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You did your homework my friend. Good for you and great post. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #1
Thank you BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #2
Get thee to the greatest page malaise Oct 2012 #3
Do I Get A Shout Out For Smoking Him Out? DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #7
Indeed! LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #44
LOL malaise Oct 2012 #45
It was your "clown" label and his idiotic response that got my interest. grantcart Oct 2012 #50
And you really went to town with your research. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #108
it was just going to be a little funny thread in Meta grantcart Oct 2012 #140
Yes, you do sweetie! Cha Oct 2012 #78
You sure do! And I see the clown's account is still active here. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #107
Shout out! tavalon Oct 2012 #133
Indeed. Impressive work. freshwest Oct 2012 #179
Great work. jsr Oct 2012 #4
I can forward this to some people jsmirman Oct 2012 #5
The First Photo Is Stock Art. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #6
An analogy comes to mind Cha Oct 2012 #82
Thanks. And welcome to Arizona. frazee Oct 2012 #8
welcome to DU! renate Oct 2012 #15
Thank you. frazee Oct 2012 #40
Great job, grantcart! janx Oct 2012 #9
I did a Google search on 'Mr. Kaplan' (first photo) and it appears to be a stock image. CurtEastPoint Oct 2012 #10
Using Stock Art On A Web Page Is Pretty Amateurish DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #20
Well done, grantcart. speedoo Oct 2012 #11
too damn funny rufus dog Oct 2012 #12
Investigative journalism. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #13
Fabulous sleuthing! lunatica Oct 2012 #14
well done! renate Oct 2012 #16
One Small Point. He's Allegedly A Robocaller So He Wouldn't Need Callers DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #17
He claims to have a call center for hire too: beac Oct 2012 #26
They employ a special Aerows Oct 2012 #67
still need a call center to listen to the reponses, tabulate, etc grantcart Oct 2012 #71
Maybe he hires prisoners--twelve cents an hour! nt MADem Oct 2012 #183
EPIC reasearching tarheelsunc Oct 2012 #18
Great work! BTW, did you notice their "WHY US" page beac Oct 2012 #19
"Why us?" I already know the Cha Oct 2012 #83
top tears... oldsmoboi Oct 2012 #197
shaking head bigtree Oct 2012 #21
Just wow! DU is awesome! longship Oct 2012 #22
Nice work titaniumsalute Oct 2012 #23
I expected to see a pic of Jeff Gannon there. grasswire Oct 2012 #24
I thought that's who Mike HARDin was alcibiades_mystery Oct 2012 #57
Excellent research. Grateful for Hope Oct 2012 #25
Oops... n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #27
Nice work, grantcart. I'm wondering now if the dude is posting here on DU. Hmmm. lamp_shade Oct 2012 #28
fantastic flamingdem Oct 2012 #29
K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2012 #30
Link to first arrival at DU on Sept. 4th of "Gravismarketing" DURHAM D Oct 2012 #31
I remember being in that thread Aerows Oct 2012 #68
He got on that thread too..defending donations Cha Oct 2012 #85
Good job, figured as much. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #32
Excellent work, which ProSense Oct 2012 #33
Real poll: Post-Debate Colorado Polls Shows 4-Point Obama Lead ProSense Oct 2012 #39
HA! nm Cha Oct 2012 #88
Excellent question, ProSense.. If grantcart can Cha Oct 2012 #87
Great piece, thanks AnnieK401 Oct 2012 #34
What an impressive report, grantcart!! Control-Z Oct 2012 #35
Busted! Bwahahaha!!! PotatoChip Oct 2012 #36
You are a hero sir! berni_mccoy Oct 2012 #37
They donated to the Romney campaign Aerows Oct 2012 #38
Excellent detective work Grantcart Generic Other Oct 2012 #41
Nice Work.... what kills me is he uses the photo you posted on his website (the one of him)... trailmonkee Oct 2012 #42
Is it un-Democratic to want to punch his lights out? superpatriotman Oct 2012 #43
Thank you, grandcart. gademocrat7 Oct 2012 #46
Sorry, grantcart gademocrat7 Oct 2012 #49
I found a blog with Kaplan trying to defend himself in the comments starroute Oct 2012 #47
You are so right about Kaplan's 'semi-literate' responses. PotatoChip Oct 2012 #77
