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QUOTE (Jake @ Nov 5, 2012 -> 10:31 PM)
Why is it that every political scientist everywhere (and don't get it wrong, that's what Nate Silver is) is predicting an Obama win?

Simply put, they hate the message so they try to kill the messanger. We'll finally find out tonight if the stats guys were right. My bet is that they will be. For all it's worth, professor Wang predicted the exact EV count in 2004 so that alone proves he isn't biased, he calls it as he sees it.

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QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Nov 6, 2012 -> 09:55 AM)
Simply put, they hate the message so they try to kill the messanger. We'll finally find out tonight if the stats guys were right. My bet is that they will be. For all it's worth, professor Wang predicted the exact EV count in 2004 so that alone proves he isn't biased, he calls it as he sees it.

 

It's mainly the "gut-feeling" pundit class that is pushing back against the onslaught of stats. It's no different than the reaction of people like Joe Morgan to sabermetrics. If numbers and process can quantify it and remove the fog, then they can't talk about their horserace crap for the 12 months prior to the election.

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 6, 2012 -> 10:01 AM)
It's mainly the "gut-feeling" pundit class that is pushing back against the onslaught of stats. It's no different than the reaction of people like Joe Morgan to sabermetrics. If numbers and process can quantify it and remove the fog, then they can't talk about their horserace crap for the 12 months prior to the election.

Just the other day I was thinking about this and thought of the same basic comparison. Pundits hate metrics because it essentially limits their ability to predict and they cant "fudge" numbers. While more open minded people are willing to look at states as real and often predictable.

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 9, 2012 -> 09:45 AM)
I have to get this out of my way real quick....

 

 

 

:lolhitting :lolhitting :lolhitting :lolhitting :lolhitting :lolhitting

 

Donnelly isn't going to beat Mourdock anywhere but NWI where he is from. I've dealt with the guy on many occasions, and he isn't winning over the rest of Indiana.

Y'all may have noticed me being absent for a while.

 

I wanted to say...this makes me more sad than you know. I voted for one Republican at the national level in my lifetime. I'd have voted for him again this year if I could have. I'm a Democrat, through and through. And the more I think about it, the more I am saddened by the fact that Dick Lugar will not be in the United States Senate starting in 2 months. He should be there. This country is worse for him not being there.

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QUOTE (mr_genius @ Nov 7, 2012 -> 09:30 PM)
Question:

 

I am conducting a study and want to know which 5 special entitlements or free stuff would make you vote Republican the most. List a maximum of 5 please.

 

 

Study my ass. You want a top 5 list of the platform for 2016. :lol:

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QUOTE (kapkomet @ Nov 7, 2012 -> 09:38 PM)
Study my ass. You want a top 5 list of the platform for 2016. :lol:

 

the 2016 platform is a work in progress. i simply want everyone's voice to be heard. the free stuff list will be tallied and the best choices we go to a committee. we will then have a team of smart math nerds determine which list of free stuff will get us the most votes.

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QUOTE (mr_genius @ Nov 7, 2012 -> 09:41 PM)
the 2016 platform is a work in progress. i simply want everyone's voice to be heard. the free stuff list will be tallied and the best choices we go to a committee. we will then have a team of smart math nerds determine which list of free stuff will get us the most votes.

 

Free falling bras.

 

Mucho sweet p......

 

baseball tickets

 

cell phones - those obama phones were hotcake muthaf***as

 

more mucho sweet p....

 

money

 

money

 

money

 

and some mucho sweet p..... (might have to be redistributed if there's not enough to go around)

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QUOTE (kapkomet @ Nov 7, 2012 -> 09:44 PM)
Free falling bras.

 

Mucho sweet p......

 

baseball tickets

 

cell phones - those obama phones were hotcake muthaf***as

 

more mucho sweet p....

 

money

 

money

 

money

 

and some mucho sweet p..... (might have to be redistributed if there's not enough to go around)

 

good list. i'm pretty sure in reality we can't guarantee the "mucho sweet p.....", but we can make a campaign promise to do it.

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QUOTE (mr_genius @ Nov 7, 2012 -> 09:30 PM)
Question:

 

I am conducting a study and want to know which 5 special entitlements or free stuff would make you vote Republican the most. List a maximum of 5 please.

