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A July opinion poll by Research 2000 showed that doubts about Obama's Presidential legitimacy were concentrated among Southern whites, three-quarters of …, Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:15:47 GMT+00:00
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For example, comparing and measuring the Daily Kos poll, conducted by Research 2000, against the previous poll — done with a completely different …, Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:01:10 GMT+00:00
WE'RE NOT PUTTING YOU ON EUGENE! Betw…
WE’RE NOT PUTTING YOU ON EUGENE!
Between the birthers, daily racism and xenophobia that pollutes the discourse in our great nation, I was thinking that the phrase “the inmates are running the asylum” defines the present situation best. However, it seems to obvious so I thought about what the late and brilliant play writer, Eugene Ionesco would be thinking if he were alive today. Mr Ionesco was one the brilliant writers of The Theater of the Absurd which was a best seller and was one of Broadway’s funniest plays historically when it first premiered in 1961. In a nutshell, the play focused on a culture that as “characters caught in hopeless situations forced to do repetitive or meaningless actions; dialogue full of cliches, wordplay, and nonsense; plots that are cyclical or absurdly expansive; either a parody or a dismissal of realism”. Ah, Yes, “a dismissal of realism” comes to mind when I watch the you tube at the town hall meeting in Delaware. Congressman Mike Castle, an honorable man and public servant looked horrified when a woman, who resembled the late Magna Goebells bellowed her vile accusation that Barack Obama is not an American citizen. This claim is supported as of this writing by nine members of Congress and of course America’s Racist of the airwaves, Rush Limbaugh and other advocates of hate.
Mr Ionesco if alive today would have to be thinking, “I was joking, its only a play”. But alas, this in not a joke. Apparently, the more solid evidence that is revealed, (oh something like the birth certificate), the more convinced the birthers become that they are correct. I am convinced that if there was film of Barack Obama’ birth in Honolulu, that these looney tunes would have a response refuting the evidence. Mr. Ionesco may be sad to know that his play is now a major part of our culture. To this fringe crowd, facts and critical thought is considered Un American.
METS, MOON, MY 69' SENATORS AND REDSKINS
During the hazy and lazy days of summer I feel like sharing some thoughts down memory lane. I don’t know where 40 years have gone. I remember July 1969 like it happen last week. I also remember Uncle Walter, Apollo 11, The Miracle Mets and my beloved Washington Senators (Nats) and Redskins, who were both pretty good ball clubs that season.This blog I hope will appeal to the die hard Washingtonians my age, for others well sorry, its my blog but I hope you enjoy it and maybe reflect on where you were in 1969. For you young ones, well this was my world then:
Any way, in July, 1969 my Dad had purchased our first color TV the day of the 1969 Major League Baseball All Star game which was being played at RFK stadium which was about 45 minutes away from my home. In fact, the stadium had only been named RFK for less than a two months, it was originally named DC Stadium when it open in 1961 and was named after the late Robert F. Kennedy.
I was excited to watch the game in color, my favorite player Frank Howard, known as Hondo and the best relief pitcher baseball that season and fellow teammate of Hondo’s, Darrell Knowles, who had returned from active duty in Vietnam. I remember my Dad rushed to set the TV up with the antenna, however, all for not. It poured rain that evening in DC and the game was postponed until the next afternoon. My folks who both worked missed the game, but my buddies and I all watched the game that afternoon at my house. For a 10 year old kid, I was in heaven watching Hondo hit a massive home run. What else stands out that game was Willie McCovey hit two massive shots that day and for the first time I appreciated how powerful a hitter can be in watching a left handed hitter belt a home run into the upper deck on a high inside corner fastball. The only other player I have ever saw do this was Reggie Jackson when he was with the A’s and I saw it live at RFK stadium in 1971.
