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Re: Are some of you guys making it too easy on the rest of us?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 5 Jul 2002 21:44:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> I think he refuted your 5:1 quite well within the short time constraints he had.
> He certainly did a good job as far as *I* was concerned in showing there was
> nowhere near a 5:1 ratio.
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> I'm sure he could do the same for HoR, but if you think he did NOT refute it,
> prove your 5:1 to us all.
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> Where did you get this 5:1 ratio? Preconceived notions indeed.
My assertion was among career politicians (all politicians), the ones over 20
years of service would be 5:1 Democrat. I just pulled that ratio out of the
air. His sample really had nothing to do with my hypothesis.
-John
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> John wrote:
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> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> > > More often than not, I find myself not replying to many points in a
> > > discussion, because I just KNOW that by the time I start doing any decent
> > > research, one of you will have completed their research and posted the
> > > results by then (e.g., Chris' research on term lengths in the Senate - I
> > > KNEW John's 5:1 was preposterous, but why waste time disproving it? By the
> > > time I had read John's post, Chris had already refuted it).
> >
> > Refuted it? Hardly. First off, choosing the senate as a basis for
> > investigation is flawed from the start because their terms are so long.
> > Second, he calls a senator who has merely won his third term (but not served 1
> > day of the third term) a "long-timer". Even he admitted that his exercise was
> > inconclusive.
> >
> > Your preconceived notions have clouded your judgment.
> >
> > -John
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> --
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