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23596 [lbo-talk] meat for 9/11 conspiracists -- rank: 1000

<http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=855> On the eve of a Republican National Convention invoking 9/11 symbols, sound bytes and imagery, half (49.3%) of New York City residents and 41% of New York citizens overall say that some of our leaders "knew in advance that attacks were planned on or around September 11, 2001, and that they consciously failed to act," according to the poll conducted by Zogby International. The poll of New York residents was conducted from Tuesday Aug ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Aug 31 07:19:21 PDT 2004

23597 [lbo-talk] MM on RNC -- rank: 1000

USA Today - August 31, 2004 The GOP doesn't reflect America Michael Moore, Filmmaker NEW YORK - Welcome, Republicans. You're proud Americans who love your country. In your own way, you want to make this country a better place. Whatever our differences, you should be commended for that. But what's all this talk about New York being enemy territory? Nothing could be further from the truth. We New Yorkers love Republicans. We have a Republican mayor and governor, a death penalty and two nuclear pla ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Aug 31 07:12:56 PDT 2004

23598 [lbo-talk] polling complications -- rank: 1000

Interesting thread on the AAPOR website: there's some anxiety that presidential polling this year is seriously problematic. Phone polls undersample young people (18-35 - esp those who don't live with older family members), nonwhite people, and men. The first two of those groups are quite pro-Kerry; the last, pro-Bush. You can partly correct for the undersampling with statistical technique, but obviously the bigger the adjustment, the greater the likelihood of error. So polls could be significant ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Aug 31 06:52:05 PDT 2004

23599 [lbo-talk] packin' -- rank: 1000

[from National Journal's convention daily] QUOTED "It would have been easier to go to a more Republican city, but it's not a bad thing to have disagreements. The other thing protesters need to remember is that we're Republicans. We pack." -- Colorado Delegate Kendal Unruh, dismissing concerns about unpleasant run-ins with convention interlopers.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Aug 31 06:24:54 PDT 2004

23600 [lbo-talk] biz ethics/slavery/groups/constitutional -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >I really can't see liberal bourgeois democracies surviving; the question >is only what will replace them. You agree with Slavoj Zizek! <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Zizek.html> [...] The first problem: the idea was, "Let's bring democracy to Iraq." A couple of simple facts have to be mentioned here. First, for simple geopolitical strategic interests, the U.S. cannot afford democracy in the Middle East now. And I'm not playing any Marxist games abou ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 30 15:34:40 PDT 2004

23601 [lbo-talk] pollster wonders? -- rank: 1000

Michael Perelman wrote: >I thought that they were run by a right wing outfit with connections to the >opposition. They were supervised by Penn & Schoen, which has been a reputable (Democratic-leaning) polling outfit (though not a member of AAPOR, and therefore not pledged to abide by its code of conduct <http://www.aapor.org/default.asp?page=survey_methods/standards_and_best_practices/code_for_professional_ethics_and_practices>. But the opposition group did most of the work. They ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 30 15:05:36 PDT 2004

23602 [lbo-talk] pollster wonders? -- rank: 1000

srobin21 at comcast.net wrote: > Well they recently did just that in Venezuela. See the U.K. >Independent's story about Chavez losing based on polling data. The mighty AAPOR is investigating the Venez exit polls. I'll report - you decide. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 30 14:33:35 PDT 2004

23603 [lbo-talk] Teixeira: Swift Boat campaign is a disaster for Repugs -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> > Independent voters sided with Kerry 5 to 1. >> >>But even if the strategy only convinces, say, 1 out of 5, it's a net gain. > >How you figure? If Bush doesn't get more than 20% of the >indendents, he's sunk. That would be a historical low for an >incumbent. Perhaps my wording was too telegraphic. If it convinces more people than it alienates - not an impossibility - then it's a net ga ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 30 14:22:33 PDT 2004

23604 [lbo-talk] parties to crash -- rank: 1000

At 3:55 PM -0400 8/30/04, conventions at alerts.nationaljournal.com wrote: >EVENTS >Squeeze 'Em In Before The Speeches >Tonight's big speakers include Giuliani and John McCain, but plenty >of schmoozing can be had before the gavel: >-- Karl Rove parties with the College Republicans at Windfall Bar >and Grill (23 W. 39th St., 5 p.m.) >-- Grover Norquist hails pols who've signed his tax pledge at the >New York Yacht Club (5 p.m.) >-- Ed Gillespie is the guest of honor at ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 30 13:39:27 PDT 2004

23605 [lbo-talk] union-busters press release -- rank: 1000

[formatting errors all (sic)] Media Advisory National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation For Release: August 30, 2004 Contact: Justin Hakes (703) 770-3317 Looking for hot issues as you prepare your Labor Day coverage? Springfield, VA (August 30, 2004) - Spokesmen from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (a non-profit, charitable organization that provides free legal aid to victims of compulsory unionism abuse) are available for comment and interviews on and around Labor Day r ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 30 13:36:33 PDT 2004

23606 [lbo-talk] pollster wonders? -- rank: 1000

[a post to AAPOR's listserv] Does anyone else get the feeling that the polling biz is about to pull another Literary Digest? I don't do election polling, and I don't know what statistical techniques various firms are using, but I wonder if the polling outfits aren't falling prey to big time coverage error, seriously undercounting Kerry supporters. Huge numbers of new voters are being registered each week (and are thus not included in the polls we see), more and more younger voters have only cel ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 30 13:35:06 PDT 2004

23607 [lbo-talk] Michael Moore & the RNC -- rank: 1000

B. quoted: >The White House was so >concerned that the Republicans be gracious guests that >it issued a stern warning to administration officials >attending the convention not to misbehave at cocktail >parties and turn down gifts worth more than $20, The >Chicago Tribune reported. Misbheave? Grope women? Belch? Don sheets? Pee in the plants? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 30 13:33:05 PDT 2004

23608 [lbo-talk] Neo-cons/Israel/Chalabi/Iran: Who's zooming whom? -- rank: 1000

ira glazer wrote: >http://www.warandpiece.com/ Christ, it's the 80s all over again! Ledeen, SISMI, Ghorbanifar. Wonder if we'll see a revival of the KGB attempt on the Pope stories. And where is Mehmet Agca anyway? Doug ---- August 29, 2004 Ghorbanifar The story is up, and I can now say that I tracked down and interviewed the Iranian arms merchant Manucher Ghorbanifar for it, earlier this month. With the current FBI investigation targeting those who met with him, I suspect I will be the last ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 30 12:13:07 PDT 2004

23609 [lbo-talk] Kosovo Redux -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >only 5,000 bodies whew, that's a relief!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 30 12:07:20 PDT 2004

23610 [lbo-talk] inside the Bush White House -- rank: 1000

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 30 11:56:44 PDT 2004