Conklin lies
Ken Conklin has another letter
in the
Star-Bulletin
today about the Akaka bill, saying "... the Grassroot Institute survey... phoned
10,000 residents and found 67 percent of respondents saying
'No.'"Here's an earlier post I made
analyzing this survey and demonstrating that this statement is not accurate,
because to arrive at the 67% number one has to leave out those 22% who didn't
respond to this particular question at all, and when they are included, only 52%
actually said they were against the bill. There is a big difference between
two-thirds and one-half. My point
isn't to argue levels of support for the Akaka bill, as the polls on both sides
are probably flawed in one way or another (and I don't support the bill
anyway).My point is to show, once
again, that Ken Conklin spreads false
information.And since I know that Ken
reads (and posts comments) here and is aware of my analysis of this poll, I can
only conclude that he continues to do so knowingly and
intentionally.
Posted: Sun - October 23, 2005 at 12:11 PM