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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 02:47 AM Oct 2012

Conservative pollster: Nate Silver is wrong because he is ‘thin and effeminate

In a post for Examiner.com, Chambers sought to discredit Silver’s recent statistical analysis that showed Romney flatlining in the presidential race. Chambers, who rose to prominence by asserting that pollsters were nefariously skewing their results in favor of Democrats, insisted that Silver’s latest finding was more indication of that perceived liberal bias.

How could Chambers tell that Silver is an untrustworthy liberal? His lack of overt masculinity, of course.


“Nate Silver is a man of very small stature, a thin and effeminate man with a soft-sounding voice that sounds almost exactly like the ‘Mr. New Castrati’ voice used by Rush Limbaugh on his program,” Chambers wrote. “In fact, Silver could easily be the poster child for the New Castrati in both image and sound.”


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/27/conservative-pollster-nate-silver-is-wrong-because-he-is-thin-and-effeminate/

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Conservative pollster: Nate Silver is wrong because he is ‘thin and effeminate (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Oct 2012 OP
Hell yeah! We need MANLY pollsters! Curtland1015 Oct 2012 #1
They attack the messenger because they want another reality. Silver did applegrove Oct 2012 #2
I find that to be an EFFECTIVE argument - dchill Oct 2012 #3
I think Nate Silver is wrong defacto7 Oct 2012 #4
I'm reminded of characters in Idiocracy Ichingcarpenter Oct 2012 #5
Gee whiz. I guess he finds Rush credible, or some other swinish specimen. freshwest Oct 2012 #6
As I've said before and will continue to say--Rush Slimeball sounds like he's vomiting whenever he Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2012 #11
I've decided it's all jealousy. Democrats are hot and they're not. So they hate, LOL! freshwest Oct 2012 #13
Their idea of hotness is helmet-haired, make-up plastered, frozen-faced, batshit-crazy eyed Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2012 #14
You will love this jmowreader Oct 2012 #21
I guess your dentist didn't get the memo about what's hot and what's not. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2012 #40
Dear god please warn us before you post something like that again! davidpdx Oct 2012 #24
Sorry, but it is almost Halloween! You need to be prepared to be scared! Also, I had no idea it was Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2012 #41
ahhhh the dangers of plastic surgery flamingdem Oct 2012 #29
OhMyGawd! Why don't these guys just buy blow-up dolls to hold on their arms? They'd cost less. freshwest Oct 2012 #32
You think that pic was scary? Take a look at this one (be sure to scroll to the bottom): reformist2 Oct 2012 #34
Aliens, dammit! I tell you this planet is overrun with them! Help!!! freshwest Oct 2012 #37
Great point! If I had the time I'd photoshop her onto the body of one. Then again, maybe not. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2012 #42
Oooh, you sooo better edit/delete that. Not allowed even if it is the psychopathic misogynist. freshwest Oct 2012 #46
Well, shouldn't she recuse herself from voting, then, if women shouldn't vote? As for her federal Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2012 #49
Ah, she's just typical hyporcritical repuke. Laws don't apply to them. O'Keefe another one. freshwest Oct 2012 #50
I try to take good advice when I recognize it. : ) Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2012 #51
*facepalm* sakabatou Oct 2012 #7
is this the very Handsome and Manly Chambers ? JI7 Oct 2012 #8
Yes that's the Manly Man Ichingcarpenter Oct 2012 #9
Because he clearly knows how to CRUNCH their numbers? Turborama Oct 2012 #17
I'll bet he crunchs those numbers in bed and his mom yells at him about the crumbs in the sheets. freshwest Oct 2012 #38
Oh, please. Just look at those beady eyes. He's jealous of Nate's good looks. Pathetic. freshwest Oct 2012 #10
now THERE is a real pollster Enrique Oct 2012 #15
Gee.. sendero Oct 2012 #20
BWAHAHA! freshwest Oct 2012 #28
Yes! BlueState Oct 2012 #22
But donuts are brain food, don'cha know? At least someone told me that... freshwest Oct 2012 #30
Um...I prefer this Jennicut Oct 2012 #25
Manly? SoapBox Oct 2012 #33
He looks like the world's most well-fed lizard. Tom Ripley Oct 2012 #43
I think Nate should call him to the carpet. pointsoflight Oct 2012 #12
Why Give That Douche Any Attention?? KharmaTrain Oct 2012 #16
Reminds me of the other phrase, 2 reasons to not get into a fight with a pig Turborama Oct 2012 #18
Notice... KharmaTrain Oct 2012 #26
I hear ya, but in some way he needs to be publicly exposed and humiliated. pointsoflight Oct 2012 #39
Wait until after the election and then rub it in. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2012 #44
Excellent, if only the cowards had the honor to do so. No, like all Kochroaches, they shun daylight. freshwest Oct 2012 #35
Whenever I see an attack-the-messenger.. sendero Oct 2012 #19
+1. Excellent sigline there, too. freshwest Oct 2012 #27
This would be funny if they weren't so effin' stupid malaise Oct 2012 #23
Well that's some desperation Aerows Oct 2012 #31
http://www.qstaris.com/menu/about.html aletier_v Oct 2012 #47
LOL! Aerows Oct 2012 #48
NATE'S TWITTER RESPONSE: Lucinda Oct 2012 #36
Well done, Nate. Humor triumphs again. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2012 #45

