If it were to his political benefit, do you think that Barack Obama would have dropped McClurkin?

[Clintonista2]

Poll question: If it were to his political benefit, do you think that Barack Obama would have dropped McClurkin?

Did Obama refuse to drop McClurkin because it helped him politically?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Hey, gang, yet ANOTHER push poll!

Come check it out!

[Clintonista2]

2. Do you consider this to be a push poll?:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2538493&mesg_id=2538493

Or are you only stalking me?

[ClassWarrior]

3. Why are Clinton defenders so paranoid?

NGU.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Yes, it is. I just didn't see that one.

A push poll (one that obviously asks for a particular answer) is a push poll, no matter whose it is. I call 'em when I see 'em; I am unbiased in that regard since I have no particular favorite right now. I just don't like push polls.

[FredScuttle]

5. Why is raising the legitimate issue of Obama's courting of a bigot a "push poll"?

Is it unfair to ask of a candidate (and ask his supporters in particular) to explain the decision to hire an "ex-gay" clown to MC his campaign event and, as of yet, still refuse to apologize for the hateful, homophobic filth this clown spewed on the stage that night?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. It's a fair *question.* But to state the question in the form of a "poll" is disingenuous

because the answer you consider to be the correct one is stated as the only reasonable answer anyone could choose. That's why it's a "push poll." If you think the question deserves to be debated, then just go ahead and state your opinion and see how people respond. That's reasonable and fair. But don't frame it as a poll.

[FredScuttle]

8. I think it's appropriate to frame as a poll question

I'm interested to see if someone thinks Obama would have hung onto McClosetCase if he thought it would be politically damaging...probably because I believe it WAS politically damaging to Obama.

[Clintonista2]

9. Funny, you seem to be blind to every anti-Clinton push poll out there

Yet you can spot polls like mine within 30 seconds

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Maybe because there seem to be so many more of them.

Like I said ... I'm not a partisan for any candidate, but I call bullshit when I see it. I don't have time read every single post or poll, but if I do happen to find another anti-Hillary poll, I'll call that one too.

[Clintonista2]

16. WIERD! You STILL haven't gone to that thread to complain about it being a push poll

Evem after I helpfully pointed it out to you!

[ClassWarrior]

17. The poster must be out to getcha...

:eyes:

NGU.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. Yes, I did.

[Clintonista2]

20. Yes, 40 minutes AFTER I said it

Nice try though

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. Well, sometimes I have to do things other than post on DU.

Since real life sometimes interferes I can't always leap immediately to your commands. Sorry I didn't respond as quickly as you desired, but I'll try to do better next time.

[K Gardner]

7. For god's sakes, let it go! Enough of this already.

[Clintonista2]

10. Sorry, but the GLBT community isn't going to "let this go"

and neither should you. Is it annoying to you? Too bad.

[Kucinich4America]

15. You mean "The Hillbots posing as the GLBT community", right?

Not to say there wasn't legitimate anger at Obama for having McClosetcase on the bill of that one event.

But it's only Hillbots who are trying to milk it. Along with the cocaine bullshit. And the "his middle name is Hussein" bullshit. And the "he went to a madrassa" bullshit. And the "Oprah endorsed him" bullshit. And all the other bullshit y'all keep repeating to no end.

[DemKR]

12. Of course he did. He wants the anti-gay "good, decent, moral" crowd n/t

[Richard Steele]

13. Obviously not, because he DIDN'T!

If you want to make a list of the worst mistakes he's made,
you could make a good case for that being #1.

[dionysus]

14. isn't this horse dead enough? cripes

[marmar]

19. Can we at least confine this detritus to the cesspool that is GD-Politics?

Please spare the rest of us. :eyes: