Here is the complete set of Jackie Mason on Obama:

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=TheUltimateJew&search_query=obama

I walked out on Jackie Mason when he was spewing some over the top racist stuff at a club in 1995. Nothing new. For anybody susceptible to his crap, Mayor Koch ought the be the counter-weight.

Posted at October 4, 2008 6:10 PM in response to It's Official Now: GOP Campaign Among Jews Only About Race (See Video)

I am waiting for Palin/McCain to denounce and renounce Alaska Independence Party & Vogler.

Posted at October 4, 2008 6:00 PM in response to Palin's Attack On Obama's Patriotism Legitimizes Questions About The Palins' Association With Group Founded By America-Hating Secessionist

But. gee, she was on Faux News all day today...

Posted at October 3, 2008 4:20 PM in response to Palin To Skip The Sunday Shows This Weekend

Oy... I don't seem to be able to publish diaries here correctly... so full diary is in first comment.

Posted at September 5, 2008 12:45 AM in response to Is SUSA Poll showing Independents liked Palin B.S.?

Something seems wrong with the SUSA poll that, frighteningly claims that independents and moderates have been strongly swayed favorably by Palin's speech.

The Claim:

Overnight, the percentage calling the Alaska governor an asset to the campaign climbed 13 points; the percentage calling her a liability fell 17 points... among moderates, who 24 hours ago viewed Palin as a liability by an 11 point margin; today, Palin is seen as an asset by an 18 point margin.

The Problem: Question 1: "Did you hear Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention last night?" 75% answered Yes.

Am I right to be calling b.s. on this...?

No way 75% of a truly representative sample of registered voters, independents or moderates, heard Palin's speech!?!? The ratings were good but they were not that good!

C'mon... this cannot be valid representative sample of the general American voting public, independents or moderates? It has to be skewed to those predisposed to want to tune in, oversampling those predisposed to be swayed favorably, those already Republicans or Wingers.

796 ot of 1061 in survey say they heard the speech.
75%!?!? WTF?!?!
The Superbowl and the final episode of MASH combined did not do that good.

The only methods explanation I see is:

Filtering: SurveyUSA interviewed 1200 adults in two separate surveys, on 09/03/08 and 09/04/08. In each survey, those identifying themselves as registered voters were asked the questions which followed.

FYI - other demographics of poll group = Overall% (Heard Speech%):

Male = 48% (49); Female = 52% (51).

Age: 18-34 = 29% (26); 35-49 = 28% (29); 50-64 = 26% (26); 65+ = 18% (19).

Race: White = 76% (78); Black = 10% (9); Hispanic = 8% (7); Other=6% (6).

Party affiliation: Rep = 36% (40), Dem = 33% (29), Ind = 26% (27).

Ideology: Con = 34% (39) Mod = 38% (38) Lib = 14% (12).

Income: $40,000 = 70% (72).

Region: Northeast = 19% (19) Midwest = 23% (22) South = 36% (36) West = 22% (23).

Now, I suppose they did some statistical adjusting. Maybe. Perhaps.
But if the original sample is hopelessly biased in the statistical sampling sense, then it is B.S.

Right?

Is this poll invalid or what am I not getting that validates it?

Posted at September 5, 2008 12:44 AM in response to Is SUSA Poll showing Independents liked Palin B.S.?

Something seems wrong with the SUSA poll that, frighteningly claims that independents and moderates have been strongly swayed favorably by Palin's speech.

The Claim:

Overnight, the percentage calling the Alaska governor an asset to the campaign climbed 13 points; the percentage calling her a liability fell 17 points... among moderates, who 24 hours ago viewed Palin as a liability by an 11 point margin; today, Palin is seen as an asset by an 18 point margin.

The Problem: Question 1: "Did you hear Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention last night?" 75% answered Yes.

Am I right to be calling b.s. on this...?

No way 75% of a truly representative sample of registered voters, independents or moderates, heard Palin's speech!?!? The ratings were good but they were not that good!

C'mon... this cannot be valid representative sample of the general American voting public, independents or moderates? It has to be skewed to those predisposed to want to tune in, oversampling those predisposed to be swayed favorably, those already Republicans or Wingers.

796 ot of 1061 in survey say they heard the speech.
75%!?!? WTF?!?!
The Superbowl and the final episode of MASH combined did not do that good.

The only methods explanation I see is:

Filtering: SurveyUSA interviewed 1200 adults in two separate surveys, on 09/03/08 and 09/04/08. In each survey, those identifying themselves as registered voters were asked the questions which followed.

FYI - other demographics of poll group = Overall% (Heard Speech%):

Male = 48% (49); Female = 52% (51).

Age: 18-34 = 29% (26); 35-49 = 28% (29); 50-64 = 26% (26); 65+ = 18% (19).

Race: White = 76% (78); Black = 10% (9); Hispanic = 8% (7); Other=6% (6).

Party affiliation: Rep = 36% (40), Dem = 33% (29), Ind = 26% (27).

Ideology: Con = 34% (39) Mod = 38% (38) Lib = 14% (12).

Income: $40,000 = 70% (72).

Region: Northeast = 19% (19) Midwest = 23% (22) South = 36% (36) West = 22% (23).

Now, I suppose they did some statistical adjusting. Maybe. Perhaps.
But if the original sample is hopelessly biased in the statistical sampling sense, then it is B.S.

Right?

Is this poll invalid or what am I not getting that validates it?

Posted at September 5, 2008 12:39 AM in response to Poll: Palin's Speech Reassured Independents About Her

Something is wrong with that SUSA poll:

Did you hear Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention last night?

75% Yes
24% No

75% of Americans did not hear the speech.
75% of Indepdendents did not hear the speeach.
What is this group representative of?

Posted at September 4, 2008 11:32 PM in response to Poll: Palin's Speech Reassured Independents About Her

NY Times buried the Lead:

Forget the daughter.

Governor Palin herself, who supports “abstinence only” as government policy, was having premarital sex and got pregnant before marriage back in 1988, according to the NY Times:

"The Palins eloped on Aug. 29, 1988, and their first son, Track, was born eight months later ..."

See:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02palin.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&hp&oref=slogin

“Abstinence only, for thee and not for me.”

But she attends fundamentalist Churches and assures everybody else that she is pro-abstinence only (now, but for herself in 1988).

The hypocrisy boggles the mind.

Posted at September 2, 2008 11:48 AM in response to Best evidence EVER - I mean EVER that abstinence only education doesn't work

Hypocrisy Update:

Forget the daughter.

Governor Palin herself, who supports “abstinence only” as government policy, was having premarital sex and got pregnant before marriage back in 1988, according to the NY Times:

"The Palins eloped on Aug. 29, 1988, and their first son, Track, was born eight months later ..."

See:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02palin.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&hp&oref=slogin

“Abstinence only, for thee and not for me.”

But she attends fundamentalist Churches and assures everybody else that she is pro-abstinence only (now, but not for herself in 1988).

The hypocrisy boggles the mind.

Posted at September 2, 2008 11:41 AM in response to Eagleton Revisited

McCain's entire career is based on his adultry:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-callously-left-behind.html

Okay. I get it. Edwards, who is not in office and was already no longer running for anything, has reached the end of his political career.

But John McCain, who is in office and is running for something, well, his entire career has been based on his adultry. Had affair with younger/prettier/richer Cindy while still married to Carol (who had stood by him when he was POW, raised the kids, was in accident and disfigured and had gained weight).

Feh.

Posted at August 8, 2008 4:49 PM in response to Edwards' Affair Open Thread