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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

A Focus Group In The Woodpile

At the Corner, Jonah blinks in wide-eyed wonder like Alfalfa, and asks in a voice of pure childlike innocence whether all those Buckwheats weren’t tainting the He-Man Obama Haters Club:
This is purely a methodological question. If the reporting on blacks said they were torn between the candidates I wouldn’t be asking this question. But his focus group is allegedly a collection of “swing voters” from Virginia. And it appears there are a relatively large number of blacks in the focus group. I keep reading that blacks are supporting Obama somewhere between 95 and 99 percent. So, purely as a statistical matter, how do you explain having — by my very rough guestimate — 10% of Luntz’s swing voters being black? I’m just curious.
Just wondering.  Just puzzlin’ a wee bit.  Don’t mean anything by it.  I’m sure they’re all very nice people, taken on an individual basis, but the blacks, they do have a hive mind, so really those cable news folks might as well have given their response-o-meters to the Borg.

Posted by scott on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 at 11:43 pm.

7 Responses to “A Focus Group In The Woodpile”

Scott, darling, two doses of Jonah per day is simply TOO MUCH.
Get me the gas money and somebody to trade-off on the driving, and I can erase this blight from the face of the earth, lance this festering boil on the ass of humanity.
White people really do suck sometimes, and I bet that Jonah’s sucked more than his fair share of ‘em. Whilst fantasizing about some Mandingo love, allllllllllll the while…
Cont’d…
“And did any of them say they were vegetarian? That would mean they were all fascists, wouldn’t it? And liars, too; what with all that fried chicken they eat. Statistically speaking, that is.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to check my hubcaps.”
And it appears there are a relatively large number of blacks in the focus group. I keep reading that blacks are supporting Obama somewhere between 95 and 99 percent. So, purely as a statistical matter, how do you explain having — by my very rough guestimate — 10% of Luntz’s swing voters being black? I’m just curious.
Hm, are you guys positing that, you know, Fudgie thinks them darkies all know one another, like they have some secret hand slap or call each other “brother,” and will vote as a bloc?
Guesstimate is not a fucking word, ya douchnozzle.
…and what about Hispanics, hug? How many of them were in the group? And Gays? And wimmen? I betcha wimmen were over represented. And Muslums- were there MUSLUMS in the group, huh?
According to Wikipedia, African Americans make up 12% of the population, so a 10% representation is LOW.
Kathy, I’d bet the African American population of Virginny is higher than 12%.

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