Trudeau/Doonesbury betting on Obama win
D. D. Degg
declare Obama the winner. Story at Daily Cartoonist:
http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/10/31/wednesdays-doonesbury-places-editors-in-tough-spot/
More comic strip news at the main page
http://dailycartoonist.com/
D.D.Degg
D. D. Degg
along with some other Trudeau "controversies".
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jZJ0s17V7D2jbA4sWdMW0gugpS8QD945N00O0
And here's the L.A. Times report:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-doonesbury1-2008nov01,0,2244580.story
D.D.Degg
Evan Kirshenbaum
Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com is currently projecting a 97.2%
chance of an Obama victory. That seems like a pretty safe bet.
Interestingly, the odds of winning have gone up even as the odds of a
landslide (defined as 375 or more electoral votes) have dropped from
about 50% a week ago to 39% now.
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Ted Nolan <tednolan>
Why wouldn't a paper run it? If Obama wins, it's topical, and if McCain wins,
Republicans get to feel good and gloat -- so they're happy, and Democrats
get to go "well, his heart was in the right place", so they're happy.
Trudeau gets to give amusing interviews and Zonker and Mike get to do
mailbag strips about it.
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> Why wouldn't a paper run it? If Obama wins, it's topical, and if McCain wins,
> Republicans get to feel good and gloat [...]
Oh, I'm sure Dann wouldn't gloat. He'd just get all Dewey-eyed.
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Cindy Kandolf
Trudeau has done similar things before. I can't remember which
election this was, but once he (correctly) called a Republican
candidate as the winner. Later in the week, Mark and someone else down
at the radio station were discussing the outcome, and then at the end
noted: "Of course, if he lost, we look like fools now." / "Yeah, but
it would be worth it."
When Bush the Elder lost to Clinton, Trudeau designed strips with Bush
in the White House reflecting on the outcome, with a note suggesting that
editors should check off the right option for the dialogue depending
on who won. All the options were, ahem, less than kind towards Bush I.
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D. D. Degg
win the presidential election this coming Tuesday.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2008/10/wholl_win_the_white_house_poli.html
There seems to be a Conspiracy Theory
that Sarah Palin might occupy the Oval Office.
Being a Luddite, I can't dismiss the Diebold Theory.
D.D.Degg
Dann
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> Ted Nolan <tednolan> <t...@loft.tnolan.com> wrote:
>
>> Why wouldn't a paper run it? If Obama wins, it's topical, and if
>> McCain wins, Republicans get to feel good and gloat [...]
>
> Oh, I'm sure Dann wouldn't gloat. He'd just get all Dewey-eyed.
>
ROFL!
You have no idea how much I needed that.
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>
> When Bush the Elder lost to Clinton, Trudeau designed strips with Bush
> in the White House reflecting on the outcome, with a note suggesting that
> editors should check off the right option for the dialogue depending
> on who won. All the options were, ahem, less than kind towards Bush I.
>
Do you know if those strips are available online?
Mike Beede
Sherwood Harrington <sherw...@SPAMrahul.net> wrote:
> Ted Nolan <tednolan> <t...@loft.tnolan.com> wrote:
>
> > Why wouldn't a paper run it? If Obama wins, it's topical, and if McCain wins,
> > Republicans get to feel good and gloat [...]
>
> Oh, I'm sure Dann wouldn't gloat. He'd just get all Dewey-eyed.
I think it would take a true man not to gloat in that situation.
Mike Beede
Mark Irwin
<d360626f-3402-422f...@e1g2000pra.googlegroups.com>,
"D. D. Degg" <ddd...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Mike Cavna asks some cartoonists who they think will
> win the presidential election this coming Tuesday.
> http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2008/10/wholl_win_the_white_house
> _poli.html
>
> There seems to be a Conspiracy Theory
> that Sarah Palin might occupy the Oval Office.
Well there is <http://www.palinaspresident.us/>. It is lots of fun.
And probably the closest she'll ever get to occupying the Oval Office.
Banana Jr.
Brian Huntley
> In article <gegab3$ad...@blue.rahul.net>,
> Sherwood Harrington <sherwoo...@SPAMrahul.net> wrote:
>
> > Ted Nolan <tednolan> <t...@loft.tnolan.com> wrote:
>
> > > Why wouldn't a paper run it? If Obama wins, it's topical, and if McCain wins,
> > > Republicans get to feel good and gloat [...]
>
> > Oh, I'm sure Dann wouldn't gloat. He'd just get all Dewey-eyed.
>
> I think it would take a true man not to gloat in that situation.
>
> Mike Beede
Ow! Ow! Ow!
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> > Ted Nolan <tednolan> <t...@loft.tnolan.com> wrote:
>
> > > Why wouldn't a paper run it? If Obama wins, it's topical, and if McCain wins,
> > > Republicans get to feel good and gloat [...]
>
> > Oh, I'm sure Dann wouldn't gloat. He'd just get all Dewey-eyed.
