Push-Polling is B-A-C-K! And It "Ain't Pretty"

A company called "Q Search" (which may or may not exist) called just a few moments ago and immediately it was discernible that the poll wasn't professional.  Thee's a new push poll out there.  And it is nasty.
First, one had to pick the one issue that's most important.  That's really artificial.  Voters don't  vote based on just one issue.  I was  also supposed to pick one issue from a list loaded with buzzwords Allen often uses (e.g. "tax relief"). 

Some questions had response options not normally used by professionals. There were numerous either/or questions.  But it wasn't till the end of the "survey" that things got downright laughable--if they weren't so infuriating:  Would you be more or less likely to vote for Webb if you "knew"... and then there was a list of numerous falehoods: falsely stating that the Webb campaign instigated the querry by a journalist about Allen's background, falsely stating that Webb would raise taxes on families with children and on most Americans, falsely stating that he'd reinstitute the "death tax" for most Americans, that Webb had something to do with Tailhook; and on and on.  There is no way the WEbb campaing or any Democratic group would pitch such a loaded, nasty survey. 

At one point I had to cover my mouth to keep from laughing into the phone.  The questions were so blatantly false, I had to say, "I reject the premise.  Your information is facutally incorrect" to all of them.  At the end I asked whom the caller really worked for.  "It's patently obvious," I said, "that this is a push poll."

But I wonder: How many voters will be able to refute all the falsehoods.  Fake polls should be banned.  And no one, neither Republican nor Democrat, should ever do it.  I said that when  Dems did it previously and I say it now.  Let's have honest electioneering, not fraudulent tactics.

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