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He borrowed it from Newt Gingrich's mistress.

Was he tapping her, too?  Grabbing seconds behind Newt...  <shudder>  He really did have a thing for trashy little sluts, didn't he?

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I have a friend and she is a democrat. She has been unemployed for a long time and feels she really doesn't need to go out and look for a job because her unemployment checks cover her expenses. So why do democrats think they don't have to work?

Unemployment is an insurance program she paid into and the checks she recieves are the payout of that insurance policy it is not welfare.
If you won the lotto tomorrow for a gazillion dollars would it be fair of us to characterize you as lazy because you chose to enjoy your unearned windfall and stopped working?

HST

If I won the lottery tomorrow, do you honestly think I would care if you thought I was lazy?

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The question was not if I thought you were lazy.
You think your friend as well as all democrats are lazy.
No, I was using that as an example of your logic. Although there are times when I think she is just lazy, it has nothing to do with how other democrats act. Just like quoting some idiot doesn't prove how republicans think.

I simply pointed out that she was not on welfare which appears to have been your contention.
I never mentioned welfare.

I also pointed out if you were in the same situation you would do the same.
No you started talking about the lottery, which had nothing to do with the subject.

So why do you have your knickeers in a bunch?
I don't, why would you assume I do? Are you projecting your own feelings?

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Are you projecting your own feelings?

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic
Was he tapping her, too?  Grabbing seconds behind Newt...  <shudder>  He really did have a thing for trashy little sluts, didn't he?

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic
Was he tapping her, too?  Grabbing seconds behind Newt...  <shudder>  He really did have a thing for trashy little sluts, didn't he?

Dude, that's the current Mrs. Gingrich you are talking about!

I am reporting you to Wingnut Command!

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Considering the South is the only part of the nation that is both densely populated and majority GOP it makes sense that a plurality of respondents would be from the south.

I would be very surprised if 42% of all Republicans in the country live in just a dozen southern states.

K.

77 of the 178 Republican house members come from the 12 southern states. That's 43.25%. The Presidentail balloting from 2008 also reflects a similiar demographic.

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Considering the South is the only part of the nation that is both densely populated and majority GOP it makes sense that a plurality of respondents would be from the south.

I would be very surprised if 42% of all Republicans in the country live in just a dozen southern states.

K.

77 of the 178 Republican house members come from the 12 southern states. That's 43.25%. The Presidentail balloting from 2008 also reflects a similiar demographic.

So if or when the breakdown of left and right in the house changes, we can assume that reflects the political layout of the country? Interesting. Too, your breakdown doesn't account for the "brand" of Christianity and it's geographic strongholds (the south being the Baptist belt...).

It is an interesting look though.

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So if or when the breakdown of left and right in the house changes, we can assume that reflects the political layout of the country? Interesting. Too, your breakdown doesn't account for the "brand" of Christianity and it's geographic strongholds (the south being the Baptist belt...).

It is an interesting look though.

If multiple sources show a simliar demographic distribution it is supportive that that demographic distribution is accurate. BTW why should I care about the "brand" of christianity when discussing poltical party affiliation?

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So if or when the breakdown of left and right in the house changes, we can assume that reflects the political layout of the country? Interesting. Too, your breakdown doesn't account for the "brand" of Christianity and it's geographic strongholds (the south being the Baptist belt...).

It is an interesting look though.

If multiple sources show a simliar demographic distribution it is supportive that that demographic distribution is accurate. BTW why should I care about the "brand" of christianity when discussing poltical party affiliation?

Particularly because the answers to those questions would almost certainly differ from denomination to denomination. Baptists in the South would definitely view things much differently than a Catholic in New England, and Evangelicals would have a different view than Protestants and Lutherans, etc... Those views can and do have bearing on the political views asked about, such as whether or not Genesis should be taught in the classroom. It would be the same as taking a sampling of self described Christians with the majority of them living in California and New York, then trying to suggest that their responses represented Christians as a whole across the country.

Again, if and when the makeup of Congress changes, should we accept that as an accurate template for the political makeup of the country? That was the only source I saw you suggest supporting this demographic distribution, if I missed another please point it out.

Like I said in my other post, it was an interesting poll. I am just not sure how much weight to give it.

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I guess I should have been clearer in my reply. The replies to questions regarding "faith issues" would vary in different regions because of the religious breakdowns which do have predominant strongholds as I noted in other posts. I hope that explains what I was trying to get at.

I would also point out something I hadn't noticed before in the breakdown of their demographics... the biggest group of those polled were aged 60+ and if you combine those 45+ with them it becomes 70% of the entire poll. Interesting breakdown.

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I am reporting you to Wingnut Command!

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I guess I should have been clearer in my reply. The replies to questions regarding "faith issues" would vary in different regions because of the religious breakdowns which do have predominant strongholds as I noted in other posts. I hope that explains what I was trying to get at.

I would also point out something I hadn't noticed before in the breakdown of their demographics... the biggest group of those polled were aged 60+ and if you combine those 45+ with them it becomes 70% of the entire poll. Interesting breakdown.

That's been the case for some time. Younger people tend not to answer poll calls and increasingly larger numbers of younger people do not have land lines. Check out any serious discussion of polling methodology and you will find that these problems are well known but no good solutions exist.

I would think if you really wanted to try and discredit this polls methodology you'd at least avoid the well known stuff.

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ORIGINAL: Thadius
If I was trying to discredit them I would have shown a few of their more unreliable recent polls, or pointed to who they do most of their polling for...