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Time for change

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8. Thank you very much
Wed May 18, 2016, 01:51 PM
May 2016

I do not think that his article is cover for his preferred candidate, as it was written a long time ago (2008 I believe).

What I think is this. We all know that our corporate news media is adamantly against Bernie or any other candidate with a similar agenda. We also know that they are adamantly against any talk of exit polls to monitor elections in our country, probably because, as I say in the OP, election fraud almost always favors the more conservative candidate. They want to keep it that way.

So what I believe is that Nate couldn't possible really believe the stupid things that he says in his article. He is obviously way too intelligent for that. I believe that he was pressured to write the article by powerful people who I can only guess at. I believe that he believed that writing it would favorably affect his career or that not writing it would hurt his career, possibly badly. That is the only explanation that makes sense to me.

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bump JackRiddler May 2016 #1
This is a very important post Fearful May 2016 #2
As the "official" results grow more suspect, exit polls need to be discredited. reformist2 May 2016 #14
That's precisely why we need them as a monitor on the accuracy of our elections Time for change May 2016 #15
Looks like an entertaining conspiracy theory, but a little long of a read. YouDig May 2016 #3
It is not a conspiracy theory Time for change May 2016 #4
It is indeed that. I've come to be quite an expert by observing the good people of Bernopia. YouDig May 2016 #5
Yet do you have enough intelligence to respond to any one of my criticisms of Time for change May 2016 #7
they have a gameplan and theyre sticking to it. reddread May 2016 #13
Thank you. Excellent analysis and very easy to read/understand for us non-statisticians. 2cannan May 2016 #6
Thank you very much Time for change May 2016 #8
Nate doesn't do polling zipplewrath May 2016 #17
Ok, he makes his living by analyzing pre-election polls Time for change May 2016 #19
I appreciate you taking the time to write it out, but you still misunderstand the purpose of exits Godhumor May 2016 #9
They are not used in this country for that purpose Time for change May 2016 #10
OK, sure? Fine, exits shoud be used to predict winners Godhumor May 2016 #11
I am not pointing to first wave exit polls Time for change May 2016 #12
Those are still preliminary Godhumor May 2016 #16
They are not prelimary Time for change May 2016 #18
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