From from the horse’s as..errmm, I mean from the horse’s mouth:
…We contracted with Research 2000 to conduct polling and to provide us with the results of their surveys. Based on the report of the statisticians, it’s clear that we did not get what we paid for. We were defrauded by Research 2000, and while we don’t know if some or all of the data was fabricated or manipulated beyond recognition, we know we can’t trust it…(Ed. Note: we normally do not link to hate sites, such as Daily Kos, but as the left believes Kos’ polls, this is an important bit of news worthy of an exception.)
I’m willing to give Kos the benefit of the doubt on this – the polls consistently came out the way he would have liked them to come out, and in the true fashion of the left, little or no effort will ever be made questioning the pro-left data (global warming was built up just like this). Kos is the victim here – but the victim of that leftist worldview which builds up barriers to free inquiry.
Research 2000 may have just seen an easy mark – I long ago figured out how I could become quite wealthy: just start feeding the left whatever it wants to hear. And if I did it as a conservative who saw the light and was trying to make amends for my previous wickedness, it would have been that much fatter a paycheck. The left doesn’t think, doesn’t question – lacks real world knowledge and is ill equipped to figure out a scam (thus Frank and Dodd, who largely created the financial crisis, are charged by the left with fixing it).
Given the level of suckerness (as it were) on the left, I could have carried off such a scam quite easily – but while I’m no saint, I’m not someone who can run a con like that. Kos was taken in – and will be, again. As sure as night follows day, the next person or entity who will tell Kos what he wants to hear will be believed by him without question…if it ever winds up differently, it will only be because Kos figures it out, and becomes a conservative.
UPDATE: Research 2000 is counter-suing Daily Kos?
…Ali’s attorney, Richard Beckler of Howrey LLP in Washington, told TPMmuckraker in an interview, “This guy is completely all wet. This allegation of fraud is absurd.” He added, “These guys are basically ruining Mr. Ali’s business.”
Beckler promised to take “some kind of action soon against all of them” — referring to Kos and the three authors of the analysis calling R2K’s data into question. He declined to elaborate…
I love it when lefties start ripping in to each other.
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