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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 05:09 PM

KurtNYC (12,055 posts)

3. classic "Bullshit bubble"

Some corporate suits do this -- surround themselves with people who tell them what they want to hear and call anything else "negativity."

It is a dangerous practice for a leader.

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68 replies	Author	Time	Post
Lololololololololol!!!!! Romney campaign unskewed their internal polls [View all]	geek tragedy	Nov 2012	OP
Amateur hour on a grand scale.	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#1
Dean Chambers may get a job for the 2016 nominee. nt	geek tragedy	Nov 2012	#2
classic "Bullshit bubble"	KurtNYC	Nov 2012	#3
Exactly. nt	BainsBane	Nov 2012	#18
Especially the POTUS (EOM)	warpigs	Nov 2012	#58
I don't understand how they didn't see this coming. 2008 wasn't a fluke it was a landslide and we	craigmatic	Nov 2012	#4
Worse, they failed Polling 101.	geek tragedy	Nov 2012	#9
so this Newhouse guy was basically lying to Romney about the numbers?	Whisp	Nov 2012	#47
What a pity	LiberalFighter	Nov 2012	#5
Further proof that the guy was unfit	PsychProfessor	Nov 2012	#6
Well said, PP.	surrealAmerican	Nov 2012	#50
That describes every single religious fundamentalist.	Quantess	Nov 2012	#68
My wife said the same thing when I told her about this	underpants	Nov 2012	#53
They really had no concept that we wouldn't just hand them the keys	Scootaloo	Nov 2012	#7
+1	faithfulcitizen	Nov 2012	#56
At least the neighbors around Ryan's home in Janesville should be happy he lost.	LiberalFighter	Nov 2012	#8
A Legitimate Campaign Pollster Would Have Made The Most Small c Conservative Assumptions	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2012	#10
Seriously, professional pollsters were shocked that bloggers	geek tragedy	Nov 2012	#12
This Would Have Been The First Election In Modern History Where Public Polling	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2012	#15
What's amazing is that they had ZERO empirical support for this.	geek tragedy	Nov 2012	#25
All Real Clear Politics Did Is Accumulate Polls And Average Them	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2012	#30
It's dumbfounding. This isn't some esoteric thing--it's basic math.	geek tragedy	Nov 2012	#31
Instead Of Operating On The 99.95% Probability That The Polls In Toto Were Right	DemocratSinceBirth	Nov 2012	#34
They were like the rest of the dumbfucks on Fox who treat Rasmussen as gospel.	geek tragedy	Nov 2012	#35
Racism is all the empirical support you need.	Maximumnegro	Nov 2012	#32
White Men Can't Count. nt	geek tragedy	Nov 2012	#36
but but, were Romney's polls the only ones that were cooked?	Whisp	Nov 2012	#49
No, that was pundits who don't like math. nt	geek tragedy	Nov 2012	#52
I have my answer now.	Avalux	Nov 2012	#11
If the article truly reflects their thinking	Grateful for Hope	Nov 2012	#14
what if...	Whisp	Nov 2012	#51
Could be.	Grateful for Hope	Nov 2012	#64
Depends on how you define "GOP Leaders"	Doctor_J	Nov 2012	#17
Rove	Avalux	Nov 2012	#23
Which is why Romney believed his own propaganda	BainsBane	Nov 2012	#20
They were.....	LynneSin	Nov 2012	#24
"And broken are their delusions of grandeur"	Dont call me Shirley	Nov 2012	#13
Ya'll	Harry_Scrote	Nov 2012	#16
Bingo!! They thought it would be enough, and tho they won't say it publicly...	progressivebydesign	Nov 2012	#42
always love a good blindsight	southmost	Nov 2012	#19
"We make our own reality"	Beowulf	Nov 2012	#21
THEY BASED THEIR ENTIRE RACE ON THE NATIONWIDE POPULARITY POLLS	LynneSin	Nov 2012	#22
They based their entire race on race.	Maximumnegro	Nov 2012	#33
It was all there on the 538 blog	high density	Nov 2012	#26
But, that is some form of evil magic, math and science you know	Coyotl	Nov 2012	#29
Idiots.	rivegauche	Nov 2012	#27
this is how its been sicne 2001	Firebirds01	Nov 2012	#28
What a bunch of morans	wrath of medusa	Nov 2012	#37
Its really not that hard to see why they thought this	Thrill	Nov 2012	#38
The point is that you're not supposed to take a subjective belief and base your model	geek tragedy	Nov 2012	#39
It's called delusion.	budkin	Nov 2012	#40
Not to mention the massive Dem voter suppression that he was assured would help him...	progressivebydesign	Nov 2012	#41
Well, boo hoo for them and	courseofhistory	Nov 2012	#43
Republicans "believe" a lot of things but don't know much.	Gargoyle22	Nov 2012	#44
Even their presidential campaigns are inside the bubble now. That party is doomed.	Azathoth	Nov 2012	#45
I thought all their poll bluster was pure PR to create a fake image of inevitability & momentum.	Arugula Latte	Nov 2012	#46
but he got a big bonus	grantcart	Nov 2012	#48
Counting the same voter twice	Awsi Dooger	Nov 2012	#54
One can't cherry pick data points from polls	geek tragedy	Nov 2012	#55
This says it all about how out of touch they were with their anti-abortion garbage and just	courseofhistory	Nov 2012	#57
Believing their own BS...hook, line, and sinker. nt	Cognitive_Resonance	Nov 2012	#59
I have been saying it... but it is now official Republicans ARE NOT a reality based party	JCMach1	Nov 2012	#60
How could someone that clueless think he could be president of the USA?	redwitch	Nov 2012	#61
"It was like a sucker punch."	Hercule_Poirot	Nov 2012	#62
Amazing	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Nov 2012	#63
This article should be called, "Romney's incompetency cost him the election."	UCmeNdc	Nov 2012	#65
This is what happens when you deny science...math...fact. SURPRISE!!!!	mnhtnbb	Nov 2012	#66
Stephen Colbert is right	Corgigal	Nov 2012	#67

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