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		<title>By: Endorsements &#124; Cosmic Variance</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/12/12/presidential-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-35090</link>
		<dc:creator>Endorsements &#124; Cosmic Variance</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] includes a wide swath of undecided voters, a/k/a &#8220;Joe the Reader of Blogs.&#8221; (Okay, perhaps not.) So, to help along the decision-making process, here are some endorsements from respected [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] includes a wide swath of undecided voters, a/k/a &#8220;Joe the Reader of Blogs.&#8221; (Okay, perhaps not.) So, to help along the decision-making process, here are some endorsements from respected [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Maybe Obama should learn how to dumb himself down. &#171; blueollie</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/12/12/presidential-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-35089</link>
		<dc:creator>Maybe Obama should learn how to dumb himself down. &#171; blueollie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] You know, there are many out there who actually like that. Perhaps that is why Obama does well among the intellectually interested crowd; see for example, the poll results from this physics blog. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] You know, there are many out there who actually like that. Perhaps that is why Obama does well among the intellectually interested crowd; see for example, the poll results from this physics blog. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: The Almighty Bob</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/12/12/presidential-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-35088</link>
		<dc:creator>The Almighty Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Do I like Ron Paul sure, will I vote for him, probable, but so far I am undecided&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Please check the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.answers.com/undecided&amp;r=67&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;definiton of &quot;undecided&quot;&lt;/a&gt;. It may surprise you.

Other than that, this isn&#039;t a newspaper or news show. Sean never made any kind of claim not to be biased. Those who control the site are perfectly within their rights to be biased, so long as it&#039;s stated up front. If it bothers you, do like the free market tells you, and go into competition: start your own site.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Do I like Ron Paul sure, will I vote for him, probable, but so far I am undecided</p></blockquote>
<p>Please check the <a href="http://www.answers.com/undecided&amp;r=67" rel="nofollow">definiton of &#8220;undecided&#8221;</a>. It may surprise you.</p>
<p>Other than that, this isn&#8217;t a newspaper or news show. Sean never made any kind of claim not to be biased. Those who control the site are perfectly within their rights to be biased, so long as it&#8217;s stated up front. If it bothers you, do like the free market tells you, and go into competition: start your own site.</p>
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		<title>By: Matt Dixon</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/12/12/presidential-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-35087</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt Dixon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow this is about the most unfair web site I have seen, not including Ron Paul, it&#039;s a very bias view. just another fine example of controlled media, sorry but I will not take part in any media that is bias, Do I like Ron Paul sure, will I vote for him, probable, but so far I am undecided, I like many Americans want to hear what all te candidates have to say not just what this web site or our mainstream media want us to hear, it is our right, all candidates are viable and therefore should be included in all debates.

As soon as a source takes that right away already makes it unfair regardless of who they are excluding and their reasons, this site is a prime example of of the distrust of media.

How about we all stop dreaming and stop being bias so we can all have a true vote, it&#039;s always interesting to me and yet it confuses me to no end that almost every straw vote I see mentions Ron Paul as the winner but yet mainstream media and many websites like this one talks as if Ron Paul is not even running and these mainstream polls are often and too many times very skewed, but yet you scream democracy hummm....  I beg to differ in your views. it makes me sick to know people are not honest in these elections, the American people deserve and demand better but yet this web site offers nothing but lies and skewed events. shame on you, this is my country as well as yours, do not dare take my right to vote based on your own agenda.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow this is about the most unfair web site I have seen, not including Ron Paul, it&#8217;s a very bias view. just another fine example of controlled media, sorry but I will not take part in any media that is bias, Do I like Ron Paul sure, will I vote for him, probable, but so far I am undecided, I like many Americans want to hear what all te candidates have to say not just what this web site or our mainstream media want us to hear, it is our right, all candidates are viable and therefore should be included in all debates.</p>
<p>As soon as a source takes that right away already makes it unfair regardless of who they are excluding and their reasons, this site is a prime example of of the distrust of media.</p>
<p>How about we all stop dreaming and stop being bias so we can all have a true vote, it&#8217;s always interesting to me and yet it confuses me to no end that almost every straw vote I see mentions Ron Paul as the winner but yet mainstream media and many websites like this one talks as if Ron Paul is not even running and these mainstream polls are often and too many times very skewed, but yet you scream democracy hummm&#8230;.  I beg to differ in your views. it makes me sick to know people are not honest in these elections, the American people deserve and demand better but yet this web site offers nothing but lies and skewed events. shame on you, this is my country as well as yours, do not dare take my right to vote based on your own agenda.</p>
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		<title>By: Cleveland</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/12/12/presidential-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-35024</link>
		<dc:creator>Cleveland</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can&#039;t figure out how, in my lifetime, how the notion of exclusion, ignorance, and censorship, is considered by a good many to be the new American way. The monopolistic corporate media already does a fine job at only spotlighting the candidates they have chosen for us as viable, while ignoring the others.

