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		<title>By: Sean D. Martin</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102204</link>
		<dc:creator>Sean D. Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for clarifying.

I suspect many do not answer honestly.  As someone who doesn&#039;t like leading by following polls, when called I&#039;m usually tempted to give outlandish answers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for clarifying.</p>
<p>I suspect many do not answer honestly.  As someone who doesn&#8217;t like leading by following polls, when called I&#8217;m usually tempted to give outlandish answers.</p>
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		<title>By: C.S.Strowbridge</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102201</link>
		<dc:creator>C.S.Strowbridge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Your “I always do” is a little ambiguous. You always do suppose people are honest, or you always do answer honestly yourself?&quot;

I always answer honestly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Your “I always do” is a little ambiguous. You always do suppose people are honest, or you always do answer honestly yourself?&#8221;</p>
<p>I always answer honestly.</p>
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		<title>By: Sean D. Martin</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102191</link>
		<dc:creator>Sean D. Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SaveFarris: &lt;i&gt;Folks in the Blue State party would prefer people use the word “Democratic”&lt;/i&gt;

Actually, an objection has been raised to Bush and others purposefully referring to it as the &quot;Democrat Party&quot; which is just wrong.  That you misunderstood the objection is just, well, typical.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SaveFarris: <i>Folks in the Blue State party would prefer people use the word “Democratic”</i></p>
<p>Actually, an objection has been raised to Bush and others purposefully referring to it as the &#8220;Democrat Party&#8221; which is just wrong.  That you misunderstood the objection is just, well, typical.</p>
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		<title>By: Sean D. Martin</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102187</link>
		<dc:creator>Sean D. Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CSS: &lt;i&gt;“Do you suppose people are honest when someone pulls them away from Grey’s Anatomy with essentially a telemarketer call?”

I always do.&lt;/i&gt;

Your &quot;I always do&quot; is a little ambiguous.  You always do suppose people are honest, or you always do answer honestly yourself?  If you meant the former I think you&#039;re giving folks too much credit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CSS: <i>“Do you suppose people are honest when someone pulls them away from Grey’s Anatomy with essentially a telemarketer call?”</p>
<p>I always do.</i></p>
<p>Your &#8220;I always do&#8221; is a little ambiguous.  You always do suppose people are honest, or you always do answer honestly yourself?  If you meant the former I think you&#8217;re giving folks too much credit.</p>
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		<title>By: Duros62</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102180</link>
		<dc:creator>Duros62</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;But what I’m saying is, if the Libertarians actually took over the Republican party, it would shatter. There’s no way the Religious Right would stick with the Republicans.&lt;/i&gt;

That&#039;s certainly true.

&lt;i&gt;“Do you suppose people are honest when someone pulls them away from Grey’s Anatomy with essentially a telemarketer call?”

I always do.&lt;/i&gt;

Yeah, but you&#039;re Canadian, what do you know? :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>But what I’m saying is, if the Libertarians actually took over the Republican party, it would shatter. There’s no way the Religious Right would stick with the Republicans.</i></p>
<p>That&#8217;s certainly true.</p>
<p><i>“Do you suppose people are honest when someone pulls them away from Grey’s Anatomy with essentially a telemarketer call?”</p>
<p>I always do.</i></p>
<p>Yeah, but you&#8217;re Canadian, what do you know? <img src='http://www.oliverwillis.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: C.S.Strowbridge</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102176</link>
		<dc:creator>C.S.Strowbridge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;So in the interest of political unity, I do my best to indulge them at every opportunity.&quot;

So you are nothing more than a troll and should be treated with as much respect as that position demands. I.E. none.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;So in the interest of political unity, I do my best to indulge them at every opportunity.&#8221;</p>
<p>So you are nothing more than a troll and should be treated with as much respect as that position demands. I.E. none.</p>
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		<title>By: I'm a Hick</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102162</link>
		<dc:creator>I'm a Hick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re unifying us all right.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re unifying us all right.</p>
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		<title>By: SaveFarris</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102157</link>
		<dc:creator>SaveFarris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>EL, Excellent catch!  I stand corrected.

