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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:15 PM
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9.14639628%
Let's cut through the shit.

The "Unofficial Returns" from the Commonwealth (not "State") of Pennsylvania, with "9,219 out of 9,264 Districts (99.51%) Reporting Statewide," show ...
CLINTON, HILLARY (DEM) 1,238,351 54.6%
OBAMA, BARACK (DEM) 1,030,805 45.4%

That's a difference of 207,546 votes out of a total of 2,269,156 votes cast and counted so far.

Of the 45 Districts that, so far, have not reported, 40 are in Philadelphia County and 1 is in Allegheny County. (I have been unable to locate the other four.)

http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/

But it's NOT about statewide popular votes. Period. It's about DELEGATES ... apportioned according to Democratic Party rules. So far, the difference is reported to be no more than 10 delegates. Big fucking whoops.

All the spin and bullshit does NOT change that reality.


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geiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:19 PM
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1. righto.
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:21 PM
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2. OMG - she won by 9 digits!
:wow:

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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:23 PM
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6. heh
nice one
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:52 PM
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31. .
:evilgrin:
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quantass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 06:48 PM
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44. wow
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:21 PM
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3. That's closer to 9.1% than the 9.2% being reported here today.
And much closer to 9% than to the 10% reported by the media.
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geiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:23 PM
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5. would you do us a little post-post analysis on that for us, please. thanksy lotsy.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:32 PM
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16. What it shows...
is that everybody is giving different numbers. Which one do you choose to believe?
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geiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:44 PM
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28. i know what you mean; it is all truly absurd, i agree.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:32 PM
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18. Yup. It's grade school arithmetic ... something apparently beyond the ken of some.
The fact that some "followers" are taking big gulps of manure-flavored Kool-Aid ... their ignorance being EXPLOITED by their 'favored' candidate ... should signal the corruption.

Let's try to be clear on something ...
There has never, in humanity's entire history, anyone that could reasonably be called a respected 'leader' who was not also a "teacher." Hitler was NOT a "leader" no matter how many called him "Fuhrer."

If THAT'S the kind of "leader" folks want, then they'll get what they deserve.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:22 PM
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4. tis but a flesh wound for Obama - he'll erase that in No. Carolina and then some
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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-25-08 11:35 AM
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50. hell, not even a flesh wound
whole damned thing is a tempest in a teapot
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:23 PM
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7. Clinton et al. are counting on perception, not actual numbers.
Perception the MSM is creating, IMHO.
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:32 PM
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17. MSM
is counting $$$

as well as being Corporate shills
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nichomachus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:35 PM
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25. The SDs and big-buck donors don't count on "perceptions"
They count votes. They aren't the Sheeple®. They can spin this all they want for public consumption, but the SDs and the big-buck donors do the real math. And they can do it in their heads -- down to five decimal places. This is their life. This is their business. They survive by counting votes. They know Hillary blew a 30-point lead and all her money in PA. They also know that she went negative in a Rovian way and she is now damaged goods. They are not bamboozled by campaign/MSM "spin." So, any spin by the campaign or the MSM is wasted, because the SDs are all that matter now -- unless Hillary wins every remaining race by 90% or Obama gets hit by a meteorite.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:04 PM
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32. Be quiet about that meteorite thing!
We don't want Rove getting any ideas.
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GoesTo11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:24 PM
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8. Isn't that Pi?
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:34 PM
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23. Yes.
Times 3.


William Kristol

William Kristol

William Kristol
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nichomachus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:35 PM
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27. More like toast.
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:24 PM
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9. Maybe her margin will get down to about 8%
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dchill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:25 PM
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10. Period.
:)
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BenDavid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:26 PM
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11. Yeah, lets cut through the chit...b hussein obama cannot close the
deal.Period.
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:28 PM
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12. He closed the deal in Wisconsin. Everything else is just a song and dance.
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Yes We Did Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:30 PM
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13. I prefer to focus on the facts that Hillary couldn't get that double digit she said she needed...
Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 12:31 PM by demdog78
despite having the machine in her pocket.

Words to matter, even when you don't meet your own expectations.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:30 PM
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15. GREAT PICTURE!
Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 12:31 PM by helderheid
:rofl:
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Yes We Did Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:33 PM
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19. Feel free to copy it. And any pic you want let me know.
I made a template with photoshop so you can fill the whole "O" so it looks like it was designed that way.

