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Bush Needs Your Help! (Freep a poll)
Davids Medienkritik ^ | 05 Mar 2004 | Davids Medienkritik

Posted on 03/05/2004 9:35:15 PM PST by eabinga

Bush Needs Your Help! Why don't you participate in this little opinion poll by Germany's left-left-wing SPIEGEL ONLINE?

For three years George W. Bush has been the most powerful man in America - and the world. How would you rate his time in office up to this point (in school grades)?

1 = Bush did a great job as President . . . 6 = Bush did a miserable job as President

You need to click "ABSTIMMEN" after selecting a number.

As of 5 March, 2004, 1 pm (Berlin time), Bush's results are rather miserable. Only 3.3 per cent for "1" and 1.47 per cent for "2".

As of 5 March, 2004, 10pm (Berlin time), Bush's results are EXCELLENT. 41.23 per cent for "1" (= Bush did a great job as President). Many thanks!! YOU GUYS ARE DOING JUST GREAT!! The Bush haters at SPIEGEL ONLINE will have a heart attack tomorrow morning... Keep up the good work!!

And many thanks to Ray Drake who alerted me to the SPIEGEL ONLINE poll!

Note: In Germany students are given numbers as grades with 1 being the best and 6 being the worst, they correspond to American grades as follows: 1 = A 2 = B 3 = C 4 = D 5 = E 6 = F


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KEYWORDS: 2004election; bushhaters; derspiegel; election2004; fr; freepthispoll; freerepublic; frinthenews; onlinepoll; poll
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David has posted many very interesting observations on the German media on his website, many of which have been posted here. Now he wants to have some fun with the "Spiegel". Let's show him how we appreciate his work by supporting his "Freep".
1 posted on 03/05/2004 9:35:16 PM PST by eabinga
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To: eabinga
Long time no see. Bump.
2 posted on 03/05/2004 9:38:07 PM PST by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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To: farmfriend
Indeed, lots of work and little time to play.
3 posted on 03/05/2004 9:40:51 PM PST by eabinga
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To: eabinga
http://www1.spiegel.de/active/vote/fcgi/vote.fcgi?voteid=2224&choice=1&aktion=setcookie


VOTE-AUSWERTUNG
Stand: 06.03.2004, 06:38

Bilanz
Seit drei Jahren ist George W. Bush der mächtigste Mann der Vereinigten Staaten - und der Welt. Wie beurteilen Sie seine bisherige Amtszeit (in Schulnoten)?


1 9670 54.32%
2 1614 9.07%
3 176 0.99%
4 493 2.77%
5 1879 10.55%
6 3971 22.31%
Gesamtbeteiligung: 17803

4 posted on 03/05/2004 9:40:54 PM PST by Texas Eagle
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To: eabinga
FReeped!
5 posted on 03/05/2004 9:43:21 PM PST by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: sweetliberty; Flyer
Poll to freep n' ping.
6 posted on 03/05/2004 9:43:53 PM PST by PeaceBeWithYou (De Oppresso Liber!)
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To: eabinga
Don't I know it.
7 posted on 03/05/2004 9:45:17 PM PST by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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To: Texas Eagle
It might help if I post a direct link to the poll.

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,282606,00.html
8 posted on 03/05/2004 9:45:52 PM PST by eabinga
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To: eabinga
Vote bump
9 posted on 03/05/2004 9:53:13 PM PST by skr (Pro-life from cradle to grave)
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To: eabinga
You guys are late to the party ... we already took this poll from 18% to over 50% for Bush! check out the earlier thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1091545/posts
10 posted on 03/05/2004 10:02:44 PM PST by AgThorn (Go go Bush!! But don't turn your back on America with "immigrant amnesty")
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To: AgThorn

"Well, ex-CUUUUUUUUUSE uuuuuuuuusssssss!"

