Yes, I know, Harper's. Scoff all you like, their numbers are always independently verified.
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This from a study done by Johns Hopkins. The "life will be better for the average Iraqi" line was the final front of moral defense for the Iraqi War, and it too is slowly being lost.
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Sure, sure - LOL TIN FOIL HAT LOL. The election is over and nothing will change that - but is it possible, just possible, that it was the exit polls that were right all along, and they arn't actually as unreliable as we've been telling ourselves? The American people owe it to themselves to ask.
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Factor by which an Iraqi is more likely to die today than in the last year of the Hussein regime: 2.5
Factor by which the cause of death is more likely violence: 58
This from a study done by Johns Hopkins. The "life will be better for the average Iraqi" line was the final front of moral defense for the Iraqi War, and it too is slowly being lost.
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In three states that relied extensively on paper ballots (Illinois, Maine, Wisconsin) the exit polls corresponded to the final tally. In six states that relied extensively on electronic touchscreens (North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio) the discrepancy between the exit polls and the final tally invariably favored Bush.
Exit polls in states equipped with verifiable paper receipts corresponded to the final tally; in states employing electronic touch screens the margin of difference between exit polls and the final tallies was a high as 5, 7, and 9 percent.
Sure, sure - LOL TIN FOIL HAT LOL. The election is over and nothing will change that - but is it possible, just possible, that it was the exit polls that were right all along, and they arn't actually as unreliable as we've been telling ourselves? The American people owe it to themselves to ask.