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- DiggLive, on 05/16/2008, -28/+94This is a national poll, not the Electoral College (which needs to die). Obama loses currently because of close losses in Ohio, Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, etc. He can beat McCain if he improves his support slightly. We'll have to see where these maps stand in 2 weeks or so, and see what impact Edward's endorsement has.
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Obama/Maps/M ...
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Clinton/Maps ... - notBrit, on 05/16/2008, -5/+67Because polls taken 6 months before the election are perfectly accurate. Just ask President Kerry.
- Bartboy919, on 05/16/2008, -3/+44Is this really the place to be venting?
http://digg.com/bugreport - JekJob, on 05/16/2008, -11/+45Moron of the week:
Kent4jmj. - romistrub, on 05/16/2008, -74/+104Here's to bitching about the comment system:
1) Comments load in erratic order.
2) Comment overflow is amateur (example_example_example_example_example_example_example_example_example_example_example_example_example_example_example_example_)
3) "Add a Comment" box behaves stupidly after adding above comment (2)
4) (http://www.youtube.com%29 Algorithm is terrible at finding links in text
5) http://www.youtube.com/asdohasoiuhasoihdfsudfdsohf ... - Long links still do not work after edit period
6) Design needs improvement. Seeing how far nested a comment is becomes extremely difficult depending on the comment arrangement. Visual cues are required.
7) "Thread" button doesn't seem to do anything useful.
8) Yellow faded background skips to the wrong background colour after entering comment.
I'm sure there are more, such as Opera crashes. Please, devs... I'm sure you get paid nicely. As someone who's barely worked in web dev for a mere year, I cannot understand how you keep your jobs. Try harder, please. - Diggnabbit, on 05/16/2008, -0/+23Yeah, that's why they didn't poll Americans who listen to NPR. They polled random people, just like every other poll, and it was conducted by "the Republican firm Public Opinion Strategies and the Democratic firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner" not NPR directly.
- Smiths, on 05/16/2008, -4/+26As opposed to the big-government borderline-fascists we have now?
- reaper527, on 05/16/2008, -0/+21people who have no idea what they want. the two candidates are polar opposites.
- PacketPaul, on 05/16/2008, -2/+23One problem. The election is not determined by the popular vote ... just ask Al Gore. If you look at the electoral college map ... John McCain is in good shape against either candidate. What is interesting is the battle ground states change based upon the Democratic contender.
- zephyear, on 05/16/2008, -5/+24you honestly think a democrat is going to lose wisconsin and michigan?
and yes, polls 6 months before elections are in no way close to how the actual election might go - Snuff99, on 05/16/2008, -7/+26A tad *****.
- biggrz, on 05/16/2008, -22/+39NEWS FLASH, the people that will vote for McCain aren't listening to NPR, they are listening to NASCAR.
- Bromskloss, on 05/16/2008, -7/+22Ron Paul used to be all the rage around here, but suddenly, it was Barack Obama. What made it change?
- Loonacy, on 05/16/2008, -0/+14So far, the one dugg down most is the one saying Obama would turn the White House into a mosque. I agree, that's the most "intelluigent" post so far.
- pianomahnn, on 05/16/2008, -0/+14It's like a church for religious nuts right now...what's the difference?
- crapmatic, on 05/16/2008, -2/+16Hey buddy, are you getting on the bandwagon or getting off?
- aliengoods, on 05/16/2008, -0/+13Agreed. I'm from Wisconsin and they voted for Gore and Kerry when Bush was actually popular, and right now people absolutely hate the Republican brand at the Federal level. Obama would have to ***** up pretty big to lose Wisconsin, and even then McCain would have a tough time.
- x0rcist, on 05/16/2008, -4/+16Yeah well I don't want George Bush again, so I'm voting for Obama. Thanks for your input though. It really made me think twice.
- jer2eydevil88, on 05/16/2008, -4/+16Ahhh Ohio... the national sinkhole...
If Obama wants to win here he better do some HEAVY campaigning starting tomorrow because everyone here still thinks of him as a Muslim. - buffyangel108, on 05/16/2008, -5/+17Can't wait to see Hillary's response to this one. "Sure, I'm behind in delgates, superdelegates and the popular vote. But only I can win the crucial pantsuit-wearer market in November"...
- purzzzell, on 05/16/2008, -0/+11RTFA
- schuder, on 05/16/2008, -2/+11To an extent I'd agree, but it sucks when you live in a state and your vote doesn't matter. Any solid red or blue state and why vote? The electoral college was nice when people couldn't get news easily and many were illiterate. That has changed (to no one watches/reads the news even though it's widely available and many are just stupid or ignorant).
- swrostmore, on 05/16/2008, -5/+14"Constitution...Constitution...federal reserve..."
lol, bitter Ron Paul supporter is bitter. - normalkid0615, on 05/16/2008, -1/+10yeah it looks better but I never read any comments anymore, I used to read the artice, unbury the buried ones, rebury them, digg some cool stuff, then add my lame useless ranting comment like this one. THIS THING SUCKS!! ILL WRITE IT MYSELF, DO IT LIVE!!!
- Akairenn, on 05/16/2008, -1/+10Oh, he'll win. Taxes are going up whether he or McCain get in, and people would rather masturbate over ill-run, overpriced national healthcare that won't be around when the economy finally collapses.
