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PolliGaf 2012 |OT5| Big Bird, Binders, Bayonets, Bad News and Benghazi
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My first thought was FUPA so if you're an ass, I'm screwed.
ryutaro's mama
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Did you send $5?
Yes and no. Do you think that nasty Jan Brewer would say what she said about Obama?
$14, then $15 again on accident.
Same here. I began humming the boss theme from Sonic the Hedgehog. I'm horrible.
The Librarian
Banned
Just make it an avatar saying "Dax was right." Or something to do with me. He'll love that.
So here's my super-secret lead on Florida, from Nate Cohn:
tnr said:
http://www.tnr.com/blog/electionate/109257/does-romneys-florida-lead-hinge-hispanics
It's only a possibility, but if there's any truth to it, AND Obama's getting a bump, then I think it's worth considering. If PPP shows Obama with a tie, then I'm going to feel pretty confident about my Florida prediction. But I actually think there's a good chance he'll be up 1, and I'll feel VERY confident.
edit:
Does anybody have a picture of Hillary Clinton eating a corn dog?
jamesinclair
Banned
http://www.270towin.com/2012_election_predictions.php?mapid=VXo
Obama 348
Romney 190
Sandy causes the country to come together and vote for Obama.
Popular vote, Obama wins by 1.8%
Virginia gets called at 1:36am, est the next day
The Librarian
Banned
I'm partial to "Dax was right, sweetie."
That's a good one. "Sweetie, don't be so bold with your predictions next time. -Dax"
It really does seem like the GOP is going to push the election fraud narrative after Obama wins. Fox news especially and maybe even CNN will run with "how could the national polls be so wrong?" for weeks.
ryutaro's mama
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indiana
Dude, naw. The dog is Bo, the president is B-Rock The Islamic Shock. Seriously, we've been over this.
ryutaro's mama
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the image that will cost Christie the 2016 primaries
Goddamn is he a pear down there.
the image that will cost Christie the 2016 primaries
for some reason this is how I imagine Chris Christie based on this picture
ryutaro's mama
Member
According to PD, it's gaining major traction.
Of course there's nothing tangible to support this assertion...you just have to trust him.
Sound familiar?
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
How exactly is he going to reduce the debt? What is he going to do in order to simplify the tax code? How will either of these affect the middle and lower class? What does getting tough on China actually mean, and how does that contrast with Obama? How will he backup Israel, and once again, how will it contrast with Obama? What exactly does the DoD want, and how has Obama not given them what they have asked for? How will killing Obamacare help the nation? Specifics please.
I am very curious to see how far you have thought this through.
jamesinclair
Banned
Well see who laughing when Im $20 richer
Superallah is also acceptable.
eBay Huckster
Member
why are you asking how romney would "reduce the debt"
why are you not asking why "reducing the debt" is seen as a thing to work toward in the first place
(why do i not straight-up have an empty vessel signal)
why are you not asking why "reducing the debt" is seen as a thing to work toward in the first place
(why do i not straight-up have an empty vessel signal)
for some reason this is how I imagine Chris Christie based on this picture
The Real Chris Christie is finally revealed.
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
ryutaro's mama
Member
I point for challenged his positions and he failed to even attempt an answer.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43707680&postcount=6489
I'm going to try running the actual-poll average differentials against latino population for the 2010 and 2012 elections after this is all said and done. Maybe nothing, but the lingering thoughts of NV and CO being the ones who survived in 2010 make me wonder if there might be something there after all.
Any time we have a tax policy debate, I begin to fall asleep a bit, as the folks on one side of the debate are entirely unreasonable and like to conveniently "forget" where the top lines used to be.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=213
I'd love to see us go back to where they were for most of Reagan's two terms. But for some reason, that's evil. Ugh.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=213
I'd love to see us go back to where they were for most of Reagan's two terms. But for some reason, that's evil. Ugh.
adamsappel
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I think both Republicans and Democrats will run women for president in 2016.
I was planning on voting early tomorrow in Maryland. It's been cancelled (at least one day) due to the storm.
StopMakingSense
Member
Who?
eBay Huckster
Member
Any time we have a tax policy debate, I begin to fall asleep a bit, as the folks on one side of the debate are entirely unreasonable and like to conveniently "forget" where the top lines used to be.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=213
I'd love to see us go back to where they were for most of Reagan's two terms. But for some reason, that's evil. Ugh.
I'd love to see the top rate return to Nixonian levels if only because it'd likely dramatically reduce income inequality
clinton vs. rice?
i think if there's a woman on the republican ticket, they'll fill the vp role.
Susana Martinez?
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
Well, because he is a republican, and I am just asking him to explain and detail out further, I am not arguing him on the whether I find his specific points important or not.
If the fashion and jazz/swing music (20s) could come back, I'd be in utter heaven.
{*dons boater, turns up Squirrel Nut Zippers*}
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I'll never forget election day last year when that rumor was going around the Hannity boards. Oh man, the hilarity.
The Librarian
Banned
BREAKING NEWS: PoliGAF continues on with business as usual
The presidential race remained relatively stable on Sunday, October 28th, 2012, as PoliGAF – NeoGAF’s sub-community about everything happening in US politics – continued to drown in its own nonsense, as it does pretty much every day.
