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snowbird42 Donating Member (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 09:47 AM
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GOPUSA poll
http://www.gopusa.com/activist/pollvault/



Found this poll this morning and voted.This was the result.

As President Bush puts forward a new budget, which area should be cut first in order to help reduce the deficit?

Social programs such as food stamps and public housing — 5%

Medicaid and public health programs — 0%

Education — 1%

Farm subsidies — 4%

Foreign Aid — 14%

Homeland Security — 18%

Defense / Military — 22%

War in Iraq — 31%

Total Votes: 8460

Results when I took the poll.


When I went back the results are now.

Social programs such as food stamps and public housing — 20%

Medicaid and public health programs — 2%

Education — 6%

Farm subsidies — 16%

Foreign Aid — 50%

Homeland Security — 1%

Defense / Military — 0%

War in Iraq — 1%

Total Votes: 2416


what a difference five minutes makes. Great poll huh?
I guess they didnt like the results
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atommom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 09:48 AM
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1. Whaddaya know? A self-freeping poll!
Edited on Fri Feb-11-05 09:49 AM by atommom
Losers.

eta that "war in Iraq" is now up to 3%. Woo-hoo!
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 09:48 AM
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2. They deleted about 6,000 votes
Just practicing for the 2006 midterms, I'd imagine.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 09:49 AM
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3. Wait a second...
I've seen this somewhere before... Hmm...

I'VE GOT IT! The 2004 election.

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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 09:51 AM
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4. Can't trust the exit polls.
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paineinthearse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 09:53 AM
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5. Excellent find! Let's keep tracking this over time.
Looks like it's being run by Harris and Blackwell, with software by Diebold.

:wtf:
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 09:53 AM
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6. The number of votes went down
in the update. Seems they removed almost all the homeland security, defense and Iraq votes
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 09:53 AM
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7. Eliminating Foreign Aid? That's Barely A Drop In The Bucket. More Like
a bead of condensation.

We give next to nothing in foreign aid.
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 10:02 AM
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13. Yes, shows the utter stupidity of the poll creators and respondents
Cutting ALL of the US's foreign aid wouldn't even come close to balancing the budget. The morons should look at military spending (including Iraq) as a percentage of total spending if they want to find a clue as to where there's room to cut.
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Mr_Spock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 10:10 AM
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14. I know - it's a classic red herring to throw the moron REPUKES
They are so retarded. Even worse, the results were manipulated by those lying bastards - AMAZING!!!
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 10:19 AM
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18. Correct me if I'm wrong...
A lot of people think foreign aid is nothing more than lump $um$ given to foreign governments; like a check for several million dollars. What they don't realize is that much of the foreign aid the United States gives to other countries are tangible items, such as farm commodities. The dollar amount reflects the size of that aide.

So when someone advocates the elimination of "foreign aide," they're also cutting off a potential market for other Americans, such as farmers.
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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 09:57 AM
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8. Tax Cuts for the Rich?
I guess they forgot to include that one.
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Maraya1969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 10:01 AM
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11. Exactly what I was thinking
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Southern Dem 2005 Donating Member (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 10:00 AM
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9. My problem is that
5% of the people at ANY point in time thought we should cut aid for public housing or food stamps. That should have been 0%. Although I know some people who think cutting social programs so that you can also cut taxes on the rich is a good idea. They are pretty much greedy bastards.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 10:00 AM
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10. I wrote a letter and asked them where 6044 votes went.
I sent your results.
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Mr_Spock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 10:12 AM
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15. I sent the results as well and asked who they were lying to?
They're just fooling themselves. There time is coming - and sooner than they might think - as usual. People really don't like these ass holes - they just need to be woken up.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 10:01 AM
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12. LBN
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 10:13 AM
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16. They rigged it totally...
I think the administrators of the website directly messed with the poll.
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Snotcicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 10:15 AM
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17. You must have been voter 6044 n/t haha
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 10:39 AM
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19. The US basically gives no "foreign aid", cutting it won't help.
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