Mr. Martin,  apparently there&#039;s been some hubub about using the word Democrat&lt;/a&gt;.  Folks in the Blue State party would prefer people use the word &quot;Democratic&quot;.  So in the interest of political unity, I do my best to indulge them at every opportunity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EL, Excellent catch!  I stand corrected.</p>
<p>Mr. Martin,  apparently there&#8217;s been some hubub about using the word Democrat.  Folks in the Blue State party would prefer people use the word &#8220;Democratic&#8221;.  So in the interest of political unity, I do my best to indulge them at every opportunity.</p>
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		<title>By: Enlightened Liberal</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102149</link>
		<dc:creator>Enlightened Liberal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In the 1st post of the thread, farris said:
&quot;Registered voters, not Likely voters. Wake me when they use a reliable metric.&quot;

In a later post, farris said:
&quot;Well, Whadda ya know?&quot;

If one follows the link and reads it, they find this:
&quot;The general-election results are based on combined data from June 22-24, 2008. For results based on this sample of 2,600 &lt;b&gt; registered &lt;/b&gt; voters, the maximum margin of sampling error is ±2 percentage points.&quot;

It&#039;s fun when cons discredit their own posts.  Makes the load lighter on the rest of us.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the 1st post of the thread, farris said:<br />
&#8220;Registered voters, not Likely voters. Wake me when they use a reliable metric.&#8221;</p>
<p>In a later post, farris said:<br />
&#8220;Well, Whadda ya know?&#8221;</p>
<p>If one follows the link and reads it, they find this:<br />
&#8220;The general-election results are based on combined data from June 22-24, 2008. For results based on this sample of 2,600 <b> registered </b> voters, the maximum margin of sampling error is ±2 percentage points.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s fun when cons discredit their own posts.  Makes the load lighter on the rest of us.</p>
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		<title>By: C.S.Strowbridge</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102122</link>
		<dc:creator>C.S.Strowbridge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Has anyone here ever been polled?&quot;

Yep. Several times. 

&quot;Do you suppose people are honest when someone pulls them away from Grey’s Anatomy with essentially a telemarketer call?&quot;

I always do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Has anyone here ever been polled?&#8221;</p>
<p>Yep. Several times. </p>
<p>&#8220;Do you suppose people are honest when someone pulls them away from Grey’s Anatomy with essentially a telemarketer call?&#8221;</p>
<p>I always do.</p>
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		<title>By: Sean D. Martin</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102116</link>
		<dc:creator>Sean D. Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SaveFarris, twice in this thread and also in a few others you&#039;ve used &quot;Democratics&quot;, a variation I haven&#039;t seen elsewhere.  I&#039;m curious, are you not aware of the actual name of the party?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SaveFarris, twice in this thread and also in a few others you&#8217;ve used &#8220;Democratics&#8221;, a variation I haven&#8217;t seen elsewhere.  I&#8217;m curious, are you not aware of the actual name of the party?</p>
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		<title>By: Parthenon</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102107</link>
		<dc:creator>Parthenon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Has anyone here ever been polled? Do you suppose people are honest when someone pulls them away from Grey&#039;s Anatomy with essentially a telemarketer call?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Has anyone here ever been polled? Do you suppose people are honest when someone pulls them away from Grey&#8217;s Anatomy with essentially a telemarketer call?</p>
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		<title>By: C.S.Strowbridge</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102104</link>
		<dc:creator>C.S.Strowbridge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SaveFarris: &quot;Well, Whadda ya know?&quot;

Translation: I&#039;ve given up trying to defend my lies, so I&#039;m looking for another poll instead. 

Hey SaveFarris, how do you know Gallup isn&#039;t keeping the numbers artificially close to push the, &#039;It&#039;s a horse race&#039; story? At this point, having the race a tie is more likely to be the outlier than Obama having a 12-point lead.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SaveFarris: &#8220;Well, Whadda ya know?&#8221;</p>
<p>Translation: I&#8217;ve given up trying to defend my lies, so I&#8217;m looking for another poll instead. </p>
<p>Hey SaveFarris, how do you know Gallup isn&#8217;t keeping the numbers artificially close to push the, &#8216;It&#8217;s a horse race&#8217; story? At this point, having the race a tie is more likely to be the outlier than Obama having a 12-point lead.</p>
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		<title>By: C.S.Strowbridge</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102102</link>
		<dc:creator>C.S.Strowbridge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;CS, I was speaking of the Libertarians’ Pinky and the Brain’s evil plan to take over the world, not the bible-thumpers’ evil plan to take over the country. Sorry if i was not more clearer.&quot;

Yes, I got that. But what I&#039;m saying is, if the Libertarians actually took over the Republican party, it would shatter. There&#039;s no way the Religious Right would stick with the Republicans.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;CS, I was speaking of the Libertarians’ Pinky and the Brain’s evil plan to take over the world, not the bible-thumpers’ evil plan to take over the country. Sorry if i was not more clearer.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yes, I got that. But what I&#8217;m saying is, if the Libertarians actually took over the Republican party, it would shatter. There&#8217;s no way the Religious Right would stick with the Republicans.</p>
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		<title>By: SaveFarris</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102100</link>
		<dc:creator>SaveFarris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gallup.com/poll/108376/Gallup-Daily-Obama-McCain-Tied-45.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Whadda ya know?&lt;/a&gt;

