Are you all familiar with the rBr (Reluctant Bush Responder) hypothesis?

[TruthIsAll]

The line is: The exit polls were wrong, because Bush voters refused to talk to the exit pollsters, so they were never counted.

The canard is that this "bias" worked in Kerry's favor to the tune of 56 Kerry voters responding for every 50 Bush voters who did.

The alpha ratio = 56/50 = 1.12 is the bogus measure of this "reluctance".

That's it. It's the only possible explanation, according to Edison-Mitofsky, to account for the discrepancy. Kerry won the exit poll by 51-48%. Bush won the vote by almost the same 51-48%.

They never once considered the only plausible explanation:
Bush stole the election.

Here is the output of an optimization model which shows why rBr is an insult to our collective intelligence.

Yes, Kerry voters responded at a 56/50 ratio - because that is in fact how they voted.



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x377029

[patrice]

1. People don't like to talk about it when they are doing something

they know is bad.

[zbdent]

2. These idiots were proud of their votes for the turd

why would they deny it?

Repubs seem to take pride in their ignorance, or total denial.

[kster]

3. kick.nt

[kster]

4. double kick.nt

[bleever]

5. rBr 101. Finally, we have the intro level course to this theory that

is comprehensive and easily understood in its entirety.

TIA, the harder you've worked, the easier it's become for the layperson to hear what you're saying.

THAT is a crowning achievement on top of all of your other accomplishments.


:toast:

[Melissa G]

6. kick for truth! n/t

[autorank]

7. "Bush stole the election."

Well, in my newly acquired dialectical skills while sitting with the virtual Vienna Circle, I must say TIA, can you prove this statement beyond a legal doubt?

What, you say you want an investigation?

Well why don't you look at Mitofsky's numbers, which are owned by the networks.

What, you say that they won't let you look at the data? Well, why don't you ... well, well, well.

Isn't this an interesting dialectic. The only way we will accept "Bush stole the electing" as arguable is if you actually look at the original Mitofsky data. We won't give you that access, therefore Bush did not steal the election.

Am I making sense?

Will you please stop making sense, as David Byrne says.

It so inconvenient to so many people!

[Melissa G]

8. TIA , You absolutely ROCK! Nice verbiage!

:loveya: :loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::yourock::loveya: :loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:

[kster]

9. KICK.NT

[autorank]

10. rBr falls to Cinderella Man...loses on a TKO in the 3rd round

As Jim Braddock said to Corn Griffen in Cinderella Man:

"Welcome to New York."

:kick:ing the $%#& out of the bullies!