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In the discussion thread: U.S. election: How Nate Silver and two university profs went 50-0 in predictions [View all]

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:59 PM

caraher (3,568 posts)

13. Because the pundits are know-nothings

They're on TV to get ratings, not to speak the truth. What sells is always, always, always the clash and the "tight race"

Whereas you have the intelligence to use our best tools to sort out reality...

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48 replies	Author	Time	Post
U.S. election: How Nate Silver and two university profs went 50-0 in predictions [View all]	trailmonkee	Nov 2012	OP
Face it...	SoapBox	Nov 2012	#1
Face it also ...	Coyotl	Nov 2012	#3
Face it....	Hutzpa	Nov 2012	#10
Facebookit too	Coyotl	Nov 2012	#18
"... propagation of lies un-countered."	Ligyron	Nov 2012	#24
Good one, yeah!	proverbialwisdom	Nov 2012	#43
But don't count on that happening ever again	cprise	Nov 2012	#44
gallup is a joke	samsingh	Nov 2012	#2
Yup. About all they did was keep both sides motivated to vote.	ffr	Nov 2012	#11
I think it's	femrap	Nov 2012	#39
I wouldn't say Gallup is a joke, so much as ...	1StrongBlackMan	Nov 2012	#28
He blinded them with science	JenniferJuniper	Nov 2012	#4
No he did not. His predictions are everything science is not supposed to be.	AngryAmish	Nov 2012	#47
IF FL goes for Obama I would go 49-1	iandhr	Nov 2012	#5
Didn't he flip Florida pale blue near the end?	JenniferJuniper	Nov 2012	#6
yes he did.	Raster	Nov 2012	#7
Yeah	iandhr	Nov 2012	#9
I got all 50 !	Democrats4All	Nov 2012	#8
Because the pundits are know-nothings	caraher	Nov 2012	#13
Pundits are less than regular joes.	JackRiddler	Nov 2012	#35
This is what happens when we use SCIENCE, not ID or creationism	AllyCat	Nov 2012	#12
Facts are stubborn things....	tomm2thumbs	Nov 2012	#14
Sadly, no one in the conserva-bubble will hear, read or understand this....	Moostache	Nov 2012	#15
Can I quote you on that?	TrogL	Nov 2012	#21
Nate Silver's statistics	adieu	Nov 2012	#16
Leading up to Tuesday, I wondered about that as well.	SomeGuyInEagan	Nov 2012	#27
well earned respect after some undeserved disrespect	carolinayellowdog	Nov 2012	#17
Nate beat not only Gallup but Rove, Rasmussen, Michael Barone & Dick Morris.	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#19
A dead rat could beat Dick Morris	rusty fender	Nov 2012	#20
I wish I could beat Dick Morris too!	AAO	Nov 2012	#31
Didn't he have FL or Romney?	MuhkRahker	Nov 2012	#22
no, he turned it light blue a couple of days before the election. nt	XtopherXtopher	Nov 2012	#29
Nate was right! But... so where 4 other nerds and Intrade. Check it out here!	imac567	Nov 2012	#23
So was the average of all recent polls.	Dawgs	Nov 2012	#25
Sometimes it's just the simple things...	imac567	Nov 2012	#26
As well as a few you missed	Jim Lane	Nov 2012	#36
You're right! I did miss that one.	imac567	Nov 2012	#41
And Sam Wang didn't have to eat any Bugs..which he said he would	Cha	Nov 2012	#30
I'd buy that poster! nt	XtopherXtopher	Nov 2012	#34
That's good!!!	imac567	Nov 2012	#42
Last Night	jnew1021	Nov 2012	#32
I am so happy too.	KANTANA	Nov 2012	#40
Reality crushes illusion once again.	XtopherXtopher	Nov 2012	#33
well deserved .	outsideworld	Nov 2012	#37
Thank you, Nate!	tweeternik	Nov 2012	#38
I knew he had it right the second they started calling him gay....	DCKit	Nov 2012	#45
Silver went 50-0. I went 49-1	iandhr	Nov 2012	#46
This pretty much sums up the whole Nate Silver thing:	Glaisne	Nov 2012	#48

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