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Old 06-17-2008, 02:34 PM
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Freezed a frame? What are you talking about? These are completely different links, not a .gif. An archive doesn't need to be easy to use in order to exist.
An archive is never a stop button.


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How can I search for lies? If you can't even provide evidence of this, why should I be expected to find it.
I thought I said search for "electoral-vote.com" "clinton" and "bias". That was just a rough example of the terms you could have used to search.

Hint: don't use the term "for lies".

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You still have yet to explain how he can cherry pick polls without omitting any from his pollsters. He could cherry pick pollsters, but he would have picked the most popular and credible ones. It would if anything be the pollsters that have the bias you claim exists.
I bolded how you just answered your own question.

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Well, you don't claim it now, you gave up that when you realized you couldn't prove such ridiculous crap.
See above.

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There are thousands of ways the electoral college can add up, thats to be expected. It has however correctly predicted states before. Just look at Oct 30, two days before the election. Not a single state is given incorrectly.
The link is broken, figures. I'm sure that map gave some states to each in raw numbers, then cited the total number of "toss-up" states. But go ahead and *believe*, hope you're right. Tracking polls, ya know.

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Cause you like being wrong?
I thought the final ballot was a poll!!! There's no way that could've been a flippant answer to push your buttons, right? Right?


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You made that up. No dictionary shares that definition for tracking polls.
But out of context they make no more sense than a single frame from a movie.

That's the way you're taking it. Be my guest. And you'd better hope that a dictionary isn't used to define these two words -"hope" and "change", because if and when it is, you're dead in the water.

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Furthermore, there is no reason you could not use a state poll that is a 'snapshot in time' to try and predict electoral results.
That's what that site tries to do and fails every time. Might as well use tarot cards, there's no reason not to use them to try to predict election results, either, is there?
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Old 06-17-2008, 02:43 PM
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An archive is never a stop button.
Where is this stop button you speak of? You just keep making things up left and right.


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I thought I said search for "electoral-vote.com" "clinton" and "bias". That was just a rough example of the terms you could have used to search.

Hint: don't use the term "for lies".
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...as&btnG=Search

Wheres the bull(*)(*)(*)(*) you were talking about?

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I bolded how you just answered your own question.
So now you no longer claim he cherry picked polls, but rather that he picked biased pollsters?

Please show me any evidence that Rasmussen, SurveryUSA, Research 2000, or Quinnipac U is biased.

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The link is broken, figures. I'm sure that map gave some states to each in raw numbers, then cited the total number of "toss-up" states. But go ahead and *believe*, hope you're right. Tracking polls, ya know.
The link is not broken. I works completely fine.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2004/oct/oct30.html


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I thought the final ballot was a poll!!! There's no way that could've been a flippant answer to push your buttons, right? Right?
So you've gone to attempting to debate, to attempting to act like a child. Good job.

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But out of context they make no more sense than a single frame from a movie.

That's the way you're taking it. Be my guest. And you'd better hope that a dictionary isn't used to define these two words -"hope" and "change", because if and when it is, you're dead in the water.
Who says I'm taking it that way? Using the animated map puts the results completely in context. As does looking the results over any period of time, using the ARCHIVE.
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Old 06-17-2008, 02:45 PM
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And giving me negative rep doesn't make you look less foolish, it just tells me that you are not confident in your arguments alone.

Though I see no reason why you would be..
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AOL's Straw Poll of America has McCain winning every state.



You should not assume that real America is as racist and corrupt as Obama is.
SWEET!!!! Mccain will spank Obama!
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This is the eighth straight day that Obama has enjoyed a lead of five-to-seven points.

As for the Electoral College: Democrats 185 Republicans 174 Leaners 141 Toss-Up 38.

And since the economy will likely improve for all of us under Obama (business believes so too, which is why businesses are contributing much more to Obama than McCain), Obama's stabilizing (and slowly widening) lead good news for all of us.

And an ironic side note: mysteriously, SuperDude is no longer posting daily polling results (wonder why?).
I hate to burst your bubble in La-La land....but most people don't even start paying attention until about August/September. But FYI, McCain leads Obama in the Independent group by about 14%----seeing as how polls are so important to ya. Independents will be key to this election.
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I hate to burst your bubble in La-La land....but most people don't even start paying attention until about August/September. But FYI, McCain leads Obama in the Independent group by about 14%----seeing as how polls are so important to ya. Independents will be key to this election.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/06...-mccain-obama/

They're actually tied on independent voters. Obama leads by 1 point, but that's pretty (*)(*)(*)(*)ed insignificant.
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It was from you, and we both know it. Obama-bots like to do that. Please, please, please, stay "confident" in your arguments.

Please?

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Where is this stop button you speak of? You just keep making things up left and right.
On this compter screen, the way to access the button is to to the "view" button, go down to the sixth option listed, and press "stop".


