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PolliGaf 2012 |OT5| Big Bird, Binders, Bayonets, Bad News and Benghazi
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The Librarian
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It's historic!
The ole MO!
I need more bad news, specifically of the Obama variety.
Black Mamba
Member
Most accurate national tracker last two elections to my surprise.
DragonSworne
Banned
Into the cliffs?
One thing that really bothers me is that people who lean left seem to have to be convinced to vote in a way the people who lean right do not.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Nice Cyan, i'll do the same with Florida.
1.) lol, No
This would add an amendment to the state constitution that attempts to prohibit the government from requiring individuals to purchase health insurance.
2.) No
This amendment would allow certain disabled veterans, who were not Florida residents prior to entering military service, to qualify for a discount on their property taxes.
3.) Fuck No
This amendment would set a state revenue limit each year based on a formula that considers population growth and inflation instead of using the current method of calculating the revenue limit based on personal income.
4.) Just No
Reduce the maximum annual increase in taxable value of non-homestead properties from 10 percent to 5 percent; provide an extra homestead exemption for first-time home buyers; allow lawmakers to prohibit assessment increases for properties with decreasing market values.
5.) No
This measure would provide for Senate confirmation of Supreme Court justices; give lawmakers control over changes to the rules governing the court system; and direct the Judicial Qualifications Commission, which investigates judicial misconduct complaints, to make its files available to the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives.
6.) No
This amendment would make the existing federal ban on public funding for most abortions part of the state constitution. It would narrow the scope of a state privacy law that is sometimes used in Florida to challenge abortion laws.
8.) Holy Shit, No
This amendment would remove the prohibition in Florida’s Constitution that prevents religious institutions from receiving taxpayer funding. I love how this one is called "Religious Freedom"
9.) No
This would grant a full property tax exemption to the surviving spouses of military veterans who die while on active duty and to the surviving spouses of first responders who die in the line of duty.
10.) Just No
This amendment would double the tangible personal property tax exemption and allow local governments to increase the exemption. Trickle Down FTW!
11.) Eh, least offensive Amendment. I voted yes.
This amendment would give an additional property tax exemption to low-income seniors who have lived in their home for more than 25 years.
12.) Why does this one exist?
This amendment would change the way the state selects the student representative on the state university system’s Board of Governors, which oversees the university system.
Edit: Updated with Summaries from the Herald Tribune.
1.) lol, No
This would add an amendment to the state constitution that attempts to prohibit the government from requiring individuals to purchase health insurance.
2.) No
This amendment would allow certain disabled veterans, who were not Florida residents prior to entering military service, to qualify for a discount on their property taxes.
3.) Fuck No
This amendment would set a state revenue limit each year based on a formula that considers population growth and inflation instead of using the current method of calculating the revenue limit based on personal income.
4.) Just No
Reduce the maximum annual increase in taxable value of non-homestead properties from 10 percent to 5 percent; provide an extra homestead exemption for first-time home buyers; allow lawmakers to prohibit assessment increases for properties with decreasing market values.
5.) No
This measure would provide for Senate confirmation of Supreme Court justices; give lawmakers control over changes to the rules governing the court system; and direct the Judicial Qualifications Commission, which investigates judicial misconduct complaints, to make its files available to the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives.
6.) No
This amendment would make the existing federal ban on public funding for most abortions part of the state constitution. It would narrow the scope of a state privacy law that is sometimes used in Florida to challenge abortion laws.
8.) Holy Shit, No
This amendment would remove the prohibition in Florida’s Constitution that prevents religious institutions from receiving taxpayer funding. I love how this one is called "Religious Freedom"
9.) No
This would grant a full property tax exemption to the surviving spouses of military veterans who die while on active duty and to the surviving spouses of first responders who die in the line of duty.
10.) Just No
This amendment would double the tangible personal property tax exemption and allow local governments to increase the exemption. Trickle Down FTW!
11.) Eh, least offensive Amendment. I voted yes.
This amendment would give an additional property tax exemption to low-income seniors who have lived in their home for more than 25 years.
12.) Why does this one exist?
This amendment would change the way the state selects the student representative on the state university system’s Board of Governors, which oversees the university system.
Edit: Updated with Summaries from the Herald Tribune.
speculawyer
Member
It is a very strange issue.
-They are pushing a complex and changing story
-People don't give a crap about foreign policy
-It is a strange hyperfocus on tactical tragedy while ignoring the huge strategic victory
-They seem to want to disclose all sorts of confidential information about an ongoing CIA/military mission!
