Fox News Hates Math

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Wednesday October 15, 2008 · 12:41 AM PDT

2008/10/15 · 00:41

A follow up of an earlier diary, which allowed this to be brought to my attention.
Take a look at the figures in the Fox News electoral college map:

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McCain explains why he lost the debate

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Wednesday October 01, 2008 · 5:06 PM PDT

2008/10/01 · 17:06

The foreign policy debate was supposed to be John McCain's "firewall." He supposedly has the experience to be a leader in foreign policy realm; so when he was presented with his moment of truth in the form of the first 2008 presidential debate, he clearly fumbled. He even admits it was a tie!

With articles like "It's McCain's debate to lose," written before the debate, and the post-debate polls giving Round 1 to Obama 51-38, you would have to wonder why he lost.

Today, on NPR, he explains why....

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 12:39 PM PDT

2008/09/03 · 12:39

Sure, the "high-roaders" would have you believe that Bristol Palin is a story that is off limits.

Not when discussing abortion, she isn't.

The "pro-life" position is not misguided, but invasive.
The "pro-choice" position does not mean "pro-death."

If you want to teach your children that abortions are wrong, then go right ahead. But it is wrong of you to want to force that onto people who have nothing to do with you.

The concepts of the two opposing positions in the abortion debate seems haywire to me. It's not "Pro-Life" vs "Pro-Death." The abortion debate is most powerful in the hands of parents. The "Pro-Choice" position gets chewed up and remolded by Pro-lifers as if we, as Pro-choicers, want to kill babies.

That is the most fruitcake interpretation of common sense I have ever heard!
Pro-choicers don't really care if you keep the baby or not, they care that you have a safe option should you decide to choose otherwise.

How can anyone not want that?

Once again, the debate is most powerful in the hands of parents. You have to teach your children the responsibilities of being a parent. You cannot blame society for what has happend, it is the responsibilites of the parents to do this.

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Thursday August 21, 2008 · 3:13 PM PDT

2008/08/21 · 15:13

I'm going to confess something to America. It's not the service academies proudest achievement, but it happens with every class that goes through a service academy.

If you GRADUATE from a service academy with the lowest GPA, every other cadet/midshipmen donates a small amount (usually $5) to that person. (At ~4,000 total cadets, you get about $20,000)

Now, Sen. McCain, are you telling me that you risked the future of your career, and now this country because you want to be president, on a bet that you lost by 5 people?

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Idea to win -- Paint McCain as "Immature"

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Sunday August 03, 2008 · 12:16 PM PDT

2008/08/03 · 12:16

John McCain immature you ask?

What POSSILBLE facts could you have to prove this at all?

How could this be helpful?

Will it stick?

Can Obama do this without resorting to the low road?

I'll try to answer these, and more below the fold, organized into chapters, even.

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Can we paint McCain as immature?

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Can we paint McCain as immature?

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Let's try something else.

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How the race card was played first.

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Friday August 01, 2008 · 8:28 AM PDT

2008/08/01 · 08:28

This race card accusation is bullcrap. Just wanted to put that out there.
The GOP is apparently blind to everything they do, because it was the GOP who injected race into their campaign. The did it in the most unsubtle way possible, and you probably remember it happening. So why are we not talking about when it first happened? Some of you may remember the button...

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Saturday June 28, 2008 · 5:59 PM PDT

2008/06/28 · 17:59

This previous week has been an eye-opener for me. This is my first election, being a week late for John Kerry's campaign against Bush. But even though this is my first election, I'm not surprised at Obama's move to the center as much as I am surprised by the behavior of the netroots.

When the process started, I came out FOR Obama. Not against Hillary. Not against McCain. I was also even in the tank for Ron Paul, because I liked his ideas.

So I've compiled a few things that I would generally like to discuss, but I also just wanted to throw my opinion out in to the mix.

I'll start with how the Democrats can't seem to get over, much less realize, that they have a Democratic candidate who is tough on Terror for the first time.

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Sunday June 22, 2008 · 12:56 PM PDT

2008/06/22 · 12:56

I'm just standig back and watching this mess onfold over the FISA bill. While I'm not too worried about it affecting my vote, I am worried about it affecting others. And, if there is one this this campaign has taught me, it's to take action.

So I called the campaign headquarters...

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Are you withholding your donation, or donating to another candidate?

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Are you withholding your donation, or donating to another candidate?

Yes, this bill makes me that upset!

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No, it won't help his decision to opt out of public financing.

29 votes

Thinking I may. I want to see what happens.

10 votes

Thinking I won't. I want to see what happens.

2 votes

You know what, I think you missed an option, and I'll explain in the comments.

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Oh, you're going to LOVE this...

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Thursday May 08, 2008 · 3:35 PM PDT

2008/05/08 · 15:35

(WARNING: Short)
I'm delighted to share this news with you all.

This has been a long race. In that race, we have seen superdelegates going both ways, names added to columns, and superdelegate totals updated.

Well, at 6:30 p.m. on 5/8/08, as of current superdelegate counts, Barack Obama is ~~7.5~~ 6.5 supers away from matching Clinton. Brad Miller of NC endorsed him after the meeting on Capitol Hill

My numbers are from the superdelegate tracker at politico.com which does not include the newest from Washington.

Can you name 7 or 8 off the top of your head that have not declared but are in Obama's camp?

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Sunday April 20, 2008 · 1:50 AM PDT

2008/04/20 · 01:50

H.R. 5843 was introduced into the house on 4/17/08, and I'll be one of the first to say, "It's about time!"

H.R. 5843 is referred to as "An Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults."

While some of the smokers are rejoicing at the introduction of this bill, there are some things being over-looked, so one should not get TOO excited.

More after the jump.

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Street Money: The Problem And The Solution

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Friday April 11, 2008 · 1:37 PM PDT

2008/04/11 · 13:37

This new issue of "street money" in Pennsylvania is slightly troubling. From reported sources, we hear that if Obama does not cough up this money to those who participate in the GOtV movement, then we may lose a few votes. We should not expect Obama to participate in this type of method, as it seems contrary to what he intends to do for the country.

Is there a solution?

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Obama has far surpassed the LDRSHIP threshold [Updated]

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Wednesday April 09, 2008 · 6:53 AM PDT

2008/04/09 · 06:53

(Resubmitted with spell check)
As a cadet at the United States Military Academy in your first year, you are expected to memorize quite a bit. There is a whole handbook called the "New Cadet Handbook" which has six weeks of information on weapons, policy, and ideals that we were expected to memorize and display each day.

One of the most important things (I feel) that we were expected to memorize and display were the "Seven Army Values." Luckily for the new cadets, and coincidentally as a leadership producing academy, this had a mnemonic which spelled out LDRSHIP. It stands for Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage.

Senator Obama has displayed these qualities consistently.

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No, you've made a mistake

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Idea to win -- Paint McCain as "Immature"

How the race card was played first.

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BEHOLD! The amendment process!

Oh, you're going to LOVE this...

It's April 20th, So Let's Discuss H.R. 5843

Street Money: The Problem And The Solution

Obama has far surpassed the LDRSHIP threshold [Updated]