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AnarchoFreeThinker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 02:42 PM
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FINAL TRACKING POLL: Obama Effect 52%, Bradley Effect 46%.
RIP Bradley Effect, in the graveyard of bullshit.
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 02:44 PM
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1. Somebody call Fluffdaddy and tell him his whole world is made up
:rofl:

In fact the lead is even expanding, with Obama edging toward 53% now. One of the Worry Brigade's chief morons was on here this morning suggesting that a 5% spread indicated a 1-2% "Bradley Effect." These guys will still be spewing this imbecilic trinket when Obama departs after his second term. They cherish the fake ass "bradley Effect" like a child, God knows why.
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 09:19 PM
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5. He already posted an "I was wrong and I'm glad" thread.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 02:52 PM
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2. Obama got a slightly higher percentage (2 points) of white people than Kerry did.
And, if there is one thing we know that Kerry is, it is a white guy. He's great, but, wow. That guy is white. And I say that as a white person myself. ;)
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AnarchoFreeThinker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 09:17 PM
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3. yeah, there's white and there's Kerry white, and Kerry is really really Kerry white.
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cbc5g Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 09:18 PM
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4. The Bradley Effect was always a stupid idea
Edited on Wed Nov-05-08 09:19 PM by cbc5g
Seriously, who tells a pollster they will vote for the black candidate when they are secretly going to vote for the white one? That just doesn't make sense at all.

Polls can be wrong sometimes. Hell look at the Begich/Stevens race. Pollsters got that race wrong by over double digit margins.
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AnarchoFreeThinker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 09:22 PM
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6. that's the Batshit Alaskan Effect
anybody indicted--D or R--gets an extra 20%.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 09:32 PM
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8. lol Rachel just joked about needing an "Effect" to describe when felons get
more votes than the polls predicted. :rofl:
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 09:24 PM
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7. I loved Obama on the Daily Show a few nights ago
"Somebody apparently forgot to tell white people about the Bradley Effect."

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jazzjunkysue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 09:47 PM
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9. 2000 and 2004 had the Larry Effect:
As in, Larry, Moe, and Curly.
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