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KS63
08-20-2015, 11:39
Heard this on Rush and I couldn't stop laughing while feeling extremely depressed.

http://m.nydailynews.com/news/politics/deez-nuts-polling-9-north-carolina-voters-article-1.2331085
ray1970
08-20-2015, 12:28
I'd run for president. But with my luck I'd win.

I like the part near the end where he wants McChubbins to be his VP. Pretty funny stuff.
68Charger
08-21-2015, 07:10
Yep, no respect for the office anymore...
HoneyBadger
08-21-2015, 09:48
IDIOCRACY IS HAPPENING! RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!

[panic][panic][panic]
TFOGGER
08-21-2015, 09:50
IDIOCRACY IS HAPPENING! RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!

[panic][panic][panic]

Joke's on us....it's a documentary.
Bailey Guns
08-21-2015, 12:56
I heard from a reliable source that Edward Martini from Woodland Park, CO is rapidly gaining ground in some circles. Rumor has it he suffered from a lack of name recognition but he's worked that issue lately and, as a result, more and more people are familiar with him.
TheGrey
08-21-2015, 13:23
I heard from a reliable source that Edward Martini from Woodland Park, CO is rapidly gaining ground in some circles. Rumor has it he suffered from a lack of name recognition but he's worked that issue lately and, as a result, more and more people are familiar with him.

Rabblerouser. [ROFL2]
izzy
08-21-2015, 13:25
Vote Martini
Zundfolge
08-21-2015, 13:44
Its a funny story and all but it does illustrate one way in which people rig polls.

Putting a fake or joke option in a poll DOES skew the poll. So where do you think the 9% that voted for "Deez Nuts" would have ended up? The two options are that more would have gone to hill and saved her bacon or more likely most of those 9% would have gone to The Donald making his lead even larger.

I suspect Deez Nuts was put in there in hopes of saving Hill's bacon.
Bailey Guns
08-21-2015, 14:38
Rabblerouser. [ROFL2]

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