Comments on: “That one” on the ballot http://online.worldmag.com/2008/10/10/that-one-on-the-ballot/ A forum for discussion of news that arises at the intersection of Christianity and culture. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:38:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: musing http://online.worldmag.com/2008/10/10/that-one-on-the-ballot/comment-page-1/#comment-355632 musing Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:19:28 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=17664#comment-355632 The following link appears to make an argument that McAin is getting more favorable media treatment than Obama: http://www.mediatenor.com/ and http://www.mediatenor.com/charts.php I suggest this pretty well debunks the argument of a media bias towards Obama. The following link appears to make an argument that McAin is getting more favorable media treatment than Obama:

http://www.mediatenor.com/

and

http://www.mediatenor.com/charts.php

I suggest this pretty well debunks the argument of a media bias towards Obama.

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]]> By: musing http://online.worldmag.com/2008/10/10/that-one-on-the-ballot/comment-page-1/#comment-355630 musing Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:14:55 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=17664#comment-355630 outkast post 28, if it is a caricature, it would appear to be an organized caricature which appears to be working solidly towards winning. Can you say the same about the Palin/McCain campaign? :-) outkast post 28,

if it is a caricature, it would appear to be an organized caricature which appears to be working solidly towards winning.

Can you say the same about the Palin/McCain campaign? :-)

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]]> By: hrw http://online.worldmag.com/2008/10/10/that-one-on-the-ballot/comment-page-1/#comment-355580 hrw Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:07:38 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=17664#comment-355580 Cheryl You've never heard of purging voter lists? http://tinyurl.com/ytob5o "Democratic dirty tricks" Gore just about rolled over and whimpered at Bush's feet. Gore's easy submission to defeat help cement the impression many on the left have of the Democratic leadership as lacking the testicular fortitude to carry on a real political fight. The "Brooks Brothers Riot" is a well known event in which Republican staffers were flown in to intimidate and stop the recount process. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot Cheryl
You’ve never heard of purging voter lists?
http://tinyurl.com/ytob5o

“Democratic dirty tricks” Gore just about rolled over and whimpered at Bush’s feet. Gore’s easy submission to defeat help cement the impression many on the left have of the Democratic leadership as lacking the testicular fortitude to carry on a real political fight.
The “Brooks Brothers Riot” is a well known event in which Republican staffers were flown in to intimidate and stop the recount process.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot

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]]> By: krm http://online.worldmag.com/2008/10/10/that-one-on-the-ballot/comment-page-1/#comment-355563 krm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:30:02 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=17664#comment-355563 Excuse me that should have been "aren't big enough" Excuse me that should have been “aren’t big enough”

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]]> By: krm http://online.worldmag.com/2008/10/10/that-one-on-the-ballot/comment-page-1/#comment-355562 krm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:29:18 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=17664#comment-355562 I was just trying to head off the conspiracy theory nuts to the extent possible. It is tough to proof ones own work, and many election administration offices are big enough to have multiple people - combine that with extremely tight deadlines and many other critical items having to be done concurently, and we should have been more surprised if this didn't occur here and there. It will be fixed and life will go on. I was just trying to head off the conspiracy theory nuts to the extent possible. It is tough to proof ones own work, and many election administration offices are big enough to have multiple people – combine that with extremely tight deadlines and many other critical items having to be done concurently, and we should have been more surprised if this didn’t occur here and there.

It will be fixed and life will go on.

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]]> By: Random Name http://online.worldmag.com/2008/10/10/that-one-on-the-ballot/comment-page-1/#comment-355559 Random Name Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:27:52 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=17664#comment-355559 The Republican candidate for governor in the state of Washington lists his party affiliation on the ballot as "GOP." All the other Republican candidates list in the state list their affiliation as Republican. The counter-argument seems to be that if some voter is so ignorant and dumb that he or she doesn't know that GOP means Republican they are going to get what they deserve. Radical Agnostics for McPalin: <i>We haven't suffered enough!</i> (Though we are working on it as hard as we can. Regardless of your mileage, the tire tracks look good on you.) The Republican candidate for governor in the state of Washington lists his party affiliation on the ballot as “GOP.” All the other Republican candidates list in the state list their affiliation as Republican.

The counter-argument seems to be that if some voter is so ignorant and dumb that he or she doesn’t know that GOP means Republican they are going to get what they deserve.

Radical Agnostics for McPalin: We haven’t suffered enough! (Though we are working on it as hard as we can. Regardless of your mileage, the tire tracks look good on you.)

