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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#35576: Oct 27th 2012 at 9:58:13 AM

Reading how they conducted that study I get the distinct impression my parents would likely be labelled racists. I might as well now that I think about it.

ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#35579: Oct 27th 2012 at 10:43:51 AM

He left out Fox News and Limbaugh creating an entire generation that believes an alternate set of facts. People don't just believe them because it makes sense in relation to their prejudices. As far as they know it's the truth because they've never heard any differently from an "unbiased" source.

edited 27th Oct '12 10:44:16 AM by Kostya

ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#35580: Oct 27th 2012 at 10:45:31 AM

that's the millions on marketing and PR people.

his fb posts are about 1/2 funny pictures from reddit and 1/2 political comments/articles, so I'm sure he mentioned Fox News specifically somewhere already.

edited 27th Oct '12 10:45:45 AM by ch00beh

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#35581: Oct 27th 2012 at 10:47:33 AM

I thought that was in reference to political ads. Then again Fox and Limbaugh are basically nonstop political ads for Republicans.

Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#35582: Oct 27th 2012 at 1:42:20 PM

@that poll about racism: Huge red flag pertaining to its accuracy - it's an online poll.

edited 27th Oct '12 1:42:29 PM by Completion

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#35583: Oct 27th 2012 at 1:50:53 PM

Completion took the words right out of my mouth.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#35584: Oct 27th 2012 at 2:30:59 PM

Senate Democratic and Republican campaign arms pulling out of Maine race

Looks like King has won himself a senate seat

[up][up] I don't fully trust any study done on racism (especially if its done on the Internet). Between the Spiral of silence and the fact that there are varying degrees of racism, I doubt we will ever get a truly accurate statistic.

edited 27th Oct '12 2:36:06 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#35585: Oct 27th 2012 at 2:46:11 PM

King is a democratic, correct?

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#35586: Oct 27th 2012 at 2:47:34 PM

He's neutral who is likely to caucus with the Democrats, I've heard.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#35587: Oct 27th 2012 at 2:49:57 PM

[up][up]

Political Independent.

But he has liberal political views.

edited 27th Oct '12 2:50:10 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#35588: Oct 27th 2012 at 2:50:28 PM

Independents nearly always caucus with Democrats.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#35589: Oct 27th 2012 at 2:51:20 PM

He's registered as an Independent but generally votes in line with the Democrats because...well I shouldn't really have to explain.

edited 27th Oct '12 2:52:05 PM by Kostya

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#35591: Oct 27th 2012 at 7:47:51 PM

Obama makes "birther" joke in N.H.

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ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#35593: Oct 27th 2012 at 10:10:49 PM

^ and that's why I don't like evoting. Commuting fraud on paper or in bits is equally hard. It's just that doing it in bits is easier to do on a large scale.

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Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#35594: Oct 27th 2012 at 10:21:56 PM

[up][up] That was posted earlier, with the general consensus being "If this were real, he probably would have gone to a more respectable source, but can someone crunch those numbers anyway?" And then no one did.

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Swish Long Live the King Since: Jan, 2001
Long Live the King
#35595: Oct 27th 2012 at 10:37:10 PM

I find it slightly confusing as to what, exactly, that article proves...

It sure as hell isn't "voting machines are being used to rig elections" due to the fact that the trend is across the board in all 50 states... Since some states don't use voting machines(Oregon for example), I don't see how such a thing is possible, unless the idea is that every voting method was rigged in favor of one party...

Skatepunk Since: Feb, 2011
#35596: Oct 27th 2012 at 11:18:18 PM

Despite being a poll worker, I have no idea how voting machines work.

I know how to sign in and register voters in the proper precinct, and I know how to instruct proper use of the machines, but I don't know the inner workings of the machines.

However, all I can say is, I hope to God Dennis Campbell is wrong!

Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#35597: Oct 28th 2012 at 7:41:12 AM

This whole "stealing elections through e-voting" is easily the most annoying topic ever. It's not nefarious programming that flips the vote - it's poor programming of the touch screen. The article states that Republican cadidates receive a 10% "fraud bump" - however, e-voting results are exactly the same as paper ballot results. And it's implying that Democrats win landslides on a regular basis. You know, this idea that we are all secretly winning but forces against us are preventing it from happening reminds me of this.

Get off the subject. It's not real. It's the left-wing's birther.

edited 28th Oct '12 7:42:45 AM by Completion

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#35598: Oct 28th 2012 at 7:48:39 AM

Yes GOP doing voter fraud, which has already been proven in Florida, is the leftist equivalent of a racist movement. :|

LostAnarchist Violence Is Necessary! from Neo Arcadia Itself Since: Sep, 2011
Violence Is Necessary!
#35599: Oct 28th 2012 at 8:07:15 AM

[up][up] Please tell me those polls in that link were made up by some right-wing spin jockeys... Otherwise, I'm going to have to go leave for Canada now!

edited 28th Oct '12 8:07:28 AM by LostAnarchist

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Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#35600: Oct 28th 2012 at 8:11:13 AM

[up][up]The thing is, the e-voting machine fraud is a completely made up conspiracy theory. It's a touch screen that isn't sensitive enough.

Focus on actual voter fraud - such as the Voter ID and throwing away registration forms. A voting machine isn't turning elections for the GOP and it's a childish conspiracy theory.

[up] They're made up by a guy reweighting polls because nobody he knows agrees with Obama. Here's a site that cares about accuracy.

edited 28th Oct '12 8:13:58 AM by Completion


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