Anonymous posted that there is a money trail / Republican paid operative. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #86
If he was being paid for campaign services starroute Oct 2012 #110
I just did the google street view thingie for DURHAM D Oct 2012 #48
Cross-posted at DKos here berni_mccoy Oct 2012 #51
I see it now has 52 comments. nt DURHAM D Oct 2012 #127
Yeah, it was easy to see when he posted here. JNelson6563 Oct 2012 #52
Dude is still a member... trumad Oct 2012 #53
Well, the next time he shows up on a thread Cha Oct 2012 #89
wow....+1,000,000 SoapBox Oct 2012 #54
Fans of Gravis on DU often say "We know it leans GOP, but we need the full data set..." alcibiades_mystery Oct 2012 #55
From his website in 2010.... pkdu Oct 2012 #56
A "freelance professional" alcibiades_mystery Oct 2012 #58
My Fave line too!.....he left out " I had also graduated from Crayola University" nt pkdu Oct 2012 #64
I know.. I had to read that Cha Oct 2012 #91
"By the age of 14, I had read several books." mrs_p Oct 2012 #100
gravismarketing.com is hiding behind a Domain Privacy Service IDemo Oct 2012 #59
Hmmmm..... Aerows Oct 2012 #74
Hmmmm ..... indeed n/t dmr Oct 2012 #128
Excellent work. Is there a way to send this to Rachel, Al Sharpton, Big Ed or even to the sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #60
stopped for gas. I waive all copyright. any use OK. grantcart Oct 2012 #65
Thanks extremely, grantcart et DU al, for this case study on a vital topic, polling as a business, patrice Oct 2012 #61
Great work! budkin Oct 2012 #62
Wow! Thanks for all You did!! hue Oct 2012 #63
good work blogslut Oct 2012 #66
One of my brother's fraternity brothers LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #69
thanks for ferreting out this loser and..... madrchsod Oct 2012 #70
If you have a journal, please save it there so it will be easy to find eridani Oct 2012 #72
Bravo. You do the DU proud grantcart. great white snark Oct 2012 #73
Well done! Whovian Oct 2012 #75
Doug Kaplan sounds Romneyesque.. no wonder he's Cha Oct 2012 #76
Bravo!!!! K&R n/t OneGrassRoot Oct 2012 #79
Wow. Just wow. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2012 #80
Too lazy to go further but 6 out of 6 pages on Gravis were all updated same day (JUNE 3,2012) Progressive dog Oct 2012 #81
keep kicking this nt grasswire Oct 2012 #84
K&R classof56 Oct 2012 #90
There's a trail that seems to lead to I Marketing Co. starroute Oct 2012 #92
Kaplan and his pal Jake Wood were in the junk fax business starroute Oct 2012 #94
Wow. n/t janx Oct 2012 #96
LOL - what a group DURHAM D Oct 2012 #98
I love "Tony Arrigoni" alcibiades_mystery Oct 2012 #101
Complaints about Kaplan at Rifoff Report starroute Oct 2012 #99
Oh -- Kaplan also has his very own PAC starroute Oct 2012 #95
Here are links for that Disney case starroute Oct 2012 #109
Brilliant work muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #118
Kaplan seems to have a lot more ventures starroute Oct 2012 #114
It just get better and better. DURHAM D Oct 2012 #115
Discovery Marketing was also in the fax spam business starroute Oct 2012 #117
And here's an FCC warning about the spam faxes starroute Oct 2012 #121
kick janx Oct 2012 #93
So - Doug Kaplan = dchill Oct 2012 #97
Great job on this...thank you. AikidoSoul Oct 2012 #102
Good luck. I used to live on Craycroft and Broadway in Tucson Panasonic Oct 2012 #103
I'm forwarding this to a friend at the NYT jsmirman Oct 2012 #104
If the Internet had been around in 1968, world history would have been changed for the better! hedgehog Oct 2012 #105
Patting myself on the back for seeing this early alcibiades_mystery Oct 2012 #106
Wow. Good work. woo me with science Oct 2012 #111
Kicked and Recommended rury Oct 2012 #112
On 2nd viewing I realize he looks like John Lovitz, Jr. Whovian Oct 2012 #113
Impressive ferreting! Plucketeer Oct 2012 #116
Very well done! Denzil_DC Oct 2012 #119
Thank you Grantcart. Kurovski Oct 2012 #120
Great job, another GOTCHA! BrainMann1 Oct 2012 #122
k&r for exposure. Nicely done. n/t Laelth Oct 2012 #123
Sent to Sam Wang - along with some math fiorello Oct 2012 #124
Nice analysis. I get similar frazee Oct 2012 #135
A more appropriate test than my earlier one is probably a simple frazee Oct 2012 #137