It meant a lot to me then because many of my friends (God love em) were obnoxious Orioles and Yankees fans. During the school year prior to the 69 season I became excited when Ted Williams agreed to manage the Nats. My Mom a big baseball fan (Yankees Ugh!!!) herself told me that Williams will be exciting because she remembers him as a player, not just a great hitter but a temper that would make Billy Martin look like a choir boy and maybe that is what the Nats needed. So, since my Mom is always right as she still is to this day, I could not wait for the 69 season. I would mouth off that the Nats would be a wining team in 1969. Of course, my friends and foes would tease the hell out me and tell me that the Senators and I sucked period.
OK, the Orioles fans could back it up. In fact I probably watched at least 30 O’s games, knew their lineup by heart and I hated Dave McNally (he was a great guy and left us all too soon) known as McLucky, who never lost to my Senators. Interestingly enough, that season McNally began with a 15-0 record. I remember his first loss that season was to the Twins in Bloomington. My Nats were playing a night game that evening and it was raining that afternoon so I tuned into the game and I received a double treat that day, McNally lost and Earl Weaver got tossed (now that’s an f-ing surprise) before the game began. In fact, this is an Earl Weaver story that is rarely ever mentioned so here goes: When the Orioles played the Twins on Friday evening at the beginning of the three game away stand, Weaver got tossed for smoking a cigarette in the dugout. Yes, believe it or not such a rule existed back then but was rarely enforced. However, Weaver being the sweet guy that he was towards the men in blue was the perfect candidate to enforce such a rule. The next day, when McNally was going to attempt to go 16-0, Weaver, comes out for the pre game with a bubble gum cigarette and gets tossed again for being a smart ass.
My childhood friends that were Yankee fans, could not back it up, because the Yankees (I love this) SUCKED!! They really did and I had the last laugh with all of them that season. By the way, I still think the Yankees suck.
On the day the Eagle lands at the Sea of Tranquility, the Nats were playing a double header against…. the YANKEES in New York. My Nats were a few games over 500 and the Bronx Bombers were about a dozen games under 500. I remember that an unknown rookie for the Yankees by the name of Thurman Munson came into pinch hit in the second game and struck out. I liked Thurman Munson and he also left the world too soon. What I remember on this day is that my parents had the color TV on all day in the living room watching the moon landing coverage on CBS, while I watched the Nats play upstairs on our B&W TV set. My folks said that they would holler out to me when the Eagle was about to land, however, I knew when it was going to land because the game was interrupted for the coverage of the landing. I ran down stairs to watch this with my parents and my one year old sister. I remember hearing Armstrong and Houston control back and forth and then Armstrong informing the world that the Eagle has landed. My folks were smiling in amazement, the TV coverage turned back to Walter Cronkite and I remember Uncle Walter wiping his forehead with a handkerchief. I went back upstairs and the game was back on.The Nats won the game and I was able to watch them sweep the Yankees before Armstrong’s walked on the moon. I remember I stayed downstairs to watch the moon walk with my folks. I thought it would be in color but it was in B&W. My little sister was long ago asleep so it was just my folks and I who watched Neil Armstrong step off the LEM. Wow, I still get goose bumps.
The week after the moon landing my family went to Queens to visit my grandparents and other relatives. My cousin and my Uncle were Mets’ fans. Even though my Grandpa was a Yankee fan his whole life, he had become interested in Mets and the fact that the Yankees, well sucked, I think he like a lot of other New Yorkers, viewed the Mets as getting interesting. For me, I have figured out why I loved the Mets that year as well. Both the Mets and Senators in 1968 were dead last in their leagues.The Mets had never had a winning record in their brief history and the Nats had not had a winning season since the 1950’s. As far as my brief existence was concerned, I developed a love for the Mets because I saw them as the I did the Nats, both teams hate the Yankees, both teams are always being laughed at and both teams were better than the Yankees. Plus,all Mets’ games were on TV in New York. I thought that was heaven for a baseball fan. Back in 1969 there were only about 40-50 Nat games that would be televised during the season. The rest of the games one would have to listen to on the radio. With the exception of the two weeks I was in New York, I listened or watched every Nats game. My Grandpa made sure I had the sports page while visiting so that I could keep track of my Nats and Hondo’s home run totals. Hondo hit 48 homers that season (NO STEROIDS)! I watched every Mets game on TV while in New York and the ultimate treat was when my Uncle, a huge baseball fan and a hell of a coach took me and my cousin to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets play the Pirates. My Uncle had a season press pass to all Mets games because he was a local weatherman. We sat in the press box and I felt like I was the King of World. What I remember on a negative note was the violence in the stands. There was a fist fight every inning at Shea. I remember rookie Gary Gentry pitching and Ed Charles striking out with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning.The Mets lost that game and although they were 10 games in back of the Cubs, they were above 500. Tom Seaver and Cleon Jones became my favorite Mets that summer.
