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View Poll Results: Vote in the 2008 Retrospective US Presidential Election!
Charles Baldwin (Constitution) 1 0.65%
Bob Barr (Libertarian) 5 3.25%
John McCain (Republican) 40 25.97%
Cynthia McKinney (Green) 8 5.19%
Ralph Nader (Independent) 20 12.99%
Barack Obama (Democratic) 80 51.95%
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Old July 14th, 2012, 03:54 AM
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Seriously, he does. It's like The Onion, except trying to be serious.
So.....just like FOX News?
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Old July 14th, 2012, 03:56 AM
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Seriously, he does. It's like The Onion, except trying to be serious.
What is it called?
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Old July 14th, 2012, 03:56 AM
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So.....just like FOX News?
More easy pickings.
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Old July 14th, 2012, 03:57 AM
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What is it called?
Cain TV, apparently.
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Old July 14th, 2012, 04:01 AM
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You can't get the news of world from a koala, sadly.
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Nor can you get it accurately from Fox News.

ZING!!! Was that set-up, or what?
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Yeah, see, the koala'd set you straight.
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It was almost too easy.
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Yep. Let me rephrase that- you can't get anything close to the news of the world from a Koala.
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We can go on with this forever...
Actually, I recall at least one study found that Fox News watchers are less informed than people who watch no news at all, so, I shit you not, you are literally better off listening to the Koala.
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Old July 14th, 2012, 04:05 AM
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Actually, I recall at least one study found that Fox News watchers are less informed than people who watch no news at all, so, I shit you not, you are literally better off listening to the Koala.
I'll try a Koala. I'll go ou tin the woods, fine one, take it home and put it where my TV used to be, and when my girlfriend comes home and says "What's that doing here?" I'll say I'm trying KOALA News Corp today.
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Old July 14th, 2012, 04:09 AM
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I'll try a Koala. I'll go ou tin the woods, fine one, take it home and put it where my TV used to be, and when my girlfriend comes home and says "What's that doing here?" I'll say I'm trying KOALA News Corp today.
If nothing else, it'll be interesting.
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Old July 14th, 2012, 04:10 AM
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I'll try a Koala. I'll go ou tin the woods, fine one, take it home and put it where my TV used to be, and when my girlfriend comes home and says "What's that doing here?" I'll say I'm trying KOALA News Corp today.
What's the Australian equivalent of a fox? A wombat?
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Old July 14th, 2012, 04:10 AM
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What's the Australian equivalent of a fox? A wombat?
Probably a Dingo.
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Old July 14th, 2012, 04:19 AM
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So how will it be decided who is on the ballot for 2012- I mean besides Obama and Romney?
You could vote for the Americans Elect nominee, nobody. They'll be appearing on the ballot in 29 states without any candidate listed.
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Old July 14th, 2012, 04:36 AM
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Oh, and by the way, I'm sorry if offended blindgoose or anybody else on my response to his post.
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Old July 14th, 2012, 04:38 AM
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Oh, and by the way, I'm sorry if offended blindgoose or anybody else on my response to his post.
Which one? The one where you responded to being called a parody by calling him a parody? Or the one where you defended Fox News?
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Old July 14th, 2012, 04:41 AM
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Which one? The one where you responded to being called a parody by calling him a parody? Or the one where you defended Fox News?
No, the one that started it all.
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Old July 14th, 2012, 04:44 AM
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http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...d.php?t=248584

I posted something In chat about it.
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Old July 14th, 2012, 05:39 AM
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Probably a Dingo.
The dingo's more like our wolf, I'd say. I was thinking of a marsupial. You used to have a thylacine, which was probably like our fox, but you made it go extinct. How about a quoll?
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Old July 14th, 2012, 05:43 AM
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So how will it be decided who is on the ballot for 2012- I mean besides Obama and Romney?
Missed seeing this before. I have to wait until after the election to see who receives at least 0.05% of the popular vote. Then I can run an election here, although it will probably only be "retrospective" by a week or so. It's a way to give closure to the project and to the TLs generated by it, though.
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Old July 14th, 2012, 06:13 AM
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Missed seeing this before. I have to wait until after the election to see who receives at least 0.05% of the popular vote. Then I can run an election here, although it will probably only be "retrospective" by a week or so. It's a way to give closure to the project and to the TLs generated by it, though.
Might want to wait at least two weeks as high population states like Cali take a while to finalize their vote. Might be enough votes in California alone to shift the totals.

Then again, if no one is in danger of meeting/missing the .05% threshold it wouldn't matter that much.
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Old July 14th, 2012, 06:25 AM
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Seriously, I always hear people bashing FOX News, but I never hear an exact reason. Why?
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Old July 14th, 2012, 06:36 AM
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Seriously, I always hear people bashing FOX News, but I never hear an exact reason. Why?
Because it's legally exempted itself from telling the truth!
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Old July 14th, 2012, 06:37 AM
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Seriously, I always hear people bashing FOX News, but I never hear an exact reason. Why?
Are you kidding? It's because it's a far right wing news show that's sole purpose is to scare people about "the terror threat level", and the "evils of the left wing welfare machine" into watching more of their entertainment news to drive up ratings, get more advertisers, and make Rupert Murdoch more money.
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