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cliffordu

(30,994 posts)
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 02:01 PM Oct 2012

I think the polls are bullshit.

Period.

Q: If you found out Mitt ate the dogs that Sarah Mclaughlin is trying to save and drank the tears of dying children would you vote for him??

A: Uh......Is he the black guy?

No.

A:Then yes, I'd still vote for him.


"......And in further news the newest Dingbat poll has Ronmey ahead in the likeability polls....."

Fuck me, it's insane.

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I think the polls are bullshit. (Original Post) cliffordu Oct 2012 OP
Were they equally bullshit when Obama was ahead? villager Oct 2012 #1
Yep. cliffordu Oct 2012 #4
that didn't make any sense. cali Oct 2012 #2
What they say today will be turned inside out tomorrow and cliffordu Oct 2012 #9
I think this post makes us Glitterati Oct 2012 #3
Care to explain? cliffordu Oct 2012 #5
Really? You don't get it? Glitterati Oct 2012 #6
Uh, I could give a shit about what Jack Welsh (or Welch, whatever) says. cliffordu Oct 2012 #10
I'm sorry, but Glitterati Oct 2012 #12
What is "The intelligence" ? cliffordu Oct 2012 #15
Your post resembles those on the free republic, when Obama was winning. JRLeft Oct 2012 #7
I suspect you're going to have to explain that one Glitterati Oct 2012 #8
Bzzt. wrong numbah. cliffordu Oct 2012 #13
the only poll that matters is election night GOTV DisabledAmerican Oct 2012 #11
NOW WE'RE TALKIN'!!!! cliffordu Oct 2012 #14
 

cali

(114,904 posts)
2. that didn't make any sense.
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 02:05 PM
Oct 2012

As an aggregate, the polls tell us something- even if it is just a snapshot. It's foolish to refuse to deal with reality.

cliffordu

(30,994 posts)
9. What they say today will be turned inside out tomorrow and
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 02:26 PM
Oct 2012

the pundits, the political experts and the panic peeps here will all go insane with their agendas all over again.

Daily, hourly, by the minute.

I just spent 4 weeks on a bicycle away from MSNBC and FOX and the rest, and the bizarre overreach of everyone to pin relevance to the mercury that are these polls is astonishing.

pin the tail on the mercury.

Specially here.

 

Glitterati

(3,182 posts)
6. Really? You don't get it?
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 02:24 PM
Oct 2012

Do you realize that Jack Welch was calling the unemployment numbers BS?

Kinda like you're doing right here, right now.

Do you not see the resemblance?

cliffordu

(30,994 posts)
10. Uh, I could give a shit about what Jack Welsh (or Welch, whatever) says.
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 02:28 PM
Oct 2012

Just another paid troll plying his craft.

Nice try with the insult though.

cliffordu

(30,994 posts)
15. What is "The intelligence" ?
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 02:35 PM
Oct 2012

Yours? why not own it.

"This thread is an insult to MY intelligence"

See? Even I like that better.

 

Glitterati

(3,182 posts)
8. I suspect you're going to have to explain that one
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 02:26 PM
Oct 2012

to him, just like I had to on the Jack Welch post.

cliffordu

(30,994 posts)
13. Bzzt. wrong numbah.
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 02:32 PM
Oct 2012

I will say the same when they "favor" Obama.

Just tired of the manipulation of 'snapshots' to create controversy and emotional changes.

Exactly NO ONE I met during my little bike trip - see above- and discussed politics with knew ANYTHING about any of these polls.

I had some lively discussions, too.

This shit is for political junkies, to give the talking heads something to blabber about and either thrill or terrify us.

Free republic indeed. I wonder how long it'll take before I'm being called a NAZI.

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