Remember those fake "undecided voters" during the Democrats' town hall debates last year?
Looks like they're back. Turns out at least one of the questioners in Tuesday's presidential debate actually told event organizers that he would "most likely be voting for Obama" but was allowed to continue participate just the same.
Townhall's Amanda Carpenter caught the admission from Oliver Clark, the man who asked the first question about the disgraced Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac:
So the Sunday before last, I received a call from the Gallop Poll. They asked a few questions regarding my choice in the Presidential election. They asked who I would vote for. I said most likely I would be voting for Barack Obama. They followed with, “is there any chance that you would change your mind“? I said “Of course anything is possible.” They then asked me as an uncommitted voter would I like to participate in the Town hall debate. I said “Of course!”
Democracy is in great hands, isn't it?
Oh and incidentally, and unsurprisingly, Clark was not satisfied with McCain's answer.



















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I'm surprised they don't just fill these meetings...
October 10, 2008 - 09:46 ET by Prester John....with "lifelong Republicans" who just can't take it any more.
The Polls
October 10, 2008 - 09:47 ET by NorthCoasterThe Polls are biased too, but we knew that already didn't we. The propaganda machines are stacking the deck to make "The One" look and sound inevitable. They are even getting their pundit apologists to threaten that terrible things will happen if the vote doesn't follow the polls. The whole scenario is shameful. It's no wonder that journalists and politicians are thought of so poorly.
Just one more reason
October 10, 2008 - 10:19 ET by True_SoldierNot to trust Gallop polls. If they consider this guy undecided then how many other things are they pulling like calling only heavily democrat districts?
Polls are never right
October 10, 2008 - 10:03 ET by smoto66Polls are never right in the last election it was Kerry won dont waist your gas at 10am. polls aways show the right candidate donw by 5 or so right up till the polls close this way the msm can claim the right stole the election!
Fake Undecided Voters?
October 10, 2008 - 10:06 ET by JDWToday it was revealed that a New Yorker was registered 72 times by ACORN, what the hell do I care about town hall fake undecided voters?
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Is the Community Reinvestment Act part of free enterprise?
The only surprise here is
October 10, 2008 - 10:10 ET by Indiana JoeThe only surprise here is that so many of the "mainstream" trusted media organizations are so willing to blatantly shill for Obama. While trying fruitlessly to deny any "bias," they constantly and openly give examples that prove themselves wrong.
Don't they see the disconnect? Are they so confident in their (long-lost) ability to control what we learn? Have they never heard of alternate ("new") media? Don't they realize their own brazen state of denial? It's like an institutional pathology.
So now, even the respected Gallup organization has thrown away their hard-won veracity for Obama.
Don't they ever think of after this election? Don't they consider repercussions? Don't they think of the future? Seriously, I can't understand their motivation, no matter how badly they want Obama.
They're committing suicide for him. And he's still not a lock. Even if he wins, is destroying themselves to achieve that worth it?
"... smells like.... victory." - Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore, Apocalypse Now
They're committing suicide
October 10, 2008 - 10:33 ET by SeashellThey're committing suicide for him. And he's still not a lock. Even if he wins, is destroying themselves to achieve that worth it?
Yes, to them I believe it is. I think they feel they are "on a mission from God" to get Obama elected. I think they feel so strongly about this that they will risk their careers but of course will desperately try and redeem themselves after the election. I have never witnessed the magnitude of bias like this ever.
I never believe it when I'm
October 10, 2008 - 10:17 ET by SmartypantsI never believe it when I'm told that someone assembled a room full of "undecided" voters. All of us are biased in some form or another; there are very very few of us who are still undecided about this election. As one pundit recently said, if you are still undecided about things, what exactly are you waiting for? People know who they like and are favoring. Some lie about this to get on tv or to get some other attention. I think some people wear this "undecided" thing like a badge of honor, as if they are special for not knowing what the heck is going on. I find "undecided" people to be annoying.
SP,
October 10, 2008 - 13:55 ET by Indiana Joe"I think some people wear this "undecided" thing like a badge of honor, as if they are special for not knowing what the heck is going on. I find "undecided" people to be annoying."
Exactly. Being "moderate" has become a symbol of logic and reason, and most people equate "undecided" with "moderate." They're wrong, of course, but why should that matter? The truth stopped mattering in public discourse a long time ago.
No one on the left is "extreme." They're all "moderate," or "reasonable," or"thoughtful." Anyone to the right of McCain used to be "extreme," now McCain is "extreme." I think anyone to the right of Joy Behar is the new "extreme."
Most "moderates and undecideds" are, to me, people without the spine or principles to make a moral or ethical judgement, and stick to it.
"... smells like.... victory." - Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore, Apocalypse Now
Undecided?
October 10, 2008 - 12:04 ET by gingerMy 80 year old Mom received a call once from a pollster asking who she was going to vote for. She was taught that it was nobodies business but hers how she was voting, so she told the pollster "It's none of your business". The guy kept saying...so you are undecided. She tells him 4 times that it is none of his business, with same response. When he kept referring to her as undecided, she hung up on him.
I wonder how many voters are getting this runaround, when they know for a fact who they are casting their ballot for. Polls should have factors of Republican, Democrat, undecided, and none of your business.
She still is a feisty Republican.
There are always plants at
October 10, 2008 - 13:35 ET by greenfairieThere are always plants at these things, which is why they are full of you-know-what.