en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1395818 Comments by Pfw51 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9T63PH00&show_article=1#IDComment303372934 An AP/GFK poll? Seriously? 1000 random adults with no effort to do any sampling? It's a "push poll" plain and simple. Why do you headline it and give it credibility? Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:08:04 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9T63PH00&show_article=1#IDComment303372934 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9QGS07G0&show_article=1#IDComment210645612 1000 "adults"? Not "registered voters" or "likely voters"? No sampling of any kind? Every poll AP/GFK does is exactly like this, which is why they are never accurate and why the media often uses them as "push polls" to create the illusion for support of a Democratic issue that isn't there (just search their polls regarding Obamacare). But even if you give them the benefit of the doubt, to say only 37% support the protests is not impressive, and there is no mention of what percentage opposed them. Based on the history of this polling company, if they had surveyed "likely voters" it would probably show at least 50% opposed and 25% support, but they won't tell you that. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:54:56 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9QGS07G0&show_article=1#IDComment210645612 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9PB38S80&show_article=1#IDComment186497556 Another AP-GFK Roper poll? Look at the hard data behind the poll: they polled "1000 adults"... no attempt at sampling whatsoever. What sampling base did they use to determine D/R/I? (None) Did they call during the daytime hours? If so, how many of the 1000 were called between 9:00 and 3:00 during the day (which will end up contacting far more Democrats)? Is there any distinction between the "adults", like are they "registered voters" or "likely voters", or are they just the first 1000 people who answered the phone (which will also cause the poll to lean Democrat). I've been watching these AP-GFK polls for years and they are always significantly off to the left, and I'm pretty sure they know that. That's why their polls are often used as "push polls" to create the illusion of public support for an issue or a movement that just isn't there. Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:51:04 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9PB38S80&show_article=1#IDComment186497556 http://tv.breitbart.com/obama-80-of-americans-want-higher-taxes/#IDComment173889761 NOW he's concerned about polls and "the will of the American people"? Then why is Obamacare still in place? Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:58:38 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/obama-80-of-americans-want-higher-taxes/#IDComment173889761 http://tv.breitbart.com/i-am-not-engaging-in-scare-tactics/#IDComment168042828 THIS is the smartest president in the history of this country? Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:06:41 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/i-am-not-engaging-in-scare-tactics/#IDComment168042828 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9O5MUF00&show_article=1#IDComment168042017 The IMF is run by socialists... what else would we expect them to say? Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:04:25 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9O5MUF00&show_article=1#IDComment168042017 http://tv.breitbart.com/susan-sarandon-calls-scott-walker-an-idiot/#IDComment135229618 Being called an "idiot" by Susan Serandon is like being called ugly by a frog, like being called "lazy" by a union government worker. I take it as a badge of honor. Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:08:56 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/susan-sarandon-calls-scott-walker-an-idiot/#IDComment135229618 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9JGPIP01&show_article=1#IDComment109950981 The Social Security Administration forces this game upon us where we have to make an initial application, wait at least three months to be denied, then appeal and wait another six months for another denial, then forcing us to hire an attorney which will end up costing thousands of dollars. This is the pattern most applicants have to go through, and its pathetic. In my lifetime I and my employers have put about $300,000 into Social Security under my "account" with the promise it would provide a supplement for me in my old age. But as I approach 60 years old and my health is failing, I have been unable to work for a year. My 17 prescriptions cost me over $300 a month in co-pays (all but one are generic) and I am on the verge of losing my credit rating and my house. In the meantime, Social Security plays this game and makes people like me wait and go through paperwork and appeals and expenses while we cash in our retirement and try to survive until they get around to me. Its almost like they are hoping I'll die before the claim is approved. Well, the way they're going, I just might. Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:14:00 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9JGPIP01&show_article=1#IDComment109950981 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9IFV02G0&show_article=1#IDComment101121275 For full disclosure, I must say first that I have no enthusiasm for supporting Eddie Long because of the "prosperity gospel" he preaches, that seems to have enriched him better than anyone else in his church. But staying strictly on the accusations themselves, I have to say that I am more than skeptical... the man is rich, he is a well-known pastor of a large wealthy church, and those facts alone make him a relatively easy target for these kinds of allegations by slimy lawyers out to make a buck. Just "restored memory" or "it happened when I was little and I was too afraid to say anything" won't cut it here... these guys better have pictures and DNA of Long or I won't believe it. Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:57:43 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9IFV02G0&show_article=1#IDComment101121275 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9IF0R4O0&show_article=1#IDComment100888760 Randomly generated phone numbers? No data on scientific sampling methods? No distinction between likely voters, registered voters, leaners, etc.? Are they TRYING to insult our intelligence? Was this taken by the same people who did the Daily Kos polls? Or is it another "push poll" to create the illusion of popular support for an unpopular idea? Sorry, after reading this I need to go take a shower... Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:42:56 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9IF0R4O0&show_article=1#IDComment100888760 http://tv.breitbart.com/murkowskis-lame-write-in-campaign-psa/#IDComment100220981 Obviously she isn't getting much financial support. I could understand her doing this if she had a chance to win, and if I beat my toes with a hammer I could probably empathize with a need for revenge against Miller. But todays Rasmussen poll shows that this is only going to HELP Miller by splitting the liberal vote, so now I've totally confused about her reasoning. She's already burned bridges with the Republicans, now we know she is hurting the Democrat candidate, so she will have alienated all of the party organizations that she COULD have run under in 2014. There is absolutely no upside to her doing this and LOTS of downsides. Very confusing. Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:54:50 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/murkowskis-lame-write-in-campaign-psa/#IDComment100220981 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9HGTU3G0&show_article=1#IDComment92078107 As a Baylor alumni who graduated a few years ahead of Rand Paul, I can tell you with absolute certainty that if this act happened at Baylor 27 years ago as the story claimed, the Baylor administration would have acted quickly and harshly and Paul, as an athlete representing Baylor, would have been out on his butt the next day. Baylor is a relatively small Baptist university and things like that don't happen in a vacuum. If this had happened, everybody from the students to the media would have known about it immediately. This story is a smear, pure and simple. Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:59:37 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9HGTU3G0&show_article=1#IDComment92078107 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9HE4AQ00&show_article=1#IDComment91253021 Why would the AP consider this a news story? I don't care that a blood-thirsty terrorist was "whisked" away before he could get a lawyer, and I guarantee you the majority of Americans don't care, either Fri, 6 Aug 2010 19:19:18 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9HE4AQ00&show_article=1#IDComment91253021 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9H7IRV00&show_article=1#IDComment89206270 Audits can't account for billions in TARP funds, Fannie Mae funds, Freddie Mac funds, Medicare funds, Social Security funds, Congressional discretionary spending funds, Head Start funds, education funds, etc etc etc ad infinitum, ad nauseum. So what else is new? Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:27:25 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9H7IRV00&show_article=1#IDComment89206270 http://tv.breitbart.com/flashback-americans-cheer-usa-usa-as-they-chase-black-panthers-out-of-town/#IDComment85545367 As a life-long resident of the Houston area, this is one of the moments I am most proud of. Houston may be turning into "San Francisco East" but every once in a while the people stand up. Just for clarification, the racist group that caused the demonstration was the Nation of Islam, not the Black Panthers... they are two separate groups, equally racist but with different degrees of militancy. Thu, 8 Jul 2010 17:21:23 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/flashback-americans-cheer-usa-usa-as-they-chase-black-panthers-out-of-town/#IDComment85545367