Month: September 2004
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Spin
The DNC is busy making sure that Bush doesn’t win the debates on spin after the fact so they have made sure to send their followers to make their voice heard at the polls. Online polling is unscientific at best no matter which man wins, but they’re making sure that there is no chance of…
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Cracking the Blocks
Thanks to electoral-vote.com I discovered the efforts of Colorado Democrats who hope not to be disenfranchised in the presidential election this year as reported in the Rocky Mountain News at the beginning of August. This is exactly in line with what I was advocating in response to the New York Times editorial about abolishing the…
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Some Real Issues
I thought this really shows the difference between “politics” and “issues” by highlighting some issues. I would add just one thing – if either candidate can give a simple answer to any of these issues I won’t believe him. Thanks to David Anderson for bringing this to my attention on his blog.
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Right Data – Wrong Conclusion
When the New York Times publishes an editorial I always read carefully. I do not agree with some of their columnists, but I have never disagreed outright with the columns of their editorial board – until they said that we should Abolish the Electoral College. I fully agree that “the Electoral College makes Republicans in…
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Bad Logic
I know I’m a little late blogging about this because I have been at a conference this week, but . . . I have been hearing this argument that Sadaam was not a threat to us because Sadaam and Al Qaeda were enemies. It just makes me sick that people can use such poor logic…