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Skinner ADMIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-26-06 08:28 AM
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107. They're using the generic ballot in a similar manner to TIA? Oh really?
Edited on Sun Nov-26-06 08:29 AM by Skinner
Find me the place where they use generics to argue that millions of Democratic votes were lost. Or find me a place where they claim the generic ballot provides an accurate prediction of the final vote count.

Do they use generics to inform their predictions? Of course they do. Generic ballots are a useful tool. I have never argued that they are not, and I have never argued that they are completely worthless. What I have said is that they are not supposed to accurately predict the final vote. All of the quotes you have provided in your post are fully consistent with my argument.

And, for the record, I am not "dissmissing the possibility of fraud." I consider it offensive and misleading to suggest that I have some sort of hidden nefarious agenda. I fully support any and all efforts to secure our elections and to prevent and uncover fraud. But that doesn't mean that I am required to shut off my brain and pretend not to notice when people on my own side make glaring errors. TIA may not care, but in the real world credibility matters. You can't keep making very basic rookie mistakes without people eventually dismissing the entire effort as a fabrication.
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