Finally, the summer of excitement continued with Vince Lombardi taking over as heard coach of the Washington Redskins. I was excited and my most of my obnoxious friends were Colts fans would were still getting over Broadway Joe humiliating them in Super Bowl III. I had one up on them because I was the only one who placed 50 cent to one dollar bets that the Jets would win. I also had the last laugh when the Mets humiliated the Orioles in the 69 World Series. However, that did not stop them from saying that the Redskins and I still sucked. My favorite Redskin of course was Sonny Jurgensen. Coach Lombardi made Sonny a winner and he set the foundation for the run of success this team would achieve through the 70’s and 80’s. Unfortunately, Coach Lombardi left us too soon in 1970.
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ENOUGH, LIMBAUGH HAS TO GO!
I thought long and hard about posting what I am about to on Rush Limbaugh. What has convinced me to finally post this were the recent allegations about former MLB player Lenny Dystrka’s comments on race and gays. Dykstra denies making the comments and there is no audio or you tube to either confirm or deny the allegations.
Let me make it clear that I will continue to be the same non partisan pollster as I have been for over the past 20 years when it comes to the quality of my work. If that is not good enough for our clients or prospective clients, then to hell with all of you, particularly if you feel that way after you read the list. In fact, I hope my media clients will go after this cowardly slob and take him down once and for all.
Almost two years ago, I posted my two cents about the fuss over Don Imus’ comments with regard to the Rutgers Women basketball team. His comments were indeed offensive and racist, however, the point of my post then was how amazing it was that Rush Limbaugh was still viable.Two years later, I come across ten verbatim quotes from Limbaugh which I read in the San Francisco Examiner. Each of these quotes can be confirmed by audio and you tube and worst of all Limbaugh is not ashamed of any of them! My blood is boiling as I am convinced of two facts beyond refute:
1) There is no such thing as a liberal media bias. There is a corporate bias in that if someone like Limbaugh has a daily audience of 20 million plus, no matter how xenophobic and racist, that person will get a pass not only from the corporate and national media but worse, the leadership (I use the term loosely) within the Black community. Al Sharpton has proven himself in my view to be a clown and a phoney. The Rev Al was so upset at Don Imus, yet nothing comes from his big mouth on the vile racist comments which are frequent from Limbaugh.
2) The corporate media consists of COWARDS!. Ed Murrow would be ashamed of his contemporaries today. Not only do they fail to confront this racist, they pander to him and worst of all they allow Republican law makers to pander to Limbaugh instead of confronting the law maker and asking them how they feel about the below quotes from Limbaugh and why would they want to be in the good graces of a racist?
But alas, the cowardly corporate response is, Limbaugh is an entertainer. However, based on that absurd rationale, I thought Imus and the Greaseman were also entertainers? My favorite response from these worms will of course be that, Limbaugh’s quotes are taken out of context.
The LIMBAUGH LIST:
1. I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back; I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark.
2. You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed.
3. Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?
4. Right. So you go into Darfur and you go into South Africa, you get rid of the white government there. You put sanctions on them. You stand behind Nelson Mandela — who was bankrolled by communists for a time, had the support of certain communist leaders. You go to Ethiopia. You do the same thing.
5. Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.
