Decision desk projects...

At this hour, with 3950 "votes" cast, and rising rapidly, we project a Satisfied With Tom Rideout Majority Government, by a landslide. Fully 76% of on-line respondents to VOCM's Question of the Day are "satisfied with Tom Rideout's action on his controversial expense claims."

Or, more to the point, 100% of whoever on the Eighth Floor is responsible for juicing this "poll", have been instructed to be satisfied with Tom Rideout's action on his controversial expense claims.

Or, as the most recent comment says, "Come on Tom. Get your finger off the Yes button!!"

Or, as the next-most-recent one says, "tom must have called all his friends and have them vote yes to question of the day.it's a funny thing to have 77% of the vote in his favor as of now. but in the comments section there seems to be no one voting yes.what's happening i wonder"

Jo-anne: "How can 77% be saying yes when all the comments are saying no."

An anonymous commenter: "seems like Danny and Tom have called in the pc's computer nerds,had them work all morning clearing their computer time and time so they could vote yes.What have we become in NL.Honesty went out the door when these guys got elected"

Back Again: "The Percent of votes for yes is amazing. JUST LOOK AT THE COMMENTS. MOST SAY RESIGN TOM. WOULD THEY BE TAMPERING WITH THE SURVEY UP ON THE HILL?"

Puzzled: "I find it simply hard to believe that 76% of the people have no problem with Mr. Rideout's actions. Gets me thinking how many friends Mr. Rideout has called to get the popular vote."

Bartheman99: "not many PC comments on here today. 80% voting yes and almost no comments, interesting. Is there anything that this Govt can do that will make you think of voting against them. Shame on all of you."

ME AGAIN 2: "WELL I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THIS MUCH OF A YES PERCENTAGE."

Graham: "What puzzles me most of all right now is who are the 78% that say yes. Mark this day on the VOCM Calendar because for the first time on here I am speechless. Then again that may also make 78% of the respondents very happy as well."

What: I can't believe that 80 % would agree its o/k for polititons to steal from the public purse .

Sassy Goose: Why is there such a discrepancy between the actual poll and the comments?

DUH: Can this vote really be correct. 82% voted yes but the majority of comments suggest no.

DICK & JANE: Why is every single comment calling for Rideout to resign, yet over 83% voted "YES" without a word stating why they agree with his actions ?

Sarah: I looked at this earlier in the morning and it was 67% No. How is it possible that it is now 83% yes, but all the comments are against him? Something is not right with this picture.

JEH: Must be lot of true blue PCs out there to vote yes?

Really Disgusted Taxpayer: Have you ever noticed that the numbers on Question of the Day change after 9:00 am or so to put the government in a more favourable light. That's after the little elves in the Confederation building get to work and start voting. Does that mean that not only do they condone the ongoing corruption by our HONOURABLE Members, they also use paid work government workers to skew poll numbers in a way to mislead us?

surprised: no to your question but very surprise about 66% saying yes just one question for you yes voters do you work for tom or are you related?