>
> I think it would take a true man not to gloat in that situation.
Oh, it's getting a little hairy now ...
Mike Peterson
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>
> Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com is currently projecting a 97.2%
> chance of an Obama victory. That seems like a pretty safe bet.
>
is...........????????? I mean, I think one time, as something of a
farce in 1992 or 1996, Rush Limbaugh surveyed callers to his show on
Election Day and came out with a 100% Republican win.............
D. D. Degg
> > Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com is currently projecting a 97.2%
> > chance of an Obama victory.
> is...........????????? I mean, I think one time, as something of a
> farce in 1992 or 1996, Rush Limbaugh surveyed callers to his show on
> Election Day and came out with a 100% Republican win.............
I believe a recent Fox News survey of their audience
projected an overwhelming McCain victory come Tuesday.
D.D.Degg
George Peatty
wrote:
>I believe a recent Fox News survey of their audience
>projected an overwhelming McCain victory come Tuesday.
I dunno about overwhelming, but if the Obama people believe their guy is a
shoo-in and follow their typical voting patterns, there will be lots of
weeping and gnashing of teeth on Wednesday morning ..
J.D. Baldwin
In the previous article, George Peatty <peattyg...@copper.net>
wrote:
> >I believe a recent Fox News survey of their audience
> >projected an overwhelming McCain victory come Tuesday.
>
> I dunno about overwhelming, but if the Obama people believe their
> guy is a shoo-in and follow their typical voting patterns, there
> will be lots of weeping and gnashing of teeth on Wednesday morning ..
Overconfidence combined with long lines, the Bradley effect and the
possibility of some late-breaking undecideds veering right could all
combine to create the electoral surprise of most of our lifetimes. I
might take the short end of a 5:1 bet on the matter. Weirder things
have certainly happened.
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Paul Ciszek
In article <nacrg49cgjgp3i14l...@4ax.com>,
"their typical voting patterns"? You mean, getting arrested for driving
a vanload of senior citizens from the old folks home to the polling place,
or getting to the polling place only to find that they have been struck
from the roles, there are no more ballots to be had, or that the touch
screen machine keeps flipping their vote to the republican candidate?
Expect riots if that is what decides this election.
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Paul Ciszek
In article <94b8ab99-c0c6-4009...@z18g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
FiveThirtyEight.com uses all the polls, so it isn't like a particular
nutcase polling his own fans. Also, they base the victory probability
on hundreds of thousands of simulations in which the turnout in each
state drifts from the poll results by random amounts.
In order to win the electoral vote, McCain would have to prevent Barrack
from winning any one of Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado,
or Nevada. Nevada alone could give Obama a tie--after which things get
really weird.
Paul Ciszek
In article <gej4dp$nhe$1...@registered.motzarella.org>,
kat >^.^ <" <tr...@charter.com> wrote:
>
>"Mark Irwin" <ir...@markirwin.net> wrote in message
>news:irwin-9712CF....@nntp.aioe.org...
>> In article
>> <d360626f-3402-422f...@e1g2000pra.googlegroups.com>,
>> "D. D. Degg" <ddd...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Mike Cavna asks some cartoonists who they think will
>>> win the presidential election this coming Tuesday.
>>>
>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2008/10/wholl_win_the_white_house
>>> _poli.html
>>>
>>> There seems to be a Conspiracy Theory
>>> that Sarah Palin might occupy the Oval Office.
>>
>> Well there is <http://www.palinaspresident.us/>. It is lots of fun.
>> And probably the closest she'll ever get to occupying the Oval Office.
>
>things--sometimes third time's the charm...
Particularly the door. It opens to at least five possibilities, some of
which...do something...when you click on them again.
I've heard rumours about a dinosaur. Has anyone seen it?
Mark Irwin
nos...@nospam.com (Paul Ciszek) wrote:
> In article <gej4dp$nhe$1...@registered.motzarella.org>,
> kat >^.^ <" <tr...@charter.com> wrote:
> >
> >"Mark Irwin" <ir...@markirwin.net> wrote in message
> >news:irwin-9712CF....@nntp.aioe.org...
> >> In article
> >> <d360626f-3402-422f...@e1g2000pra.googlegroups.com>,
> >> "D. D. Degg" <ddd...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Mike Cavna asks some cartoonists who they think will
> >>> win the presidential election this coming Tuesday.
> >>>
> >http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2008/10/wholl_win_the_white_hous
> >e
> >>> _poli.html
> >>>
> >>> There seems to be a Conspiracy Theory
> >>> that Sarah Palin might occupy the Oval Office.
> >>
> >> Well there is <http://www.palinaspresident.us/>. It is lots of fun.
> >> And probably the closest she'll ever get to occupying the Oval Office.
> >
> >Check it every day for something new! Don't forget to click several times on
> >things--sometimes third time's the charm...
>
> Particularly the door. It opens to at least five possibilities, some of
> which...do something...when you click on them again.
