tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post6943917424508684195..comments2024-03-29T05:14:33.223-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Karl Rove slams headfirst into the world's most boring insightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3217707727196864522012-11-10T11:02:18.256-08:002012-11-10T11:02:18.256-08:00So, if nobody can really say both that the electio...<i>So, if nobody can really say both that the election in several states is close and that Obama is expected to win ..</i> <br /><br /><br />You keep talking gibberish. The definition of a tie race is that <i>nobody is expected to win</i>. I'd ask you why you can't grasp this simple truth, but I've asked it before and you prefer to cut and paste your canned responses.<br /><br />So lets change the subject. Are you pleased that you managed to get a Democratic elected to the US Senate from Virginia? In spite of their peculiar delusions to the contrary, the libertarians have always functioned as an extension of the left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-24946037108410383852012-11-10T10:02:47.873-08:002012-11-10T10:02:47.873-08:00"What did you want him to "tangibly offe...<i>"What did you want him to "tangibly offer white people"?"<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Pat_Buchanan_on_global_affairs#Fiscal_policy</i> <br /><br /><br />White people have had plenty of chances to vote for that. They never do. Duncan Hunter ran on that sort of platform in 2008. Nobody voted for him. You can't really blame politicians for ignoring a position which has proven itself to be a complete loser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36001843498133752942012-11-10T09:55:59.890-08:002012-11-10T09:55:59.890-08:00Anon 11:57:
So, if nobody can really say both tha...Anon 11:57:<br /><br />So, if nobody can really say both that the election in several states is close and that Obama is expected to win, doesn't it seem kind-of odd to you that lots of people, from pundits to professional statisticians and political scientists, said just exactly that? And at least some of them showed their work, via putting up EV maps and links to polls on a webpage, discussing their models, etc? And rhat their predictions (including maps and EV totals) were quite accurate? <br /><br />The main source of uncertainty in these models was not the fact that many critical individual states were very close--that's a kind of uncertainty it's not hard to quantify. The source of uncertainty was stuff that wasn't available to include in the models--was there a systematic bias in the poll results that favored Obama, or was there going to be a last-minute nationwide shift in the electrorate somehow? But there wasn't really much evidence of either of those things being a problem, so they were just possibilities that couldn't completely be ruled out. <br /><br />NOTAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-23630295003519447892012-11-10T08:03:12.279-08:002012-11-10T08:03:12.279-08:00Have you people forgotten the veriest rudiments of...Have you people forgotten the veriest rudiments of the English language? I can understand, and, indeed, sympathize---at times, when in the throes of John Barleycorn's bliss, I goof on spelling and grammar as well.<br /><br />Proper names are capitalized, even if we disagree with the politics and policies of the person in question. "Rove" not "rove," and so on.Hunsdonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40061616088549499192012-11-10T07:30:48.561-08:002012-11-10T07:30:48.561-08:00Matthew said...
"what did Romney tangibl...Matthew said...<br /><br /> "what did Romney tangibly offer white people? A government which wasn't viciously anti-white?"<br /><br /> Nope. No one in their right mind believed that Mitt was gunna do jack shit to end set-asides, quotas, or affirmative action. He was going to increase skilled legal immigration and would have, at best, only slightly increased enofrcement against illegals.<br /><br /> We've had the chance to eliminate AA etc. through at least 3 Republican administrations and 2 congressional majorities, and nothing has changed. Mitt's past and his demeanor - his father actually pushed forced integration of housing while at HUD under Nixon - suggests he wouldn't have done so, either.<br /><br />-----------------<br /><br />yup, the GOP supports affirmative action, mass immigration etc except for some lip service during primaries. <br /><br />And those where bush had the GOP congress--did he try to do anything to get school vouchers going? Nothing.<br />The elite know that the edu-propaganda system is their biggest tool for controlling the populace. So the GOP talked vouchers, but they never did anything.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-55660630952686946232012-11-10T04:14:03.337-08:002012-11-10T04:14:03.337-08:00Feel a bit sorry for Dick Morris.He was half right...Feel a bit sorry for Dick Morris.He was half right. <br /><br />The Democrat vote was 8 million fewer than in 2008 but he did not predict a lower vote for Romney than for McCain and how many people could have predicted that?<br /><br />If Romney had got just a million more than McCain he would be in the Whitehouse.rbbarnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10478228059765379276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37920521058546090642012-11-10T00:36:40.972-08:002012-11-10T00:36:40.972-08:00Did you get that whiskey?
