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| QuirtEvans | Dec 18 2008, 02:17 PM Post #1 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/18/minnesota-recount-franken_n_152101.html And here's fivethirtyeight's usual incisive take:
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/12/minnesota-lunchtime-update-its-gonna-be.html |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| jon-nyc | Dec 18 2008, 02:19 PM Post #2 |
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Cheers
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Just wake me when its over. I really don't have the stomach for the contest. |
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| Mark | Dec 18 2008, 02:20 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Ugh. Another extreme left-wing nutjob. Just what we need!
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___.___ (_]===* o 0 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells | |
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| QuirtEvans | Dec 18 2008, 02:25 PM Post #4 |
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One vote closer to no filibusters is a good thing. The filibuster has been perverted beyond its original purpose. It's time for it to go. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Mark | Dec 18 2008, 02:36 PM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Not when you are talking about FDR style sweeping change. |
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| QuirtEvans | Dec 18 2008, 02:38 PM Post #6 |
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You'll learn to enjoy the yoke of oppression, Mark. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Mark | Dec 18 2008, 02:42 PM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Never. |
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| ivorythumper | Dec 18 2008, 02:48 PM Post #8 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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"Seantor"? |
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| George K | Dec 18 2008, 02:51 PM Post #9 |
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Finally
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IIRC, you didn't have much of a problem with it when the Republicans controlled Congress. Obviously, only the Republicans are perverts. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Kincaid | Dec 18 2008, 03:20 PM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The article admits that any one of several scenarios makes the predictions "highly imprecise". Why bother reporting until there is something that is known? |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| QuirtEvans | Dec 18 2008, 03:44 PM Post #11 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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You recall incorrectly. It doesn't matter who's in charge. The filibuster was supposed to be only for exceptional circumstances. I believe I said that in 2005, when the Dems were in the minority. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| QuirtEvans | Dec 18 2008, 03:45 PM Post #12 |
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Fixed. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| ivorythumper | Dec 18 2008, 03:49 PM Post #13 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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Happy 20,010th. |
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| OperaTenor | Dec 18 2008, 04:03 PM Post #14 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Happy 26,488th, IT! |
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