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PolliGaf 2012 |OT5| Big Bird, Binders, Bayonets, Bad News and Benghazi
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Black Mamba
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And people argued with me when I said the electorate is stupid.
speculawyer
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That is a damn disgrace and a showing that the Fox News spin has gained a little traction.
I just don't think it can be said enough: Obama helped take down Reagan's nemesis Ghadaffi spending 0.1% of what we spent on the Iraq war and not losing a single military person thus gaining us an oil-exporting ally in the Muslim world. Yes, the 4 people that died in that terrorist attack in post-revolution Libya is a sad tragedy. But get some fucking perspective people!
Bel Marduk
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It always bugged me that it isn't. I used to live in Louisiana and wondered how Bill Clinton could carry the state (twice!!) and after him, it became one of the reddest states in the country.
NullPointer
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Democrats caused the economic crash. Its the prevalence of government regulation and intervention into the marketplace that has led to nothing but distortion and skewed incentives of what would otherwise be the perfect adaptive system.
Bush did spend too much, and increased the size of government, but he had to do whatever it took to kick-start the economy after 9/11. And even that's nothing compared to the massive and immoral expansion of the debt under Obama, and for what? Green energy company cronies and the expansion of the welfare state?
Damn right we should go back to the good old Bush days. This country needs to understand that conservatism is the only way of life that leads to lasting compassion.
*blinks*
*vomits*
I think it was the women here, but I'm not sure. He was pretty much liquid panty remover here. All of the women I knew over a certain age got that certain dreamy-eyed look when "Don't Stop" started playing and he walked out onto a stage.
It was a very surreal time. I didn't believe it in 1992, and his winning the state again in '96 made me positively giddy on Election Night.
One would think electing Bush twice and the 2010 Congressional election results would confirm just that.
At least we voted for Obama last time! But yeah, this state generally sucks. We're about to elect fucking Mike Pence as governor. I used to at least appreciate that we had some more "moderate" conservatives like Daniels and Lugar, but the Tea Party has taken over here. It's sad.
speculawyer
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At least we voted for Obama last time! But yeah, this state generally sucks. We're about to elect fucking Mike Pence as governor. I used to at least appreciate that we had some more "moderate" conservatives like Daniels and Lugar, but the Tea Party has taken over here. It's sad.
And . . . this creep:
At least we voted for Obama last time! But yeah, this state generally sucks. We're about to elect fucking Mike Pence as governor. I used to at least appreciate that we had some more "moderate" conservatives like Daniels and Lugar, but the Tea Party has taken over here. It's sad.
Yeah, I really intensely hate Indiana... that's mostly because my wife and some of my friends are from down there, and I just hate that state... The drive through to my friend's wedding in Fort Wayne sucked. I don't really like the area my wife grew up in. And driving through the state from north to south sucked when we went on our honeymoon. I felt like I was driving through Fallout the game... except everyone inexplicably had brand new cars... it's just a shitty state overall.
makingmusic476
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So what happened with Nate Silver? I've been kinda out of the loop for the past day or so, so can somebody summarize what all the controversy is?
My dad says he won those elections because they were bussing people to the polls in the 9th ward.
My dad says he won those elections because they were bussing people to the polls in the 9th ward.
The controversy is that stats are wizardry and the stats say that Obama will likely win instead of Romney.
He's predicting Obama wins, so Republicans hate him. His statistics show how bullshit the horserace narratives are, so pundits dislike him.
makingmusic476
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Any particularly notable conservatives that got in a hissy fit about it?
It seemed like there was some specific event that set things off.
It seemed like there was some specific event that set things off.
PhoenixDark
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If Obama wins I'd imagine the next anti-Silver spin will be that he correctly called a 50-50 coin flip, and therefore it wasn't impressive.
RustyNails
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Indiana is the little retarded brother of Ohio.
Wouldn't shock me.
I was a kid/teenager in the 90's and didn't realize Slick won LA both elections. Pretty fucking awesome.
I'm hoping for an Obama win in MS. Dick Morris has some half brother that had some secret poll where Bams was up +12 here, I'm pretty sure.
You're doing it wrong.
"Nate Silver predicted that Romney would win and he was wrong.
I'm Rand Paul and I approve of this message"
Joe Scarbarough, maybe? I dunno. Seems like it's not a specific incident but the fact that we're a week away from the election.
speculawyer
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This won't quite work because he also has percentages for each state so if Obama wins most of his high percentage states, it is not just 50-50.
But as Ezra pointed out, there are valid things to say . . . Nate's system is largely just poll aggregation. Nate's may be tweaked a little bit but you'd get results quite similar to Nate's with a simple poll aggregation.
I read or hear this argument almost word for word, just about every day.
electricpirate
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Yea, actually I think poll agg is better now, but considering that nates model had the race looking like this in June that's really impressive.
forward. msnbc's is lean forward.
I think at least 40% of why I want Obama to win is to stick it to the people who say this.
'keep the change'
'good! how's hooked on phonics working out for ya?'
The Librarian
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he's asking if you can read, nimrod!
Yup.
Bams should have never went to Vegas to snort blow off of ten strippers after watching the 4 soldiers die in Benghazi live on the oval office big screen.
Along with Dick Morris that is basically FOX News conceding the race
All kidding aside, what Hannity, Limbaugh and the rest of the goons are doing is a very bad thing. Them lying about the state of the race is going to do nothing but sow the seeds of resentment when the election goes the other way.
Clearly you haven't been paying attention the past few decades. Republicans and the GOP inherently see any democratic President as "illegitimate." Doesn't matter what they've done.
but it does set the narrative for Chicago style politics stealing the election amid natural disaster chaos. I mean , the polls have romney up 6 points, how could he not win?
Rhetorical, no actual evidence is requested, 4 more years of an illegitimate president.
Is he? I don't feel like I see much of the media commenting on the Jeep thing.
polls yay race remains the same
well the reason I tolerate him is because I am a supervisor and technically I have broken many rules to do political battle with him. and if I said anything I would actually be the one to get in trouble for, like, not following the rules and being a bad example
but it was too hard not to fight back against his retardation, so I fell into the rabbit hole. still, victories in the election are its own kind of reward
well the reason I tolerate him is because I am a supervisor and technically I have broken many rules to do political battle with him. and if I said anything I would actually be the one to get in trouble for, like, not following the rules and being a bad example
but it was too hard not to fight back against his retardation, so I fell into the rabbit hole. still, victories in the election are its own kind of reward
CoffeeJanitor
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Ignatz Mouse
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Amir0x, where do you live?
And . . . this creep:
Well, there's still a decent chance Donnelly will beat that fucker. I'm not counting on it, but it's very possible (the polls have been tied for weeks last I checked).
I always just try to think "hey, at least we're not as bad as the South." Kinda sad when that's the best redeeming quality I can think of.
let's see, mitt continues campaigning while at the same time helping relief efforts through his ability to crowd source. meanwhile, obama cancels ALL of his events in order to hole up in a secured location "directing" a rescue effort that by and large is handled by state and local authorities. i don't think it's a surprise voters view romney as the stronger leader; i mean, you have to be able to walk and chew gum at same time.
Surprise, surprise. The asshole twitter account that was posting misleading and false information about happenings during the storm belongs to someone who is both 1) a Republican congressional candidate (in NY) campaign manager and 2) a hedge-fund manager.
Great people.
http://gofwd.tumblr.com/post/34640321762/shashank-tripathi-last-nights-twitter-villain
Great people.
http://gofwd.tumblr.com/post/34640321762/shashank-tripathi-last-nights-twitter-villain
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