So, not only are the results staged each year at the People's Choice awards on CBS (I never have watched them, nor do I lend them any credence), Goldderby.com reports that this year, to save money, a less accurate poll was taken as well:

This year the People's Choice nominees and categories were chosen by a new voting system involving a panel of 6,000 "entertainment enthusiasts from across the country," according to PCAvote.com. Winners were chosen by participates at the website, a less expensive decision-making process than the previous method of conducting a Gallup Poll, which gave a more scientifically accurate reflection of the American people's choices.

For some reason, this just seems a bit odd to me. CBS (home of memogate) is going to air the People's Choice awards which notify winners in advance so they can show up and then pretend to be surprised when they are presented with awards that are not truly representative of the "People's Choice"? Sounds kosher to me. Also, how is the people's choice determined? I would suspect no majority is necessary to win. So by presenting a choice from amongst five films ("Farenheit 9/11," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "The Incredibles," "Shrek 2" and "Spiderman") what do you think will happen? My prediction - 45% or so of the population (those that most likely are Democrats and still haven't accepted the fact that George W. Bush won the election) will vote for the propagandist "Farenheit 9/11" while the other 55% or so of the population will pick their favorite film from amongst the other four films. Which will win? Hmmm...let's think about that for a second. Even if just 30% are Democrats who would vote for "Farenheit 9/11" just out of spite and the other 60% cast their vote evenly over the other four films, "Farenheit 9/11" still receives double the votes of any other film. Note: this is why you may see "Farenheit 9/11" win the Academy Award as well. Though, hopefully, the Acadmey has some sort of run-off system should a film not receive 50% of the vote.

And if you need proof that the Democrats still can't get past the election results, one only needs to read this caption from the AP:

Sen. Barbara Boxer (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., wipes away a tear as she announces with Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (news, bio, voting record), D-Ohio, that they will object to the certification of Ohio's electoral votes during a joint session of Congress today Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005. It would be only the second time since 1877 that the House and Senate were forced into separate meetings to consider electoral votes. (link)

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