Even in their debate forums, Dennis Kucinich resorts to raising his hand or saying,&quot;I&#039;m here&quot; to try to get the moderator to direct a question to him. How bogus is this kind of carnival display?

It isn&#039;t enough that we have this absurd system by which &quot;legitimate&quot; candidates qualify. A selection determined by how much money can be collected doesn&#039;t reflect the populist desire for solid Presidential timber.

Now, in the (as of now) bastion of freedom that is cyberspace, those who have the chance to test to boundless reaches of liberty and truth, would design a poll that
only fits their view of what is best for all of us and considers that if an otherwise, legitimate candidate does not fit (his) profile as a &quot;winner&quot;, then that candidate is not worthy of being listed on his poll.

Indeed, many people need a civics lesson to remind them of how Democracy should work and what country they are lining in.

Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich are bona fide candidates for President of the United States - certainly as much as dead weight like Fred Thompson.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t figure out how, in my lifetime, how the notion of exclusion, ignorance, and censorship, is considered by a good many to be the new American way. The monopolistic corporate media already does a fine job at only spotlighting the candidates they have chosen for us as viable, while ignoring the others.</p>
<p>Even in their debate forums, Dennis Kucinich resorts to raising his hand or saying,&#8221;I&#8217;m here&#8221; to try to get the moderator to direct a question to him. How bogus is this kind of carnival display?</p>
<p>It isn&#8217;t enough that we have this absurd system by which &#8220;legitimate&#8221; candidates qualify. A selection determined by how much money can be collected doesn&#8217;t reflect the populist desire for solid Presidential timber.</p>
<p>Now, in the (as of now) bastion of freedom that is cyberspace, those who have the chance to test to boundless reaches of liberty and truth, would design a poll that<br />
only fits their view of what is best for all of us and considers that if an otherwise, legitimate candidate does not fit (his) profile as a &#8220;winner&#8221;, then that candidate is not worthy of being listed on his poll.</p>
<p>Indeed, many people need a civics lesson to remind them of how Democracy should work and what country they are lining in.</p>
<p>Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich are bona fide candidates for President of the United States &#8211; certainly as much as dead weight like Fred Thompson.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael R</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/12/12/presidential-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-35023</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael R</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dennis Kucinich all the way!  The most courageous defender of the constitution of all the candidates.  He will change our country for the better, and we will all &quot;just get along&quot; better after his administration takes charge.  I agree that Paul and Gravel should be on the polls.  The reason people have not heard of some of the candidates, especially Kucinich is due to deliberate exclusion by the consolidated media.  I&#039;ts time for the people to tell them what democracy means!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dennis Kucinich all the way!  The most courageous defender of the constitution of all the candidates.  He will change our country for the better, and we will all &#8220;just get along&#8221; better after his administration takes charge.  I agree that Paul and Gravel should be on the polls.  The reason people have not heard of some of the candidates, especially Kucinich is due to deliberate exclusion by the consolidated media.  I&#8217;ts time for the people to tell them what democracy means!</p>
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		<title>By: Holy Crap &#124; Cosmic Variance</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/12/12/presidential-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-35081</link>
		<dc:creator>Holy Crap &#124; Cosmic Variance</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] promise I didn&#8217;t rig our informal poll, but I won&#8217;t pretend that I didn&#8217;t like the results. I would have guessed ahead of time [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] promise I didn&#8217;t rig our informal poll, but I won&#8217;t pretend that I didn&#8217;t like the results. I would have guessed ahead of time [...]</p>
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		<title>By: fooltomery</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/12/12/presidential-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-35080</link>
		<dc:creator>fooltomery</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>An inexperienced suit with a resonant speaking voice is currently #1; an indeterminate Other is currently #2; a character-assassinating, power-hungry harridan is currently #3; and a mansion-dwelling, populist demagogue pretty-boy is currently #4.

Just damn!

Love of physics and love of country are not incompatible, but this poll--as it currently stands--couldn&#039;t be used to prove that proposition.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An inexperienced suit with a resonant speaking voice is currently #1; an indeterminate Other is currently #2; a character-assassinating, power-hungry harridan is currently #3; and a mansion-dwelling, populist demagogue pretty-boy is currently #4.</p>
<p>Just damn!</p>
<p>Love of physics and love of country are not incompatible, but this poll&#8211;as it currently stands&#8211;couldn&#8217;t be used to prove that proposition.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/12/12/presidential-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-35082</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WTF NO RON PAUL. THIS IS RIDICULOUS</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WTF NO RON PAUL. THIS IS RIDICULOUS</p>
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		<title>By: Aaron Bergman</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/12/12/presidential-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-35078</link>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Bergman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I believe the proper spelling is TRVTH!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe the proper spelling is TRVTH!</p>
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