Hi [MENTION=41494]RandallFlagg[/MENTION], thanks for stopping by.
Well, let's take a look at what you wrote and what the OP actually says.
You wrote:
Nope. The OP is specifically about polling in Florida, and here is the key statement:
You wrote:
Uh, no. At this point in time in 2006 neither Clinton nor Obama had announced and furthermore, there was not even one single 2008 prez poll taken at that time. But you are right: once both announced (Hillary on January 20, 2007, Obama in February 2007), she was way ahead.
However, a data point out of YOUR OWN party's history destroys your argument.
In 1975, GOP nomination polling was already showing Ronald Reagan decisively ahead of Gerald Ford (R-Inc). Gerald Ford BEAT Ronald Reagan at the convention and then went on to lose to Jimmy Carter in 1976. Four years later, Reagan came back and clinched the GOP nomination. So, it's not like this hasn't happened before. It has, and within the last 40 years, even.
You wrote this:
Wrong. Your anger is getting the better of you. Did you know that extreme anger disrupts higher brain functions and causes people to say things they really didn't mean.
Now, you were one of the first members here to rep me and make me feel welcome, and I have never forgotten it. I am not going to attack you for what you said, but what you said about liberals, especially including me, is wrong.
If Benghazi makes you so mad, then I bet you were ready to just throttle Reagan in 1983 after Beirut, right?
I could just as easily write that there isn't a sane Conservative here, one who isn't frothing-at-the-mouth, but the statement would be untrue. I have met a number of Conservatives here who are quite reasonable.
I suggest to you that you should rethink your posting. If an analysis of just 2 polls makes you this livid, imagine what the 2016 campaign could do to you. And I mean that with sincerity.
Had the second poll from Quinnipiac showed exactly the opposite, that the GOP was suddenly sweeping in Florida, I would have created a thread about that instead of this one. The numbers are what they are and there is more than ample empirical data to prove that early numbers are more telling than people realize.
Again, thanks for stopping by.
(1) I highly encourage you to read my post. I served in Embassies and Consulates around the world from the 70s through the 80s. I know how matters are addressed when requesting additional security. I also know that these men were left to fend for themselves after requesting additional security numerous times. Hillary Clinton is DIRECTLY responsible for the death of these men and YOUR party refuses to hold her accountable. As usual, the left chooses it's "battles" carefully. Lane closures on the George Washington bridge seem much more "important" than an attack on our interests overseas. Again, No big surprise there.
(2) Why would I be ready to "throttle" Reagan as you suggest, over Beirut? I had been at that barracks a mere three weeks before the attack. The only "blame" there lies not with Reagan but with the Commander of the installation. There was ample security stationed there.
Unfortunately, the majority of the Marines at the barracks were not issued live ammunition, which makes "defense" highly improbable. Additional security was never requested at Beirut, while it was denied repeatedly by your "candidate" for president and subsequently accorded the "What difference does it make!" line that the bitch made infamous. Again - I sadly dread the 3AM phone call that that incompetent, worn out dyke gets - she will roll over and go back to sleep while Bill is diddling some 19 year old in the West Wing.
(3) Yes, I was one of the first to engage you when you came here. You are a liberal, however and, as such, see things through rose colored glasses. Again, it is far more important to your ilk to destroy, rather than build. You fail to hold those in your party responsible for reprehensible behavior while taking delight in the other sides' foibles. There is no common ground for you. It is all or nothing.
(4) Again - I wouldn't crown that dyke president just yet. If we ever get an Attorney General that actually works for the people and not the current administration and chooses to actually INSTIGATE his investigative powers, rather than ignore those in his party and their crimes, the American people might actually receive justice. Keep remembering this as you pronounce the republicans as "evil" and your party as "righteous". You make yourself, and those like you, look ridiculous.