Merkins 2012 - Page 56

Victus · 10-17-2011, 12:59 PM

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Victus I was glad that you found Dr. Freeman's retraction

That's not the paper I cited.

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but also glad that you weren't able to offer anything significant against the ten university study and the cal study.

Besides the fact that, statistically, the exit poll-vote count discrepancy can be accounted for by observed partisan exit poll response rate differentials?

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Also, I was gratefull that you and Irr pointed out that the programmer during the congressional testimony had a definite party preference, but I don't think that completely exonerated the employers.

A statement which assumes that what he said was true, which is kind of undercut by questioning the witnesses' credibility.

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So I guess my opinion is where i started. I feel the 2004 election was hijacked in Florida.

The e-voting is associated with greater gains in vote share for Bush, right?

ubs · 10-17-2011, 01:01 PM

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Victus wrote

That's not the paper I cited.

You didn't cite is retraction? I thought that was you.

Victus · 10-17-2011, 02:13 PM

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ubs wrote

You didn't cite is retraction? I thought that was you.

Not unless I copied the wrong link. The one I (thought!) I was linking to was a paper that takes the observed biases in party-affiliation response rates and adds them into the within-precinct error models, showing that the 'wtf large exit polls can't be off by this much' discrepancies between exit polls and vote counts can actually be accounted for by the fact that the parties' voters responded to exit polls at different rates.

Philboid Studge · 10-18-2011, 06:03 AM

The liberal homos at Saturday Night Live are being mean to former senator Frothy Mix:

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New Hampshire radio station WGIR asked Santorum on Sunday about the sketch — the former Pennsylvania senator said that while he hadn't yet seen it, he had been "hammered" for his support of conservative principles.

"We’ve been hammered by the left for my standing up for the traditional family and I will continue to do so," Santorum said. "The left, unfortunately, participates in bullying more than the right does. They say that they’re tolerant, and they’re anything but tolerant of people who disagree with them and support traditional values."

(The SNL clip is at the link, but be aware that SNL hasn't been funny since about 1979.)

nkb · 10-18-2011, 07:13 AM

How great would it be to have Rick Perry as president?

When science contradicts what you believe, say, about climate change, just censor it.

If he gets elected, I can't wait for him to do this on a national scale. Who needs the EPA, anyway?

Philboid Studge · 10-18-2011, 08:13 AM

Well monkey see, monkey et cetera ...

Philboid Studge · 10-18-2011, 12:42 PM

Hitchens wants Mittens to 'splain himself.

ubs · 10-18-2011, 10:02 PM

Before you click guess who is pumping this position:

REPUBLICANS CAN WIN OVER HISPANICS BY TURNING THEM AGAINST GAY PEOPLE

Victus · 10-18-2011, 10:15 PM

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Before you click guess who is pumping this position:

REPUBLICANS CAN WIN OVER HISPANICS BY TURNING THEM AGAINST GAY PEOPLE

Of the candidates? I'll go with either Bachmann of Santorrum....

*checks*

Nice. Well... horrible... but at least I was right.

Philboid Studge · 10-19-2011, 05:03 AM

I dunno, if that was what Frothy Mix was trying to say, he said it in code-word salad. He is a fidgety motherfucker isn't he?

What's with the podiums? It looks like each candidate is behind (an immigration fence?) barbed wire.

Philboid Studge · 10-19-2011, 06:43 AM

This exchange is hilarious. I wish we could get these girls in a ring filled with jello.

Catfight!

(Sorry to girls everywhere for that nasty association.)

Irreligious · 10-19-2011, 07:09 AM

Meow!

Were Mittens and Perry responding to Cooper's question about how the GOP could attract more Hispanic voters when this testy exchange broke out?

lostsheep · 10-20-2011, 11:17 AM

I would laugh but b/c one of these lunatics is likely to be our next prez, so I just feel nauseated.

lostsheep · 10-20-2011, 11:27 AM

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nkb wrote

How great would it be to have Rick Perry as president?

When science contradicts what you believe, say, about climate change, just censor it.

If he gets elected, I can't wait for him to do this on a national scale. Who needs the EPA, anyway?

Yeah, the way things seem to be going...the rethuglicans want to do away w/ the Post Office, the EPA, public education, publicly funded research...if they have their way it looks like Victus' ideal society may be realized here in Merkinland. We'll have corporations running everything, it'll be just great...I keep thinking of Oryx and Crake.

Philboid Studge · 10-20-2011, 12:08 PM

I've said unkind things about the Disney character and unserious assclown Ron Paul, but his little bit in this exchange was all kinds of awesome:

Would the U.S. negotiate for a soldier as Israel just did?

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Michele Bachmann said: "This is a very serious issue. For any candidate to say that they would release the prisoners at Guantanamo in exchange for a hostage would be absolutely contrary to the historical nature of the United States and what we do in our policy."
"That's naive. We cannot do that. The United States has done well because we have an absolute policy: we don't negotiate," she said.

Former Senator Rick Santorum said: "Absolutely not, you can't negotiate with terrorists, period."

Libertarian Ron Paul played a bit of devil's advocate, saying: "Are you all willing to condemn Ronald Reagan for exchanging weapons for hostages out of Iran? We all know that was done."

Rick Santorum protested, saying that "Iran was a sovereign country, it was not a terrorist organization. We've negotiated with hostages, depending on the scale. But there's a difference between releasing terrorists from Guantanamo Bay in response to terrorist demands than negotiating with other countries where we may have an interest."

"But they're all suspects, they're not terrorists. You haven't convicted them of anything", replied Paul.

I guess when your chances of winning the nomination are roughly the same as the odds of getting a blumpkin from Queen Elizabeth II, you can afford to spank the ghost of St Ronnie.