Comments on: Ron Paul In Presidential Spam Scam?

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:23:05 +0000

In my opinion such polls are just a collection of statistics and, as any politician will tell you, there are lies, damn lies and statistics! Incidentally, does it really matter who wins anyway? After all, democracy isn't about choices.

By: Oatis

Oatis — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:05:16 +0000

The Ron Paul internet rage is can and certainly should be brought under scrutiny, but more importantly it brings polling in general into serious question. If Paul’s online support is genuine, which by all practical purposes it seems to be, then how are the “substantiated” polls being conducted? What are the pools these polls are drawing from? If the online polls are more accurate than not … it means that the so-called substantiated polls are being deliberately engineered to yield pre-determined outcomes. With Paul having generated the enormous amounts of small donations via online, it looks to me that the online grassroots support is more substantial than not. It leads me to seriously question Gallup, and straw poll outcomes.

By: Jon2

Jon2 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:40:59 +0000

True … but you never know.
And one can hope, right ?

By: George W Bush

George W Bush — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 09:54:24 +0000

I was expecting this to be a very one sided attack on Ron Paul but am pleasantly surprised to see a balanced viewpoint. Personally I believe it is a smear against him.

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:45:11 +0000

Hopefully I left it open – I too believe it could be either a pro- or anti- Ron Paul tactic employed by either supporters or detractors.

By: Dar Scott

Dar Scott — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:56:51 +0000

We should be open to the idea that the Ron Paul campaign could be the victim, and perhaps an intended victim.

Some blogs and web pages include the phrase “Ron Paul” to increase hits. We can see these in searches. The use of a “Ron Paul email” to do email address confirmation seems consistent with this.

There have also been more direct Internet attacks against the campaign, though the campaign has been quiet about those, perhaps to minimize copy-cat attacks. In those cases, it was not just somebody exploiting the interest, but a direct effort to hurt the campaign.

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:18:58 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out malazon – I will have to have a read a little later.

By: malazon

malazon — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:08:12 +0000

Wired printed a semi-retraction admitting that the campaign had no knowledge or participation in the spam.

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