All the "insider" stuff we heard FR the week before the election was BS (What gives?)

[stevedeshazer]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126624/posts

Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 6:39:13 PM by prolifefirst

What is some of the erroneous stuff people were posting?:

1) The PUMA's would come out in droves.

2) The early election numbers were great because they were mostly Democratic but McCain was still close.

3) Jim Gherrety from NRO says early Neveda numbers mean it's in the bag.

4) Early numbers show hispanics are lukewarm in supporting Obama.

5) Conservatives don't tell exit pollers the truth.

6) Conservatives shun pre-election polls.

7) Polls are LOL oversampling Dems.

8) Polls will tighten by Monday so pollsters don't get egg on their faces.

9) Document from Democrates found on a hotel printer shows they are very worried about PA.

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'Democrates' left a document on a printer?

Can't resist a little bit of schadenfreude....

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Freepers thrive on bullshit

It's their lingua franca.

[TomInTib]

2. I want to know more about "Neveda".

Sounds like a new moisturizer, and I'm not getting any younger.

Tom

[bettyellen]

4. LOL

[stevedeshazer]

3. Couple of insightful responses:

That inside stuff is almost always BS, or half true.

When you perceive yourself to be ‘behind’ you look for any good news you can get and it makes you more likely to swallow BS, even when you probably know it is. lol

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It was all bullshit.


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We fall for this crap every time, year after year. We believe because we want to believe.

Anytime you hear “inside information”, be sure you are being played for a sucker. You are being fed exactly the info that _someone_ wants you to have.

Real inside information stays inside....period.

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:rofl:

[Donnachaidh]

5. you have to wonder just how much meth was involved in compilling this list

I mean REALLY -- Document left on a hotel printer? How frigging HIGH SCHOOL can you get?

Next they'll be claiming that their agent (codenamed Animal) dug through the trash to get the mimeographs just before the final tally....

Those kids will be spending more years huddled in the basement below Mommy. :rofl:

[tanyev]

6. The year of magical thinking.