Help! Need advice about this PUMA thing-- is this a real threat??

[ailsagirl]

A friend just forwarded me the following and she's worried. What do you all think??

PUMAs don’t forget to say you are voting for Barack Obama if polled…
October 9, 2008 by PUMA Pundit
PUMAs,

If and when you get polled, remember to let the pollster know that not only do you intend to vote, but that you are strongly committed to voting for:

Barack Obama

It is extremely important we keep on doing this. Let Obama and his surrogates keep on being lulled into a false sense of security at having a lead in the national polls.

So far this strategy seems to be working, polls show Obama to be up…

Of course on election day, as PUMAs we all know that no way, no how, we shall not vote for Obama. We might write in Hillary’s name, we might vote for John McCain, heck we might even write in our own names, but to give our vote on Barack Obama is simply not something we shall do.

Rock On,

PUMA Pundit

http://www.puma08.com/2008/10/09/pumas-dont-forget-to-say-you-are-voting-for-barack-obama-if-polled/

[last1standing]

1. It's as much of a threat as Skylab.

Both are over and done with. Anything left is just a sad remnant of what it once was.

[DefenseLawyer]

16. Yeah but unlike PUMAs, Skylab scared the crap out of me.

I was sure it was gonna fall on my house!

[Arugula Latte]

2. Naaah.

These PUMA idiots are legends in their own minds. There are far, far fewer of them than they could ever imagine. They'll be tossed onto the dust-heap of history come November 5th.

[ailsagirl]

8. Whew!! That's a relief

I hadn't been paying all that much attention to them so I didn't know the implications-- thanks for your take.

:hi:

[GOPNotForMe]

3. LOL. Silly PUMAs think they matter. nt

[tularetom]

4. I liked them better when they were cougars

[Occam Bandage]

5. Heh. They're just trying to pretend they're still relevant .

[skipos]

6. "So far this strategy seems to be working, polls show Obama to be up"

WRONG. I have been praying to the flying spaghetti monster every day to give us an Obama victory. *MY* strategy is paying off.

[quakerboy]

24. Heretic

I prayed to the swimming spaghetti monster, whom all true believers know is far stronger and superior in all ways. It is my prayers not yours, nor any silly puffed up Puma what done it.

[jrockford]

38. hahahaha

[smiley_glad_hands]

7. Its not real. They are repugs and have always been repugs. eom

[johnaries]

11. Yep. Republican operatives in Dem's clothing. nt

[amitten]

15. Agreed. A thinly veiled Repub mind-fuck, to make the polls

seem "off".

Of course it's incredibly transparent bullshit, and no one believes it.

Every trick they're trying, EVERY ONE, is failing this time around.

Obama will win.

[scheming daemons]

9. Sure... all 12 of them will lie to pollsters.... big whoop.....

[ailsagirl]

10. THANK YOU ALL!!!!

:grouphug:

[Bicoastal]

12. They might make a difference of 0.05% in 1 out of 100 polls.

Honestly.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

13. Invasion by gangs of Bigfoots is a much more likely scenario. n.t

[Webster Green]

14. Nope

It's BS :silly:

[PresidentObama]

17. They're trying to fool you into believing that's why Obama's leading. They're a cult of racists.

[progressivebydesign]

18. the odds that a pollster will call any of these kooks is miniscule.

I mean.. how many of us have been polled this season?

They are trying to make you think that the polls are wrong -- and they're hoping that people, like you, who meant well by posting this bullshit for us --

[BlueIdaho]

19. There is no spoon... nm.

[Jersey Devil]

20. The 12 PUMAs that are probably left are looking for relevance

They have none. What they do, say or think means nothing.

[Warren Stupidity]

21. OMFG ALL THE POLLS ARE FAKED!1!1!1!! IM SERIES

Actually the freepers do think all the polls are faked. Of course about six weeks ago they were pretty sure the polls were accurate.

The McGate Campaign is near the end of a tailspin not seen since Mike Dukakis got the shit knocked out of him. I think your friend is a freeper.

[azurnoir]

22. They are Republican operatives

take a look at the side bar promoting some of the most ridiculous GOP attacks, the racist comments such as "ecru man", and then they claim to be Dems, ya right.

[nomaco-10]

23. PUMA is sooooo last three months ago....

Please tune in to the new democratic party, there is something new and innovative happening every day now, maybe even every few hours as the 24/7 news cycle unfolds.

We surpassed the so called PUMA phenomenon weeks ago and have moved on.

