

14. I think they mean these protests....

Oh, wait, these are by right wing shitheads all around the country...

"Parents of a newborn were erroneously targeted Wednesday by about 50 abortion protesters who raised posters of mutilated fetuses and called "Evil dwells here" through a bullhorn.
The problem is they had the wrong house, said Tricia Lehra, who was on the receiving end. The group apparently thought Lehra's Washington Road home belonged to a doctor who performs abortions. Lehra, who has a 2-month-old daughter, is a Shenendehowa Central Schools counselor; her husband, August, is an electrical engineer.
The target of the misplaced protest was a neighbor, Paul Drisgula, an executive of Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson.
"I feel terrorized," said Lehra, who was not home when the group arrived. Still, later that evening two teens bicycled past her house and screamed "No abortion," she said.
The 90-minute parade angered some neighbors on the quiet, maple-lined street, drawing them to the sidewalks at around 2:30 p.m.
"I heard them yelling, 'A murderer lives on your street,' " said Brian Whitter, who lives up the block from the Lehras and was getting ready for work when he saw the parade shortly after 2 p.m. "They were shouting about homosexuals. It was really offensive." "

http://www.timesunion.com/aspstories/story.asp?storyID=277855

AND

"BOSTON (Reuters) - An explosion that blew out a number of windows at a Boston-area laboratory specializing in stem-cell research was caused by a pipe bomb, local police said on Friday.
No one was wounded in Thursday's early morning blast at Watertown, Massachusetts-based Amaranth Bio, which says on its Web site its technology is focused on organ regeneration and that it is working on cures for diabetes and liver disorders.
In a statement, Watertown police confirmed the explosion was the result of a pipe bomb and said they believe someone broke into the facility. No arrests have been made, police said. "

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040827/us_nm/crime_stemcell_dc

[RobertSeattle]

5. Sound like Media Matter Material!

[Gothmog]

8. I sent an e-mail letting MSNBC know what a bad poll this was

I was very offended by the wording of this poll. Yes, it is a wife beater type question.

[MrBenchley]

16. Me too....

Hope they get a shitload of them...

[cmf]

11. Bu-bu-but the media is liberal!

I can't believe this bs.

[jackstraw45]

18. HERE - Contact info

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x687751

Title: Executive Editor - Campaign Coverage
Department: Headquarters
E-mail: [e-mail]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Address: 1 MSNBC Plz, Secaucus, NJ 07094

This is "media" behavior below even CNN or FAUX....

[ComerPerro]

19. Woah, they changed it

[MrBenchley]

20. MSNBC Management: Dishonest or Really Stupid?

55% NO.

[mbali]

23. Nice job, everyone!!!

Now let's all vote NO!

[Gothmog]

22. Here is the e-mail that I sent to MSNBC

I was highly offended by the question of the day. Back in law school, such questions were called wife beater questions because the question assumes a fact that is in dispute. The only way that such question makes sense is that the author assumes that everyone was in love with Rudy’s speech. Believe it or not, many people were not impressed with Rudy’s speech last night and a large number were actually offended by this speech.

On your network last night, DeeDee Myers hit it on the head last night by observing that Rudy’s comments were offensive in that you can be a supporter of Senator Kerry and opposed to Pres. Bush and still be against terrorism. I am firmly against terrorism and still support Senator Kerry. There is ample evidence (such as the testimony of Richard Clarke) that the Bush administration has done a horrible job of fighting terrorism. The Iraq adventure has not stop terrorism but has provided Bin Laden with a valuable area to recruit future terrorists.

Your question of the day was offensive and shows an incredible bias toward the GOP position. The wording of this question is the type of wording that I would expect from Fox News and not from MSNBC.

I urge you to remove this question and to issue a formal apology for the arrogance behind the wording of such question.