Dylan goes zany over Obama

[really real]

What was Dylan saying, that Obama was going to win by a landslide and
that the media was wrong in saying it was going to be close?

This was very strange for Dylan to even comment on the election, as he
kept denying in the Rolling Stone interview that he had said something
enthusiastic during the previous election.

The media got it wrong? Watching the results, I was impressed by how
right the media got it, how they could tell from the early states'
results that Obama was probably going to win. All along, the media
seemed very accurate in its predictions.

Dylan seems like a crazy kid these days, ranting on about transmigration
and now this.

[Just Kidding]

On Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:24:01 -0800, really real <reall...@shaw.ca>
wrote:

Are you talking about the "media" or are you actually referring to the
pollsters. While most of the polls ended up being pretty accurate, the
media (i.e., commentators), especially the Republican media, was not
so accurate. A fairly large number of Republican pundits predicted a
Romney victory, and a few (Dick Morris, George Will, Newt Gingrich,
Peggy Noonan) even said he would win in a landslide.

[M. Rick]

>What was Dylan saying, that Obama was going to win by a landslide and that the media was wrong in saying it was going to be close?

It was closer in popular vote than electorally. Dylan could be
alluding to the completely biased predictions from Fox News and
similar “conservative media” outlets. The pre-election polls were
accurate. The race is called early by looking at the breakdown of
specific districts. This was one of the points of contention in
Florida 2000, where the “butterfly ballot” disqualified many votes
that would have seemingly gone for Gore.

[gemjack]

True, the more moderate media was far more accurate. Dick Morris's
'Romney Landslide' statement was delusional cheerleading at it's
finest, I'm not sure anyone really swallowed (no pun meant) that
anyway.
-gj

[Just Walkin']

On Nov 8, 7:05 am, gemjack <geminijackso...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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Minus the voter suppression it would have been much closer to a ten
point spread. Of course, without the "abolition democracy" it would be
more like 62-38. The whole exercise was as much to obfuscate the real
count as it was to influence it.

For instance, why is Mississippi nearly 50% black and they still get
governors like Barbour year after year? Ain't no modern-minded white
people up there Oxford-ways to put it over the top? Or are there not
enough "qualified registrants" registered to vote?

[frinjdwelr]

"really real" <reall...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:VXCms.14003$Uu4....@newsfe12.iad...

Part of the problem is the media has picked up only about half of what Bob
said and out of the context so it sounds more disconnected than it was at
the time.

[nate]

On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:24:25 PM UTC-5, Just Kidding wrote:

> Are you talking about the "media" or are you actually referring to the
> pollsters. While most of the polls ended up being pretty accurate, the
> media (i.e., commentators), especially the Republican media, was not
> so accurate. A fairly large number of Republican pundits predicted a
> Romney victory, and a few (Dick Morris, George Will, Newt Gingrich,
> Peggy Noonan) even said he would win in a landslide.

Looks like Nate Silver can write his own ticket for the big bucks now!

50 for 50. He ran the table from the break!


- nate

[marcus]

Goodbye Ole Mitt, I will miss you. Your Dudley Do-Right jaw. Your
constant lying, being against something before you were for it, then
being for something before you were against it, using the race card,
turning a blind eye to your party's war against women, Latinos, gays,
African-Americans and the entire middle class.

Yes, I shall miss you Ole Mitt. Now it's off to the Caymans, or your
house with elevators for cars, or that house in California bigger than
a Home Dept.

Walk steady, Ole Mitt, as you find your way along the path to the
dustbin of history.

And oh, btw, Mitt, don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way
out.

[marcus]

"Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway
Don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There’s a battle outside and it is ragin’
It’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin’"

OK, the American people won last Tuesday. Now, it's time for Obama
not to repeat what he did during most of his first term...he can not
be conciliatory, or offer an olive branch in compromise. He's got a
mandate, and he OWES...BIG TIME the folks, who re-elected him, Labor,
Gays, Latinos, the 99%, and Labor, a seat at the table. Republicans
do not understand compromise, it didn't work from 2009-2012. Obama
must be ruthless. The Republicans are down. Now is the time to roll
over them, bulldozer style, and pass progressive legislation. Don't
wait for inaugeration day. The times they are a changin' right now.
Make Boehner, Cantor, and McConnell know the taste of dirt.