CNN is calling Wisconsin for Obama, with 0% reporting. How do they do that?
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CNN is calling Wisconsin for Obama, with 0% reporting. How do they do that?
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They match exit polls with the actual results from the polled precincts. If they are close enough- they call it. Even without any significant vote tallies. Sounds fishy to me, but there it is.Originally Posted by Lemur
"Don't believe everything you read online."
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The Grauniad has New York at 99% Obama, 1% McCain. Is this plausible?
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No, not plausible. Somebody is being silly.
Gah, I swore I wouldn't look at news until 8, and now I'm looking and there;s still way too much conjecture and "expert" opinion. I think maybe I need to tune out for another hour or two.
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The Grauniad has New York at 99% Obama, 1% McCain.
So only Gawain and Spino voted for McCain ?
blimey looking scary if you're a Rep. *starts singing*
I think new labour 97 election song is entirely appropriate here....
THINGS... Can only get better!.... Can only get better!
*continues singing*
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That will be of the precincts already reported. Pretty much 0% prolly.
GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit 1944
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Yep, there was probably just a small town that voted for Obama heavily.
Rest in Peace TosaInu, the Org will be your legacy
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Isn't there a law that if you fit into a certain category you cannot vote anymore which would mean Gawain can't vote .So only Gawain and Spino voted for McCain ?
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Makes sense, as even the Soviet Communist party struggled to get much above 90% in their elections. It's now at 74-25, which is a more realistic split than 99-1.
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I reckon the State will prolly end up 60/40 at the end of the day.
GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit 1944
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Polling had it at 60-35 with 5 undecided prior to the election.
West Virginia called by CNN. No surprise.
Rest in Peace TosaInu, the Org will be your legacy
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Ohio for Obama!!! Game over man, game over.
GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit 1944
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Wow. So he makes it a lot more expensive to have power, and then gives out even more money that that to cover the increased cost caused by the government's actions,
Well despite tony blairs big commitment to fight global warming the only thing that increased our energy bills was the ill advised foriegn policy of bush and blair, so i don't see why obama's plans would work any differently...
Isn't there a law that if you fit into a certain category you cannot vote anymore which would mean Gawain can't vote .
im missing something, i wasn't around when gawain left, is it something to do with non tax payment ? or a felony ?
On the bright side, I'm now rich. And can be expected to be taxed as such.
your income has suddenly jumped to 250k, great news, even with the reverse of bush's tax cuts your going to be alot better off!
Ohio for obama!!
Celebrate good times!!
Jag- what's with the sudden surge in interest for US politics? Here to support your glorious comrade?
Jag's always had a huge interest in us politics... you should have been here during bush's re election, i think he's jus less intrested in actually debating issues nw...
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In remembrance of our great Admin Tosa Inu, A tireless worker with the patience of a saint. As long as I live I will not forget you. Thank you for everything!
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By last count, "rich" was household income of 90k. Mrs. Corleone and I cannot afford to pay at a 39% income tax rate and keep our house. Enjoy it, I'll be busy burning down black churches according to Louis.
"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."
Don Vito Corleone: The Godfather, Part 1.
"Then wait for them and swear to God in heaven that if they spew that bull to you or your family again you will cave there heads in with a sledgehammer"
Strike for the South
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Wow. So he makes it a lot more expensive to have power, and then gives out even more money that that to cover the increased cost caused by the government's actions, with the net result of more people being dependent on the government.So is this a stated policy position, i think not, many poor britons have still managed to have electricity and we are probably infront of america in our weaning off fossil fuels, so 1 claim 1 lie so far....
• Enact a Windfall Profits Tax to Provide a $1,000 Emergency Energy Rebate to American Families
One of obama's stated positions... poor americans everywhere will have a grands worth of energy...
And in these troubled times, let us not forget the wise words of Dave Barry, winner of the Pulitzer Prize:
CRDave Barry: And the winner is . . . the man with the martini
BY DAVE BARRY
In analyzing the results of Tuesday's historic election, the question we must ask ourselves, first and foremost, is: what the heck were the results of Tuesday's historic election?
I personally don't know. The Miami Herald made me send in this analysis before the election was actually over, so that it could be printed in a timely manner. This is part of the newspaper industry's crafty plan to defeat this ''Internet'' thing that has the youngsters so excited.
Anyway, my election analysis, based on weeks of reading political bogs, listening to talk radio and watching campaign ads on television, is that one of the following things is true:
• Barack Obama is our next president, which is very bad because he is a naive untested wealth-spreading terrorist-befriending ultraliberal socialist communist who will suddenly reveal his secret Muslim identity by riding to his inauguration on a camel shouting ''Death to Israel!'' (I mean Obama will be shouting this, not the camel) after which he will wreck the economy by sending Joe the Plumber to Guantánamo and taxing away all the income of anybody who makes over $137.50 per year and giving it to bloated government agencies that will deliberately set it on fire.
• Or, John McCain is our next president, which is very bad because he is a 287-year-old out-of-touch multiple-house-owning fascist who will rape the environment and build nuclear power plants inside elementary schools and reinstate slavery and create tax loopholes that benefit only people who own three or more personal helicopters, after which he will declare war on the entire United Nations and then keel over dead and leave us with commander-in-chief Sarah ''Flash Card'' Palin.
• Or, Ralph Nader is our next president, which is very bad because it means there has been a successful Klingon invasion.
• Or, the outcome of the election is being disputed because of irregularities such as unregistered horses voting in Ohio, or some Florida county tabulating votes in Roman numerals, or God knows what else, which is very bad because it means the next president will be selected via a giant Lawyer-Palooza court fight that will go on until it's time to hold the Iowa caucuses for the NEXT presidential election.
So basically my analysis is that, whatever happened, we are, as a nation, doomed.
Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
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On the bright side, I'm now rich. And can be expected to be taxed as such.
On the minus side, well, I'll try to be a patriot and say I will support the new government as best as I can. I expect the worst.
"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."
Don Vito Corleone: The Godfather, Part 1.
"Then wait for them and swear to God in heaven that if they spew that bull to you or your family again you will cave there heads in with a sledgehammer"
Strike for the South
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Virginia is going to flip any moment now.
Rest in Peace TosaInu, the Org will be your legacy
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Agreed. 0% of some county's in Dem heartland reported! I mean, if its nearly 50/50 without his base in Virginia...
GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit 1944
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