So, if you have an image you would like, just let me know.
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countingbluecars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:30 PM
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14. His name really bugs you
doesn't it? Get over it.
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Yes We Did Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:35 PM
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24. They're sad, arent' they?
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demwing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 07:47 PM
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45. I don't think it bugs him. I think he wants to bug you.
So he plays on what irritates you, which is his seemingly inane disrespect and underlying racism.

Getting angry and chatising him won't help, because that's exctly what BenDavid wants - to be an irritant. Why? Maybe because he knows he can't creat change, or help his candidate, and being a dark cloud on your day is the only thing to which he can still cling.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:34 PM
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22. The irrational antipathy in your posts speaks volumes.
Seek help.

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Madam Mossfern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:43 PM
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37. OK, I'm breaking my promise to myself
I'm putting you on ignore Ben David. YOu ay be lonely there as the only one, but your posts are just too predictably mean-spirited. Not even witty. I don't know if I just broke a DU rule, but I had to speak up.
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haymakeragain Donating Member (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:51 PM
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40. AIPACs back
and you're gonna be sorry, hey now, hey now, AIPACs back. I'm sorry all right.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:54 PM
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41. The Poster Is Way Off Base And Sadly Obsessed But Your Fucked Up Ethnic Taunts Aren't Much Better
Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 03:56 PM by DemocratSinceBirth
~
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:34 PM
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20. In a 12 round
championship fight, if one fighter has the sized lead that Barack Obama has, going into the last few rounds, they have to avoid a couple things: (1) Getting knocked out; and (2) Getting knocked down a couple times per round, allowing the opponent to make large gains in points.

Clinton won the Pennsylvania round, but not by enough to have any real impact on the score cards. Barack is way ahead, and he'll take some of the final rounds/primaries.

The Clinton cornermen are advocating that she hit Barack low, thumb him in the eye, and use the heel of her glove. They know that unless she can hurt him with a foul, she sure as heck can't land anything that could hurt the bigger, faster, stronger and smarter fighter.

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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:54 PM
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42. Imagine what'd happen if states scheduled their General Elections over a 6-month period.
Lord! :eyes:


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liberaldem4ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:34 PM
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21. The way the MSM is reporting it
You would think that she won by 90%. :eyes:
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geiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:45 PM
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29. they are merely repeating HRC talking points.
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:35 PM
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26. You know Hillie and her gang don't ply their trade utilizing truth...
K & R
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 12:51 PM
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30. k and r
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:32 PM
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33. UPDATE: 9.10553343%
9,263 out of 9,264 Districts (99.99%) Reporting Statewide

CLINTON, HILLARY (DEM) 1,245,911 54.6% (54.553%)
OBAMA, BARACK (DEM) 1,037,953 45.4% (45.447%)
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:34 PM
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34. 200.000+ is plenty healthy,
BTW, how many digits in pi?
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:36 PM
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35. 600,000 is even healthier.
:shrug:

Pi is an irrational number ... like Hillbots.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:40 PM
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36. It's now much less than that.
Pi - it's the Math.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:47 PM
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38. Not for long.
Deal with it.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:50 PM
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39. Yes, Montana will clinch it.
Deal with WV, KY, PR.
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whistler162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 08:22 PM
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46. 5 usually....
unless it is a very big slice and then I usually use all 10 of my digits!;-)
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GeorgeGist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 06:29 PM
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43. dupe
as in SUCKER ... for conceit.
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RememberWellstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 08:25 PM
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47. I thought it was....
9.232475869874635264757363525273748585842525252626059978036253869703 %??? But I could be wrong.:argh:
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 08:30 PM
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48. On edit, yall already knew that.
Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 08:33 PM by quakerboy
What you didn't know is that that Obama actually netted a larger number of voters in Washington states Primary than he did in the Caucus.
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Vattel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 08:44 PM
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49. I'm a Hillary supporter,
but I have to admit that one of the funniest things I've heard in a very comical primary is the spin that the win is 10 points because 54.6 should be rounded up to 55 and 45.4 should be rounded down to 45. Now that's spin.
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