math skills like that certainly explains their inability to balance a budget.

You LOSE! You get NOTHING! Good DAY to you, sir!

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I SAID GOOD DAY!

There's been plenty Minnesota GOP fail to date. I'll let this one slide.

/game over

Anything over 1/3 is a majority now, right? That whole 50% plus 1 idea was overrated.

I honestly think that one of the most potent legacies of Dubya will be the damage he did to the entire GOP, from top dog to dogcatcher, by accepting spin as reality to such an extent that a lot of these GOP types honestly do not hear things which might upset them. They have been indoctrinated into "stay on message no matter what" so deeply that their shoes could be on fire and they would deny it while at the same time blaming it on liberal media bias and the New Deal. It's sad to see one side of the vital political debate of a nation collapse under the weight of weak-willed, namby-pamby intellectual dishonesty and false optimism that is the truly toxic legacy of Junior and the Bush League.

Math, much like everything else in the world, has a liberal bias.

There is little difference currently between party line republicans and 9/11 truthers. Everything is a conspiracy and only "They know".

They are just using the "Real American" math... not like that hippy liberal leftist, Stalinist, socialist, activist math that those big city folk use.

Whenever I hear anyone from the GOP lately, it reminds me of those guys in the salsa commericals... New York CITY?!?!?!

Fruvous: I honestly think that one of the most potent legacies of Dubya will be the damage he did to the entire GOP, from top dog to dogcatcher, by accepting spin as reality to such an extent that a lot of these GOP types honestly do not hear things which might upset them.

To be fair, President Dubya is not the one leading the charge to treat spin as reality. He's a symptom, not the cause.

/only nine days left until he's Former President Dubya
//so looking forward to calling him that

robsul82 You LOSE! You get NOTHING! Good DAY to you, sir!
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I SAID GOOD DAY!

I saw that movie!

Well, this is the same math that said Obama couldn't win the presidency even if he had 55% of the voe.

History will one day teach us the George W Bush was a great President. For your replies I will now place my index finders in my ears and say "LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA"

English fail?

"So a majority of the people of Minnesota do not think Al Franken should be seated?" Walsh told me.

Perhaps it's just me...but walsh asked a question and did not make a statement that the "told" him.

Spin..of the spin...for the win.

LarryDan43: History will one day teach us the George W Bush was a great President. For your replies I will now place my index finders in my ears and say "LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA"

Now that's some comedy right there.

I Said: Math, much like everything else in the world, has a liberal bias.

There is little difference currently between party line republicans and 9/11 truthers. Everything is a conspiracy and only "They know".

Math doesn't have the bias, its the universities. It isn't even theoretically possible to the hardcore republicans that people disagree with them because they are doing things the wrong way and therefore more educated people look down on their actions. Its not possible that enlightened people are more likely to be against torture or that more knowledgeable people pick between "tax and spend" or "spend less and tax less" and view "spend more and tax less" as assanine.

They think a 27% approval rating is a mandate so 37% is off the charts.

hillarymom44: I am 100% certain that Franken is a complete douchebag who is using moveon.org to try to steal the election.
Thats good enough numbers for me.
/seriously though, Franken is a dishonest douche and has no business being in the senate in any way shape or form.

I choose this post because it's in bold, and that makes it more important.

robsul82: You LOSE! You get NOTHING! Good DAY to you, sir!

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I SAID GOOD DAY!

Most obscure reference ever.

hillarymom44: seriously though, Franken is a dishonest douche and has no business being in the senate in any way shape or form.

Did you vote?

If so, too bad, he won. Get over it. That's how democracy works.

If you didn't vote shut the hell up. You're not allowed an opinion if you give away your right as a citizen.

And if you don't live in MN, your opinion means nothing.

Godscrack: robsul82 You LOSE! You get NOTHING! Good DAY to you, sir!
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I SAID GOOD DAY!

I saw that movie!

Yeah? Well I saw Steamboy, in the theater, the same week I saw Millions. So YEAH, now what?!

/Also F the Chargers and their powder blues for completely losing their composure.
//Ok, not their powder blues.

Another example of GOP math: Factory closes to send the jobs to China, 300 workers lose high paying full-time jobs. A WALMART opens on the site, hiring 550 people at part-time, minimum wage jobs.

GOP math says there is a gain of 50 jobs.

hillarymom44: I am 100% certain that Franken is a complete douchebag who is using moveon.org to try to steal the election.
Thats good enough numbers for me.
/seriously though, Franken is a dishonest douche and has no business being in the senate in any way shape or form.

I'm pretty sure being a dishonest douche is a pretty big requirement of being in the senate.

53%, a majority, do not support seating Franken. That is true.
Only 36% actually oppose it though. Guess it's all in fine details and semantics. Meaning Walsh is not a Liar, he's just being Less Than Honest.

simpsonfan: GOP math says there is a gain of 50 jobs.

I would have thought the math showed +250. Is there some reason why the GOP is off by a factor of 5?

simpsonfan: Another example of GOP math: Factory closes to send the jobs to China, 300 workers lose high paying full-time jobs. A WALMART opens on the site, hiring 550 people at part-time, minimum wage jobs.

GOP math says there is a gain of 50 jobs.

No..i would say a gain in 250 jobs.

BOLD

That is all.

Desperate losses call for desperate covering of ones azzes.

Bias hell: these people are so boneheaded that the only news that matters is the ones telling them that their own party won, and they're petty enough to biatch and whine about it if they don't. Typical Republican douchebags.

hillarymom44: I am 100% certain that Franken is a complete douchebag who is using moveon.org to try to steal the election.
Thats good enough numbers for me.
/seriously though, Franken is a dishonest douche and has no business being in the senate in any way shape or form.