6. The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.
7. They’re 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?
8. Take that bone out of your nose and call me back(to an African American female caller).
9. I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They’re interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. I think there’s a little hope invested in McNabb and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he really didn’t deserve.
10. Limbaugh has called Obama a ‘halfrican American’ has said that Obama was not black but Arab because Kenya is an Arab region, even though Arabs are less than one percent of Kenya. Since mainstream America has become more accepting of African-Americans, Limbaugh has decided to play against its new racial fears, Arabs and Muslims. Despite the fact Obama graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law school, Limbaugh has called him an ‘affirmative action candidate.’ Limbaugh even has repeatedly played a song on his radio show ‘Barack the Magic Negro’ using an antiquated Jim Crow era term for black a man who many Americans are supporting for president.
Finally let me add that during the 2006 election, Limbaugh thought that Sherrod Brown was African American based on his name and he accused the Democrats in Ohio of being behind his candidacy because he was black. To this day, not a single reporter ever confronted Limbaugh about this.
Election 2008 Results vs. Research 2000 Final Polls
For the fifth consecutive election cycle, Research 2000, the Nation’s most unbiased and reliable research firm, provided their clients the most ACCURATE final national and state election polls. More…Below are selected polls against the final election results:
PRESIDENTIAL RACE:
NATIONAL (margin for error 3%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
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|
Obama |
McCain |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
51% |
46% |
3% |
|
Election Results |
52% |
46% |
2% |
FL (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel/Jacksonville Times Union
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
49% |
46% |
5% |
|
Election Results |
51% |
48% |
1% |
IL (margin for error 3.5%)
conducted for The St. Louis Post Dispatch/KMOV-TV
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
59% |
35% |
6% |
|
Election Results |
61% |
37% |
2% |
IN (margin for error 3.5%)
conducted for WISH-TV
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
48% |
47% |
5% |
|
Election Results |
50% |
49% |
1% |
IA (margin for error 4%)
conducted for KCCI-TV/KCRG-TV
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
53% |
39% |
8% |
|
Election Results |
54% |
45% |
1% |
KY (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Lexington Herald Leader
|
|
McCain |
Obama |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
56% |
39% |
5% |
|
Election Results |
57% |
41% |
2% |
ME (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
55% |
38% |
7% |
|
Election Results |
57% |
40% |
3% |
MO (margin for error 3.5%)
conducted for The St. Louis Post-Dispatch/KMOV-TV
|
|
McCain |
Obama |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
47% |
48% |
5% |
|
Election Results |
49% |
49% |
2% |
MS (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
McCain |
Obama |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
53% |
40% |
7% |
|
Election Results |
56% |
43% |
1% |
NH (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Concord Monitor
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
51% |
44% |
5% |
|
Election Results |
54% |
45% |
1% |
NJ (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Bergen Record
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
54% |
38% |
8% |
|
Election Results |
56% |
42% |
2% |
NC (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
47% |
45% |
8% |
|
Election Results |
50% |
49% |
1% |
OR (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
55% |
39% |
6% |
|
Election Results |
57% |
41% |
2% |
SC (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
McCain |
Obama |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
54% |
39% |
7% |
|
Election Results |
54% |
45% |
1% |
SD (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
McCain |
Obama |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
50% |
41% |
9% |
|
Election Results |
53% |
45% |
2% |
TN (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
McCain |
Obama |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
54% |
38% |
8% |
|
Election Results |
57% |
42% |
1% |
WI (margin for error 4%)
conducted for WISC-TV
|
|
Obama |
McCain |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
53% |
42% |
5% |
|
Election Results |
56% |
42% |
2% |
U.S. SENATE RACES:
