Your Wonkette editor was happily trawling polling data on her Friday afternoon -- how else do you get a wild weekend started -- when she belatedly noticed a fun head-scratcher in a recent Public Policy Polling item about the upcoming vote on North Carolina's Amendment One, which would add a ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions to the state constitution. Ready for what the polling revealed? You may need to read this twice: "55% of voters in the state support some form of legal recognition for gay couples in the form of either marriage or civil unions to only 41% completely opposed. But at the same time 55% of voters plan to support the amendment that would prohibit any legal recognition for same sex couples while only 41% are opposed." Did you notice that, how the second thing does not seem to follow from the first?
"And with voters who admit they don’t actually know what the amendment does, 26% of the electorate, it leads by a 64-28 margin. "
I'm beginning to understand how the GOP does it.
"There continues to be a massive generational gap with seniors (60/36) strongly in support of the amendment and young voters (33/59) strongly opposed."
So, yeah. We may just have to wait for the ignorant old fuckwads to die off.
Well, if he was a Calvinist, he didn't really have any choice, did he?
BTW, one of the lesser benefits to me of your participation in teh Wonkette (the major ones include your extraordinarily broad range of knowledge and crystalline logic) is that you have introduced all of us to <i>sacre</i>s.
Since North Carolina&#039;s state constitution <em>already</em> defines marriage as between a man and a woman, and since North Carolina state law <em>already</em> bans same-sex marriage, the &quot;fuck you you can&#039;t have any rights at all&quot; amendment appears to be a gilded invitation for Anthony Kennedy to go all <em>Romer v Evans</em> on their asses.
Another great opportunity for a favorite of mine...
Josh: 68 percent think we&#039;re giving too much in foreign aid and 59 percent think it should be cut. Will: You like that stat. Josh: I do. Will: Why? Josh: Because 9 percent think it&#039;s too high and shouldn&#039;t be cut!! Nine percent of the respondents couldn&#039;t fully get their arms around the question.
OT: <a href="http:\/\/i1115.photobucket.com\/albums\/k551\/denniverse\/romney-flyingcars-huffpost.png" target="_blank">The Huffington Post&#039;s headline</a> earlier today about <a href="http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/05\/04\/mitt-romney-on-april-job-numbers_n_1477492.html" target="_blank">Romney&#039;s response</a> to April&#039;s unemployment numbers was pretty good.
&quot;And with voters who admit they don&rsquo;t actually know what the amendment does, 26% of the electorate, it leads by a 64-28 margin. &quot;
I&#039;m beginning to understand how the GOP does it.
&quot;There continues to be a massive generational gap with seniors (60/36) strongly in support of the amendment and young voters (33/59) strongly opposed.&quot;
So, yeah. We may just have to wait for the ignorant old fuckwads to die off.
Don&#039;t forget Idiotcracy
West Wing?
That&#039;s adorable. How do you decide who&#039;s going to be the designated driver?
A proposition is a terrible thing to end a sentence with.
I mean, a proposition is a terrible thing to end a sentence with, so let&#039;s make out.
Well, if he was a Calvinist, he didn&#039;t really have any choice, did he?
BTW, one of the lesser benefits to me of your participation in teh Wonkette (the major ones include your extraordinarily broad range of knowledge and crystalline logic) is that you have introduced all of us to <i>sacre</i>s.
Still better than South Carolina.
What do expect from the state where Forest Gump talks too fast for 76% of the population?
Since North Carolina&#039;s state constitution <em>already</em> defines marriage as between a man and a woman, and since North Carolina state law <em>already</em> bans same-sex marriage, the &quot;fuck you you can&#039;t have any rights at all&quot; amendment appears to be a gilded invitation for Anthony Kennedy to go all <em>Romer v Evans</em> on their asses.
They&#039;re more concerned that they can still marry close family members.
All of Solomon&#039;s wives, Katie
I&#039;d like a list of volunteers to place giant Mr. Yuck stickers on all the <em>Welcome to North Carolina</em> signs.
It only seems fair to the rest of the planet.
Another great opportunity for a favorite of mine...
Josh: 68 percent think we&#039;re giving too much in foreign aid and 59 percent think it should be cut. Will: You like that stat. Josh: I do. Will: Why? Josh: Because 9 percent think it&#039;s too high and shouldn&#039;t be cut!! Nine percent of the respondents couldn&#039;t fully get their arms around the question.