[jkshaw]

25. They're playing that game, you know,

"The Bradley Effect."

To what "effect" I can't imagine.

[dchill]

26. Whatever happened to that PUMA "spokesperson"...

That Chris Matthews had on Hardball for like two shows? That was one bitter wacko.

[DangerousRhythm]

27. She's probably off sulking in her parents' basement with her dour face.

This is ridiculous. The people who are saying this, do they not realize that if we actually believed it were true we'd only fight harder than ever? This is ridiculous "strategy" on their part. :rofl:

[dchill]

29. Ha! That WAS one dour-faced dungeoness.

:hi:

[DangerousRhythm]

47. For real. Nobody ever told her not to slouch on TV...

...and to SMILE for godsakes. What an awful spokeswoman. :rofl:

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

28. I had to search, but I found a great example of a PUMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wroj0FLvzs&eurl=http://ozquits.com/forum/index.php?topic=8896.0

Somehow, though, she doesn't worry me. I don't think she'll be able to find her way to the polls.

[CreekDog]

30. they all magically started lying to pollsters right when...

Obama won the first debate

McCain suspended his campaign

The economy tanked

Palin epic failed

none of that affected the polls, but the .58 percent that might be PUMA just suddenly started lying to pollsters.

a likely story.

sleep well tonight. :hi:

[DrTeeth]

31. isn't a PUMA

just an ugly cougar?

[FVZA_Colonel]

32. It's as much of a threat as NASA purposefully deorbiting the Hubble Space Telescope over your house.

Needless to say, not much of one.

[PatGund]

33. Sounds like they're trying to whistle in the dark

and convince themselves the polls aren't as good as they are.

Considering they only got 60-100 people at their Washington DC conference....


....and the same amount at Denver.


I'd say they don't have the numbers to be anything but an annoyance.


Remember, they think they represent every single person who voted for Sen. Clinton. However, all evidence is that the vast majority of Clinton supporters have followed her lead in supporting Sen. Obama.


Keep fighting though. The more people actually vote for Sen. Obama, the more the PUMAs implode.

[anonymous171]

34. No. They're just rationalizing Obama's poll numbers.

[Drunken Irishman]

35. PUMA members aren't large enough to change the polls.

Their egos are, but their bloc isn't.

[rufus dog]

36. It is a RW tactic

the assholes over at Hannity were saying the same thing, said Rush told them to do it.

How did the Rush plans work in 06?

So they are going to lie to pollsters and get Obama a huge lead, thus demoralizing Repuke voters causing them to sit out an election. Sounds like a great plan.

[barack the house]

37. I think most folks realize that more of the same economic policies are suicidal>

There is no bradley effect there is a Bush broke the country effect. The convention showed that the party is unified and ready to save the country from free fall. Also another sign we are back together is DUers returning to the board. It's is the GOP last ditch attempts to splinter us don't buy it, stay together hold tight.:grouphug:

[Frank Cannon]

39. We stand more of a threat from the Mothman or El Chupacabra

The only good thing about the PUMA myth is that it encouraged some dumbass to choose Sarah Palin as a running mate.

[stolivodka]

41. Truth posted above ^^^

It would be dangerously close, right now, if McCrap chose Huck or Loserman. Thank goodness for Sarah Palin, and here's hoping that they're dumb enough to run her in 2012!

[Frank Cannon]

46. Everytime that nincompoop opens her big, ugly mouth...

Obama gains another point in the polls.

It would be a dream if she could run again in 2012. But, alas, I feel she will be thrown upon the scrapheap of bad ideas along with New Coke and Ronco spray-on hair.

[MyNameGoesHere]

40. OMG yes please flail arms and gnash teeth starting........

NOW.

[PretzelWarrior]

42. BAHAHAH! This is like Rove predicting victory for Repukes in 06

they are busy playing childish "psych out" games for each other. Meanwhile, we are mobilizing the biggest get out the vote effort against a FLAWED GOP candidate in a "perfect storm" set of conditions for a voter revolt against the incumben party. Look for massive losses not only in electoral votes as Obama wins in a landslide. Look also for a massacre of Republicans across states. This is gonna be lopsided.

[Doremus]

43. Wonder if their supporter will do as she's told? But then, what are the odds she'll be polled?

[CakeGrrl]

44. Obama's ground game and GOTV will steamroll the PUMAs. n/t

[stolivodka]

45. Pumas *are* dangerous! They are Godless killing machines!!

Or is that bears I'm thinking of?