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Iwasthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 02:29 PM
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All the polls for the last couple of days mean little...
Ask any poll expert and they will tell you that 1 or 2 polls don't cut it. You have to aggragate many polls over time to get a full and accurate picture. All the poll experts that have done that say the Dems have a double digit lead average. That being said, the F&$#@!ing media is doing the country a great disservice and setting up the system for fraud by using only one or two recent biased polls. The media will have blood on thier hands and should NOT be able to live it down this time, like last time(s) imo.
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Joe for Clark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 02:32 PM
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1. Sure appears to me like they (MSM) have some kind
of financial interest in making this closer than it is.

Total bastards.

Joe
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 02:34 PM
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2. Close games are more interesting than blowouts
I'll forgive the nailbiting if I can savor the victory.
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Joe for Clark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 02:38 PM
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5. Well, I guess there is an upside - hopefully
the tactic will get that many more dems out to vote.

The more we win by the better off the country is!!!

Joe
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 02:39 PM
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7. Yup. Here's why....
* Shampoo commercials
* Beer commercials
* Refinance your house commercials
* Drug commercials (especially those Cialis ones)
* Hair restoration commercials (dovetailed with the Cialis ones)
* Gas-guzzling car commercials

Need I say more?
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DaveJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 02:35 PM
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3. What media are you talking about?
CNN was saying all weekend they expected the House to go to Democrats, and maybe the Senate too.

I understand though, trusting these fascists at all eliminates the media's credibility. If they are going to listen to what Republicans have to say, might as well send in fascist and skinhead representatives too. They just don't get it.
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Joe for Clark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 02:45 PM
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9. Every media has said the polls are closing.
Including CNN.

Well, that might mean something if the polls were really representative of who is going to show up tomorrow.

I have serious doubts about that.

And I'll say this and you can quote me. In the future, the gop will look at the Ohio river valley as the valley of death for the gop. I grew up on those rivers. I know those people really well.

After tomorrow, the gop will be nothing more than a regional party. You can quote me on that too.

VOTE!!! It is going to get counted - one way or the other!!!

Joe
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 02:36 PM
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4. Forget the polls, let's vote.........
then see what happens!!
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 02:38 PM
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6. People pay way too much attention to them
They're only valuable to the extent that real human behavior follows rational trajectories, and even then only when the methodologies of sampling and analysis are done properly.
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lapfog_1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 02:45 PM
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8. I have two theories

1. The MSM is doing the bidding of the RNC just prior to the election to make it SEEM like things are close, so the RNC can steal it again.

2. The MSM needs to make it look closer than it is because that means more viewers... nobody watches a blowout late in the 4th quarter.

Either way, don't worry, all we can do is VOTE, and get others to vote.
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 03:04 PM
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10. After watching an hour of Fox News last night, choice 2 makes more sense
At least to me.
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