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Old 10-21-2008, 02:37 PM
 
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The media driven polls
Attack the messenger, too funny.


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to try and depress and suppress the conservative vote.
The GOP has cornered the market on voter suppression.

Anyway...

This reminds me of the primaries when the "media" kept up the "anything can happen" fantasy despite the fact that it was clear to anyone with a calculator (or ten fingers) that Hillary had no mathematical chance of winning the nomination).

Even with two weeks to go a look at the Electoral College map is shows that the only real question is by how much Obama is going to win. Frankly, you should be down on bended knee kissing the media's feet for continuing to promote the fiction that this is anything but over.
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Old 10-21-2008, 03:18 PM
 
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Ignore the polls - they are padded/weighted towards the democrats.
I seem to recall you've posted quite a few poll threads yourself?

Even if you stick your fingers in your ears regarding polls, looking at the Electoral College numbers....still very problematic for McCain.

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The media driven polls are for one purpose - to try and depress and suppress the conservative vote.
Is this based on pure speculation, or are you going to take a shot at backing this one up?
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Old 10-21-2008, 03:42 PM
 
Location: In the sunshine on a ship with a plank
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The Fat Lady has rehearsed and warmed up.


She is now in the dressing room putting the finishing touches on her makeup.

The curtain is drawn. The seats are full. The lights are dimming.

The audience waits in anticipation of the moment they have all been waiting for............

The arrival of the Fat Lady is imminent.
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Old 10-21-2008, 03:44 PM
 
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
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Is Padin putting on a lot of weight in preparation of that great day?
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Old 10-21-2008, 03:45 PM
 
Location: Home is where the heart is
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The Fat Lady has rehearsed and warmed up.
Sounds like pirate girl thinks it's about time to make him walk the plank!

LOL, and yo-ho me hearties--I totally agree.
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Old 10-21-2008, 03:45 PM
 
Location: Portland, Maine
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I will not feel comfortable until Election Day with a clear win for Obama. Anything can happen in two weeks and at least I remember the last elections one of which I am convinced was fixed. So, I vote. And I vote for Obama.
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Old 10-21-2008, 03:49 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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This reminds me of the primaries when the "media" kept up the "anything can happen" fantasy despite the fact that it was clear to anyone with a calculator (or ten fingers) that Hillary had no mathematical chance of winning the nomination).
You do realize that Obama did not get the required state delegates to put him over the top?

The Super delegates gave him the nomination.

So...where were all those Obama supporters in TX, OH, PA, IN, WV to give him the victory? He couldn't close the deal then without the SD's.

Now you have the media trying to drag his sorry butt across the finish line before a single vote is cast.
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Old 10-21-2008, 03:51 PM
 
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Those votes were shared with Hillary- and most of those voters are now voting for Obama.


I think early voting is going to put to rest much of the "anything can happen" concerns.

In my small county- under 100K, over 2500 people voted yesterday.
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Old 10-21-2008, 03:54 PM
 
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Obama holds lead, but will race tighten? - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl101 - broken link)
By 84% to 13%, Americans Prefer Wealth Creation Over Redistribution.
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Old 10-21-2008, 04:11 PM
 
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The media driven polls are for one purpose - to try and depress and suppress the conservative vote. They do it every year, they did it in 2004. Remember all the stories of how new and young voters were going to swarm the voting booth in an overwhelming tide?

The media forgot something then as well as now - the conservative base also came out in 2004, and look what happened.

In 2006, look what happened when they stayed home.

Why couldn't all these new, young, minority voters put Obama over the top in states like Texas, Oh, IN, PA during the primaries?

Ignore the polls - they are padded/weighted towards the democrats.
You are SO RIGHT! Thanks for the voice of reason in a sea of stupidity.
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