Just a few responses to comments from old topics that I missed while out of town.
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Did Kanjorski do something bad? If not, it seems that the only ones who need to go are Mahoney and Jefferson.
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Well, granted, Negron ran a strong campaign, as I heard, and they had a really nice slogan for it too (“Punch Foley for Negron”).
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Do we have evidence about Anzalone-Liszt’s quality other than MS-01?
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And make those funny EV rules actually worth something!
Also, some funny thoughts about Florida, in response to a comment whose location I forgot:
No one puts faith in Florida. Here are the rules of dealing with Florida:
1. No one understands Florida. It does not make sense.
2. Florida does not do what you want it to do. However, if you expect it not to do what you want it to do, it will do what you want it to do. But this therefore starts an endless cycle in which you expect it to do either what you want or what you don’t want.
3. Florida has the inexplicable quantum ability to exist in more than one state of affairs simultaneously, allowing statement #2 to be true. Thus, it is possible to simultaneously win and lose an election.
4. No one puts faith in Florida. If you do, you are dutily rewarded. Al Gore put his faith in Florida and he was rewarded with a supreme court decision. George W. Bush put his faith in Florida and he was rewarded with a Middle Eastern mess, a sinking economy, and the worst presidential disapproval ratings ever. Christine Jennings put her faith in Florida and she was rewarded with voting problems in Sarasota County. Katherine Harris put her faith in Florida and she was rewarded with a good ass-whupping courtesy of Bill Nelson. Heck, I put my faith in Florida and I was rewarded with with classical music stations disappearing from the south Florida radio airwaves, and with Florida being called for Bush with 97% reporting in 2004.
5. Florida also has the ability to create votes from thin air and erase votes into thin air. No one is ever sure of the numbers, absolute or relative, of each. These numbers are not necessarily whole; Florida has a record of involving fractions of votes as well.