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Wheres the bull(*)(*)(*)(*) you were talking about?
That that site has been criticized before for bias.

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So now you no longer claim he cherry picked polls, but rather that he picked biased pollsters?
At various times, he's done both. Every time, he's wrong.

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Please show me any evidence that Rasmussen, SurveryUSA, Research 2000, or Quinnipac U is biased.
SurveyUSA is the worst by far of that list when it comes to bias. They've all been wrong, but not as wrong as electoral-vote always been.

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The link is not broken. I works completely fine.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2004/oct/oct30.html
Three times I tried it, this is what I kept getting:

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2004/oct/oct30.html

But then, it's not an archive.

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So you've gone to attempting to debate, to attempting to act like a child. Good job.
You were trying to edjumicate me and assumed I didn't know the difference between a vote or a tracking poll or an exit poll. Kind of reminded me of a schoolmarm.


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Who says I'm taking it that way? Using the animated map puts the results completely in context. As does looking the results over any period of time, using the ARCHIVE.
Well, you can use an actual ARCHIVE, like here:

http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

or, in this case, use the stop button again.
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It was from you, and we both know it. Obama-bots like to do that. Please, please, please, stay "confident" in your arguments.

Please?
Wtf are you talking about? I gave myself a negative rep, makes sense.


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On this compter screen, the way to access the button is to to the "view" button, go down to the sixth option listed, and press "stop".
There is no way to access the links I showed you using your stop button. They are archives, not simply a 'stop button'.

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That that site has been criticized before for bias.
Thats not what you said. You said:

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Dumpster diving might help you (he supported Clinton)
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No, it's the fact that he said he supported Hillary Clinton
And you have yet to present any evidence of such.

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At various times, he's done both. Every time, he's wrong.
Wheres your proof? How does he cherry pick polls without omitting polls? If he includes all polls from his sources he can't be cherry picking anything, he has to exclude some to be 'cherrypicking.

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SurveyUSA is the worst by far of that list when it comes to bias. They've all been wrong, but not as wrong as electoral-vote always been.
None of this is evidence or proof of bias.


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Well, you can use an actual ARCHIVE, like here:

http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

or, in this case, use the stop button again.
It is impossible to get to the links I showed by simply using the stop button.

You've given up trying to defend pretty much all your arguments. You no longer claim there is a Hillary bias, that he cherry picks polls, that there is no archive, or that he doesn't use tracking polls.

All you are doing now, is claiming polls in general are not accurate.
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Wtf are you talking about? I gave myself a negative rep, makes sense.
This is getting tiresome. What it with you people, asking a question that you want to qualify as some answer you never received? That's not going to work.

It was from you, and we both know it.

And "your turn"?

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There is no way to access the links I showed you using your stop button. They are archives, not simply a 'stop button'.
Thats' the only way I could stop the map without the button. Hence, they're not "archives".


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Thats not what you said. You said:

Dumpster diving might help you (he supported Clinton)
No, it's the fact that he said he supported Hillary Clinton
So? Where's the contradiction?

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And you have yet to present any evidence of such.
Prove otherwise. I've told you, you're going have to dumpster dive on this one.

I'm not trying the site owner in a civil case, so your demands for "evidence" doesn't matter. Even so, search opensecrets and/or find a statement that he supported someone other than Clinton OR Barack Hussein Obama.

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Wheres your proof? How does he cherry pick polls without omitting polls? If he includes all polls from his sources he can't be cherry picking anything, he has to exclude some to be 'cherrypicking.
No, you prove to me that he always uses the same pool of polls, and that his "alogrithims" he uses aren't always "evolving".

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None of this is evidence or proof of bias.
PPI, SurveyUSA will just reinforce delusions. That could be a selling point to some.

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It is impossible to get to the links I showed by simply using the stop button.
The only way it's possible for me. How are you stopping the map otherwise? Tell me, in words, not links, because I get the "internet explorer cannot open this webpage..." every time I try.

Hmmm...site could use an archive.

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You've given up trying to defend pretty much all your arguments.
The electoral-vote site was wrong all last presidential election. That is all.
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You no longer claim there is a Hillary bias,
Not since he got that tingling feeling a la Chrissy Matthews (and you have as well) for Barack Hussein Obama. TRUE

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...that he cherry picks polls,
Still never the point. TRUE, he does. Prove otherwise.

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.. that there is no archive,
Still never the point. TRUE.

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...or that he doesn't use tracking polls.
FALSE

Haven't we covered this? He uses tracking polls that he cherrypicks to draw up his worthless EC maps.

Btw, how'd you like that other one ITT?

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All you are doing now, is claiming polls in general are not accurate.
Five months away...TRUE. More reactive than predictive at this point. Let me know if you change your mind on that tarot reading.
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