Archive for the 'Polls' Category

Those pesky election year market crashes

Posted by Moonage on 09 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race, Fun with Numbers, Polls

This is getting too predictable to ignore.  However, the media in general pretty much has.  See if you can follow me on this.
In 2000, we were definitely changing presidents.  It was a neck and neck race with two very politically diverse candidates running.  One was a staunch conservative Republican and the other was a wide [...]

Schoolkids and discipline

Posted by Moonage on 20 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: Political Correctness, Polls

CNN is running a survey that means something:
Should corporal punishment be banned in schools?
Yes, 44%, 61725
No, 56%, 80104
Total Votes: 141829
Now, I’m with the No’s on this one.  I come from the pre-ban days when teachers just whipped the fire out of kids.  However, it wasn’t really like a scene from The Wall.  My first introduction [...]

Kent Conrad is lying

Posted by Moonage on 18 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Ethics, Polls

Kent Conrad, DEMOCRAT from North Dakota, and Chris Dodd, DEMOCRAT from Connecticut, have been caught up in a bit of a mini-scandal.  It may get bigger, but I doubt it.  Now, both have made the same claim.  They both have have received very favorable loans from Countrywide while the rest of the country was getting [...]

The economy and the 2008 election

Posted by Moonage on 15 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race, Polls

“We’ve been down this road before. It’s the road that George Bush has taken for the last eight years,” Obama said.
And:
“The Bush economy is like a trap door — Too many people are one pink slip away, one missed mortgage payment away, one medical diagnosis away from falling through and losing everything,” Clinton said Thursday [...]

McCain - Rice?

Posted by Moonage on 04 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race, Polls

Man, there is nothing more I’d love to see this fall than a McCain/Rice ticket.  Talk about ending this race mucho prompto?  Think ahout it.

Condi would, to say the least, neuter the race issue that so far is exclusive domain of Obama.  It’s there, for sure, and will be a factor in November.  However, Hillary [...]

Can the next U.S. president improve relations with the rest of the world?

Posted by Moonage on 28 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race, International Politics, Polls

That’s the question being asked on CNN right now.  Naturally the two Democrat candidates left are battling it out over who the rest of the world will like better.  To me that’s not really much of an issue.  I’m sure they’ll like either of the two, and probably McCain as well, better.  However, that’s appropriate.  [...]

Congress condemns the UN Human Rights Council

Posted by Moonage on 26 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race, International Issues, International Politics, Polls

In the form of a resolution, Congress took a hard slap at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Basically, it goes like this.  The United Nations formed a council to look into human rights violations and do what it can to assure human rights are respected all over the globe.  With the continuing genocide in Africa, [...]

Barry Manilow takes a stand

Posted by Moonage on 18 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Fun with Numbers, Humor, Idiot of the day, Media, People, Polls

Apparently Barry Manilow decided to take a stand.  He will NOT perform on the same stage as Elisabeth Hasselbeck.  Apparently he’s afraid he will suffer the same fate as Rosie.  I find this tactic kind of strange considering he performed before Hasselbeck twice last year.  He apparently stated something to the effect he felt Hasselbeck [...]

Dennis Kucinich proves he’s nuts

Posted by Moonage on 11 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race, Polls, Shock and Awe

Congress passed a resolution establishing September 11th as a day of rememberance.  It honors those who died on September 11, 2007.  It also honors those that eventually served in Afghanistan and Iraq.  334 Congressmen voted for it.  1 voted against.  That one, was Dennis Kucinich, candidate for president.  His reasoning is this:
“It is important that [...]

Americans prefer a felon or Harry Reid?

Posted by Moonage on 12 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Fun with Numbers, Humor, Polls

Trick question I know. It’s a tie.
From Rasmussen:
Surveys of 800 Likely Voters June 4-5, 2007 and June 6-7, 2007
This Week’s Favorability Ratings

Harry Reid - 19%
Scooter Libby - 19%

Actually it’s a double-trick question. Scooter Libby’s not elected.
And, I know a lot of people would suggest it’s a triple-trick question as there is no difference [...]

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