11 posted on 03/05/2004 10:16:29 PM PST by Texas Eagle
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To: eabinga
I gave him a two, for public consumption. Later...
12 posted on 03/05/2004 10:16:44 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: Texas Eagle
forgiven
13 posted on 03/05/2004 10:19:40 PM PST by AgThorn (Go go Bush!! But don't turn your back on America with "immigrant amnesty")
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To: eabinga
Done - Excellent is up to 55%!!
14 posted on 03/05/2004 11:03:37 PM PST by aquila48
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To: eabinga
Freeped. Achtung!
15 posted on 03/05/2004 11:19:42 PM PST by 3catsanadog (When anything goes, everything does.)
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To: eabinga
Little known fact: the word "freep" is German for "Never forget the bombing of Dresden."
16 posted on 03/05/2004 11:25:07 PM PST by mcg1969
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To: PeaceBeWithYou
Looks like it's no longer active.
17 posted on 03/06/2004 12:37:32 AM PST by sweetliberty (To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.")
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To: sweetliberty
wie dumm glaubt ihr eigentlich sind die deutschen ? mit dieser manipulation disqualifiziert ihr euch selbst. auf ähnliche weise wurde euer president bush doch auch gewählt wenn ich mich richtig erinnere ? in deutschen diskussionsforen wurde jedenfalls euer fake zum spiegel-online-voting schon lange aufgeklärt. :-)) .im übrigen sind die deutschen genauso von schröder enttäuscht und haben im gegensatz zu euch erkannt das er untragbar für deutschland ist.schröder-bashing ist also nicht nötig. bis es in amerika in bezug auf bush soweit ist vergehen wohl noch einige jahre und einige Kriege und zehntausende tote. wake up america.
18 posted on 03/08/2004 2:01:13 AM PST by laughing third (opinions from germany)
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To: sweetliberty
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/politik/0,1518,289615,00.html
19 posted on 03/08/2004 9:32:45 AM PST by sonicsolar
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To: sweetliberty
Der seltsame Begriff entstand Ende der Neunziger und geht zurück auf die Webseite "Free Republic" des ultrakonservativen Aktivisten Jim Robinson.

LOL!

20 posted on 03/08/2004 10:23:30 AM PST by Eala (Sacrificing tagline fame for... TRAD ANGLICAN RESOURCE PAGE: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican)
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To: eabinga
Hallo ihr Faschisten,
Der Freiheitskampf des irakischen Volkes fängt erst noch an.
Dann kann die Welt sehen, wie die Amis laufen können.
Jeden Tag stirbt ein amerikanischer Soldat………….

Gruß Thomas
21 posted on 03/08/2004 10:31:15 AM PST by Thomas2000
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To: sonicsolar
From the Spiegel-article:

"Bereits 1998 hatten die "Los Angeles Times" und die "Washington Post" Free Republic wegen Copyright-Verletzungen vor Gericht gebracht. Erst im Juni 2002 gelang es "Freep"-Betreiber Jim Robinson, eine außergerichtliche Einigung zu erreichen, die auf eine Verzichtserklärung hinauslief: Künftig dürfe auf seiner Webseite weder aus den Klägerzeitungen noch aus mit ihnen verbundenen Medien zitiert werden."

Cudos for provoking Spiegel into a reaction now - but Spiegel's findings were not so favourable, were they?

Anyways...tx for the yolly good fun of getting Bush with a Grade A listed at the earlier poll...LOL. But hang in there - apparently quite a few Germans are stupid enough to also be voting in this silly poll right now to turn the results around.

Greetings from your sometimes not-so-loyal satellite-slave-state Germany,

Berliner Baer
22 posted on 03/08/2004 10:49:02 AM PST by Berliner Baer
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To: Thomas2000; Admin Moderator
That's so lovely when I babel fish translate:

Hello its fascist, the liberty fight of the Iraqi people only still begins. Then the world can see, how the Amis can run. Each day dies an American soldier


What's your unemployment now? 11.1% That sucks, huh?

