Polls Quotes - Page 15

• Saddam Hussein is about to face trial and George Bush wants to execute him. Not because of the war crimes, but because Saddam is beating him in the polls.

  Craig Kilborn

  War, Trials, Hussein

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• Democrats are afraid of polls. Republicans aren`t afraid of polls. Republicans make polls. Democrats run from polls.

  Bill Maher

  Running, Republican, Democrat

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• For almost 50 years polls have shown that a large majority of the public believe that the budget should be balanced, and for all that time they have elected office seekers who would not balance it. The public cares about deficits, but doesn't care much.

  Herbert Stein

  Believe, Years, Office

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• On March 8 a poll showed Hart 9 points ahead of Reagan. So perhaps 60 million Americans, 55 million of whom had not heard of Hart a month ago, have suddenly decided thay want him to be leader of the free world. The public mind is not just soft wax, it's runny.

  George Will

  Leader, Mind, World

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• Are you attracted by his new ideas or his new poll ratings?

  Pat Buchanan

  Ideas, Rating, American Politics

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• We're going to get that little bug before that little bug gets my poll ratings down any further.

  Jerry Brown

  Littles, Bugs, Rating

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• Anyone dumb enough to get his political information from a comic strip deserves what he gets at the polls.

  Garry Trudeau

  Political, Dumb, Information

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• The polls show that 10 percent of the public are ready to vote for me even though they don't know I'm running. We hope that figure won't drop when they learn I'm in the race.

  Eugene McCarthy

  Running, Race, Vote

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• The South is dry and will vote dry. That is, everybody that is sober enough to stagger to the polls will.

  Will Rogers

  Government, Dry, Vote

  Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling, Frances N. Sterling (1993). “Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties”, p.158, Rowman & Littlefield

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• It is important that voters be as informed as possible when they enter the polls May 9 to determine who has the experience, integrity and vision to lead Nebraska to excellence.

  Tom Osborne

  Integrity, Excellence, Vision

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• BJP is a political party with a difference that aims at good governance. This is proved by the fact that three of the five Chief Ministers according to a recent NDTV survey/poll are from BJP-ruled states.

  Narendra Modi

  Party, Bjp, Differences

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• According to polls, a majority (around 60+ percent) opposes the radar base. But it's not necessarily the sensible part of the Czech population. The demonstrations against the base are usually organized by communists, Islamists, and "peaceful feminists" (which is fortunately not a numerous group).

  Lubos Motl

  Feminist, Peaceful, Majority

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• A Newsweek poll said if the election were held today, John Kerry would beat Bush 49 percent to 46 percent. And today, President Bush called Newsweek magazine a threat to world peace.

  Jay Leno

  President, Magazines, World

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• I don't look at polls, I pay no attention to them. I pay attention to the public, and the sense of where the public is on certain things, but you have to lead.

  John Kasich

  Looks, Attention, Pay

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• The media uses polls to create news stories. I think polls are just an extension of the editorial page, an excuse to get them on the front page. You can ask any question you want, get any answer you want, and then run around with that as a news story.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Running, Thinking, News Stories

  "Transcript: Rush Limbaugh on 'Your World'". "Your World with Neil Cavuto,", Fox News Show, www.foxnews.com. February 9, 2006.

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• When Arthur Schlesinger Sr. pioneered the 'presidential greatness poll' in 1948, the top five were Lincoln, Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jefferson. Only Wilson appears to be seriously fading, probably because his support for the World War I-era Sedition Act now seems outrageous; in this analogy, Woodrow is like the Doors and the Sedition Act is Oliver Stone.

  Chuck Klosterman

  War, Greatness, Doors

  Chuck Klosterman (2009). “Eating the Dinosaur”, p.241, Simon and Schuster

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• In the Tea Party narrative, victory at the polls means a new American revolution, one that will "take our country back" from everyone they disapprove of. But what they dont realize is, there's a catch: This is America, and we have an entrenched oligarchical system in place that insulates us all from any meaningful political change.

  Matt Taibbi

  Meaningful, Country, Party

  "The Truth About the Tea Party". www.rollingstone.com. September 28, 2010.

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• A new poll found that 43 percent of Americans think President Obama is doing a good job at handling the BP oil spill. Of course, the same poll found that 43 percent of Americans hate pelicans.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Jobs, Hate, Thinking

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• California has gone insane. According to the latest poll, Arnold Schwarzenegger is leading in California's governor's race by 34 points. You can tell that Governor Gray Davis is worried because he spent all day yesterday working on his pecs.

  Conan O'Brien

  Race, California, Yesterday

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• The latest polls show that Arnold Schwarzenegger is trailing Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante in the polls. That's insane. I mean, think about it, this guy Cruz Bustamante has never even been in a movie.

  David Letterman

  Mean, Thinking, Guy

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• If the polls are right, our Judeo-Christian heritage is no longer the foundation of our values. We have become a post-Christian society.

  Charles Colson

  Christian, Religious, Foundation

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• You take a poll of any people. What is it they want? The right to write an editorial as you like? They want homes, medicine, jobs, schools.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Jobs, Home, Writing

  "Lee Kuan Yew - the best quotes from Singapore's founding father", www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2015.

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• I have never been over concerned or obsessed with opinion polls or popularity polls. I think a leader who is, is a weak leader. Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I'm meaningless.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Thinking, Wind, Leader

  "The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew". Book by Lee Kuan Yew, www.aljazeera.com. 1997.

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• The only thing I have ever been asked [by a pollster] was the age at which I first indulged in oral sex (which, since it was a Yale Daily News poll, meant kissing).

  Paul Rudnick

  Sex, Kissing, Yale

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• If you look at the public opinion polls even, support for all the issues, people who self-identify as feminists are as least as many as those who self-identify as Republicans.

  Gloria Steinem

  Self, Issues, People

  Source: bluestockingsmag.com

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