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Originally posted by Ramo
Why do you assume that every Perot voter would've voted for Dole?
Why do you assume that every Perot voter would've voted for Dole?
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I don't, but in terms of percentage of popular vote, Bush beat Clinton handily."You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
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If you look at the polls in '92, for instance, right after Perot temporarily dropped out (after the DNC), Clinton was beating Bush by a rediculous margin. Perot drew a lot of Dem votes."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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I don't, but in terms of percentage of popular vote, Bush beat Clinton handily.
I didn't realize that Bush was running against Clinton. And how is 51% to 49.2% beating 'handily'? Do you have problems doing basic math?“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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What defines a close election has changed. Last time around it was 48 to 48. That's close. A 4 million vote margin isn't.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
And yet it was 51% to 48%, which is extremely close.
And people wonder why Bush supporters are called idiots
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"You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
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What defines a close election has changed. Last time around it was 48 to 48. That's close. A 4 million vote margin isn't.
Yes, ONE election has changed what a close election is.
Are you that ****ing dense?
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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Yes, it is close. A 3% margin is a close race. Arguing against that is absurd.
Yes, 48-48.5 is a closer race, but that's a pretty damn rare occurence."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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You knew perfectly well what I meant.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
I don't, but in terms of percentage of popular vote, Bush beat Clinton handily.
I didn't realize that Bush was running against Clinton. And how is 51% to 49.2% beating 'handily'? Do you have problems doing basic math?
We've made a big fuss about how "close" this election's going to be, and it wasn't. It's time for people to admit that. In 2000, Gore won the popular vote by 450,000 votes. This time, Bush won by 4.5 million. Ten times the margin that Gore won by last time. We've seen close, and this ain't close."You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
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You knew perfectly well what I meant.
I really don't. To say that 3% wasn't close is an absolutely absurd statement... to the level of Fez. Just because you want to suck off Bush doesn't mean this election wasn't close. It was far closer than the 1996 election, for one.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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As I've been saying, you'd have to go back to Wilson to find an incumbent race as close as this one."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Closer, yes. But neither one was "close". Bush had a lead in Florida, Ohio, and the popular vote from the minute the polls closed."You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
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True.Originally posted by Ramo
As I've been saying, you'd have to go back to Wilson to find an incumbent race as close as this one."You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
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And Kerry DID pick up more votes than Gore, Clinton, Bush I, and even teh Reagan. It doesn't seem that anyone wants to acknowledge that fact."I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
^ The Poly equivalent of:
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And this is all assuming that there wasn't massive fraud. And there's good reason to think there has been massive fraud what with the hundreds of thousands of reported Presidential votes that exceed the number of total votes in various counties.Last edited by Ramo; November 9, 2004, 00:34."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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And Michael Dukakis picked up more votes than Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln combined.
"You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
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Massive fraudOriginally posted by Ramo
And this is all assuming that there wasn't massive fraud. And there's good reason to think there's massive fraud what with the hundreds of thousands of reported Presidential votes that exceed the number of total votes in various counties.
"You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
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