No More Lying

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Sunday May 30, 2010 · 8:02 AM PDT

2010/05/30 · 08:02

We need to stick to the facts.

Besides creating fabrications about other Democrats we despise (Did you know Hillary once darkened Obama's skin color on purpose?) our bias leads us to lie about other members as well, at times. Let's stay classy.

Obama Cultist "Brillo" got angry because I made a comment in which I did not state that Obama is God. He responded by stating that I once called Markos Moulitsas a CIA spy. Link to the lie: http://www.dailykos.com/...

He is one of those who, not having the required mental ability to respond to the substance of a comment, usually says, "look at this guy's history!" Without pointing out to what in the history is false, misleading, etc.

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Friday May 28, 2010 · 2:02 PM PDT

2010/05/28 · 14:02

They just don't know it yet.

The union group SEIU launched a video ad condemning Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas of voting to "help George Bush and Dick Cheney give oil and gas companies over $14 billion in tax breaks" by way of three votes she cast (one in 2003, two in 2005)

If we follow this logic, the union also blasted Obama, who voted the exact same way as Lincoln in both 2005 bills (He was not yet a Senator in 2003, as you know). An overwhelming majority of all Democrats also sided with Lincoln in all three instances. Why doesn't the advertising add that Lincoln "helped Democrats give oil and gas companies...etc. etc.?) as well?

Easy. SEIU loves Obama.

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Wednesday May 19, 2010 · 6:02 AM PDT

2010/05/19 · 06:02

Back in 2008, during the Democratic primaries a struggling Hillary Clinton falsely claimed having been met by sniper fire in Bosnia in 1996. The Obama-preferring right-wing and the liberal blogosphere pounced. This is in sharp contrast with the treatment we have given CT. Attorney General and Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal's false statement (plus misleading ones) to the effect that he served in Vietnam during the war there, when in fact he didn't. Let's play a word-substitution game with a typical comment about Hil's despicable character.

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Monday April 12, 2010 · 8:10 AM PDT

2010/04/12 · 08:10

In a recent event, Newt Gingrich mocked Obama, arguing that what we need is a President, not a basketball player. Salon's Joan Walsh quotes Gingrich:

Georgia's favorite Catholic philanderer, Newt Gingrich, mocked Obama in a particularly classy way, insisting "What we need is a president, not an athlete," adding "Shooting three point shots may be clever, but it doesn’t put anybody to work." I'm sure race had nothing to do with Gingrich reducing our first black president to one of the most common stereotypes of black men – not only a basketball player, but a show-boating, three-point-shot taking baller who won't even practice his free throws.

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Monday April 05, 2010 · 5:59 PM PDT

2010/04/05 · 17:59

Wikio rates the political blogs in the nation by influence. this is how the list is compiled:

The position of a blog in the Wikio ranking depends on the number and weight of the incoming links from other blogs. Our algorithm accords a greater value to links from blogs placed higher up in the ranking.

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Sunday March 28, 2010 · 3:40 PM PDT

2010/03/28 · 15:40

People in voth parties are often heard say, "well, my party will do very well in November because we're more enthusiastic than the other team."

How useful is this "enthusiasm gap" figure, really?

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Tuesday March 23, 2010 · 6:07 PM PDT

2010/03/23 · 18:07

Cross-posted from my Tpmcafe blog (truthseeker77's blog).

About that new USA Today/Gallup poll.

The USA Today plus every liberal blogger and his mom is touting a new USA Today/Gallup poll released today, which found that "Americans by 9 percentage points have a favorable view of the health care overhaul," as a sudden turnaround in opinion regarding health care reform. The problem is...USA Today/Gallup never used the "is it a good thing or a bad thing" wording prior to today's poll. Rather, they used the more common "favor/oppose" pair. You might ask what's the big deal about questions that basically mean the same but are worded differently.

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Friday March 19, 2010 · 9:48 AM PDT

2010/03/19 · 09:48

Scott Rasmussen's bias is so obvious that reading his poll questions alone makes you realize it. His bias stems from the fact that he is a conservative ideologue.

On the other side of the coin, we have Research 2000. I think they are the Left's Rasmussen. I have not had the occasion to examine whether Research 2000 push-polls people. What I have seen is bias in a different form. Research 2000 does not do job approval during President Obama's tenure. Instead, it publishes "favorability" ratings; that is, how "favorable" or "unfavorable" Obama is in the eyes of the people.

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Thursday March 18, 2010 · 12:08 PM PDT

2010/03/18 · 12:08

I recall having an argument with a friend who defended Markos Moulitsas' strange position to "kill the bill" not long ago. I sided with progressive/centrist blogger Nate Silver, who remained and has remained consistent in his support for the very important, historic piece of legislation.

Flip flopping isn't inherently bad. This is why Markos' deserves our applause for flip flopping at the right time.

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Friday March 12, 2010 · 9:37 AM PST

2010/03/12 · 09:37

I am going to respectfully disagree with Markos Moulitsas' contention that the CIA is a "very liberal institution" which is "interested in a stable world." The audio of the controversial praise has been posted on Youtube and is being discussed in the progressive Firedgolake website.

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Monday March 08, 2010 · 4:06 PM PST

2010/03/08 · 16:06

Today learn that n 2007, President Obama said he was so much better than Hillary Clinton because Polarizing Hil would likely end up using the Unserious reconciliation vote (51 votes) to pass health care reform, and post-partisan Obama would not.

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No More Lying

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Research 2000's bias

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