C-ya.
23 posted on 03/08/2004 11:02:04 AM PST by eyespysomething (A Communist is a Liberal in a hurry!)
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To: 4mycountry; Constitution Day; Lazamataz
a little help here, your names just came to mind
24 posted on 03/08/2004 11:11:24 AM PST by eyespysomething (A Communist is a Liberal in a hurry!)
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To: Texas Eagle
The omnipresent structure
http://www.physik.as/english.htm
25 posted on 03/08/2004 11:31:12 AM PST by gerda (I shall preserve life or bring death!)
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To: Thomas2000
Go to babelfish anbd translate this into the language of Dachau and Buchenwald:

"How does it feel to be such a pathetic loser?"
26 posted on 03/08/2004 11:39:57 AM PST by Skooz (My Biography: Psalm 40:1-3)
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To: eabinga
  VOTE-AUSWERTUNG
  Stand: 08.03.2004, 20:37

Bilanz
Seit drei Jahren ist George W. Bush der mächtigste Mann der Vereinigten Staaten - und der Welt. Wie beurteilen Sie seine bisherige Amtszeit (in Schulnoten)?

1 43.03%43.03%43.03%  31184 43.03%
2 7.30%7.30%7.30%  5293 7.30%
3 4.38%4.38%4.38%  3172 4.38%
4 1.68%1.68%1.68%  1217 1.68%
5 6.15%6.15%6.15%  4456 6.15%
6 37.46%37.46%37.46%  27149 37.46%
 Gesamtbeteiligung: 72471

27 posted on 03/08/2004 11:41:01 AM PST by Skooz (My Biography: Psalm 40:1-3)
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To: eabinga
The president is only Tinkerbell
important is the omnipresent structure
http://www.physik.as/english.htm
The philosophy behind physics!

28 posted on 03/08/2004 11:42:45 AM PST by gerda (The philosophy behind physics)
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To: gerda
I don't think anyone here thinks he is more than the President of the USA. What is your point?
29 posted on 03/08/2004 11:44:33 AM PST by eyespysomething (A Communist is a Liberal in a hurry!)
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To: eabinga
Hey guys! I've just found another poll at www.howtowastetime.com! Currently 60% vote that it's OK to keep 2 gay hamsters in the same cage. This will not stand! This is an offense for the traditional values of good Americans and their pets. Defend the anal virginity of all hamsters around the world and turn the vote!!!
30 posted on 03/08/2004 11:58:11 AM PST by Der Kalif von Gross-Enzersdorf (you bled with david, now bleed with me (Freeeeedom!!!!!!))
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To: Skooz
FReeped
31 posted on 03/08/2004 12:05:46 PM PST by scott0347
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To: Skooz
First of all a little reminder to what you had agreed when entering this podium:

"Purpose: The Free Republic forum is intended for Conservative users who wish to have a serious discussion about political events, conservative principles and the elimination of government corruption and abuse. This is a news and information site not a chat room. Please stay on topic. Free Republic is a supporter of free speech on the Internet but we believe that along with the privilege of free speech comes the responsibility to respect the rights of others."

So - I don't feel worse after your intelligent objection.
But I'm not sure if I'm welcome here because I am no "Conservative user". (BTW I don't need Babelfish for this.)

What do Conservatives conserve actually?
Well, that's off-topic, sorry.

So answer these questions please: Do you think freeping is a legitimate means in a democracy? Or is "Democracy" something to throw on the pile labeled "Old Europe"? What is the purpose of these actions? Can't you stand the circumstance that people want to express their opinions freely, at least in Not-so-loyal-countries? Think, please. It helps, the Germans should know.

Greetings
parabenzyne
32 posted on 03/08/2004 12:11:34 PM PST by parabenzyne (touché..?)
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To: GermanFreedom

34 posted on 03/08/2004 2:00:04 PM PST by mykdsmom (Tolerance is the last virtue of a degenerate society)
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To: GermanFreedom
Whatever...

There you guys go again... Thinking we give a sh!t about what you think.