Great work, all Americans are indebted to you. Scuba Oct 2012 #125
You never know something until you "know it" reflection Oct 2012 #126
knew gravis was fraud outsideworld Oct 2012 #129
I Am Impressed With The Speed This Clown Made Himself A Player DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #130
K&R ... Trajan Oct 2012 #131
Doug Kaplan can't be doing very well formercia Oct 2012 #132
Okay, someone has to be shallow. Ruby the Liberal Oct 2012 #134
LOL cyberswede Oct 2012 #175
You too! Ruby the Liberal Oct 2012 #176
Action required: reflection Oct 2012 #136
On second thought: let them waste their money! fiorello Oct 2012 #143
Well done. Moondog Oct 2012 #138
Very impressive, grantcart, thank you so much Samantha Oct 2012 #139
Silver cited Gravis in an article on Saturday as evidence of the Romney "bump" Denzil_DC Oct 2012 #142
Thank you so much Denzil_DC Samantha Oct 2012 #146
You're welcome, Samantha Denzil_DC Oct 2012 #147
This is getting good. Good work, fiorello. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #160
You outdid yourself, my friend! thevoiceofreason Oct 2012 #141
More repube lies. More repube fraud. More repube cheating. More repube democracy-trashing NBachers Oct 2012 #144
Absolutely outstanding stuff, grantcart! ... Thank you. Bozita Oct 2012 #145
This is real investigative journalism... Science Geek Oct 2012 #148
Nice work...btw Ken Burch Oct 2012 #149
He is a model. He might not even be American. MADem Oct 2012 #184
Great work! Thank you! highplainsdem Oct 2012 #150
Awesome work! Is this being sent to HuffPo? and Silver? progressivebydesign Oct 2012 #151
yes, this is awesome. I really hope this has been sent to CNN and everywhere else anneboleyn Oct 2012 #152
The idea that one jerk could depress votes or otherwise impact the election anneboleyn Oct 2012 #153
What about "We Ask America" AnnieK401 Oct 2012 #154
That one is run by the right wing Illinois Manufacturers Association MessiahRp Oct 2012 #155
Thanks! AnnieK401 Oct 2012 #167
I did some research based on your post: Raine1967 Oct 2012 #181
Sweet, get the word out! MessiahRp Oct 2012 #186
I've been trying! Raine1967 Oct 2012 #187
Holy Crap. I knew that asswipe was a liar. Jennicut Oct 2012 #156
This Colorado poll, however, is NOT "total crap"! Moses2SandyKoufax Oct 2012 #157
WEASKAMERICA. A-Schwarzenegger Oct 2012 #158
That is one... Vestigial_Sister Oct 2012 #159
I first noticed Gravis when suddenly Allen was up by 5 or 7 against Kaine underpants Oct 2012 #161
Yep. myrna minx Oct 2012 #162
I LOVE detective work such as yours! WinkyDink Oct 2012 #163
I Was Part Of This Great Unraveling So I Would Like To Add One Caveat DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #164
Agreed - I think it's his competence and methods that are open to question muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #166
Small Correction DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #171
Yes we can until he proves otherwise. grantcart Oct 2012 #174
what a low state "media" has fallen to Maeve Oct 2012 #177
Do they have a "polling" major at Devry? I think not. MADem Oct 2012 #185
dKos has it Coyotl Oct 2012 #165
k & r. TxVietVet Oct 2012 #168
Meet Chris Young - Rhode Island chemp Oct 2012 #169
Bookmarking for GOOD future reference. Sheepshank Oct 2012 #170
K & R Scurrilous Oct 2012 #172
I was trying to do that google image search thingy Historic NY Oct 2012 #173
Kicking in case anyone has missed it. nt Ilsa Oct 2012 #178
Wow, excellent work! Spazito Oct 2012 #180
REC 348--if I could rec it a thousand times I would. MADem Oct 2012 #182
Possible proof dawolf Oct 2012 #188
Nice work! Indpndnt Oct 2012 #189
Well, well, well... I do believe we discussed this a month ago! Raster Oct 2012 #190
Thanks for that, hadn't seen it at the time grantcart Oct 2012 #191
I had my suspicions. Your research and tenacity do us PROUD! Raster Oct 2012 #192
That and not having a TV after a move gave me a lot of time with nothing to do grantcart Oct 2012 #193
Move to Tucson? Raster Oct 2012 #195
Yep grantcart Oct 2012 #198
Love Tucson. I have family there and go back a couple times a year. Raster Oct 2012 #199
And people, don't miss part 2 of this story!!!! Maeve Oct 2012 #194
Kick Lucy Fer Oct 2012 #196
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