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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Paul Blames Federal Reserve for Weak Economy

KENNER, La. (Fox News) — Ron Paul, a Republican presidential contender and Texas congressman, said Monday that the Federal Reserve is to blame for the country’s weakening economy.

Paul highlighted his economic remedies — abolishing the federal income tax and returning to the gold standard, among them — on a three-city tour of Louisiana.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

From Captain's Quarters:

I just received a strange polling call. Without any announcement of who or what prompted the call, a robopoll looking for my presidential preference asked me to select from the slate of Republican candidates. After answering the single question, it disconnected me. No demographic questions were asked, and no explanation of the poll's sponsor was given even at the end.

I checked out my caller-ID, which gave the following phone number: 877-766-7285. That takes callers to the Ron Paul for President Campaign call center. I guess we know what Paul does with the donations he received.

It's curious, though, that they'd use this kind of polling. How can they determine the reliability of the data? It seems to me the only use this has is to identify people they can hit up for donations later -- a very expensive way to do it, too. I've heard of robopolling, but this is the first time I've experienced robotrolling.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No demographic questions were asked, and no explanation of the poll's sponsor was given even at the end.

How can they determine the reliability of the data?

You already answered your own question, Ed. Pull your head out of your ass and maybe you'll figure it out.

Ok, here's a clue for you: Enumerate the demographic questions you are asked when you go into the polling place in the primary or in the Fall.

Good grief this guy is stupid.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 5:23:00 PM  

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