It comes off as petty to me but they don't have much foreign policy stuff to talk about so they are trying to manufacture a scandal out of a tragic incident.
I don't get it frankly. At most I can see them being able say "Look . . . the administration did not do enough to protect these people." Fair enough. But this weird conspiracy theory about trying to hide facts seems silly.
I endorse all of this except that I'm voting yes on Prop 37.
PhoenixDark
Banned
The bump seems to coincide with the second debate. What other major news story has occurred recently to spark a bump?
Do you mean third debate, or am I walking into a complicated trap here?
I was very young then, but I remember people in my community overwhelmingly being for Bush in 2000. Muslims were solidly in the Republican camp for reasons that Latinos should still be (social reasons, fiscal responsibility, "pride" for their country) and Bush was what was then called a compassionate conservative (something that's all but gone) on issues of minority rights and immigration and ways to deal with people internationally, it was great.
Then 9/11 happened and there has been this weird "Red Scare" like fear of Muslims coming out of the Republican party. That coupled with going to the far right on other things and Hawkish foreign policy has completely reversed the party affiliation of Muslims.
I don't think Muslims as a voting block will ever go back towards the Republican party unless there's a major change, particularly younger Muslims who are now also much more socially liberal than their previous generations and definitely identify with the democratic party on most issues.
yeah, i dont think he did THAT well in the FP debate to get that kind of bump in a 7 day tracking poll on one day (across the board like that)... unless it was a big day for Romney dropping off coinciding with a bump
The Librarian
Banned
PD plays eleventy dimensional chess. Tread carefully.
jamesinclair
Banned
Cyan, vote yes on 37, why do you hate transparency?
Black Mamba
Member
I am leaning towards doing what you're doing.
Don't like votng for a sales tax hike but its tiny and worth the high income tax hikes.
I'm pro death penalty but its not justified at the current costs so ill be votng to repeal it.
Gallup is rolling 5 or 7 days. So that means the results they posted today were actually taken last week.
So No on everything, gotcha.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
You dont know my capabilities...
That's...not how tracking polls work. The bump today means that the results yesterday were better for Obama than the results from last Tuesday, which just rolled off.
Shadow Hog
Member
11 says otherwise
Seeing all of these daily trackers move in one direction so clearly has me wondering (hoping?) if we're seeing some sort of last-minute break towards the Democrats in general. Debate #1 was nice for Romney, sure, but we've heard for a lot of the year that voters' desire for one-party government is growing.. and I don't think that one good debate would erase that desire.
If Obama keeps rising nationally (which is still a rather big, presumptuous "if" right now), I could see the generic ballot follow this. Hmm.
If Obama keeps rising nationally (which is still a rather big, presumptuous "if" right now), I could see the generic ballot follow this. Hmm.
Al-ibn Kermit
Junior Member
A lot of Muslims I know didn't like Gore because his vp was Lieberman. By 2004, they kind of realized the mistake they made.
Black Mamba
Member
I believe that was before the final official numbers.
Lucky you. In Oklahoma we've got something similar, except it's a cut from 5% to 3%. Long-term property tax revenues would plummet, except from the poor bastards who actually buy a house.
Also we're going to ban affirmative action.
Sirpopopop
Member
Has the DAX Poll been released yet?
RustyNails
Member
This is an incredible ad. Really.
The Librarian
Banned
The ole MO!
Someone please animate this to make it look like a lightsaber fight.
Oh man
Damn. Condolences to his family.
It really is, this will be his most important one I think.
Dude Abides
Banned
Can ads have any real effect this late? I'd imagine the population that matters is already oversaturated.
empty vessel
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The article relates that "Serious questions have been building for weeks about the deadly attack on the consulate, and what U.S. officials knew about its nature." I don't understand what "serious questions" exist about the US's knowledge of its character, or why the CBC is pretending such questions are serious. What does it matter what factual allegations the US was made aware of in the immediate aftermath? What are the meaningful implications? I can't think of any.
Dammit. He'll be missed.
BotoxAgent
Member
:-( My condolences to his family and friends. Seemed like a really good guy.
PistolGrip
sex vacation in Guam
1. Trump will not give up the money.
2. Trump will probably make more than $5mln up just on publicity alone.
jamesinclair
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RustyNails
Member
Fucking sucks. It was heartbreaking to hear about how he went from an energetic young 20 something fella who woke up every morning, commuted to work and came back home to lying in bed, unable to move his body without help. Cancer really needs to be killed, and I hope curing cancer is the ultimate breakthrough of 21st century.
The Librarian
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Everyone in here is too obsessed with polls. Especially polls of the most annoying kind: tracking polls.
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