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Klarissa1 year, 1 month ago

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goppy, your figures are old - I just looked up Military and army and it is a lot. I'm sure there other searches to find more

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  lovemylibs1 year, 1 month ago
  
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  Not only are they wrong, they are misleading.
  
  All of my liberal brethren made great efforts a few months ago to create headlines to the effect of: "Troops Support Obama 6 to 1 over McCain."
  
  In deference to Paul Harvey, here is the rest of the story.
  
  This 6 to 1 figure is accurate when you consider the caveats of the data.
  
  Caveat # 1 - These figures represent active, overseas military who made contributions of over $200.
  
  Caveat # 2 - Donations of these type for Obama = 134 donations.
  Caveat # 3 - Donations of these type for McCain = 26 donations.
  
  Caveat # 4 - These donations are through June 2008.
  Caveat # 5 - Since Palin was announced these numbers have changed.
  
  Caveat # 6 - There are approximately 250,000 active military in overseas operations.
  
  SO - using a handy calculator, these statistics show that the donors to Obama represent a sample size of less than (0.1%). That is statistically too small of a number to use to correlate into a liberal stance of "Troops support Obama 6 to 1."
  
  It is not reliable to say these numbers can be extrapolated, as is standard polling practice, into a general statement of the same level of support in terms of overall numbers. Polling asks questions, donations represent monetary gifts.
  
  One can not be used to represent the other. It is wrong.
  
  Any headline at the time that read "Troops support Obama 6 to 1" was a lie. Howard Dean even made it a talking point for the base to use, as shills are prone to do
  
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    dunkirk1 year, 1 month ago
    
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    So you show evidence that the troops support Obama over McCain and conclude somehow that debunks the statement the troops support Obama over McSame somehow.
    
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