Can't say I blame them, if the government is going to raise taxes and continue rampant, uncontrollable spending, we might as well get something out of it besides stirring up more crap and hatred in the Middle East. - lukas88, on 05/16/2008, -23/+32Yeah it is not the americans who listen to NPR that we need to worry about
- romistrub, on 05/16/2008, -0/+8There's more:
9) Profile page digg count is mismatched with comments page digg count.
10) Burying a digger has an unintuitive response. Hiding the entire tree makes no sense in this context. If you are burying someone, odds are that you disagree with them (unless it's spam), and most often, replies also disagree with parent comments. Therefore, replies will agree with you, and hiding them automatically makes no sense. - jonamerica, on 05/16/2008, -2/+10For anyone who doubts the electoral college please read the article, "Math Against Tyranny." It's a great discussion about how, mathematically, the EC empowers voters, and is one of the greatest aspects of American democracy.
http://www.avagara.com/e_c/reference/00012001.htm
America has never been a true democracy, we've always been a representative democracy. It's how the system was designed, so learn to love it, move, or run for office and offer a bill to change the system.
Posting a comment on Digg certainly isn't going to anything. - PhoenixAvatar2, on 05/16/2008, -0/+7Pet peeve: sort controversial isn't sorted.
- markgl, on 05/16/2008, -0/+7eh, these polls don't mean squat until later in the year.
- Lexrst, on 05/16/2008, -0/+7I listen to NPR on a daily basis and I don't understand why people say that the news coverage is left-leaning or biased. They regularly have commentators from all over the political spectrum and it has always seemed to me that the reporting is about as neutral and even-handed as a news organization can get.
Please note that this may not extend to shows that aren't under the 'news' ruberic (Fresh Air, Car Talk, etc.), but I don't consider those sources of news - they are entertainment or opinion, but *not* news.
If you truly think they are biased, can you give me an example of a report that illustrates it? - vexingmodstwo, on 05/16/2008, -0/+7If I could digg you up 100 times I would.
- romistrub, on 05/16/2008, -0/+7I know, but whatever. It's the truth. I thought about fluffing it up with *****, but decided against it.
- aladrin, on 05/16/2008, -0/+7That's awesome:
His comment:
romistrubromistrub
12 hr 51 min ago
Here's to bitching about the comment system:
First comment:
Kent4jmjKent4jmj
29 minutes ago
I have to agree... That's pretty erratic. - DevilInPgh, on 05/16/2008, -1/+8Four words: Mistake by the Lake.
- Gerz1219, on 05/16/2008, -0/+7Bitter candidates cling to pantsuits out of frustration.
- dsendecki, on 05/16/2008, -2/+9I am digging you down, because you are, you must, be trolling. Did you actually write "Bill O'Reilly has helped a lot of people and is a best-selling author" in another thread. Remove head from ass, please.
- witerider, on 05/16/2008, -6/+12Please, learn to spell.
Wakeing=Waking
It's not hard and it takes even less time to spell the word properly. - Cyrus042, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6National Public Radio you dunce.
- Hypersapien, on 05/16/2008, -1/+7Fortunately, not everyone in the US is as idiotic as you are.
Obama never attended a muslim school. He did attend a school where the student body was predominantly muslim. He also attended a catholic school.
Obama has nothing to do with Lewis Farrakhan
Rev Wright might be a little nutty (the 'US created AIDS' thing, and his recent badmouthing of Obama) but he is right about a lot of things he said, and he doesn't hate America. Try listening to the whole sermon instead of the 10-second sound bite. - redlantern64, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6Okay. I'll shut up about the electoral college if people will then stop feeding me the crap line that I live in a democracy. Democracy is defined as "a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised DIRECTLY by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system." If a state's electoral votes were divided up based on the proportion of popular vote a candidate won, I'd be satisfied. But as it stands now, I only INDIRECTLY vest power in the executive branch if my candidate wins my state's popular vote. And if my candidate loses, my voice goes unheard completely. That's, by definition is NOT democracy.
- inactive, on 05/16/2008, -3/+9It doesnt matter who gets elected jackass. Taxes will have to go up to pay for this illegal war thing we got going on in Iraq. Something about trillions in debt that makes cutting taxes sound pretty stupid, ya know?
Difference will be, with dems, the rich (who've been getting a free ride almost for the past 8 yrs) will pay a more fair share. With Rep, the rich will just get richer, while the rest of us foot the bill.
Next question. - RealHyperX, on 05/16/2008, -9/+15Obama will win because, I , as a republican, will not vote for McCain. I will throw my vote away on Ron Paul. You liberals need a lesson on what it will be like to live under a socialist like Obama. Obama will be a great wake up call.
- stealthboy, on 05/16/2008, -4/+9Then again, people are even more stupid. They hear "universal healthcare for everyone!" and forget that someone has to pay for it (taxes).
- halleyscomet, on 05/16/2008, -7/+12Oxymoron: a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.” - dictionary.com
Where, exactly, is the Oxymoron is the concept of Americans waking up and being ready to elect Obama? Do you not understand the term "Oxymoron"? - sfgeek, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5You sound like you are trying to say something nice about a fat chick. "She has a great personality."
- inactive, on 05/16/2008, -3/+8That's because there's tons of political idiots on Digg. People use to say that Paul and Kucinich should run on the same ticket. Dumb ***** people.
- sindex, on 05/16/2008, -2/+7I'm digging you down because you asked me to. Also because you're accusing one of the smartest men in the country of being stupid, and then continue with a run-on sentence with grammatical errors.
Whether you agree with Obama politically or not, he is anything but "stupid." -
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