Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

A poll for every purpose

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » General Discussion Donate to DU
 
kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 10:32 AM
Original message
A poll for every purpose
How is Obama doing? We have a poll.

What is your opinion of healthcare reform? We have a poll.

What is your opinion of the economy? We have a poll.

What do you think of Sarah Palin? We have a poll.

Why have elections anymore? Our propagandists will tell us what and how we should believe. They can make shit up if they want to and they probably do.

The whole country has gone a bit overboard with these polls. That is no way to run a country or anything else, for that matter.

They are not healthy. They are dangerous to our democracy. We vote every two years for a new Congress. We should not be attempting to repeal laws already in place because we think the "majority" in a poll might believe it should be done at this moment.

The thing about polls is that they serve hidden agendas of the powerful. We should take them with a grain of salt.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 10:38 AM
Response to Original message
1. It is all in how the question is asked:
"Considering that Barack Obama was not born in this country, is a communist, fascist Muslim, how would you rate his performance?"
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 12:38 PM
Response to Reply #1
4. You gots it! nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 10:41 AM
Response to Original message
2. What is the yummiest cookies?
are oreos the yummiest?.
76% (13) yes
23% (4) no


http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/513197/results

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 10:43 AM
Response to Original message
3. Yes, no. Black, white. They make it easy to stay ignorant. nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Mon Apr 29th 2024, 11:46 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » General Discussion Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC