[Ads-l] dark poll

[Jonathan Lighter]

According to the T, a "dark poll" isn't just wrong. It's intentionally
fraudulent.

JL

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sure -- all the wrong ones.
>
> There have always been accusations against polling organizations that they
> are biased, either intentionally or not. Didn't the Goldwater campaign
> accuse the Gallup organization of being a "propaganda machine"? (Didn't the
> Gallup organization predict Romney the victor over Obama?)
>
> DanG
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 6:41 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Have we any proof that "they" call "them" "dark polls"?
> >
> > That seems like a very strange concept for any polling organization. The
> > "dark polls" that the T---p alluded to were polls from prominent,
> reputable
> > sources indicating he's behind.
> >
> > Can anyone cite some actual, phony "dark polls" in the United States?
> >
> > JL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Berson at att.net <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> >
> > > One Tweet, according to Rachel Maddow just now, has "the the Trump."
> > >
> > >
> > > I am reminded of that other sociopath, Zippy the Pinhead's "Mr. The
> > Toad."
> > >
> > >
> > > If I have his name right.
> > >
> > >
> > > Joel
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone
> > >
> > > ------ Original message------
> > > *From: *Jonathan Lighter
> > > *Date: *Mon, Oct 24, 2016 5:48 PM
> > > *To: *ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU;
> > > *Subject:*[ADS-L] dark poll
> > >
> > > T---p (or, as he now styles himself, "t
> > >
> > > "the T---p"):
> > >
> > > "They call them 'dark polls.'
> > >
> > >  They are phony polls put out
> > >
> > >  by phonymedia...to suppress
> > >
> > > the vote."
> > >
> > > JL-- "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle
> the
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