Seems like the President might not be the anti-Christ after all

[Jackeens]

Obama Is Not the Antichrist—And Nobody Really Thinks He Is
Jeneen Interlandi

There are two major problems with the Harris poll that found 14 percent of Americans think President Obama may be the antichrist and has some Dems freaking out.

The first problem is question design and survey format. The poll started by telling people "Here are some things people have said about President Obama" and then asked them to agree or disagree with a series of pejorative statements—from "Obama wants the terrorists to win," to "Obama may be the antichrist." Respondents were not given a set of alternative statements to consider. As ABC's award-winning pollster Gary Langer explains, presenting the questions like that practically guarantees a skewed result. "‘Some people have said' is a biasing introductory phrase," he writes. "It imbues the subsequent statements with an air of credibility—particularly when you don't note that others say something else."

Using such biasing phrases, and giving respondents no alternative premises to consider dramatically enhances what statisticians call "acquiescence bias"—a tendency in survey respondents to agree with all the questions asked of them, especially when respondents are in doubt. Acquiescence bias is particularly pronounced in surveys that employ truisms (like, "do unto others as you would have done unto you"). But it also creeps up with inflammatory statements (like "your president is the devil").

More: http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2010/03/26/obama-is-not-the-antichrist-and-nobody-really-thinks-he-is.aspx

[Lebam in LA]

1. Oh My!!

The anti-chist...Have any of these people ever seen a dictionary:rofl:

[Submariner]

2. No.....but he is obviously the Anti-CHIST instead

The Anti-CHIST is the Boston version of the Anti-CHRIST, because we do not include the "R" in most of our words. It's the Anti-CHRIST, but with a Boston accent.....just as mean, but only with an accent. the HOWWAH.....the HOWWAH......the HOWWAH..

[unblock]

3. 'truisms (like, "do unto others as you would have done unto you")'?

that's not a truism at all.

[Fire1]

4. Dumb ass. n/t

[Phx_Dem]

5. LOL. Can ANY of them spell?

That's what happens when you fuck with the text books.

[bigwillq]

6. LOL! Guess not!

:rofl:

[cutlassmama]

7. What is hell is a Chist?

[old mark]

8. Whatever it is, Obama is against it!!!!nt