Gullible fool said Ron Paul is not known outside of Iowa. You will eat your workds. As will Authfriend and Boo
OffWorld --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You made up a quote and attributed it to me. I did not > say that. > > --- off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "Ron Paul is not known outside of Iowa " - Gullible > > fool > > > > http://tinyurl.com/2lztdr > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool > > <fflmod@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I had never heard of Ron Paul before I read about > > him > > > in FFL. I have not heard about him outside of FFL > > > since then. I have to ask how people outside of > > Iowa > > > even know who he is, if the news does nto cover > > him. > > > Perhaps fewer than are in the domes these days. > > > > > > --- off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > > "boo_lives" > > > > <boo_lives@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > First I work with advanced statistics every > > day, > > > > and in political > > > > > polling or market research a sample of 15,000 > > is > > > > much more > > > > significant > > > > > than a sample of 266. > > > > National polls for the entire country typically > > > > > use only a sample size of a few thousand. But > > I'm > > > > not talking some > > > > > kind of theoretical math, I'm talking common > > sense > > > > politics. The > > > > > Iowa straw poll is the one in which the > > > > politicians are actually in > > > > > the state wanting to win and the media are in > > the > > > > state giving it > > > > > coverage. >> > > > > > > > > You're still not getting it: > > > > > > > > Romney: 4516 votes; Paul: 1305 votes > > > > > > > > Romney: > > > > 4516/3,000,000 = x/100 > > > > = 0.15% > > > > (insignificant) > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul: > > > > 1305/3,000,000 = x/100 > > > > = 0.4% > > > > (insignificant) > > > > > > > > The straw poll in Iowa has no significance, with > > a > > > > Romney and > > > > millions spent win. No-one cares it is not > > > > significant. He amy win > > > > the nomination though, I am not saying that. But > > > > this is not a > > > > predictor of it. However, a Ron Paul win, or > > other > > > > underdog win > > > > there would have been a massive national news > > item. > > > > > > > > <This has historically always been the case. > > > > There's not > > > > > some conspiracy against Paul because the > > Alabama > > > > straw poll wasn't > > > > > covered by the media, it never is! >> > > > > > > > > Conceded. I never said it was. Stop making > > things > > > > up. > > > > > > > > << And the politicians know that so > > > > > they don't care about it! Except Paul > > apparently - > > > > in Alabama Paul > > > > got > > > > > 216 out of 266 votes - you think this is > > > > statistically > > > > representative > > > > > of anything?? It's an absurd result>> > > > > > > > > Agreed. And so is the Iowa straw poll. > > > > > > > > it's not even an outlier in the > > > > > universe of political polls out there right > > now. > > > > It's meaningless > > > > to > > > > > win a race, when you're the only one there > > trying. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The iowa straw poll is not a good statistical > > > > predictor of exactly > > > > how > > > > > Iowa will "vote" at the caucus next year > > because > > > > it was a > > > > relatively > > > > > small turnout and you have to travel to Ames > > to > > > > vote and you had to > > > > > pay to vote, >> > > > > > > > > You have just shot yourself in the foot. 26,000 > > > > people paid to vote, > > > > and only 14,700 actaully voted. > > > > > > > > Why is that? > > > > > > > > > > > > > PS -- Let's put our statistical knowledge to > > the > > > > test - I'll bet > > > > you > > > > > $1000 that Paul will not win the Iowa Caucus > > next > > > > year.>> > > > > > > > > > > > > I never said he would win it. Stop making things > > up. > > > > > > > > Ron Paul will not win the Republican nomination, > > as > > > > I have said all > > > > along. He will then run as an independent and > > make a > > > > HUGE impact on > > > > American politics. > > > > > > > > Excpet for one thing. The Diebold machines will > > be > > > > used to swing all > > > > the main elections. They are entirely open to > > > > manipulation and in > > > > Iowa, the police were used to HIDE ALL THE VOTES > > > > FROM THE PUBLIC... > > > > FOREVER. THIS IS HOW IT WILL BE FOR YOU IN > > AMERICA > > > > IF YOU DO NOT > > > > WAKE UP ! > > > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Or go to: > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > > > and click 'Join This Group!' > > > > Yahoo! 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