you missed "Republicans don't let their kids watch Nickelodeon, they have
more sense than that ;-)" which skews the polls to primarily democrats. I
can't prove that claim, but it sounds good. That channel (among others)
will turn there minds to mush. My kids prefer the "wings" channel, wich I
bet would have given completely different results.
Sorry to see after three years, you still feel it's necesary to attack and
drive away those with opposing (not necessarily wrong) viewpoints.
somebody had to speak up, or folks will think this is the anti-bush,
anti-american list, not the biofuel list.
= = = Original message = = =
Me thinks you missed the point Steve.
When you say
> Of course they believe whatever their parents do at that age.
you corroborate that the majority of parents of those children are
supposedly going to vote for John Kerry.
That was, after all, the point of the poll - that children are perhaps a
reasonably accurate barometer of the adult voting population.
As for the rest of your remarks?
Sorry to see that after three years of so many mistakes and errors in
judgement you still believe that a myopically focused zealot who
disregards
reality and real world appraisals at every opportunity and corner is to be
deemed more highly than those who examine all facets of a scenario and are
capable of balancing decisions based upon broader and longer range
consequences.
Being resolute yet consistantly wrong are not quallities to be highly
prized - no more for leader of the school grounds sandbox than a country.
Mr. Bush reflects the contemporary, corporate, American mindset -
quarterly
results to impress stockholders, not long term profits that insure
stability. Unfortunately, his repeat quarterly performances are so dismal
as
to warrant his ouster.
Todd Swearingen
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Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Kids Opt for Kerry
> Good thing we don't let kids vote. Of course they believe whatever
> their
> parents do at that age. That's why we let them develop brains before we
> let them vote. Republicans don't let their kids watch Nickelodeon,
> they
> have more sense than that ;-)
>
> Here's hoping for 4 years of anyone but Kerry. Hank the Angry Drunken
> Dwarf maybe? Won't be the first time a dead man got voted in for
> office.
>
> = = = Original message = = =
>
> Kids Opt for Kerry in Bellwether Online Poll
> October 20, 2004 by Reuter
> http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1020-08.htm
>
> LOS ANGELES - The kids have spoken, and it's
> Sen. John Kerry with a convincing victory over
> President Bush on Nov. 2.
>
> An unusual opinion poll that has correctly predicted the winner of the
> last four presidential elections has given Democratic challenger
> Kerry 57 percent against 43 percent for Bush,
> according to results released on Wednesday.
>
> The Nickelodeon cable channel, better known for programs
> "SpongeBob Squarepants" and "Jimmy Neutron,"
> conducted "Kids Vote," an online survey of
> almost 400,000 children on Tuesday.
>
> The latest Reuters/Zogby poll showed Bush
> and Kerry in a dead heat two weeks before
> the Nov. 2 election. Other polls also showed
> them in a statistical tie or Bush holding
> a slim lead.
>
> Nickelodeon, a unit of Viacom Inc.,
> has organized its poll every election since 1988, and
> has a 100 percent record of picking the winner.
>
> "The 'Kids' Vote' seems to work as a good barometer of the
> actual presidential vote because, developmentally,
> kids between the ages of two and 11
> share the same opinions and outlooks as their parents,"
> said Cyma Zarghami, president of Nickelodeon Television.
>
> The survey was the final step in a yearlong
> political awareness campaign on Nickelodeon.
>
