Comments on: “If you beat your head against the wall, it is your head that breaks, not the wall.” https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/02/if-you-beat-your-head-against-the-wall-it-is-your-head-that-breaks-not-the-wall/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:07:28 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/02/if-you-beat-your-head-against-the-wall-it-is-your-head-that-breaks-not-the-wall/#comment-21346 BuckGalaxy Tue, 04 Dec 2012 04:14:09 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27313#comment-21346 Yeah it's an impressive spreadsheet Yeah it’s an impressive spreadsheet

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/02/if-you-beat-your-head-against-the-wall-it-is-your-head-that-breaks-not-the-wall/#comment-21344 TB Tue, 04 Dec 2012 02:22:03 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27313#comment-21344 <p>Thanks!</p> Bookmarked. I didn't know until today that there was no Federal organization tasked with accumulating vote totals. The site I was looking at does the same thing: go after state and local tallies and adds them up. Thanks!

Bookmarked.

I didn’t know until today that there was no Federal organization tasked with accumulating vote totals. The site I was looking at does the same thing: go after state and local tallies and adds them up.

]]> By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/02/if-you-beat-your-head-against-the-wall-it-is-your-head-that-breaks-not-the-wall/#comment-21340 BuckGalaxy Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:07:04 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27313#comment-21340 http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-david-wasserman-results-20121130,0,852127.story http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-david-wasserman-results-20121130,0,852127.story

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/02/if-you-beat-your-head-against-the-wall-it-is-your-head-that-breaks-not-the-wall/#comment-21335 TB Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:42:41 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27313#comment-21335 <p>You're right, Buck: My popular vote numbers were incorrect.</p> I did some more digging, and went to <a href="http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html" rel="nofollow">this source,</a> which is generally reliable. (I'd still like to see your source.) This website's numbers aren't as high as yours, but they're closer to yours than they are to mine. I stand by my premise that the population of Obama voters is not synonymous with "the nation." You’re right, Buck: My popular vote numbers were incorrect.

I did some more digging, and went to this source, which is generally reliable. (I’d still like to see your source.)

This website’s numbers aren’t as high as yours, but they’re closer to yours than they are to mine.

I stand by my premise that the population of Obama voters is not synonymous with “the nation.”

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/02/if-you-beat-your-head-against-the-wall-it-is-your-head-that-breaks-not-the-wall/#comment-21333 bowser Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:35:43 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27313#comment-21333 The other problem is that they were so cocky before the election, so sure, and lost so badly. The way the US electoral system works, it was 332 to 203. The other problem is that they were so cocky before the election, so sure, and lost so badly. The way the US electoral system works, it was 332 to 203.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/02/if-you-beat-your-head-against-the-wall-it-is-your-head-that-breaks-not-the-wall/#comment-21332 TB Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:18:36 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27313#comment-21332 <p>I was going from about three different network sites.</p> If you have a more reliable or current source, I'd like to know about it. I'm serious. I was going from about three different network sites.

If you have a more reliable or current source, I’d like to know about it. I’m serious.

]]> By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/02/if-you-beat-your-head-against-the-wall-it-is-your-head-that-breaks-not-the-wall/#comment-21331 BuckGalaxy Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:36:15 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27313#comment-21331 Obama currently leads Romney in the popular vote 65,285,547 to 60,674,072, or 50.93% to 47.33. (With rounding that comes to 51% to 47%; more on that in a moment.) That's nearly 5 million votes. You guys got your ass amputated and handed back to you on a platter. Obama currently leads Romney in the popular vote 65,285,547 to 60,674,072, or 50.93% to 47.33. (With rounding that comes to 51% to 47%; more on that in a moment.)

That’s nearly 5 million votes.

You guys got your ass amputated and handed back to you on a platter.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/02/if-you-beat-your-head-against-the-wall-it-is-your-head-that-breaks-not-the-wall/#comment-21321 ER Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:32:58 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27313#comment-21321 ROUTED REPUBS RESPOND REALISTICALLY <img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hd_thEEhlH4/T1bC-TuUtuI/AAAAAAAAA38/kMmviJU0i-0/s1600/daffy14.png" alt="." /> ROUTED REPUBS RESPOND REALISTICALLY

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]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/02/if-you-beat-your-head-against-the-wall-it-is-your-head-that-breaks-not-the-wall/#comment-21320 ER Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:10:37 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27313#comment-21320 Sure, Tom. Anything you say. <img src="http://www.geekologie.com/2011/05/25/btilc-ftw.jpg" alt="." /> Sure, Tom. Anything you say.

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]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/02/if-you-beat-your-head-against-the-wall-it-is-your-head-that-breaks-not-the-wall/#comment-21318 TB Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:19:30 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=27313#comment-21318 And you? You've gone completely off the deep end. And you? You’ve gone completely off the deep end.

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