DU THIS POLE!!!!

[originalpckelly]

http://www.capitalnews.org/

Do you agree with Democratic leaders that troop withdrawal from Iraq should begin by the end of the year?

Yes
70%
No
30%

Total Votes: 1035

CapitalNews is really beginning to become a hard news site. Where else would you see a pole about pulling out? Most news organizations are too focused on only one thing, explosions in Lebanon and Israel.

I don't think we can pull out soon enough. If wait to late to pull out, well there will be consequences. I can't believe some people call it cutting and running. Who cuts and runs? No really, who cut and ran? I seem to remember Nixon doing the same thing and it wasn't cutting or running, though it smelled fishy (like most things in that administration. Let's not even touch that.)

[Bill McBlueState]

1. and then, DU *this* Pole!

[DistressedAmerican]

5. Beat me too it!

:rofl:

[Bluebear]

8. Then, DU THIS pole!

[SteppingRazor]

7. Then DU THIS Pole!

[Bluebear]

12. Holy cannoli, JINX down to the header!

[rusty charly]

11. DU this pole

[originalpckelly]

29. I get it, the troops are saying "Mayday" in Iraq...very clever.

At first all these May-Poles made me wonder why people weren't taking this pole seriously, but now I get it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

31. It's the spelling silly

poll is what the OP meant to say

pole is a big stick that you hang things on

Pole is someone from Poland

[originalpckelly]

32. I think you have your understanding backwards.(nt)

[proud patriot]

2. k

[Fuzz]

3. Ah, can't wait for Festivus

[originalpckelly]

4. Is it okay if I am confused?

Why didn't you link to a pole?

[originalpckelly]

10. This reply was supposed to be a reply to reply #1....

It pisses me off when I reply in the wrong place.

[Bill McBlueState]

18. It *is* a Pole

That's Lech Walesa, founder of Solidarity and former President of Poland.

:evilgrin:

[Junkdrawer]

21. Ahem...

This is a political POLL:

http://www.capitalnews.org/

This is a political POLE:

[MisoWeaver]

33. Poll.....P-O-L-L !

P.S.

P-r-o-v-e

[Monkeyman]

6. done

[Cleita]

9. Should I dance and do a striptease?

:rofl:

Sorry I couldn't resist. Done and the yeses are ahead.

[progmom]

13. and this pole!

[Bluebear]

16. And while you are at it, please DU THIS pole.

[originalpckelly]

14. Will you all stop screwing around and just DU the pole!!!!!

Please we have to make sure people know we aren't cutting and running. AW THIS STINKS!!!

[DistressedAmerican]

17. A Quick edit would probably help.

I kid ya. But, I did DU the poll.

[originalpckelly]

22. You're nasty!!!! Talking about DUing polls...

what kind of sicko are you? HA HA, very funny play on words!

[DistressedAmerican]

35. Usually it is the other way around with "The Pole"!

:rofl:

Perv.

[babylonsister]

23. Poll, not pole, and we do have a lot of very humorous people

on DU. ;)

[obreaslan]

46. Actually, your Pole could be considered a Rod...

but I'm just splitting hairs. Or is it hares? :)

To recap:

Pole:



Pole:



Rod:


Rod:



Hair:



Hare:





P.S., I did vote too. :)

[Oilwellian]

65. Spare the pole....

spoil the child. :rofl:

[sinkingfeeling]

15. I voted, but was unable to locate ' a long, slender piece of wood'.

[originalpckelly]

20. WOW! You know history...

that is actually how the word pole came about. They used to put a notch in the end of a wooden pole to score. Now they just do it over the telephone or the internet and use computers to score.

[deaniac21]

19. DU this pole

[SidDithers]

24. K&R ...

and another:



:rofl:

(voted too, btw)

Sid

[RagingInMiami]

25. I'd rather DU this pole!

[leveymg]

26. You forgot Poland.

[originalpckelly]

30. ^^^(Picture in above post was taken after President's physical)

Bush is such a dick.

[banana republican]

54. you mean someone used a pole during his medical exam

Where did they put it???

OH NEVERMIND....

74% 26%

[originalpckelly]

27. I know this is gonna sound weird, but looking at this pole makes me happy.

Can wait until the size of the pole increases! Hopefully it won't change too much as it gets bigger.

[Kailassa]

47. My boyfriend is saying the same thing.

[biscotti]

28. Done

Yes 72%

[originalpckelly]

36. This pole is a big deal...I am glad you took it well...

the other around here just could handle it for some reason. Started posting all these strange pictures. I finally understood the Mayday picture (you know the troops are saying Mayday in Iraq.) I still am trying to figure out what the leader of the Solidarity is doing around here.

[Oceansaway]

34. .