OH, and from my dutch grandfather who was imprisoned by your first socialist movement (nazis)--- "FA - Q"
35 posted on 03/08/2004 2:01:09 PM PST by myself6
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To: GermanFreedom
Welcome to FreeRepublic
36 posted on 03/08/2004 2:05:28 PM PST by Eala (Sacrificing tagline fame for... TRAD ANGLICAN RESOURCE PAGE: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican)
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To: eabinga; Jim Robinson
The Germans have dicovered your Bush-pollen-Freepung:

You need tons click "co-ordinating"
(Free Republic - The conservative click Guerilla)

Spiegel (Germany) ^ | 08. März 2004 | Of franc Patalong
Posted on 03/08/2004 1:00:56 PM PST by Jim Robinson

(This is a Google translated excerpt from a Spiegel article regarding Freeping)

Vote vote-pfuscher

You need tons click "co-ordinating"

Of franc Patalong

Votes are a fine thing, the butter on message bread. They give a feedback to the on-line Medienmacher, how the reader sees a thing. George W. Bush regard nearly 60 per cent of the readers of MIRROR ON-line ONE for example as a Top president. We know also, why.

From the guidance for the falsification of the Mirror On-line Votes: "You need tons cklick ' co-ordinating!'" The widow Vivian Freep from Midland (Texas) is "George Bush's biggest more supporter".

Beautifully for Bush, the European imagines there, but in an American conservative Credos ascends equal the anger. An insolence is that, which does not want to say no more and less than the following: Bushs success is based on the assistance of humans, who manipulate, disturbs, falsifies.

Because "Freeping" is an Slang expression. He means the nocturnal pasting over of election posters, the organization of being noisy area MOS, the purposeful disturbing of appearances of political opponents and - not least - the massive falsification of tunings in the InterNet.

The strange term developed for end of the nineties and goes back on the web page "Free Republic" of the ultrakonservativen activists Jim Robinson. "Freep", how the web page was fast called by fans, understands itself as "a conservative message forum". Principal item of the offer is the panel, in which it goes partly violently to the thing.

The conservative click Guerilla

Free Republic began as Clinton Hasser side, developed themselves further however fast. First Lorbeeren harvested the "Freep Movement", when the side began to call in various elections for the "support" of conservative candidates.

Completely concretely: It concerned to disturb demonstrations of the democrats to tear off or falsify posters, to opponents to support actively. Already as itself Bill Clinton saw, to organized Freep groups in different US cities "info. meetings" and switched newspaper advertisements confronted with an office expulsion procedure. The term "Freeping" developed and meant: Over tones the opponent.

CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread

37 posted on 03/08/2004 2:32:07 PM PST by RonDog
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To: mykdsmom
OMG! LOL!!
38 posted on 03/08/2004 2:55:30 PM PST by CharlieOK1
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To: All
Now we can be a Clinton Hasser and a Kerry Hasser. With over 11% unemployment in Germany maybe they should poll their own leader. Or better yet we should conduct a poll here on their leader. Is Schroeder doing a good job?
39 posted on 03/08/2004 3:11:02 PM PST by Bringbackthedraft (I saved my "JEB" signs for 08. I'll use them in 04 if Hillary runs.)
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To: murphymos
bump. still going. eich ben ultrakonserviteven
41 posted on 03/08/2004 3:33:56 PM PST by Tigercap
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To: laughing third
It's an INTERNET poll, lighten up! We just like giving socialists a scare from time to time (and apparently it's worked). And if you think Gore won Florida, you're being lied to.
43 posted on 03/08/2004 4:11:06 PM PST by Nataku X (<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com">Miserable Failure</a>)
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To: eabinga
Because Spiegel is linking to this post, I am replying in german.

An die Spiegel Leser

Ich bin beeindruckt. Wer hätte gedacht, daß der Spiegel fast 30 einigermaßen Recherchierte Absätze zu diesem Thema schreibt.