Curtland1015

(4,404 posts)
1. Hell yeah! We need MANLY pollsters!
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 02:51 AM
Oct 2012

Gruff, burly men with beer guts and hair on their backs!

Everyone knows Nancy boys like Nate Silver aren't to be trusted!

I want the kind of pollster I would have a beer with!

applegrove

(118,488 posts)
2. They attack the messenger because they want another reality. Silver did
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 02:56 AM
Oct 2012

say Romney's momentum was over with. That is the GOP's whole Mitt narrative at this point. And it is non-existant as facts go. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of ***holes.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
4. I think Nate Silver is wrong
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 03:02 AM
Oct 2012

because his grandmother wears army boots. No pollster can be statistically correct if their maternal grand parent wears military footwear.

And another thing.. just how many monkeys with a broken leg does it take to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle?

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
6. Gee whiz. I guess he finds Rush credible, or some other swinish specimen.
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 03:20 AM
Oct 2012

Last edited Sun Oct 28, 2012, 04:17 AM - Edit history (1)



There is nothing wrong with Silver's appearance. He looks like a man with a few million active brain cells and a healthy heart instead of a lazy, drug addled, sleazy troglodyte:



Chambers ruined his eyesight adoring self-indulgent, pasty-faced Republicans. He should be shunned, along with all the other worthless conservative mouthpieces.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
11. As I've said before and will continue to say--Rush Slimeball sounds like he's vomiting whenever he
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 04:20 AM
Oct 2012

speaks. That is the kind of thing that attracts RWers. How utterly disturbing.

And if they're judging people on appearances, it boggles the mind to think they'd choose that 350lb ham in a size XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL golf shirt.

Nice pic of Nate, though.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
13. I've decided it's all jealousy. Democrats are hot and they're not. So they hate, LOL!
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 04:33 AM
Oct 2012

And even if some progressives look a bit lame, it's just from being blighted having to deal with hateful, ugly Republicans.


*No mercy to the GOP, they don't have any for anyone else!*

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
14. Their idea of hotness is helmet-haired, make-up plastered, frozen-faced, batshit-crazy eyed
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 05:08 AM
Oct 2012

Stepford Wives like Calista Gingrich.



No thank you very much!

jmowreader

(50,528 posts)
21. You will love this
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 06:49 AM
Oct 2012

One of my advertisers is a dentist who sells Facelift Dentures. The ad has before and after pix...the before looks exactly like Callista.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
41. Sorry, but it is almost Halloween! You need to be prepared to be scared! Also, I had no idea it was
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 08:14 PM
Oct 2012

such a humongous pic. Yikes, it kinda scared me too when it posted.

Maybe the scariest thing it that this is what is considered by the GOP as attractive. The cultural pressure to meet a certain standard of beauty is bad enough, but when that standard is anything like this, we're in deeper shit than I thought.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
32. OhMyGawd! Why don't these guys just buy blow-up dolls to hold on their arms? They'd cost less.
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 03:09 PM
Oct 2012

It's stuff like this that makes me wonder if there are greys and reptilian shapeshifters among us. And that's as scary as that pic!!

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
37. Aliens, dammit! I tell you this planet is overrun with them! Help!!!
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 03:17 PM
Oct 2012
If anyone could get close enough to check for temperature, I'd bet she doesn't have one. Room temperature, maybe...


Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
42. Great point! If I had the time I'd photoshop her onto the body of one. Then again, maybe not.
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 08:22 PM
Oct 2012

Last edited Sun Oct 28, 2012, 09:07 PM - Edit history (1)


freshwest

(53,661 posts)
46. Oooh, you sooo better edit/delete that. Not allowed even if it is the psychopathic misogynist.
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 08:45 PM
Oct 2012

We don't need to make sexual jokes at her expense, the truth is damning enough...

Coulter: If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about Dems

If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president. It's kind of a pipe dream, it's a personal fantasy of mine, but I don't think it's going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women.

It also makes the point, it is kind of embarrassing, the Democratic Party ought to be hanging its head in shame, that it has so much difficulty getting men to vote for it. I mean, you do see it's the party of women and 'We'll pay for health care and tuition and day care -- and here, what else can we give you, soccer moms?'

Coulter has her own voting woes, left unmentioned in the interview, which is intended to promote her latest book, "If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans."


A lot more of her illegally voting in Florida, etc. at the link:


http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Coulter_If_we_took_away_womens_1003.html



Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
49. Well, shouldn't she recuse herself from voting, then, if women shouldn't vote? As for her federal
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 09:20 PM
Oct 2012

crime..,WTF? An FBI agent intervening on her behalf, so the case is closed. Why do Americans stand for this shit?

Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV...

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
50. Ah, she's just typical hyporcritical repuke. Laws don't apply to them. O'Keefe another one.
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 10:31 PM
Oct 2012

Tom Delay, etc. And they believe they deserve whatever they want to have and the hell with everyone else. As you said, people are doped up with a lot of stuff.

Hate radio a major factor in their skewed views and their voting patterns. Woe is me, I have a relative who moved from CouchPotatoLand to GlennBeckistan. It's a very nasty place, perhaps inevitable for that sort of person.

Consuming whatever comes out of the radio and television. An alternate reality that bodes no good.

P S. Wise edit.

BlueState

(642 posts)
22. Yes!
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 07:16 AM
Oct 2012

I suppose his obvious penchant for donuts and his unfamiliarity with the inside of gym is what gives him his statistical acumen.

pointsoflight

(1,372 posts)
12. I think Nate should call him to the carpet.
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 04:25 AM
Oct 2012

Make him a bet on the electoral vote count. The loser writes a public apology, apologizing for their slanted and inaccurate reporting, and must leave that letter prominently displayed on their web page for a month, then prominently linked on their web page until the next presidential election.

KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
16. Why Give That Douche Any Attention??
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 05:56 AM
Oct 2012

Right now Nate is buys tabluating polls and surely doesn't have neither the time nor interest in picking a fight...which is what this shitstain wants. As they say "Eagles don't fly with turkeys".

Nate's revenge will be his picking more winners...including President Obama...

Turborama

(22,109 posts)
18. Reminds me of the other phrase, 2 reasons to not get into a fight with a pig
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 06:25 AM
Oct 2012

1st: You'll get dirty

2nd: They enjoy it

(Paraphrasing, as I can't remember it properly)

KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
26. Notice...
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 01:28 PM
Oct 2012

...this skewed polls dude was the rage of wingnuttia when Willard was losing across the board and he came out of nowhere to be the pundit of the hour. Then the polls started skewing in Willard's favor and he became irrelevant. Looks like an attempt to draw attention one last time. Looking at his "predictions", after election day he'll be as passe as a Willard lawn sign...

sendero

(28,552 posts)
19. Whenever I see an attack-the-messenger..
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 06:27 AM
Oct 2012

... screed like that, I smile because I know we are on to something and they are desperate.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
31. Well that's some desperation
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 03:09 PM
Oct 2012

It's not like bloviating was ever attractive, especially when it comes from a person that hasn't seen a fact since he opened his third grade science text book like this Chambers clown.

aletier_v

(1,773 posts)
47. http://www.qstaris.com/menu/about.html
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 08:54 PM
Oct 2012

His biography is unintentionally funny in some places -

In 1996 I got paid for doing a web site the first time, designing the site for Suburban Mortgage Company in Albuquerque, NM. I didn't link them because they've since re-designed, or had re-designed, their site since I created it.

My next web-based project has me joining forces with John Graham of Virginia to create a politcal surveying and strategy project called the Blackstone Strategy Group...Unfortunately, my great friend John Graham unexpectedly passed away on Jan. 9 of 2009 and the above described project was put on hold.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
36. NATE'S TWITTER RESPONSE:
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 03:14 PM
Oct 2012

Nate Silver ?@fivethirtyeight
Unskewedpolls argument: Nate Silver seems kinda gay + ??? = Romney landslide!

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