(click for larger view)"Majority in unscientific FOXNews.com poll pegs Tea Party movement ‘racist’" by Ron Brynaert, Raw Story
Excerpt
It's modern warfare online poll time again.
While most polls on the internet that are labeled as "unscientific" usually fade into obscurity even before all the votes are tallied, every now and then one becomes a meme.
Thursday morning, a Wonkette blog post titled "Fox News Poll: Yes, We Are Insanely Racist Crazy People" made it onto Digg's recommended list.
The FOXNews.com poll asked, "What Do You Think Tea Party Movement Is About?"
How to define the Tea Party movement was nearly as big an issue last week at the National Tea Party Convention as the political issues discussed, from government fiscal responsibility to greater accountability of public officials. Some participants drew cheers for raising more controversial topics, such as President Obama's nationality, but others argued that those points were, at best, politically unproductive. Meghan McCain went further on Monday and called segments of the movement "racist."
One choice that stands out is "Fruitless mix of racism, conspiracy theories," which -- hopefully -- wasn't worded to imply that there could be a potentially fruitful mix of the two.
Wonkette's Jim Newell cracked, "What is this about 'fruitless' though? Racism and conspiracy theories have put the Republicans in great shape for 2010. If that’s 'fruitless,' then consider these teabaggers fruity."
When Wonkette wrote the poll up Wednesday late afternoon there were 92,876 votes tallied, with 65% opting for "Fruitless mix" and 23% saying "Small government and responsibility." Only 10% selected "Voicing outrage at out-of-touch politicians", while 2% picked "Exposing Democrat's socialist agenda." Oddly enough, the poll says 1% selected "Other", which puts the total at 101% for the sometimes-mathematically-challenged network.
At about an hour before noon on Thursday, 163,793 votes at the Fox poll put "Fruitless mix" even further on top with 76%.
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