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Post by cereb on Oct 19, 2012 18:45:20 GMT -5
"it pays to doubt Paul. "
It's also necessary unless you really enjoy writing out checks to the pizza man.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Oct 19, 2012 18:51:16 GMT -5
Just bookmark this thread. Actually bookmark pretty much all of Paul's threads over the last week. If Obama wins that should give you at least one gem a week for like the first half of his second term.
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 19, 2012 19:43:31 GMT -5
OK, so you've still got Obama stuck at 45% even if you are able to put Romney at 51%. Obama will never see 50% in the Gallup poll. At this stage of the race, to rally a 3 point gain would be downright miraculous. The race is over. you are a one poll troll, Paul. sad.
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Post by cereb on Oct 19, 2012 19:45:22 GMT -5
Just bookmark this thread. Actually bookmark pretty much all of Paul's threads over the last week. If Obama wins that should give you at least one gem a week for like the first half of his second term. LOL! At least!
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 19, 2012 19:45:24 GMT -5
61.8% to 38.2% It's over. It's been over. i wouldn't go that far. unless you are talking to Paul, of course.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2012 19:48:26 GMT -5
Yes, I was referencing Paul... Must have forgotten my sarcasm face
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 19, 2012 19:57:08 GMT -5
Yes, I was referencing Paul... Must have forgotten my sarcasm face ok, that makes sense then. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2012 20:00:52 GMT -5
Actually, looking back that wasn't me... I said something similar, but not what you quoted...
Sigh, I am so off my game today...
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Post by Value Buy on Oct 19, 2012 20:18:00 GMT -5
Actually, looking back that wasn't me... I said something similar, but not what you quoted... Sigh, I am so off my game today... Same as ther President! Romney rocks!
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 19, 2012 20:24:20 GMT -5
Actually, looking back that wasn't me... I said something similar, but not what you quoted... Sigh, I am so off my game today... oh well. you can still take credit for agreeing with it. ;D
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Post by EVT1 on Oct 19, 2012 21:16:24 GMT -5
OK, so you've still got Obama stuck at 45% even if you are able to put Romney at 51%. Obama will never see 50% in the Gallup poll. At this stage of the race, to rally a 3 point gain would be downright miraculous. The race is over. you are a one poll troll, Paul. sad. Good one ;D. I find it interesting that Gallup is now the top dog- never mind what it used to say or the old complaints about it, never mind Rasmussen or IBD or the other ones since they are wrong now. A good thing that came out of this is that I understand the methodology better- a lot thanks to that crazy liberal Nate Silver. I had no idea how the tracking polls actually worked- and it makes perfect sense that it would be very slow to respond. Don't like them, and I really can't stand shit like calling a state or an election with people still in line to vote.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 19, 2012 21:22:52 GMT -5
Well, polls or no polls- we shall see. My opinion remains Romney is going to win, and it's not going to be close. 2012 is 2010 Part II because nothing has changed.
Do you know anyone who voted for John McCain last time or at least who didn't vote for Obama who is voting for him this time?
Yet, you can trip over disillusioned former Obama voters who are going to vote for Mitt Romney. Florida is crawling with them, and they're even all over my former stomping grounds in IL.
Romney has recently developed something I thought he could NEVER develop: enthusiastic fans. He's drawing Obama-sized crowds in Ohio, and the energy is undeniable.
This thing, in my opinion has probably been over since Obama was trailing the "generic republican" by nearly double digits last year.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 19, 2012 21:25:34 GMT -5
you are a one poll troll, Paul. sad. Good one ;D. I find it interesting that Gallup is now the top dog- never mind what it used to say or the old complaints about it, never mind Rasmussen or IBD or the other ones since they are wrong now. A good thing that came out of this is that I understand the methodology better- a lot thanks to that crazy liberal Nate Silver. I had no idea how the tracking polls actually worked- and it makes perfect sense that it would be very slow to respond. Don't like them, and I really can't stand shit like calling a state or an election with people still in line to vote. Pres. Obama leads Mitt Romney 46.5%-44.8%, a 1.7-point edge from 0.5 point a day before, according to the latest IBD/TIPP tracking poll. Romney has lost a little support, notably among men, in recent days. Obama's support has been relatively steady. Independents still back Romney by 11 points. Other nat'l polls showed an overall shift toward Obama, though Gallup has Romney up 6. Read More At IBD: news.investors.com/101912-630142-ibdtipp-poll-obama-up-2.aspx#ixzz29nnHry4rAnything within 6 points has a good chance of going to Romney. Anything within the margin of error goes to Romney automatically.
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Post by mmhmm on Oct 19, 2012 21:35:17 GMT -5
ROFL! Egad! I'm nearly crying with laughter!! That's really unusual for me!