In this exclusive interview with DAX poll manager Dax, though most declined citing anticipation of new polling numbers, members of PoliGAF vented their frustrations, desires, and overall views of the community they’re so lovingly a part of.
"It’s fucking tiring," user Cyan said. "It’s so bad in there. Nobody posts reasonable comments anymore. It’s all trolling, sarcasm, and exploding in panic over nothing. Even Jackson50 has succumbed to that stupid behavior."
"I couldn’t help it," Jackson50 replied when I told him what Cyan had said. "As you recall, Dax, you wanted to know what trolling from me would look like, and I guess that just pushed me over the edge. At the very least, you can tell I’m trolling because you don’t have to break out a thesaurus when you read a post of mine."
"Does that mean you were trolling me just then?" I asked.
"It’s possible," Jackson50 said slyly.
GhaleonEB, a longtime member of PoliGAF who nowadays posts more infrequently, had this to say: “I just don’t want to go in there anymore. I actually have a life outside of poll numbers and what political pundits say. Visiting that place just adds a lot of unneeded, nonsensical stress.”
Within PoliGAF are groups of posters that post in a similar manner. You have the worry-worts, those that try to remain calm in the face of any polling news, the sarcastic crowd, among others. Some users, though, very much stand out and alone.
"Most of them are political plebeians," Cheebs, one such lone poster, smugly told me. "I go into the thread to make sure they have a more knowledgeable perspective about things. I see it as a duty of mine."
PhoenixDark, popularly known as "PD," another such poster, was laid back during his time with me. "I like to troll them. Even I’m amazed how long I’ve been able to keep it up. It’s a lot easier to do it when Obama’s leading."
I had to ask: "What’s with your obsession for Hillary?"
"It’s just a thing I have, you know?" he replied.
At this point Reilo, another frequent member, barged in and punched PhoenixDark in the jaw, then left without saying a word.
HylianTom has an almost primal reason for being there. "There aren’t too many Republicans in PoliGAF. Well, I should say, 'There are no Republicans in PoliGAF,' but their tears are pure nourishment to me. Pure. I have it all planned out. See, on election day, I have it all planned. I have several right-wing website I’m going to have opened up in tabs in my browser. I’ll post the funniest comments I find in the thread."
Not all users are doing so well in PoliGAF. Diablos and Cartoon Soldier, best known for their freak-outs and worrisome posting style, have had to face a fair amount of criticism from other members. I was able to get the two in the same room.
"I actually have a panic room in my house," Diablos was proud to say. "It’s three feet of solid concrete on every side. I go in there whenever I look at the thread."
"What usually sets you off to make so many worried posts?" I inquired.
"Oh, anything really. Right now it’s Hurricane Sandy.” At this point in the interview, his hands begin to shake. “I’m trying to warn those guys but they won’t listen."
Cartoon Soldier sat in a corner of the room and said nothing for fear that media coverage of this interview would negatively affect President Obama’s reelection chances.
Some members of PoliGAF decided to have interviews in groups.
Loudninja and Tim-E got together. "It’s very easy to remain calm in the face of bad polling days. I just look at Nate Silver’s model," Loudninja confidently said. "Sometimes I smack other users down for freaking out. I just get tired of it."
"Eh. The place started get boring, so I became a character." There is a huge grin on Tim-E’s face. "Papa Joe. I think it’s hilarious given my avatar."
The two most prominent, recent additions are AniHawk and ClovingWestbrook (formally known as LovingSteam). AniHawk went first: "Sales-age kind of died when NPD decided to not release console figures. So I migrated here. Poll numbers more than satisfactorily fill my appetite for figures and numbers."
ClovingWestbrook interjected: "I’m actually an off-again, on-again member. I just waltzed right in for the final stretch."
After much pleading and begging, I set aside some time for Byakuya769. "I don’t really have much to say. I’m just happy to finally be in one of these PoliGAF write-ups."
Luckily for me, I was able to get a few words from Mr. O'Connor, aka Stinkles. "Don’t worry. We have a massive GOTV campaign with Halo 4. Obama’s not going to lose any of the youth vote because of us," Mr. O'Connor announced in the middle of his rant about the Republican Party.
The presidential race remained relatively stable on Sunday, October 28th, 2012, as PoliGAF – NeoGAF’s sub-community about everything happening in US politics – continued to drown in its own nonsense, as it does pretty much every day.
In this exclusive interview with DAX poll manager Dax, though most declined citing anticipation of new polling numbers, members of PoliGAF vented their frustrations, desires, and overall views of the community they’re so lovingly a part of.
"It’s fucking tiring," user Cyan said. "It’s so bad in there. Nobody posts reasonable comments anymore. It’s all trolling, sarcasm, and exploding in panic over nothing. Even Jackson50 has succumbed to that stupid behavior."
"I couldn’t help it," Jackson50 replied when I told him what Cyan had said. "As you recall, Dax, you wanted to know what trolling from me would look like, and I guess that just pushed me over the edge. At the very least, you can tell I’m trolling because you don’t have to break out a thesaurus when you read a post of mine."
