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Thread #66455   Message #1106623
Posted By: GUEST,Frank Hamilton
01-Feb-04 - 02:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: Kerry nails New Hampshire
Subject: RE: BS: Kerry nails New Hampshire
Hi Nerd,....more.

You say that Zogby said, "the people of New Hampshire have decided to select a possible president rather than send an angry message."

I don't see anything wrong with this. This election year
has been fueled by anger and although it galvanizes in the
short run, in the long run it dissapates into smoldering
frustration and solves nothing.

You say,

"So as you can see, there are many questions about the results in Iowa and New Hampshire. Now Dean has essentially conceded the Feb 3rd states in an attempt to take Feb 7, 17, and March 3 states which have a much greater delegate count. Remember what I said above: Dean is STILL the front runner in the delegate count, and that's what matters in the end."

Maybe or maybe not. There are many conspiracy theories about why
candidates win or lose but unless there is proof that is
conclusive, they remain just that.

BTW, "Momentum" as a concept pisses me off, because it is another way........

I believe we need Democrats to stop being pissed off at each other.
Again, it's shooting ourselves in the foot.

" I think a pollster should be strictly impartial, but that's not the way it works with the Washington Political and Media elite."

And it hasn't been that way for a long time. Polls....well are like statistics and you remember what Disraeli had to say about that...
"There are lies, damned lies and statistics." I add polls.

I agree with you however that the conglomerates have taken over
the news media. I watch BBC news and listen to Pacifica news
on NPR. The rest I take with a huge grain of salt.


I agree also with you about the meddling of focus groups and polls.
I think that the man that the people want is the way to go.

Well instead of candidates yapping at each other's heels like dogs,
it would be better for them to forget manufactured umbrances
and concentrate on the messages they are delivering. And spare
us the technical running of a campaign.

Frank