Exit polls?? That's...<i>Did you get that whiskey?</i><br /><br />Exit polls?? That's no kind of evidence. Hot shiksas <a href="http://whitepeoplemourningromney.tumblr.com/image/35380382457" rel="nofollow">like these</a> look at me with disdain. THAT's all the proof anyone could ask for that white women HATE HATE HATE white men and desire to join with sexy black alpha thugs to destroy America!rotgutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-24723028734520370052012-11-09T20:18:46.326-08:002012-11-09T20:18:46.326-08:00"As we all know, destroying middle-class wage...<i>"As we all know, destroying middle-class wages to increase corporate profits has been the GOP raison d'etre for decades. Now they have a chance to redefine the party, and regain power."</i><br /><br />The GOP as the party of the rich is done. That message won't sell. Mitt tried to sell it - promising higher immigration, tax cuts for businesses, to keep the Bush cap gains cuts, and eliminating the estate tax - and no one bought it.<br /><br />A "middle class" always on the verge of financial oblivion won't vote for small government.<br /><br />The Republican Party actually does have to do something for the middle class, and for whites in particular.Matthewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65785084591844963832012-11-09T20:08:49.761-08:002012-11-09T20:08:49.761-08:00"what did Romney tangibly offer white people?...<i>"what did Romney tangibly offer white people? A government which wasn't viciously anti-white?"</i><br /><br />Nope. No one in their right mind believed that Mitt was gunna do jack shit to end set-asides, quotas, or affirmative action. He was going to increase skilled legal immigration and would have, at best, only slightly increased enofrcement against illegals.<br /><br />We've had the chance to eliminate AA etc. through at least 3 Republican administrations and 2 congressional majorities, and nothing has changed. Mitt's past and his demeanor - his father actually pushed forced integration of housing while at HUD under Nixon - suggests he wouldn't have done so, either.Matthewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26278326225940574192012-11-09T19:46:57.834-08:002012-11-09T19:46:57.834-08:00"One thing that isn't talked about much i..."One thing that isn't talked about much is that Romney won 18-29yo whites by 7 points... a demographic McCain lost by 10 points."<br /><br /><br />There was also a poll floating around a few weeks ago that said most 18-30 whites disagreed with racial preferences.<br /><br />If only the Republicans were smart enough to take note.Cornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-66866700052435431632012-11-09T17:30:19.614-08:002012-11-09T17:30:19.614-08:00I'm going to email the Gary sinise Steve colum...I'm going to email the Gary sinise Steve column to my congressman. Hope it helps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-67668033701473612102012-11-09T17:29:06.338-08:002012-11-09T17:29:06.338-08:00Eh I think Weekly Standard deserves all the abuse ...Eh I think Weekly Standard deserves all the abuse it gets but you guys are way too hard on NR. Compared to Steve Derbyshire is your drunk dirty uncle at christmas who loves being edgy and making others squirm. Not to mention the fact he doesnt really pass<br />The who whom test on immigration. Kind of undermines the whole project and that's without mentioning the weird prepubescent nudity fixation he has Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-89868081719242838762012-11-09T17:15:01.700-08:002012-11-09T17:15:01.700-08:00Have u guys checked out national review online lat...Have u guys checked out national review online lately? Ow pathetic it has become, how boring, all they talk about is tax Ts, abortion and the need to stay in the Middle East longer. Without derb it's so empty. Isteve alone is so much more interesting,if only people knew about isteve more they would rea t over the corner. My friends love isteve and pass it on, we should try to advertise isteve to the smart, political right leaning kids. Spray paint isteve on a voduct or something. Mike stickers. Seriously.mail sailer,s best columns to congressmen etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-13450033181166884742012-11-09T16:59:52.946-08:002012-11-09T16:59:52.946-08:00Watch as hannity and boehner and Grover nor quits ...Watch as hannity and boehner and Grover nor quits and bill Kristin with Fox News and the Wall Street journal as platforms push hard for amnesty and more immigration to republicans. I bet Glenn beck will join in too. Buchanan is out of the media more or less and no one else on tv gives that viewpoint al we get is pc neocons and pc libertarians. No one ever gives a skeptical view towards mass immigration and the diversity obsession anywhere in media. The media just repeats the same talking points. Charlie rose,s round tables always agree on immigration and how we need so much more. They say we have so man notices on cane or online msm but ind one non globalist voice whose smart. I can't find him. We need to spaad woe aout isteve like they did for Ron Paul. Stickers, spray paint, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-23782859766479254712012-11-09T16:27:30.892-08:002012-11-09T16:27:30.892-08:00"What did you want him to "tangibly offe..."What did you want him to "tangibly offer white people"?"<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Pat_Buchanan_on_global_affairs#Fiscal_policyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-76748254117003641652012-11-09T15:36:38.502-08:002012-11-09T15:36:38.502-08:00Rove's questioning the Ohio conclusion when th...Rove's questioning the Ohio conclusion when there was just a ~1000 vote gap was correct. Fox and the networks turned out rather lucky (or were looking at additional data that Rove wasn't). It's hindsight bias that makes the public fault Rove instead of the network.mnlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07816137508182175224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47474466845469576772012-11-09T13:24:01.387-08:002012-11-09T13:24:01.387-08:00Obama’s reëlection...