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]]> By: Cheryl D. http://online.worldmag.com/2008/10/10/that-one-on-the-ballot/comment-page-1/#comment-355530 Cheryl D. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:11:03 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=17664#comment-355530 HRW, hey, I haven't heard about these "Republican disenfranchisement schemes in Florida and Ohio"! Sounds ugly. What are they doing? I did hear plenty of media support for Democratic dirty tricks in Florida in 2000, so perhaps the Republicans are simply watching the process more closely so that nonsense like that won't happen again. (I'd have been embarrassed to be from Florida after that "hanging chad" garbage!!) HRW, hey, I haven’t heard about these “Republican disenfranchisement schemes in Florida and Ohio”! Sounds ugly. What are they doing?

I did hear plenty of media support for Democratic dirty tricks in Florida in 2000, so perhaps the Republicans are simply watching the process more closely so that nonsense like that won’t happen again. (I’d have been embarrassed to be from Florida after that “hanging chad” garbage!!)

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]]> By: Cheryl D. http://online.worldmag.com/2008/10/10/that-one-on-the-ballot/comment-page-1/#comment-355528 Cheryl D. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:08:07 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=17664#comment-355528 Re the "myth" of the mainstream media being liberal: Does anybody remember how the wonderfully "unbiased" Dan Rather lost his job? Have you seen the studies of how media people vote? Ever wonder why "pro-choice" is the designation of choice, but it rarely seems to be paired with "pro-life" (which is a far more accurate term)? Yes, the media is biased. They were happy with McCain a year ago, because for a Republican he was a pretty good guy (read "RINO"), but they'd really rather have a complete Democrat in place. Re the “myth” of the mainstream media being liberal: Does anybody remember how the wonderfully “unbiased” Dan Rather lost his job? Have you seen the studies of how media people vote? Ever wonder why “pro-choice” is the designation of choice, but it rarely seems to be paired with “pro-life” (which is a far more accurate term)?

Yes, the media is biased. They were happy with McCain a year ago, because for a Republican he was a pretty good guy (read “RINO”), but they’d really rather have a complete Democrat in place.

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]]> By: hrw http://online.worldmag.com/2008/10/10/that-one-on-the-ballot/comment-page-1/#comment-355519 hrw Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:46:18 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=17664#comment-355519 I see the myth of the liberal bias continues -- without a complacent media the invasion of Iraq would probably have been reconsidered, without a complacent media Republican disenfranchisement schemes in Florida and Ohio would've been in the open, without a complacent media Palin's religious associations would have been fully investigated, without a complacent media Keating should be as popular as Ayers etc. The American media is not only complacent its lazy -- it reports whatever it is fed rarely fact checking or doing their own investigation. Its failed in its responsibility as the Fifth Estate. In order to get a list of current Republican attempts to purge voters list, I needed to refer to a leftist site not the MSM. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/10/11-4 <i>In 2004, African-American students from Wright State, Central State and Wilberforce were regularly challenged on their registration credentials and forced to endure waiting in lines to vote for hours. Students at Cedarville, a Christian school, made no such reports. Sheriff Fischer's targeting of historically black college students, the core of Obama-mania, is intended to send a chilling effect through the ranks of these Democratic voters.</i> I see the myth of the liberal bias continues — without a complacent media the invasion of Iraq would probably have been reconsidered, without a complacent media Republican disenfranchisement schemes in Florida and Ohio would’ve been in the open, without a complacent media Palin’s religious associations would have been fully investigated, without a complacent media Keating should be as popular as Ayers etc. The American media is not only complacent its lazy — it reports whatever it is fed rarely fact checking or doing their own investigation. Its failed in its responsibility as the Fifth Estate.

In order to get a list of current Republican attempts to purge voters list, I needed to refer to a leftist site not the MSM.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/10/11-4

In 2004, African-American students from Wright State, Central State and Wilberforce were regularly challenged on their registration credentials and forced to endure waiting in lines to vote for hours. Students at Cedarville, a Christian school, made no such reports. Sheriff Fischer’s targeting of historically black college students, the core of Obama-mania, is intended to send a chilling effect through the ranks of these Democratic voters.

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]]> By: Teenage_Tinkerbell http://online.worldmag.com/2008/10/10/that-one-on-the-ballot/comment-page-1/#comment-355516 Teenage_Tinkerbell Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:41:19 +0000 http://online.worldmag.com/?p=17664#comment-355516 LOL! LOL!

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