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Obama's Electoral Victory is Assured! (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2012 OP
"By Dick Morris..." rocktivity Sep 2012 #1
The big DICK at Faux News is hardly an objective observer. Viva_Daddy Sep 2012 #2
Who is that fool and what planet does he live on? nt Speck Tater Sep 2012 #3
the article does not conclude that obama is a shoe in. iemitsu Sep 2012 #4
The OP Was Being Sarcastic DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 #7
That point makes him even dumber... Drunken Irishman Sep 2012 #8
Dick Morris is actually a very good prognosticator Cali_Democrat Sep 2012 #13
Why does Fox even let that guy on the air? n/t Marsala Sep 2012 #5
They Seem To Be Lowering His Profile DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 #10
He gives them hope... smorkingapple Sep 2012 #12
Dick Morris said the exact same thing in 2008... Drunken Irishman Sep 2012 #6
Thank you for posting that proof. ywcachieve Sep 2012 #9
Morris Was Saying As Late As 11/29/08 An Obama Victory Wasn't Essentially Inevitable DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 #11
What F---ing Morons Read That Site,Ergo: DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 #15
+1 Politicub Sep 2012 #19
Yeah, they ignored the polls in 2008 also. CANDO Sep 2012 #14
I think if you have to write articles about how all of the polls are wrong Doctor Jack Sep 2012 #16
Dick Morris == Baghdad Bob longship Sep 2012 #17
This is all Dick Morris does Politicub Sep 2012 #18
I just left a "reply" on the site... LVdem Sep 2012 #20
I'll never forgive Bill Clinton for unleashing this toe sucker on the American people. Drunken Irishman Sep 2012 #21
I think a lot of people caught on that you were be sarcastic davidpdx Sep 2012 #22

Viva_Daddy

(785 posts)
2. The big DICK at Faux News is hardly an objective observer.
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 11:11 PM
Sep 2012

At this point, should the Republicans be stupid enough to try to steal this election with their "electronic voting machines", I think the American people would be in the streets all over the Country because they would know how wrong this is. Maybe then, we'll finally get rid of these UNVERIFIABLE VOTING MACHINES and go back to paper ballots.

iemitsu

(3,888 posts)
4. the article does not conclude that obama is a shoe in.
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 11:17 PM
Sep 2012

morris suggests that the polls reflect the 2008 voter turnout when they should be figured using the 2004 turnout numbers. according to morris, if the polls used the 2004 voter turnout ratios that romney would be ahead in all the polls.
if morris is right we'd better make sure that every one, who voted democratic in the 2008 election turns out and casts her/his vote for obama and other democrats this coming november.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
7. The OP Was Being Sarcastic
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 11:24 PM
Sep 2012

I think the 04 election was the first election in recent history where Democrats and Republicans made up equal parts of the electorate. It was +4 Democratic in 00, even in 04, and +8 in 08. I suspect it will be somewhere between 00 and 08...

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
8. That point makes him even dumber...
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 11:25 PM
Sep 2012

It's not 2004. Demographics have dramatically changed in the past eight years. To use 2004 voter turnout trends is absolutely positively stupid and no reputable polling firm would ever dare do that.

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
13. Dick Morris is actually a very good prognosticator
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 12:00 AM
Sep 2012

If Morris says Romney will win, then Obama is pretty much guaranteed to win.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
10. They Seem To Be Lowering His Profile
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 11:31 PM
Sep 2012

I like What John Stuart Mill said about conservatives:

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
6. Dick Morris said the exact same thing in 2008...
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 11:20 PM
Sep 2012

And I have proof!

http://www.dickmorris.com/undecideds-should-break-for-mccain/

As Obama has oscillated, moving somewhat above or somewhat below 50 percent in all the October polls, his election likely hangs in the balance. If he falls short of 50 percent in these circumstances, a majority of the voters can be said to have rejected him. Likely a disproportionate number of the undecideds will vote for McCain.



DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
15. What F---ing Morons Read That Site,Ergo:
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 12:30 AM
Sep 2012

Tom XXXXXXX · Top Commenter
No one who voted for McCain will vote for Obama this time. But if just three million people who voted for Obama in 2008 either sit this one out, or votes Republican, Romney wins handily. Remember, Obama didn't beat McCain by all that many votes.


Obama won by ten million or so votes, you f--king loon...

 

CANDO

(2,068 posts)
14. Yeah, they ignored the polls in 2008 also.
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 12:08 AM
Sep 2012

I'll never forget my tea bagging brother and his absolute certainty that somehow McCain would win. And then the devastation at how they could've lost to a guy named Barack Hussein Obama. It was fucking AWESOME! I didn't talk to him directly. It was all relayed through my cousin. My brother and I avoid anything political to keep the peace.

Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)
16. I think if you have to write articles about how all of the polls are wrong
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 12:37 AM
Sep 2012

And reassure your base that there is still a chance that your candidate can win, it is pretty much game over. I don't see many left leaning columnists saying "i know it is really hard to believe but Obama could still pull this thing out."

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
22. I think a lot of people caught on that you were be sarcastic
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 05:00 AM
Sep 2012

but you might want to put the tag in there for go measure.

Dick Morris really should stick his head in a toilet and flush it indefinitely.

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