So, how pray tell is the election being stolen? Did he commit some sort of fraud? Do you have solid evidence of this? Did money change hands? Did people vote multiple times? where is the 'stealing' coming into this? Or are you just pissed because when all the votes were counted Franken has come out ahead? Explain how that is stealing? Funny me, I would have thought such a thing would have been called democracy.

SilentStrider: math skills like that certainly explains their inability to balance a budget.

Never let a Republican, with math skills like that, use your credit card (tax monies) ever.

Here is simple math .... Gop = FAIL

skipjack: Perhaps it's just me...but walsh asked a question and did not make a statement that the "told" him.

Spin..of the spin...for the win.

Yeah, Walsh's question wasn't the least bit loaded. Nope, he hadn't reached a conclusion of any kind, he was just asking an honest question.

Digeratus: Most obscure reference ever.

I think I've got a movie that's even more obscure:

hillarymom44: I am 100% certain that Franken is a complete douchebag who is using moveon.org to try to steal the election.
Thats good enough numbers for me.
/seriously though, Franken is a dishonest douche and has no business being in the senate in any way shape or form.

Wow, thank FSM you cleared that all up with your stunning analysis.

I can't wait to see Franken in the Senate. I think there will be some golden moments in the coming years.

Digeratus: robsul82: You LOSE! You get NOTHING! Good DAY to you, sir!

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Most obscure reference ever.

My sarcasmeter was going off? Should I believe the reading?

Why shouldn't 37% be a majority? Hard left liberals comprise an even smaller % of the population in the United States than that and they constantly preach about what a majority they are.

randomjsa: Why shouldn't 37% be a majority? Hard left liberals comprise an even smaller % of the population in the United States than that and they constantly preach about what a majority they are.

citation needed.

randomjsa: Why shouldn't 37% be a majority? Hard left liberals comprise an even smaller % of the population in the United States than that and they constantly preach about what a majority they are.

Exactly, that is why they lost the national election. Wait, What? Oh, that's right you shiat eating reichwingers lost your ass.

/randomjsa is a perfect example of an intelligent Republican

randomjsa: Why shouldn't 37% be a majority? Hard left liberals comprise an even smaller % of the population in the United States than that and they constantly preach about what a majority they are.

The "hard left" is a minority, and we know this.

The people you're talking about are not "hard left", they're "everyone left of Pinochet".

randomjsa: Why shouldn't 37% be a majority? Hard left liberals comprise an even smaller % of the population in the United States than that and they constantly preach about what a majority they are.

Not bad, but a little forced. 6/10

randomjsa: Why shouldn't 37% be a majority? Hard left liberals comprise an even smaller % of the population in the United States than that and they constantly preach about what a majority they are.

Oh good GOD.

hillarymom44: I am 100% certain that Franken is a complete douchebag who is using moveon.org to try to steal the election.
Thats good enough numbers for me.
/seriously though, Franken is a dishonest douche and has no business being in the senate in any way shape or form.

It never ceases to amaze me how Hillary "supporters" online always seem to have beliefs that are completely opposite of her positions.

Subby Fails. I am pretty sure 47% does not meet the 50% + 1.

Although Mr. Walsh was spinning, what he said was not incorrect.

Maddogjew: /randomjsa is a perfect example of an intelligent Republican

Ouch! You're a mean one, Maddogjew. ;)

jpo2269: Subby Fails. I am pretty sure 47% does not meet the 50% + 1.

Although Mr. Walsh was spinning, what he said was not incorrect.

No, what he said was incorrect. The remaining 16% were undecided. That doesn't mean they're opposed to seating Franken, it means they're not sure. It would be truthful to say that less than half of the people want Franken to be seated, but inaccurate to say that more than half do NOT want him to be seated, as that is very plainly not what the poll said.

Just like a 52.9/45.7 victory is a "landslide".

Kinda like the Democrats calling a deficit a surplus. Yes, I'm looking at you, Bill Clinton.

rathoth: 53%, a majority, do not support seating Franken. That is true.
Only 36% actually oppose it though. Guess it's all in fine details and semantics. Meaning Walsh is not a Liar, he's just being Less Than Honest. going full retard.


Never go full retard.

Funny thing: More people want Franken seated than voted for him. And less people don't want him seat than voted against him.

Larry Mahnken 2009-01-11 08:30:12 PM
jpo2269: Subby Fails. I am pretty sure 47% does not meet the 50% + 1.

Although Mr. Walsh was spinning, what he said was not incorrect.

No, what he said was incorrect. The remaining 16% were undecided. That doesn't mean they're opposed to seating Franken, it means they're not sure. It would be truthful to say that less than half of the people want Franken to be seated, but inaccurate to say that more than half do NOT want him to be seated, as that is very plainly not what the poll said.

Larry, I do not disagree with what you are saying, but as I said, Brian's spin is not incorrect. Yes, it would be more truthful, but that is not the goal of "spin." And yes, both sides are guilty of said practice. Ask the question "do a majority of Minn. residents want Al Franken seated as Senator?" The answer is no, only 47.7% do, less than the 50% + 1 needed.

Come from the other side and ask if more "more Minn residents want Franken seated?" The answer is sure, but not a majority. Not a lie, but spin and doing their best at holding on..

Me personally, I wish the Minn Supreme Court would tell both candidates to GTFO..