GA (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Chambliss |
Martin |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
47% |
46% |
7% |
|
Election Results |
50% |
47% |
3% |
ID (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Risch |
LaRocco |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
57% |
34% |
9% |
|
Election Results |
58% |
34% |
8% |
IA (margin for error 4%)
conducted for KCCI-TV/KCRG-TV
|
|
Harkin |
Reed |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
57% |
37% |
6% |
|
Election Results |
63% |
37% |
|
MS (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Wicker |
Musgrove |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
51% |
44% |
5% |
|
Election Results |
55% |
45% |
|
NH (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Concord Monitor
|
|
Shaheen |
Sunnunu |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
52% |
42% |
6% |
|
Election Results |
52% |
45% |
3% |
NJ (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Bergen Record
|
|
Lautenberg |
Zimmer |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
56% |
39% |
5% |
|
Election Results |
56% |
42% |
2% |
NC (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Hagan |
Dole |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
50% |
45% |
5% |
|
Election Results |
53% |
44% |
3% |
OR (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Merkley |
Smith |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
48% |
42% |
10% |
|
Election Results |
49% |
46% |
5% |
SD (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Johnson |
Dykstra |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
57% |
35% |
8% |
|
Election Results |
63% |
37% |
|
GOVERNOR RACES:
IN (margin for error 3.5%)
conducted for WISH-TV
|
|
Daniels |
Long-Thompson |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
54% |
40% |
8% |
|
Election Results |
58% |
40% |
2% |
MO (margin for error 3.5%)
conducted for The St. Louis Post-Dispatch/KMOV-TV
|
|
Nixon |
Hulshof |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
55% |
41% |
4% |
|
Election Results |
58% |
40% |
2% |
NC (margin for error 4%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Perdue |
McCrory |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
49% |
44% |
7% |
|
Election Results |
50% |
47% |
3% |
HOUSE RACES:
AZ3 (margin for error 5%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Shadegg |
Lord |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
50% |
40% |
10% |
|
Election Results |
54% |
42% |
4% |
FL18 (margin for error 5%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Ros-Lehtinen |
Taddeo |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
55% |
37% |
10% |
|
Election Results |
58% |
42% |
|
ID1 (margin for error 5%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Minnick |
Sali |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
47% |
42% |
11% |
|
Election Results |
51% |
49% |
|
IN9 (margin for error 5%)
conducted for WISH-TV
|
|
Hill |
Sodrel |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
53% |
40% |
11% |
|
Election Results |
57% |
40% |
3% |
MO9 (margin for error 5%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Leutkemeyer |
Baker |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
47% |
42% |
11% |
|
Election Results |
50% |
47% |
3% |
NV3 (margin for error 5%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Titus |
Porter |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
47% |
45% |
8% |
|
Election Results |
48% |
42% |
10% |
NH1 (margin for error 5%)
conducted for The Concord Monitor
|
|
Shea-Porter |
Bradley |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
49% |
42% |
9% |
|
Election Results |
52% |
46% |
2% |
NJ5 (margin for error 5%)
conducted for The Daily Kos
|
|
Garrett |
Shulman |
Und/Oth |
|
Research 2000 |
47% |
40% |
13% |
|
Election Results |
56% |
42% |
2% |
National polls: Obama over 50 percent
A recent Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll (Oct. 28-29) showed McCain ahead 47 to 46 percent. The week earlier, the same survey showed the two candidates tied. … (MLive.com, MI – Nov 4, 2008)
Research 2000 poll: Merkley 48, Smith 42
The poll, conducted by Research 2000, says Merkley has 48 percent of voters backing him, while Smith has 42 percent. Five percent of voters said they were … (PolitickerOR, Oregon – Nov 1, 2008)
Alaska Turnout, Results Raise Questions
Pollster Del Ali of the Maryland firm Research 2000, which tracked the House and Senate races in Alaska, said he was “not happy” how the races — and dead … (Washington Post, United States – Nov 6, 2008)
New Research 2000 Poll: Seals 49%, Kirk 43%
by Josh Kalven on October 24, 2008 – 3:07pm In a poll commissioned by Daily Kos and conducted October 20-22, Research 2000 found 10th District Democratic … (Progress Illinois, IL – Oct 24, 2008)