"Does that mean you were trolling me just then?" I asked.
"It’s possible," Jackson50 said slyly.
GhaleonEB, a longtime member of PoliGAF who nowadays posts more infrequently, had this to say: “I just don’t want to go in there anymore. I actually have a life outside of poll numbers and what political pundits say. Visiting that place just adds a lot of unneeded, nonsensical stress.”
Within PoliGAF are groups of posters that post in a similar manner. You have the worry-worts, those that try to remain calm in the face of any polling news, the sarcastic crowd, among others. Some users, though, very much stand out and alone.
"Most of them are political plebeians," Cheebs, one such lone poster, smugly told me. "I go into the thread to make sure they have a more knowledgeable perspective about things. I see it as a duty of mine."
PhoenixDark, popularly known as "PD," another such poster, was laid back during his time with me. "I like to troll them. Even I’m amazed how long I’ve been able to keep it up. It’s a lot easier to do it when Obama’s leading."
I had to ask: "What’s with your obsession for Hillary?"
"It’s just a thing I have, you know?" he replied.
At this point Reilo, another frequent member, barged in and punched PhoenixDark in the jaw, then left without saying a word.
HylianTom has an almost primal reason for being there. "There aren’t too many Republicans in PoliGAF. Well, I should say, 'There are no Republicans in PoliGAF,' but their tears are pure nourishment to me. Pure. I have it all planned out. See, on election day, I have it all planned. I have several right-wing website I’m going to have opened up in tabs in my browser. I’ll post the funniest comments I find in the thread."
Not all users are doing so well in PoliGAF. Diablos and Cartoon Soldier, best known for their freak-outs and worrisome posting style, have had to face a fair amount of criticism from other members. I was able to get the two in the same room.
"I actually have a panic room in my house," Diablos was proud to say. "It’s three feet of solid concrete on every side. I go in there whenever I look at the thread."
"What usually sets you off to make so many worried posts?" I inquired.
"Oh, anything really. Right now it’s Hurricane Sandy.” At this point in the interview, his hands begin to shake. “I’m trying to warn those guys but they won’t listen."
Cartoon Soldier sat in a corner of the room and said nothing for fear that media coverage of this interview would negatively affect President Obama’s reelection chances.
Some members of PoliGAF decided to have interviews in groups.
Loudninja and Tim-E got together. "It’s very easy to remain calm in the face of bad polling days. I just look at Nate Silver’s model," Loudninja confidently said. "Sometimes I smack other users down for freaking out. I just get tired of it."
"Eh. The place started get boring, so I became a character." There is a huge grin on Tim-E’s face. "Papa Joe. I think it’s hilarious given my avatar."
The two most prominent, recent additions are AniHawk and ClovingWestbrook (formally known as LovingSteam). AniHawk went first: "Sales-age kind of died when NPD decided to not release console figures. So I migrated here. Poll numbers more than satisfactorily fill my appetite for figures and numbers."
ClovingWestbrook interjected: "I’m actually an off-again, on-again member. I just waltzed right in for the final stretch."
After much pleading and begging, I set aside some time for Byakuya769. "I don’t really have much to say. I’m just happy to finally be in one of these PoliGAF write-ups."
Luckily for me, I was able to get a few words from Mr. O'Connor, aka Stinkles. "Don’t worry. We have a massive GOTV campaign with Halo 4. Obama’s not going to lose any of the youth vote because of us," Mr. O'Connor announced in the middle of his rant about the Republican Party.
ryutaro's mama
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MasterShotgun
brazen editing lynx
Any time we have a tax policy debate, I begin to fall asleep a bit, as the folks on one side of the debate are entirely unreasonable and like to conveniently "forget" where the top lines used to be.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=213
I'd love to see us go back to where they were for most of Reagan's two terms. But for some reason, that's evil. Ugh.
I knew Reagan lowered taxes, but I never looked up the numbers. Jesus Christ. No wonder he's such a fucking hero to the wealthy.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I don't even bother anymore. Just link them to this video. It's explained pretty decently, especially for a layman.
ryutaro's mama
Member
I didn't get a single mention in Dax's fanfic.
I guess I'm not a 'sweetie' yet.
I guess I'm not a 'sweetie' yet.
Aaron Strife
Banned
Sigh.I didn't get a single mention in Dax's fanfic.
I guess I'm not a 'sweetie' yet.
ryutaro's mama
Member
I even made the Wall Of Fame last cycle!
Any time we have a tax policy debate, I begin to fall asleep a bit, as the folks on one side of the debate are entirely unreasonable and like to conveniently "forget" where the top lines used to be.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=213
I'd love to see us go back to where they were for most of Reagan's two terms. But for some reason, that's evil. Ugh.
Obligatory: Fuck Reagan
Aaron Strife
Banned
I was in the top 3 for a couple of threads, though last one I didn't post as much.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
That's really the only reason to do it (and I think its a very good one). The actual increase in tax revenue would be fairly negligable. One reason why Obama's talking point about using taxes to reduce the defecit bugs me, but I know the income inequality argument would not go over well.
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