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To: Sully- who wrote (5549)	10/6/2004 12:30:10 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

HEY, WHEN 90 PERCENT SAY EDWARDS WON, CAN WE IGNORE THE ONLINE POLLS? Kerry Spot [10/05 11:25 PM] The online polls, I understand, are being effectively overspammed by DNC spam orcs. Kerry Spot readers looks as if some fairly sophisticated bots have been set up to take control of the post-debate online polls. Pro-Edwards numbers jumping by tens of thousands in seconds, that kind of thing. These online polls are silly, and these results prove it. PS: If you're new to Kerry Spot, here are two of my debate assessments that I'm pleased with, and people seem to like: This was the single most devastating one-sided drubbing since Lloyd Bentsen smacked Dan Quayle all around the stage in 1988. If I ever need to sue somebody, I’ll call John Edwards. If I ever need somebody killed - like, you know, terrorists trying to kill my family - I’ll call Dick Cheney. Cheney is hitting a very soft pinata, defending doctors and attacking lawyers on medical malpractice. UPDATE: The Bush campaign must be happy - they have a bunch of quotes to distribute to reporters: ABC News' Poll Shows 43 percent think Vice President Cheney won debate, only 35 percent think Edwards won. (ABC's "Special Coverage," 10/5/04) (sorry for the excessive capitalization, folks) NBC's Tom Brokaw: "Dick Cheney Reminded Me Of George Foreman, Kind Of A Slow Gait, But A Powerful Right-Hand When He Unleashed It In A Number Of Areas As He Went After The Kerry-Edwards Ticket." (NBC's "Special Coverage," 10/5/04) MSNBC's Ron Reagan: "This Time, I Think The Chattering Classes, And I Include All Of Us Among Them, Will Come Out On The Side Of There Was A Stature Gap There, And It Was To Cheney's Advantage." (MSNBC's "Hardball," 10/5/04) MSNBC's Chris Matthews Calls The Debate Between Vice President Cheney The "Howitzer" And Senator John Edwards The "Water Pistol." (MSNBC's "Hardball," 10/05/04) MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell: "I Think Dick Cheney Did Awfully Well, At, First Of All, Putting John Edwards In His Place. Saying That I Have Been Presiding Over The Senate, And I Didn't Meet You Until Tonight. Talking About His Not Having Been On The Job Was Pretty Devastating." (MSNBC's "Hardball," 10/5/04) MSNBC's Joe Scarborough: "I Tell You, Tonight, No Doubt About It, Edwards Got Obliterated By Dick Cheney. This Is The Most Surprising Part. This Debate Actually Turned In Cheney's Direction When They Started Talking About Domestic Issues. I Thought Cheney Handled The Foreign Policy Issues Very Well." (MSNBC's "Hardball," 10/5/04) nationalreview.com

To: Sully- who wrote (5549)	10/6/2004 12:36:41 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

SPINNING THE DNC SPIN EFFORTS Kerry Spot [10/05 04:18 PM] Unsurprisingly, the DNC is at it again, sending e-mails to supporters, urging them to flood online polls, e-mailboxes, and newspaper editors with messages declaring Edwards the winner of tonight's debate. If the past is any example, these geniuses have already begun pelting papers and web sites with this spin-spam. One Kerry Spot reader came up with an interesting jujitsu counter-move: Nothing. Let the DNC win the online polls and the e-mail wars. What will happen when MSNBC or CNN go to discuss the instant results of their online poll... and learn that 99 percent of viewers thought Edwards won? The Washington Post and even Richard Roeper reacted skeptically when they recieved hundreds of e-mails, gushing about Kerry's stirring victory, before the debate was over. A truly nefarious saboteur might start sending those e-mails to the DNC's mailing list now. Something like, "Edwards beat Cheney in the greatestest super-duper debate rout EVER! Kerry's victory is assured! Finally, on that glorious day, the Democratic Party will have its revenge, and we can finally round up those no-good evil Republicans and conservatives, and force them into re-education camps, and do away with those who oppose the NEW ORDER..." But that would be wrong. And I wouldn't do that. COUGHpajamahadeenfindemaillisthereCOUGH! UPDATE: Arrrrrgh. The Bush campaign is now doing this too. Stop it! Spin spam isn't good for anyone! UPDATE, AGAIN: Kerry Spot reader Jeremy has apparently already heard back from an Ohio paper. The Ohio paper's profanity-laden response: You ***** moron. You're supposed to send out your dumb* spin letters after the debate — not four hours before it starts. All you do is ** editors off with this . Do you understand how many of these things we get? Do you understand how easy they are to spot? I'm a life-long Democrat, but I'm so embarrassed by how dumb the minions of my party are. You guys are less street smart than those guys named Scooter who work for Bush. No wonder we keep getting our *** kicked. I have to wipe the tears of laughter away. nationalreview.com