The best way to bring people down is to attack their perceived strengths. It's great what you're doing here. And the fact that it made the media is even better!
They surveyed 700 people. But their actual sample (for the numbers used) was much lower. But they oversampled blacks so they could get at those crosstabs.
Pollsters do it all the time. If you can't understand how that doesn't effect the final numbers, then you need to take a statistics class.
They weren't "oversampled" in the way that you think.
The overall sample did not contain an abnormal number of blacks.
HOWEVER
They surveyed more black people...so they could then take THAT sample (just blacks) and understand the way blacks felt about the Wright scandal. Because if you don't oversample, you have a huge margin of error.
How is she "damned" if she doesn't answer the question? Was there really a clamor in the press for her to speak out on this important issue? Of course not.
In fact, I heard a few press folks compliment her for staying above it.
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True. But that's not neccesarily a permanent thing.
Not true.
When we have a nominee, they can start calling McCain out of this. And when the FEC weighs in, it'll really hurt McCain's credibility on this issue.
The best way to bring people down is to attack their perceived strengths. It's great what you're doing here. And the fact that it made the media is even better!
No.
They surveyed 700 people. But their actual sample (for the numbers used) was much lower. But they oversampled blacks so they could get at those crosstabs.
Pollsters do it all the time. If you can't understand how that doesn't effect the final numbers, then you need to take a statistics class.
They weren't "oversampled" in the way that you think.
The overall sample did not contain an abnormal number of blacks.
HOWEVER
They surveyed more black people...so they could then take THAT sample (just blacks) and understand the way blacks felt about the Wright scandal. Because if you don't oversample, you have a huge margin of error.
So the poll is fine.
WRONG.
They didn't actually use more blacks in the sample used to make the poll.
They just took a big sample of blacks so their cross tabs would be accurate. Then they reweighed towards the normal numbers.
...is definitely exploding.
But I wish I were.
...in Indiana Jones, as he lecturse the Nazis about burning books:
"You should try reading books instead of BURNING them."
Yeah. Taylor Marsh's comment section is either one of the funniest or scariest places on the internet.
To echo what Truthmatters said:
When Hillary Clinton loses, a few months later, she'll call for unity. And you'll look...well...petty.
I had a post drafted...but I don't want to get deleted!
Go for it! Which Democrats are using right-wingers (with no disclaimer. With no hint of irony or a "take this with a grain of salt")?
I'm sure it happens occasionally. Go for it!
Two wrongs don't make a right.
According to one solitary poll...conducted during the height of a spat of negative press.
What?
How is she "damned" if she doesn't answer the question? Was there really a clamor in the press for her to speak out on this important issue? Of course not.
In fact, I heard a few press folks compliment her for staying above it.