Posts Made By: Tony Aguire

Rod Kaufman said:

I was just wondering which model you're going to pre-order now that your take home pay is going to go up as per Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney, not to mention those 12 million new jobs. After all, the wait list on some of those models are around a year or so, and with all that extra take home pay they're talking about, it's seems time to plan for that extra discretionary spending, now don't it?
Heck, add some options, too, plus an extra imaging camera as well.
So how about it, anybody going to put their money where their mouth is and order up a big one?

Dave Snope said:

In 1996:

"As the days went by and her parents, Robert and Lynette Gay, grew more and more frantic, they finally told Mr. Gay's partners at the private equity-investment firm Bain Capital. A few hours later, executives of the Boston-based firm were on the shuttle to New York for a huge volunteer effort, harnessing corporate manpower throughout the city and immersing professional baby boomers in a youth party culture many knew nothing about. ...

"Bain Capital's partners closed down the firm and drew on friendships and connections to find volunteers for the search. R.R. Donnelly, the firm's printer, printed more than 300,000 fliers bearing Ms. Gay's picture and last known whereabouts. Duane Reade, a drugstore chain in which Bain Capital is an investor, had clerks at 52 stores insert fliers in shopping bags. ..."

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In an article in 2002, the Globe quoted Robert Gay as crediting Romney with organizing the search for his daughter.

"It was the most amazing thing, and I'll never forget this to the day I die," Gay told the Globe. "What he did was literally close down an entire business. He basically galvanized an entire industry that just doesn't do this, and got them all on the streets for 48 hours."


Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2012-04-29/story/fact-check-story-about-mitt-romney-and-missing-child-true#ixzz2Aje26lTy

What was Obama doing in 1996?
In 1996 Obama joined the New Party, a radical socialist political movement deeply opposed to capitalism and of the opinion that the Democratic Party was far too moderate. The New Party sought to transform America into the sort of socialist democracy that is common in Europe.

Jim Johnson said:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romney-camp-stands-chris-christie-working-obama-during-210341010--election.html

That this story even appeared shows how big the divide and enmity between Democrats and Republicans is. Good for Christie for thinking of his state and constituents first and foremost and working with the President to get relief. Anyone who wants to make political hay from this ought to be ashamed.

The main reason I am voting for Moderate Mitt:

http://news.yahoo.com/fix-political-gridlock-poll-favors-romney-203606816--election.html

Jim J

Jim Johnson said:

http://news.yahoo.com/ap-poll-majority-harbor-prejudice-against-blacks-073551680--election.html

I am more inclined to be prejudiced toward cultures and not skin color which I am sure is the case with many of us crackers. For example, if you are against affirmative action you might be classified as racist.

What I haven't seen are polls where blacks and hispanics are asked their feelings toward whites, each other, asians, etc.


Jim J

Herbert York said:

http://mynorthwest.com/11/2118929/Legal-fight-over-transgender-in-Evergreen-College-locker-room

NOT!

Rob Wiederrich said:

Obama...vote for revenge.

Romney...vote for love of country.

Good Lord...what kind of a loon president wants his base to carry out any kind of revenge..let alone against someone who did nothing to them. I don't think that word means what Obama thinks it means... 8O

Dave Snope said:

Or, why pundits are predicting a big Romney victory:

So what the hell happened this time? Something doesn’t seem right—poll after poll...after poll keeps showing the President tied with Mitt Romney and even a little ahead—and in some of the swing state polls, you see the President far ahead. Yet the average person thinks “That can’t be right.� Anecdotes, yes, are not data, but by God it sounds like people are turning out in waves to vote for Romney. Lines in GOP-friendly early voting locations are out the door, with cars lined up waiting for a chance to park. Early voting seems to be showing a massive turnout for Romney, unless a Democrat campaign spokesperson is asked; then, the numbers seem to float for Obama. All the pundits who have done this many times in their life, however, seem to anticipate a decisive Romney win—even a landslide. So how can Obama be so close or even ahead?

Here is how they are doing it.

Read the rest here:
http://www.gormogons.com/2012/11/why-polls-are-screwy-best-to-ignore-them.html

Dave Snope said:

...don't forget that they are skewed D.

Remember: John Kerry Easily Won the Exit Polls In 2004, Leading to the "Seven Hour Presidency"

So the Exit Polls are being leaked now. Drudge headlines "Race tight." You'll be seeing more leaks, with real numbers.

But remember: These are just polls. Surveys. And they skew more Democratic than the actual polls do.

In 2004, Kerry was picking out new curtains for the Oval Office because the exit polls showed him destroying George Bush.

But then people started noting: In the Pennsylvania exits, there were 22% more women surveyed than men. Could that be right?

No, it wasn't right. The exit polls had a massive Democratic skew for several reasons. The people conducting the polls were young college students, for example. Older voters avoided them (figuring they would look down on their vote) and they, in turn, avoided older voters (because older voters are square, man!).

Basically, exit polls have a very high level of self-selection. They are not random. The pollster decides who looks like a nice young Democratic-leaning voter who she might want to date, and chats him up about his vote. And the voters self-select, because they don't really feel like being judged for voting Republican by a 19 year old sociology major.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/334706.php

Tony Aguire said:

Not to be a douche...But Obama won. 7:28 Arizona Time....

Russ Carroll said:

http://www.nctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/democrats-on-brink-of-supermajority-in-state-legislature/article_9050dfd6-93bf-5ad7-b4d2-87d9241be7cb.html

I'm only glad I was already in Florida this week to set up my new residence.