>
> I've heard rumours about a dinosaur. Has anyone seen it?
I just saw it wandering past the windows.
Banana Jr.
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>
> Particularly the door. It opens to at least five possibilities, some of
> which...do something...when you click on them again.
>
> I've heard rumours about a dinosaur. Has anyone seen it?
>
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It strolls past the windows about 30 seconds after you start watching.
Have you noticed the drip on the desk? Lipstick on the pitbull? A National
Treasure comment?
And what is made of 100% Alaskan Sealpup skin?
kat >^.^<
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Paul Ciszek
In article <gel88h$lmm$1...@registered.motzarella.org>,
kat >^.^ <" <tr...@charter.com> wrote:
>
>"Paul Ciszek" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>>
>
>> Particularly the door. It opens to at least five possibilities, some of
>> which...do something...when you click on them again.
>>
>> I've heard rumours about a dinosaur. Has anyone seen it?
>
>Have you noticed the drip on the desk?
A drip on the desk? No. There is some figurine I can't identify that
falls off of the desk.
> Lipstick on the pitbull?
Yep.
>A National Treasure comment?
Yep.
>And what is made of 100% Alaskan Sealpup skin?
The carpet, near as I can tell.
Michael G. Koerner
Very true, man, very true.
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>
>
> A drip on the desk? No. There is some figurine I can't identify that
> falls off of the desk.
>
>
> --
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Next to the figurine (I haven't figured out if it does anything else, but it
doesn't appear to do so) is a puddle of water. Look at it for a few seconds
and you will see a drip...drip...drip...
and don't forget to click on the statuette of Justice. Several times.
and the globe, too.
kat >^.^<
Paul Ciszek
In article <gelj73$462$1...@registered.motzarella.org>,
kat >^.^ <" <tr...@charter.com> wrote:
>
>"Paul Ciszek" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> A drip on the desk? No. There is some figurine I can't identify that
>> falls off of the desk.
>
>doesn't appear to do so) is a puddle of water. Look at it for a few seconds
>and you will see a drip...drip...drip...
And when you click on it, Joe the Plumber's van pulls up outside. Cute.
>and don't forget to click on the statuette of Justice. Several times.
>and the globe, too.
Did. This thing is like an advent calendar for godless Democrats.
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> I've heard rumours about a dinosaur. Has anyone seen it?
I saw it fairly quickly, but I don't actually know what I did to make it
appear.
Heather
Antonio E. Gonzalez
Ciszek) wrote:
>
>In article <nacrg49cgjgp3i14l...@4ax.com>,
>George Peatty <peattyg...@copper.net> wrote:
>>On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 20:33:50 -0700 (PDT), "D. D. Degg" <ddd...@comcast.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I believe a recent Fox News survey of their audience
>>>projected an overwhelming McCain victory come Tuesday.
>>
>>I dunno about overwhelming, but if the Obama people believe their guy is a
>>shoo-in and follow their typical voting patterns, there will be lots of
>>weeping and gnashing of teeth on Wednesday morning ..
>
>"their typical voting patterns"? You mean, getting arrested for driving
>a vanload of senior citizens from the old folks home to the polling place,
>or getting to the polling place only to find that they have been struck
>from the roles, there are no more ballots to be had, or that the touch
>screen machine keeps flipping their vote to the republican candidate?
>
>Expect riots if that is what decides this election.
The massive early voting, and dispoportionately Democratic early
voting too boot, would be a sign that "typical voting patterns" are
out the window for this election . . .
Hopefully, this line of swag won't prove to be a jinx:
<http://www.cafepress.com/stephaniemiller/6105221>
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Patience. That's all it takes.
Have you turned off the lights lately?
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>> In article <geks1m$gbh$1...@reader1.panix.com>,
>> nos...@nospam.com (Paul Ciszek) wrote:
>>
>>> I've heard rumours about a dinosaur. Has anyone seen it?
>>
>> I saw it fairly quickly, but I don't actually know what I did to make it
>> appear.
>>
>> Heather
> Patience. That's all it takes.
> Have you turned off the lights lately?
Spooky. And, if it happens, pretty damn' straight talk.
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Evan Kirshenbaum
>>
>> Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com is currently projecting a 97.2%
>> chance of an Obama victory. That seems like a pretty safe bet.
>>
> *And Nate Silver's track record at this kind of prediction
> is...........?????????
In retrospect, he did pretty well. I don't have final numbers, but he
called every state correctly except Indiana, where the choice of who
won was within his margin of error.
More significantly, based on numbers I pulled yesterday, there were
only six "states" (totalling 24 electoral votes) where Obama's
percentages didn't match his prediction to within his margin of error.
In four of those (DC, Hawaii, Vermont, and Nevada, he missed by
underpredicting Obama's support. Only Alaska and Arkasas went for
Obama significantly less than he predicted. In 22 states, he was
within a percentage point; in 37 states, he was within two percentage
points.
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