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 19, 2012 21:36:31 GMT -5
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Post by EVT1 on Oct 19, 2012 22:23:12 GMT -5
It is going to be very close- that is my prediction- and I still think Romney is the underdog. Hedge your bets- buy some gun stocks- damn I wish there was a derivative on the price of full automatics..... I'll cash in on this freaking NI****CE GUY. I'll give you one point on his fake smile- like he just ate a birth certificate.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 20, 2012 0:08:52 GMT -5
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 20, 2012 0:13:17 GMT -5
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 20, 2012 19:33:58 GMT -5
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 20, 2012 19:43:41 GMT -5
Again, Romney maintains his national Gallup poll lead of 6 points. No candidate that has polled below 50% at this stage of the contest has ever gone on to win the Presidency in a two way contest. Romney hit 50% on October 16th, and he maintains a 51% - 45% lead (Obama has never hit 50% in the Gallup Daily tracking poll in this election contest). www.gallup.com/poll/157817/election-2012-likely-voters-trial-heat-obama-romney.aspx
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Post by parker1b2 on Oct 20, 2012 20:04:33 GMT -5
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 20, 2012 20:11:29 GMT -5
Wisconsin has Obama 49% to Romney's 48%. Here's the fun part:
The entire margin of error and then some when to Walker whose actual victory margin was 53% to 46% - slightly better than his original 2010 margin of victory of 5.8%.
Now, what's interesting about that is all of the liberal union uproar in Wisconsin- from the fraudulent recall petition with thousands of phony signatures, to all the money spent and what did they get for it? A worse beating than they got initially.
This thing is over. It's over nationwide, because Obama is over.
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 20, 2012 20:13:54 GMT -5
Good one ;D. I find it interesting that Gallup is now the top dog- never mind what it used to say or the old complaints about it, never mind Rasmussen or IBD or the other ones since they are wrong now. A good thing that came out of this is that I understand the methodology better- a lot thanks to that crazy liberal Nate Silver. I had no idea how the tracking polls actually worked- and it makes perfect sense that it would be very slow to respond. Don't like them, and I really can't stand shit like calling a state or an election with people still in line to vote. Pres. Obama leads Mitt Romney 46.5%-44.8%, a 1.7-point edge from 0.5 point a day before, according to the latest IBD/TIPP tracking poll. Romney has lost a little support, notably among men, in recent days. Obama's support has been relatively steady. Independents still back Romney by 11 points. Other nat'l polls showed an overall shift toward Obama, though Gallup has Romney up 6. Read More At IBD: news.investors.com/101912-630142-ibdtipp-poll-obama-up-2.aspx#ixzz29nnHry4rAnything within 6 points has a good chance of going to Romney. TRUEAnything within the margin of error goes to Romney automatically. FALSE. want proof? 2004.
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 20, 2012 20:14:58 GMT -5
NH is close, but not that close. IA isn't really even a tossup, imo.
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 20, 2012 20:16:24 GMT -5
Wisconsin has Obama 49% to Romney's 48%. Here's the fun part: The entire margin of error and then some when to Walker whose actual victory margin was 53% to 46% - slightly better than his original 2010 margin of victory of 5.8%. the margin of victory was 6.8% RCP's poll aggregation predicated a 6.7% win. you keep pretending that this was a surprising result, and proves that polls are rubbish, but it actually shows just the opposite. the polling was so close that it almost made the election pointless.
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Post by Value Buy on Oct 21, 2012 10:24:10 GMT -5
Sunday's Chris Mathews show on MSNBC RoundTable discussion on the election. Andrea Mitchell stated there was an open line between Bengazhi,Tripoli, Liby,a and D.C. The Embassador walked a dinner guest to the gate of the compound at 8:30 pm, with no protesters about. AT 9:40 pm the compound walls were run over with armed attackers. The line was open to D.C. and Washington knew what was happening in real time.
In other words, Secretary of state Hillary Clinton and President Obama both lied from day one.
Chris also asked if the President who is now losing ther election, can turn it around. The group pretty much said, It will be "hard to do it".
Momentumn is hard to overcome, was another expression used. ;D
EDIT: It happened on MSNBC, not CNBC.
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 21, 2012 10:30:53 GMT -5
Link to the transcript please.
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Post by Value Buy on Oct 21, 2012 10:32:33 GMT -5
Just watched on it on MSNBC half hour ago. I wante to give the both of them some kleenex. It was very sad..
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 21, 2012 10:34:45 GMT -5
Transcript please. Thanks.
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Post by Value Buy on Oct 21, 2012 10:35:22 GMT -5
ROLLING ROLLING ROLLING, Crack! Romney!
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