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| Death Threats Sent to Pollster |
| 2008-10-25 |
| After releasing this morning’s numbers showing McCain ahead in Ohio and Florida, the Strategic Vision polling company received several death threats through the contact e-mail on the company’s web site. David Johnson, the CEO of Strategic Vision, shared the messages with National Review Online. One of the messages stated: My goodness, your polls stinks. There are 3 polls that have Obama by double digits and only yours has Obama down. WOW!. How come your poll is the only one giving Palin high favor ratings? I think you nee dto be careful tonight when you get in your car and might want to check underneath your car. SCRAP YOUR IDIOTIC POLLS OR ELSE! Another stated: A poll that gave Sarah Palin and Barack Obama the same favorability rating is wrong off the bat. Be careful going outside tonight because you might not see tomorrow. A third message stated: Why would your presidential election poll results be so drastically different from every other reputable poll taken over the same time period? Are they that dumb or are you guys that smart? Smart guys wind up dead. The company has contacted the FBI and appropriate authorities, Johnson said. There was, thankfully, nothing in the messages that indicated that the sender had actually sought out the location of the company or its employees. Johnson noted that while the messages came from different addresses, they all came within a short period of time, and that it was possible they were from the same person. Johnson said he’s not fearful, but taking appropriate measures. “It’s probably just a bunch of nut cases, but this is first time we’ve ever experienced something like this,” Johnson said. “It’s highly, highly unusual. We get messages in the vein of 'your numbers are wrong, the other guy's numbers are right' all the time. But this has never happened before.” |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #9 Those words were written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer just days before he was executed by the Nazis for his complicity in the plot to assassinate Hitler. Surrounded by evil of a terrifying degree, with genocide as his environment and torture as his companion in word dark, dark, dark and with despair and good reason for it, Dietrich Bonhoeffer could sing: By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered, and confidently waiting come what may, we know that God is with us night and morning, and never fails to greet us each new day. Yet is this heart by its old foe tormented, still evil days bring burdens hard to bear; Oh, give our frightened souls the sure salvation for which, O Lord, you taught us to prepare. And when this cup you give is filled to brimming with bitter suffering, hard to understand, we take it thankfully and without trembling, out of so good and so beloved a hand. Yet when again in this same world you give us the joy we had, the brightness of your Sun, we shall remember all the days we lived through, and our whole life shall then be yours alone. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-10-25 15:05 |
| #8 Uncle Phester, if the One wins, there will be no need for elections either. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2008-10-25 14:46 |
| #7 On the bright side, if The Messiah (TM) wins, there will be no more need for polls..... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2008-10-25 13:27 |
| #6 I've been keeping an informal count of the number of incidents involving shooting. So far, I've found two. One against a man with a McCain-Palin sign in his yard. The other against a McCain-Pallin campaign bus in N. M. Whodda thunk? With all that right-wing wacko racist rage out there you'd think that they would pop off a few rounds from their vast right-wing armaments. Instead, the few incidents we have seem to come from peace-loving, gun-hating Lefties. Hard to figure. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-10-25 11:39 |
| #5 Thought crime. Obviously, they must be killed. How dare they give the ONE behind? |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-10-25 10:12 |
| #4 Bring it. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-10-25 09:49 |
| #3 Thought crime. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-10-25 09:44 |
| #2 In highly polarized and charged political enviroment... civil wars can occur. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-10-25 09:06 |
| #1 Johnson said he's not fearful, but taking appropriate measures. As should we all. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-10-25 06:52 |