Vlogorrhea, With Jason And Ana: OMG! Teh Pollz!

In the week before the Democratic National Convention, the polls started tightening, and the left just about lost their collective mind panicking. But it's August, people! We got two conventions! And a bunch of debates! And Osama bin Laden hasn't even dropped his October mixtape, replete with U.S.A. diss tracks, yet! Plus, surely there will be gaffes by the metric ton! Maybe people are panicking because they worry that if Obama loses the election, he doesn't have a whole bunch of schmancey homes to fall back on!

Anyway, Ana Marie and I are here to calm you people down, maybe. Once again, this vlog had its chi aligned by the magical Liz Glover. And if you notice, we took very seriously your sound and lighting concerns! Thanks goes to Nikolas Schiller for a super assist in equipment and know how. Some of the equipment Nikolas had on hand was once used by Fugazi's own Brendan Canty, which I think basically consecrated the whole enterprise. Washingtonians of a certain age would no doubt agree.

Anyway, enjoy! And keep sending us questions to Ana or myself. And give yourself a break from the panic, until after the conventions.

Comments

[Mayoyo]

Thanks Jason!!!!
BTW: look good with beard

[kwon35]

Can someone understand this:

On the August 24 edition of CNN's Late Edition, host Wolf Blitzer and chief national correspondent John King both cited an August 15-18 Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll in which 52 percent of Sen. Hillary Clinton's supporters said they will support Sen. Barack Obama, but neither noted that an August 19-22 Washington Post/ABC News poll found that 70 percent of Clinton supporters "back Obama," according to the Post. An ABCNews.com "analysis" of the poll similarly stated that "70 percent of [Clinton supporters] are for" Obama.

Why reporting " polls " a week old but not report the following week results? CNN getting like Fox with bias reporting.

[trubluelefty]

I saw this reported in other places, such as 538. I think we need to write to CNN about it. Spinning the drama to increase ratings and advertising might cost me a very important election. We should not and cannot allow them to do this as it will hurt....

obama biden 08

[beaupritchard]

PUMA food ... Bull testicles and a little chianti.

[flydoghead]

He DOES have a problem with angry Clinton supporters,

That is why they built those PUMA cages in Denver

Polyester Pantsuits: Behind Bars see it on MSNBC

right after Rachel's new show

[GrainOSand]

"Osama bin Laden hasn't even dropped his October mixtape"

Hillarious!

[lady49]

Please remember that all polls have both a social and political arm. The poll groups are
"targeted" voters who have a response that is already noted.
The polls are not :blind studies and can be "ordered" by any political group.

The most UNRELIABLE POLLS are
CNN
PEW
ZOGBY
RASSMUSEN

If you hear ANY of those names, JUST REMEMBER that those polls are scewered, manipulated and funded by
TV STATION OWNERS WHO ARE ALL RIGHT WINGED "FAT CATS" ESPECIALLY CNN AND FOX NEWS!

The only thing that matters is that you vote, make sure you know your voting place well in advance of the election, so they can't force a provisional ballot on you.

http://www.pollster.com/blogs/poll_of_pollsters_rating_the_i.php

[SpaceCadet]

Tonight I watched Anderson Cooper enthuse about how the most recent CNN poll showed that Obama has a "problem" with angry Clinton voters. David Gergen pointed out that the poll was taken on the weekend when younger voters weren't home, biasing the sample towards older voters who tend to not like Obama while polls taken in the middle of the week with a larger number of younger voters at home tended to show Obama having a larger lead. Cooper just had a blank look on his face and totally ignored Gergen. He immediately returned to discuss Obama's big "problem" with Clinton voters. That's the way it goes with teh pollz and teh media.

[lady49]

This is sweepstake weekend...Don't take it seriously. Everytime you hear something outrageous like that- Donate to www.barackobama.com or volunteer to pass out bumper stickers and buttons at the Obama Headquarters.

CNN and their pundits are like juvenile deliquents who always want to "start" a fight... so they can run and scream "FIGHT, A FIGHT, A F I G H T....."
Another thing you can do is use your voice and your pen....
Let the station managers KNOW that you resent the NONSENSE:

CNN (404-827-1500 ext 2) and leave messages
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[alienufo]

CNN is obsessed with Hillary. They just cant get enough of talking about her... its embarrassing

[NTO08]

Gergen is trying to excuse a problem that will haunt Obama for the rest of the campaign...Hillary's fans are not going to become Obama fans...that simple...you better make certain all your cell phone geeked out friends manage to get to the polls, and even then, they are not going to save Obama.

[Fabienne]

Most of the electorate who voted for Clinton were not "fans", just voters who knew her better than they knew Obama. They have moved on to the new (and better) candidate. For those who can't, then go your own way. If you are as strong as you claim, you should have no difficulty beginning the new Clinton Party and raising enough money to pay her present debt and set her up for a new campaign. There may be a bit of a lag between the time Hillary becomes too old to run and Chelsea is old enough, but perhaps you can find some other members of the family to run in between.

[IzzyCA]

You wish. I work at my local DNC and there are MANY HRC fans who are supporting Obama. The MSM is just trying to make news, instead of actually reporting it.

[mairs]

Ah, if it were that simple, you'd be right. But you're not.

