Re: Fits in with Republican Ideology

I think he meant to post this link instead about how the Republicans managed to find many cases of voter fraud in the swing states:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/09/29/3026835_p2/state-republicans-find-fraud-close.html

Re: Fits in with Republican Ideology

"If Canada's health care system is so good, why did my Dentist move here?"

Typically? Most medical professional's that move from Canada to America do so because their personal income can multiply by several times. It has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of care involved.

And for every story of a Canadian that goes south for some obscure treatment, you can find 100 Canadians that live in America but maintain dual citizenship so they can go back home for better quality for the non-rich, healthcare. Yes, you can argue that they do so because it's free, but the costs to go back north (transportation, mixed work, etc, etc.) tend to even that out.

Re: Fits in with Republican Ideology

No, Republicans believe ANYone can be any of those things. It's Democrats who believe EVERYONE should be one of those things. It's an important distinction many under-educated and overly self-confident liberal opponents fail to make.

Re: Oh dear.

"Thank you UCLA for wasting everybody's time on useless statistics"

May not be a waste of time for everybody. Munters now have evidence that they're not going anywhere in the GOP, and MILFS needn't waste their time with the Democrats. So there's two groups to whom this may be useful.

Group Of Pictures

What does it have to do with politics?

Re: Group Of Pictures

Are they some how implying that the democrat women are more manly so in effect if you want to vote for a female candidate then vote for a republican one?

Either way is sounds like they have too much time on their hands.

Re: Oh dear.

Lars --- What about... Education, perhaps too difficult to measure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/us/politics/15poll.html?_r=0

The Tea Party Republicans have been identified:

- wealthier than average Americans

- more highly educated than average Americans

The Tea Party Republicans seem to have a lot in common with average Americans:

- send students to public schools like average Americans

- support social security (instead of cutting it's payroll support, like Democrats did with the Stimulus law)

- support medicare (instead of cutting it, like Democrats did with the Health Care Reform law)

It is very strange, how the political parties which do the most horrible things in the United States, do so with the support of their political parties, when the political party constituents blame the other party for it. Uneducated bigotry is an amazing thing.

Re: Group Of Pictures

Images like this float around the internet.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0ByTGp3o4dldLTmFyN292NnhyaTA

In nations like the United States, they are a representative government... Americans elect people to represent them, represent someone to be their face in front of a camera, to be their voice in front of a microphone, to be their hand when writing a law.

To diminish the importance of any one of these things, in the political process, is a mistake.

Re: Oh dear.

It's reading that's at least good for a giggle. Education-wise, it's simply practice for Statistics and similar classes. The education is in doing the project and following paper, non necessarily in the specific subject matter.

Re: Oh dear.

"- support medicare (instead of cutting it, like Democrats did with the Health Care Reform law)"

More amazing how the Conservatives like to say this, but fail to mention that that money's associated COSTS to Medicare have also been moved over to general health care, leaving Medicare with no net change as a result.

Before: Medicare + Non-Medicare = Total Health Care Cost

After: (Medicare - Misc) + (Non-Medicare + Misc) = Total Health Care Cost

Re: Oh dear.

"more highly educated than average Americans"

You're talking about the same group that, for the most part, rejects evolution and the basic scientific model. This same group of people is so ignorant about fetal development, that they don't understand when a collection of cells develops enough to have a nervous system and yet want to make policies to restrict women rights. They've also managed to fabricate an American history centralized around their particular brand of religion.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Re: Group Of Pictures

"Images like this float around the internet....represent someone to be their face in front of a camera, to be their voice in front of a microphone, to be their hand when writing a law."

If the face is so important, why is one group represented by posed studio shots, and the other by candid shots, clearly selected to be unattractive?

You are a weird lot, and we are sadly aping you.

Re: Education, perhaps too difficult to measure.

No, it's because you can't even cherry pick the data to make Dems look good on that one. And while it would be easy enough to get past peer review, once it hits the stands it's subject to public revue and subsequent ridicule. Followed inevitably by pulling the paper for academic fraud, and loss of prestige for the journal.

Re: but fail to mention

Even the CBO admits the Republican plan scores the change more accurately.

Re: Welcome to the USA

Could be worse, Widdecombe or May come to mind!

Widdicombe or May

I'll give you Widdicombe

May is not too bad, better than Short or Waquie

Flint or Menche not bad at all.

Re: True

"Dck" is actually the most popular first name in congress, statistically speaking. No, seriously.

Re: True

Categorizing any group of people is bigoted.

Re: True

"Only bigots categorize groups of people".

Re: Categorizing any group of people is bigoted

Typical comment from the stupid anonymous cowards on here.

Re: Michele Bachmann...

Maybe if it was required that she wore a ball gag to keep that intellectual dishonesty in. Personally, I'd set my standards higher.

Indeed, a more intelligent observation...

than any made in the El Reg article.

Re: Nah

"You should also notice that half of the attacks on Democrat women by conservative talkshow hosts concentrate on their physical appearance rather than policies"

Actually, it is just the opposite. Remembering Sarah Palin discussion in the liberal media outlets was about how she looked, sounded, etc. while the more conservative media outlets tried to address the policies.

Even looking at a more recent liberal talk show, only the Conservative individual was providing facts & figures while the liberal talk show hosts insisted on talking about how they felt or what they heard.

http://nation.foxnews.com/ann-coulter/2012/09/27/ann-coulter-causes-mass-hysteria-view-whoopi-bleeped

Re: Nah

When you quote Fox news, you've lost the discussion.

Re: Bachmann more feminine?

"Bachmann more feminine? With THOSE crazy-eyes?"

Are you suggesting it is OK to judge someone on their appearance?

"Only Republicans & Democrats make the cut."

They are the only two political parties that matter.