Interesting observation on America (McCain, stats, Obama, Minnesota)
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Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul , Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the last Presidential election:
~ Number of States won by: Obama: 19
McCain: 29
~ Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000
McCain: 2,427,000
~ Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million
McCain: 143 million
~ Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Obama: 13.2
McCain: 2.1
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory McCain won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country.
Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low income tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..."
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul , Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the last Presidential election:
~ Number of States won by: Obama: 19
McCain: 29
~ Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000
McCain: 2,427,000
~ Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million
McCain: 143 million
~ Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Obama: 13.2
McCain: 2.1
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory McCain won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country.
Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low income tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..."
Just curious what source you used because this is what I found when I googled it.
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First, Joseph Olson is a professor at Hamline (not Hemline) University School of Law in St. Paul, Minn. None of what appears in this e-mail was written by him. He has been denying authorship of this old hoax since earlier versions first cropped up after the 2000 election. Most recently he posted a disclaimer about the 2008 version on his university profile page:
Olson: There is an e-mail floating around the internet dealing with the 2008 Obama/McCain election and the 2000 Bush/Gore election, remarks of a Scottish philosopher named Alexander Tyler, etc. Part of it is attributed to me. It is entirely BOGUS as to my authorship. I’ve been trying to kill it since December 2000. For details see: <http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/tyler.asp.
More important, the "unreported stats" listed in this e-mail are all wrong:
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul , Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the last Presidential election:
~ Number of States won by: Obama: 19
McCain: 29
While I understand people go to law school because they are bad at math at some point it becomes absurd..19+29=48. Ima call BS.
EDIT: Furthermore if you do a modicum of research as in google 2008 election you will find that Obama won 28 states + DC + NE2 while McCain won 22 states.
You're admitting that you started a discussion based on BS?
I admire your honesty.
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