 

Free stuff

 

1. dead fetuses

 

2. married gay couples

 

3. mosques

 

4. partially burned american flags

 

5. nukes following giant cuts to defense spending and secret deals with Russia

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QUOTE (mr_genius @ Nov 8, 2012 -> 03:30 AM)
Question:

 

I am conducting a study and want to know which 5 special entitlements or free stuff would make you vote Republican the most. List a maximum of 5 please.

 

1) Food stamps

2) Food smushed and cut into the shape of stamps

3) Ink stamps of food

4) Postage stamps with pictures of food on them

5) Edible postage stamps

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QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Nov 8, 2012 -> 06:43 PM)
1) Food stamps

2) Food smushed and cut into the shape of stamps

3) Ink stamps of food

4) Postage stamps with pictures of food on them

5) Edible postage stamps

 

Rush Limbaugh says it's impossible to beat Santa Claus. How bout the Republicans of which I am one, coming up with a candidate that women actually tolerate, blacks actually tolerate and Hispanics actually tolerate? A candidate that doesn't make them puke. Didn't Obama win HUGE in all 3 categories? But old white rich men like Romney and the Republican candidates. Only problem here is the old white rich men own a lot of businesses and this gives them an excuse to continue laying people off, outsourcing and all that ridiculous stuff.

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QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 8, 2012 -> 09:22 PM)
Rush Limbaugh says it's impossible to beat Santa Claus. How bout the Republicans of which I am one, coming up with a candidate that women actually tolerate, blacks actually tolerate and Hispanics actually tolerate? A candidate that doesn't make them puke. Didn't Obama win HUGE in all 3 categories? But old white rich men like Romney and the Republican candidates. Only problem here is the old white rich men own a lot of businesses and this gives them an excuse to continue laying people off, outsourcing and all that ridiculous stuff.

Let's see, which of those groups do Democrats give lots of free stuff to.......

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QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Nov 8, 2012 -> 08:19 PM)
Let's see, which of those groups do Democrats give lots of free stuff to.......

Like freedom to marry who they love, freedom to choose what to do with their own bodies, and freedom to go see a doctor without having to declare bankruptcy?

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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 8, 2012 -> 10:24 PM)
Like freedom to marry who they love, freedom to choose what to do with their own bodies, and freedom to go see a doctor without having to declare bankruptcy?

I was thinking more like free birth control, free abortions, free citizenship, free phones but you can go that way since that is about the limit of your vision.

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QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Nov 8, 2012 -> 11:19 PM)
Let's see, which of those groups do Democrats give lots of free stuff to.......

 

 

With the unemployment rate being so high in the 18-29 age group that ---ch-slapped both McCain and Romney in two consecutive elections, how can you explain Obama's appeal to those aforementioned young people?

 

Just slick marketing?

 

Palin and Ryan were roughly the same age as Obama or younger, why weren't they attractive enough to sway votes?

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QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Nov 8, 2012 -> 10:19 PM)
Let's see, which of those groups do Democrats give lots of free stuff to.......

Lol, minorities are all lazy moochers! That's why they won't vote for republicans!

 

I sincerely hope that's the message conservatives take away from this election because it'll make the next one that much easier.

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QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Nov 8, 2012 -> 10:25 PM)
I was thinking more like free birth control, free abortions, free citizenship, free phones but you can go that way since that is about the limit of your vision.

Republicans lost the greedy slut vote, why oh why can't those whores see the wisdom of the Republican party??

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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 9, 2012 -> 01:00 AM)
With the unemployment rate being so high in the 18-29 age group that ---ch-slapped both McCain and Romney in two consecutive elections, how can you explain Obama's appeal to those aforementioned young people?

 

Just slick marketing?

 

Palin and Ryan were roughly the same age as Obama or younger, why weren't they attractive enough to sway votes?

 

Because for people looking for something (jobs, help with debt, etc) it's an easier sell to say "we should be helping you!" than "government needs to stop being so involved in our lives." The GOP message is geared more towards the "haves" than the "have nots." And that's a major problem in the next election, although hopefully the economy will be better and their will be more "haves."

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