tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post8586103128744757219..comments2023-11-05T04:08:55.749-08:00Comments on Duck and Cover: That damned Exit PollUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-3735004047529433482010-11-01T06:56:53.446-07:002010-11-01T06:56:53.446-07:00Yes, it is kind of scary that the media is treatin...Yes, it is kind of scary that the media is treating "telephone polls of likely voters" as being demographically comparable to "exit polls". <br /><br />Even the New York Times has made this mistake, and they employ Nate Silver for poll analysis so they really ought to know better.Rootbeernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-76813926072141287642010-10-30T19:26:25.943-07:002010-10-30T19:26:25.943-07:00Why, it's a political cartoon where X is the s...Why, it's a political cartoon where X is the scariest costume of them all. Land sakes, I haven't seen one of those since the last time I was so bored I fell asleep almost instantly.Kip Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751319031224838771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-68249826886878680582010-10-30T19:16:03.851-07:002010-10-30T19:16:03.851-07:00Man, just look at all the work he put into drawing...Man, just look at all the work he put into drawing and writing this! Nobel Prize for Cartooning, here he comes!Bill the Splutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-42160529659331855492010-10-30T17:27:56.885-07:002010-10-30T17:27:56.885-07:00On the content of today's "comic", i...On the content of today's "comic", it just doesn't make sense. Exit polls would be "scary" only on voting day and until results are announced. More scary (if you buy into the idea that incumbents in Congress are frightened) would be "polls" without the word "exit". Removing that one word would tighten up the joke and make it funnier (whether or not you agree with the premise). But just as alcohol makes your waistline fat, it also seems to make your verbiage fat.<br /><br />And one wonders whether the <a href="http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1SKPC_enUS378US380&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=polls+skewed+by+cell+phones" rel="nofollow">polls are skewed by excluding cellphone users</a>. GOTV is critical in this election!rewinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14008105385364113371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-50981494716325538032010-10-30T17:23:13.376-07:002010-10-30T17:23:13.376-07:00Was viewing this "comic" really worth ty...Was viewing this "comic" really worth typing some sort of capta?<br /><br />I got to see it for free at <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/fun/comic.asp?feature_id=Mallard_Fillmore" rel="nofollow">the Seattle Times</a>.<br /><br />It was still overpriced.rewinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14008105385364113371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-78699661519644286452010-10-30T12:24:43.150-07:002010-10-30T12:24:43.150-07:00Tinsley is saying that Obama fears minor things be...Tinsley is saying that Obama fears minor things because Obama, being a Black man, is the scariest non-Muslim thing in the world. He is continuing to try to justify his use of blackface as a costume, as he does on every holiday.<br /><br />Word Verification: Heidev, someone would have to be hei on DMT and crack to develop anything from Mallard Fillmore--well, besides crippling mental problems, permanent trauma, and violent vengeful hate.Tinsley: Sociopathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-52098069816469182822010-10-30T11:34:41.153-07:002010-10-30T11:34:41.153-07:00Obviously in Tinsley's case, booze helps. Per...Obviously in Tinsley's case, booze helps. Perhaps his descent into alcoholism has something to do with the ever-greater amount necessary to keep up with the increasingly-batshit republicans.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.com