Zur Zeit betreibt offenbar eine andere Gruppe eine sog. "Stimmenmanipulation". Ich beobachte wie im Minutentakt (um 2:00 Nachts MEZ) George Bush 300-400 Stimmen für die Note "6" erhält. Ich bin gespannt, ob der Spiegel auch hierzu einen Kommentar abliefern wird.

Der Spiegel: SPIEGEL-ONLINE-Votes sind keine repräsentativen Umfragen. Sie geben lediglich ein Stimmungsbild derjenigen wieder, die bei den Votes mitmachen. Die Teilnahme ist unverbindlich und freiwillig.

Da hat der Spiegel recht. Online Meinungsumfragen sind keine repräsentativen Umfragen und sollten auch nicht als solche gewertet werden. Sie neigen das Meinungsbild der eigenen Leser zu spiegeln und zu bekräftigen. Wen überrascht es, daß auf einer "linken" Webseite Bush schlecht und auf einer "rechten" gut abschneidet?

Ich hoffe wir haben damit verdeutlicht, daß unwissenschaftliche Onlineumfragen nicht die Bits wert sind auf denen sie gespeichert sind. Sie sind in etwa so wertvoll wie das Horoskop der Tageszeitung.

44 posted on 03/08/2004 5:15:57 PM PST by eabinga
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To: abrahamYeah; Admin Moderator; Jim Robinson
Looks like the Viking Kitties are going to have to kick some trans-Atlantic heinie in here tonight.

CLEANUP ON AISLE DREI!

}:-)4
47 posted on 03/08/2004 9:20:56 PM PST by Moose4 (Yes, it's just an excuse to post more pictures of my kitten. Deal with it.)
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To: farmfriend
On-line polls are horribly unscientific and pitiful. Nonetheless, ....
48 posted on 03/08/2004 9:27:34 PM PST by Dec31,1999 (Capital punishment saves lives.)
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To: laughing third
Ach, war doch lustig. sie haben ein bisschen Aufmerksamkeit erregt, Dampf abgelassen, das ist alles was sie wollten.

Stell dir mal vor wie rechts sie sein müssen, damit der Spiegel ultralinks erscheint...

1933? Braunes Hemd? Seitenscheitel? Einzig der Name ihres Führers lautet anders.

Jetzt laufen sie um die Häuser johlen und schreien, damit man sie beachtet, denn nichts ist schlimmer für sie, als wenn ihre kleinen Provokationen nicht bemerkt werden...

Du brauchst dir nur die Statistik über die Südstaaten der USA anzuschauen, wo der grösste Teil der Bush-Wähler herkommt ***: diese Leute haben einen miesen Job; glauben, dass die Welt in sieben Tagen statt vor millionen Jahren entstanden ist - haben also nicht einmal minimale Schulbildung; damit nicht einmal eine Chance auf einen besseren Job. Das einzige was sie hören sind Bibel-Radiosender und Religiöse Fernsehsender - sie sind nicht weniger Fundi als die Taliban oder Al Quaida.

Die Spiegel-Umfrage ist ihre Art Dampf abzulassen - und das ist immer noch besser als es so zu machen wie die anderen Fundis, die am 11.9. in einem Flugzeug sassen und auch mal richtig Dampf ablassen wollten.

Das einzig gefährliche an ihnen ist halt das, was auch 1933 gefährlich war - dass ein paar tausend Nullen doch noch eine Bedeutung erlangen, wenn sich mal eine eins davorstellen sollte.
Al Quaida hat jetzt Bin Laden, und die hier warten halt noch und üben schon mal.



*** Nicht umsonst schlägt der nach dem 2.ten Weltkrieg entwickelte Autoritarismus/Faschismus-Test (Sowas wie ein Nazi-Früherkennungstest) am stärksten bei ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen und und der Südstaatenbevölkerung der USA aus.
50 posted on 03/09/2004 1:55:09 AM PST by bones_and_skulls (nimm sie doch nicht so ernst - sie wollen nur Dampf ablassen...)
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