Full Disclosure:  Polls mean absolutely d**k until November 5th...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/108376/Gallup-Daily-Obama-McCain-Tied-45.aspx" rel="nofollow">Whadda ya know?</a></p>
<p>Full Disclosure:  Polls mean absolutely d**k until November 5th&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Duros62</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102085</link>
		<dc:creator>Duros62</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CS, I was speaking of the Libertarians&#039; Pinky and the Brain&#039;s evil plan to take over the world, not the bible-thumpers&#039; evil plan to take over the country. Sorry if i was not more clearer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CS, I was speaking of the Libertarians&#8217; Pinky and the Brain&#8217;s evil plan to take over the world, not the bible-thumpers&#8217; evil plan to take over the country. Sorry if i was not more clearer.</p>
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		<title>By: C.S.Strowbridge</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102080</link>
		<dc:creator>C.S.Strowbridge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;*rubbing hands together demonically*
And tomorrow….THE WORLD WILL BE OURS!!!!!&quot;

Without the Religious Right, the Republican party would cease to be a power federally.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;*rubbing hands together demonically*<br />
And tomorrow….THE WORLD WILL BE OURS!!!!!&#8221;</p>
<p>Without the Religious Right, the Republican party would cease to be a power federally.</p>
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		<title>By: Duros62</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102053</link>
		<dc:creator>Duros62</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;But, when we libertarians control the Republican Party, you will never again have to deal with those who want to stop premarital sex and persecute interns just because they liked their boss.&lt;/i&gt;
*rubbing hands together demonically*
And tomorrow....&lt;b&gt;THE WORLD WILL BE OURS!!!!!

MWA HAHAHAHAHAHaaaaaa!&lt;/B&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>But, when we libertarians control the Republican Party, you will never again have to deal with those who want to stop premarital sex and persecute interns just because they liked their boss.</i><br />
*rubbing hands together demonically*<br />
And tomorrow&#8230;.<b>THE WORLD WILL BE OURS!!!!!</p>
<p>MWA HAHAHAHAHAHaaaaaa!</b></p>
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		<title>By: C.S.Strowbridge</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102049</link>
		<dc:creator>C.S.Strowbridge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Of course they were.&quot;

So it was written by SaveFarris! Thus is must be true. 

&quot;...so they picked a method that reliably inflates numbers for Democratics...&quot;

Again I say, &quot;Prove it.&quot;

&quot;What POSSIBLE reason would they have done that?&quot;

Because younger voters are more energized than they&#039;ve been in a long time, therefore, there will be more younger voters voting that in recent years. 

&quot;This poll was designed to generate news, not acuractly reflect voter intentions.&quot;

Or, your ability to accurately judge reality has been severely impacted by seven years of lies. 

You have offered no evidence that even comes close to backing up your claims. Your credibility is zero. There&#039;s no reason to accept your analysis.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Of course they were.&#8221;</p>
<p>So it was written by SaveFarris! Thus is must be true. </p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;so they picked a method that reliably inflates numbers for Democratics&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Again I say, &#8220;Prove it.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;What POSSIBLE reason would they have done that?&#8221;</p>
<p>Because younger voters are more energized than they&#8217;ve been in a long time, therefore, there will be more younger voters voting that in recent years. </p>
<p>&#8220;This poll was designed to generate news, not acuractly reflect voter intentions.&#8221;</p>
<p>Or, your ability to accurately judge reality has been severely impacted by seven years of lies. </p>
<p>You have offered no evidence that even comes close to backing up your claims. Your credibility is zero. There&#8217;s no reason to accept your analysis.</p>
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		<title>By: C.S.Strowbridge</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/24/validating-newsweek/#comment-102048</link>
		<dc:creator>C.S.Strowbridge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I don’t think he needs to back his suggestion up.&quot;

Yes he does. He made a claim, he has to back it up.

&quot;Then the liberals will hate our message of following the Constitution.&quot;

Really? I&#039;d love to see you back this up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I don’t think he needs to back his suggestion up.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yes he does. He made a claim, he has to back it up.</p>
<p>&#8220;Then the liberals will hate our message of following the Constitution.&#8221;</p>
<p>Really? I&#8217;d love to see you back this up.</p>
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