[Tommygun264]

And when Obama moves back up in the next round of polls you'll go back to calling him undeserving and say the credit is due to someone else, not him. However, whenever he moves down by so much as a point, the blame lies squarely upon his shoulders. Your opinions are constantly flipping one way one day and flopping the other way the next. OMG! Senator McSame - is that you?

[greeniefromOH]

Your use of the word 'fan' is telling.

For you PUMA folks, this election is nothing more than a spectator sport.

The rest of us take it seriously and recognize that 4 years of McCain will threaten America's credibility with the rest of the world, our economic stability, and our national security. You all just wanted a person to win -- rather than an agenda which, by the way, we ought to share.

And you call OUR candidate a rock star.......

[Fabienne]

He does have a problem with angry Clinton voters, all three thousand of them. Too bad. It can't be fun for them, running about with red faces and runny eyes.

[mairs]

And it's got to be hard knowing you've been infiltrated with Operation Chaos dittoheads. They wouldn't know whom to trust.

[jgalvan]

Anderson Cooper, what a tool.

[amazinggrace]

I am SO glad to hear that the polling at this point just does not mean anything.

Thanks for your vlogs. Perfect......................

[NTO08]

Of course trolls like Linkins would say this...but the facts speak otherwise, and denial will do Obamabots no good.

[lisak2008]

Sen. Obama is beating McCain in almost every demographic and is only losing the evangelical vote, which a dem has not in my memory won. Ohhhhh, noooooooooo!!! Sen. Obama's got problems!!! He has to win 100% of the electorate in order for him to be deemed a viable candidate. Mark Halperin, Bill Kristol, Chris Wallace, and Karl Roe said so, so it must be true. Without EVERYONE on board the O train, how will he EVER manage?? Damn, damn, damn! What are we going to do??? OMG, super delegates must nominate HRC ASAP to save the party!!! Or worse, vote McCain. Ima scared. Somebody help me! What are we gonna do now? We're doomed, DOOMED I TELL YA!!!!!

[lisak2008]

Sen. Obama is beating McCain in almost every demographic and is only losing the evangelical vote, which a dem has not in my memory won. Ohhhhh, noooooooooo!!! Sen. Obama's got problems!!! He has to win 100% of the electorate in order for him to be deemed a viable candidate. Mark Halperin, Bill Kristol, Chris Wallace, and Karl Roe said so, so it must be true. Without EVERYONE on board the O train, how will he EVER manage?? Da!mn, da!mn, da!mn! What are we going to do??? OMG, super delegates must nominate HRC ASAP to save the party!!! Or worse, vote McCain. Ima scared. Somebody help me! What are we gonna do now? We're doomed, DOOMED I TELL YA!!!!!

[jiggystyles]

You guys awesome... keep up the good work.

[illinoisan]

Thanks for reminding us that we're outliers. Guess that's better than outright liars. How scary is it that so much depends on the whims of the teeming masses of low-infos out there.

[lincat]

It's very scary but even though I've been reading that the msm is saying that Obama should have chosen Clinton, I'm glad he didn't and that he chose Biden. God, I hate the media.

[Fabienne]

The MSM told us that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. With an MSM like outs, who needs terrorists?

[NTO08]

It may be scary, but remember that Dem primary voters do not decide elections, and that's who has picked and likes Obama...the rest of the nation is unimpressed, and the polls have shown this consistently.

[mairs]

And luckily the Republican primary voters also don't decide elections. Oh noes! It's a draw! I guesses we will has to waits for the elexun!!!! Where's my kitteh! Watches TV with me kitteh!

[lincat]

You're right if he loses he's still going to have his houses and he's going to still be filthy rich. After listening to him use his POW experience as an excuse and an answer to everything and finding out what a liar he is and how corrupt he is , I don't even want him in the senate.

[NTO08]

It won't be up to you to decide, nor will the election...

[mairs]

He'll just trundle along in the Senate then, until he finally leaves for that John Wayne heaven experience in the sky. Then God will say, Did you live your life well, John McCain? And McCain will think for a long moment, wondering what God wants him to say...

[Chillinout]

Jason:

If you are indeed a convicted felon, you CAN have your voting rights restored. All it takes is little time and a whole lot of patience. I have a friend that went through the process a couple of years ago.

I would also like to point out the fact that if someone doesn't vote, they really can't bitch about the way things are going. :-) Just my opinion.

[terragazelle60]

If an x felon lives in Ohio all he has to do is register. I had a friend that was in trouble, but paid for it and wanted to vote. He was very upset about it because he thought he would not be able to. I looked it up about what to do and in Ohio, all you have to do is register. So please check out your state...they do not tend to aid the x prisoner..so you have to do it yourself.

[IzzyCA]

In California: "An ex-felon can register to vote and vote if he/she is not in prison or on parole for a felony conviction."

Direct quote from the California Secretary of State's website.

It is not hard to do (I'm registering voters in CA).

[YesWeCanada]

In 2002 The Supreme Court of Canada in a 5 to 4 ruling says federal inmates do have the
right to vote in federal elections.

[kevinem2]

Well, for my second attempt: I preferred your earlier vlogs. I enjoy listening to your thoughts, I'll gladly watch and listen to much longer episodes. Sigh.

[applebutter]

PWND! omgLOLwtf?bbq! All your McCain homes are belong to us! Love it.

Looking forward to your weekly show :)