Those diereses, or diëreses...<i>Obama’s reëlection...</i><br /><br />Those diereses, or diëreses, at the <i>New Yorker</i> are a racist, sexist, homophobic holdover from the Victorian era. They should be called on this.Reg Cæsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-33539102196514660882012-11-09T12:01:31.245-08:002012-11-09T12:01:31.245-08:00I hope Marvin Lewis doesn't make the mistake o...I hope Marvin Lewis doesn't make the mistake of talking up his teams chances against the Giants this Sunday, or NOTA will never again respect him if they lose!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-46590527433511313012012-11-09T11:57:16.435-08:002012-11-09T11:57:16.435-08:00You can be very close in popular vote but not clos...<i>You can be very close in popular vote but not close in electoral votes.</i> <br /><br /><br />No, the point is that when the popular vote as shown by polls in battleground states is very close, you cannot just say "I as a pundit am going to award those EC votes to Obama".<br /><br /><br /><i>There can be (as in this election) several states that are relatively close, where Obama has a very small lead, so that the expected EV result is a big Obama win</i> <br /><br /><br />Argh! When several states are "relatively close" - actually, "extremely close" was the term you were looking for - then you cannot say that Obama is "expected" to win them. What part of this are you unable to comprehend?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-71706501143585542442012-11-09T11:44:53.893-08:002012-11-09T11:44:53.893-08:00Anon 1124:
There are two parts to this:
a. You ...Anon 1124:<br /><br />There are two parts to this:<br /><br />a. You can be very close in popular vote but not close in electoral votes. Obama/McCain was like this--the popular vote margin wasn't all that big, but the EV margin was huge.<br /><br />b. There can be (as in this election) several states that are relatively close, where Obama has a very small lead, so that the expected EV result is a big Obama win, but a shift nationwide of a couple percent in those battleground states could still change the result. <br /><br />Nate Silver used the example of a football team up by 3 points with a couple minutes left in the game--the score is close, and the game could go either way, but the team that's up by a field goal has a pretty big advantage. Another way to think about it is a baseball team that will make the playoffs if it wins any 3 of the next 10 games, in all of which it is considered a slight favorite. It's still possible for the team not to make the playoffs, and each game is pretty likely to be close, but your best bet is still that the team will make the playoffs. <br />NOTAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-50404832320247945092012-11-09T11:41:41.499-08:002012-11-09T11:41:41.499-08:00in 2016, when Fox has Karl Rove and Dick Morris pr...<i> in 2016, when Fox has Karl Rove and Dick Morris predicting a big Republican win, my suggestion is that you take them every bit as seriously as you would take a Thomas Friedman column explaining that we've turned the corner in Afganistan</i> <br /><br /><br />Any high ranking Republican who is not predicting a Republican win in 2016 should be fired from his job. It is the job of high ranking Republicans, and Democrats, to cheerlead for their party. Your relentless cluelessness on this point is why your age gets called into question.<br /><br />There are a lot of things that Rove deserves to be harshly condemned for, but his refusal to say "We're screwed - the Dems are gonna win!" on November 5th is not one of them.<br /><br />That would be the case even if it were obvious on Nov 5th that the GOP was screwed - which it wasn't. As people have pointed out and as even you have acknowledged, it was a very close election which could have gone either way.Severnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-59405482468627231882012-11-09T11:26:50.584-08:002012-11-09T11:26:50.584-08:00As we all know, destroying middle-class wages to i...<i>As we all know, destroying middle-class wages to increase corporate profits has been the GOP raison d'etre for decades. </i> <br /><br /><br />I'm sure that all of the "we" over at Kos "knows" that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75733941340693109272012-11-09T11:24:46.234-08:002012-11-09T11:24:46.234-08:00That is true--the election was close, and could ha...<i>That is true--the election was close, and could have gone either way, as a whole bunch of people looking at the polling numbers said. Obama had a pretty big advantage in electoral votes, according to those same polls</i> <br /><br /><br />Why do you keep saying incoherent things? The polls cannot simultaneously say that the election is very close and can go either way, AND that Obama has a pretty big lead in electoral votes. One of those things must be false.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-31012539539855718772012-11-09T11:24:25.908-08:002012-11-09T11:24:25.908-08:00anon 10:27:
That's the same thing Obama offer...anon 10:27:<br /><br />That's the same thing Obama offered. Is there any evidence at all that whites have actually been treated worse than blacks b the Obama administration? Say, arrest or imprisonment rates of blacks vs whites? Or hate crime convictions? (More reported hate crimes are done by blacks than whites, according to government statistics I linked to awhile back.). The Obama admininstration uses somewhat more civil-rights-friendly rhetoric, and probably does marginally more discrimination law enforcement, but it's not at all obvious to me that there's a big difference from what Bush did. I there is a big difference, though, it should show up somewhere in visible statistics, right? NOTAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36687206184375098492012-11-09T11:18:12.617-08:002012-11-09T11:18:12.617-08:00Why isn't this guys' reputation in tatters...Why isn't this guys' reputation in tatters? He's been wrong so many times. Even a broken clock is right twice a day....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com