Do you agree with Democratic leaders that troop withdrawal from Iraq should begin by the end of the year?
Yes
72%


No
28%

Total Votes: 1196

[Warren DeMontague]

37. Huh. Heh Heh Heh hehehheheheh. Huh Huh.

"Pole".

[originalpckelly]

38. The more time the pole has been up, the larger it gets, the more Yeses

it gets. GOOD!!!

[SutaUvaca]

39. My sympathies

to orginalpckelly.
Such merciless teasing reminds me of when my older brother would zap me for saying things like "ingenious rock" (instead of igneous).

Sorry, I couldn't vote "yes" to the poll. Actually didn't wanna touch it with a ten foot pole, on account of it had no option for "Yes, pull out the troops, but let's begin right now."

Start now. Tomorrow they might be deployed to Iran or God knows where.

[originalpckelly]

40. Don't be too hard on them...

for some reason they could take this pole. I guess it just felt too good having all those yeses.

[tocqueville]

41. DU this pole too !

[originalpckelly]

42. That is just plain cold.(nt)

[originalpckelly]

43. At least C-Span doesn't play around with their poles like CNN...

remember that one pole that got stuck in the Republican position?

[geardaddy]

48. I can't take it anymore!!!

"At least C-Span doesn't play around with their poles like CNN...remember that one pole that got stuck in the Republican position?"

What pole got stuck in the Republican position? And WHAT is the Republican position?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[banana republican]

55. the Republican position is on the bottom. They can only Screwup nt

[Kailassa]

50. Yes, many a pole has become stuck in a Republican pos. n/t

[OhioChick]

44. Done 73% Yes n/t

[theHandpuppet]

45. All right DUers! Assume the pole position!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om84Zc4-KcQ

[originalpckelly]

51. I love that theme song...

Who the hell would name a game that? Didn't they understand how bad it sounded?

[lpbk2713]

49. Hey, I got yer pole right here.

[Vidar]

52. done

[Kailassa]

53. K&R, as this is the funniest thread I've read all year.

I'd consider spoiling the fun and quoting from a dictionary or two.
But I doubt they'd be believed.

Well, no harm in trying, I guess ...

poll, noun.
1. The casting and registering of votes in an election.
2. The number of votes cast or recorded.
3. The place where votes are cast and registered. Often used in the plural with the.
4. A survey of the public or of a sample of public opinion to acquire information.
5. The head, especially the top of the head where hair grows.
6. The blunt or broad end of a tool such as a hammer or ax.


verb. polled, poll·ing, polls, verb transitive.
1. To receive (a given number of votes).
2. To receive or record the votes of: polling a jury.
3. To cast (a vote or ballot).
4. To question in a survey; canvass.
5. To cut off or trim (hair, horns, or wool, for example); clip.
6. To trim or cut off the hair, wool, branches, or horns of: polled the sheep; polled the trees.

(from the Middle English pol, head)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/poll

To explain, polling means counting heads.
It does not mean, and never has meant, cutting notches in a stick.

[banana republican]

56. pole

1. A long, relatively slender, generally rounded piece of wood or other material.
2. The long tapering wooden shaft extending up from the front axle of a vehicle to the collars of the animals drawing it; a tongue.
3.
1. See rod.
2. A unit of area equal to a square rod.
4. Sports. The inside position on the starting line of a racetrack: qualified in the time trials to start on the pole.


v. poled, pol·ing, poles
v. tr.

1.
1. To propel with a pole: boatmen poling barges up a placid river.
2. To propel (oneself) or make (one's way) by the use of ski poles: “We ski through the glades on corn snow, then pole our way over a long one-hour runout to a road” (Frederick Selby).
2. To support (plants) with a pole.
3. To strike, poke, or stir with a pole.


v. intr.

1. To propel a boat or raft with a pole.
2. To use ski poles to maintain or gain speed.





http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/poling

[rosesaylavee]

57. Done

Yes 74%
No 26%
Total Votes: 2075

You guys crack me up...

[El Fuego]

58. I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot pole

[diddlysquat]

59. Done

[mom cat]

60. It is now a pole on Cuba.

[YOY]

61. I love poles!

[klook]

62. I think the correct spelling is...

Poul. The new poul is not about polling troops out of Iraq, but rather about ending the embargo of Cuba. (Don't mean to cast a pall on your thread, though.)

[LostInAnomie]

63. NO WAY! I like Democratic Underground but I ain't about to...

... DU someone's pole on here.

[originalpckelly]

64. This thread has stayed alive for a while in GD...I am surprised.

But the pole is now down, officially.

[Kailassa]

66. When one pole goes down another comes up,

so us girls need never feel unwanted. :-)

[Sydnie]

67. Call Rush, I hear he has 29 pills left.

That could aid in getting it up again, couldn't it?

[cynatnite]

68. I'm addicted to DUing poles n/t