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Yeah - I haven't really gone bak to 538 much yet this year, but was following it pretty closely in 2012 and 2014. I also used to follow Charles Franklin a lot ( I think he's now with HuffPo ) and the old "Mystery Pollster" ( Mark someone-or-other, also now with HuffPo ). I learned a lot about polling methodology from all three of them ( to go with my fading knowledge of statistics... ).

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As it was, so shall it ever be.

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Way back in 2000, voters voted for a guy to have a beer with who didn't drink.

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Here I was hoping he'd go off to Thailand and minister to the lady-boys.

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It might save some 3d world lives.

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Or Libertarian.

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Well, they've been buying up land in Paraguay for years now.

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agh, yes Paraguay, not Peru! anyway, no extradition!

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And sometimes a backasswards ammosexual wingnut is just that.

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"He's making violent love to me, Mother!"

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I wouldn't touch that with a spanking stink.

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He can turn acetaldehyde into water!

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Dear mods, we used to a rule against people blog-whoring in the non-existent comments. Did that change?

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I had hoped I would live long enough to see a manned Mars landing, not that I'd see the quick collapse of our nation.

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Hey, you can still jerk off to it. Rule 34 save!

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I had to look this one up.

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