30% of Americans Retarded

[cogy]

Originally Posted by DaveNJ

Any figures to back that up? Or are you just talking out your ass? This is one poll of 1000 Americans. Polls are rarely an accurate barometer of the public thought.

the election results were published, and if memory serves correct, he did win by about 1% and the elderly did favor bush. if the poll in this thread were done by a major polling org, which it was, it was statistically devised to be an accurate barometer of public thought with a stated margin of error of +/- 3%.

[DaveNJ]

Originally Posted by cogy

the election results were published, and if memory serves correct, he did win by about 1% and the elderly did favor bush. if the poll in this thread were done by a major polling org, which it was, it was statistically devised to be an accurate barometer of public thought with a stated margin of error of +/- 3%.

I was asking about the senility portion of his post, not the age. It is true that those that are older did seem to favor Bush a bit, but I don't get where he got senility from. However, if there is something out there that says those that are senile favored Bush, I'd be interested in seeing it. Still, if something like that existed, I think it would be made public by now.

[jeffdrafttech]

Originally Posted by DaveNJ

I was asking about the senility portion of his post, not the age. It is true that those that are older did seem to favor Bush a bit, but I don't get where he got senility from. However, if there is something out there that says those that are senile favored Bush, I'd be interested in seeing it. Still, if something like that existed, I think it would be made public by now.

ummmm. It was humor. What makes it funny is the grain of truth

[DaveNJ]

Originally Posted by jeffdrafttech

ummmm. It was humor. What makes it funny is the grain of truth

Where? The grain of truth is that some senile people voted for Bush? Because senility doesn't really choose parties, it just makes someone go semi-nuts.

[cogy]

Originally Posted by DaveNJ

I was asking about the senility portion of his post, not the age. It is true that those that are older did seem to favor Bush a bit, but I don't get where he got senility from. However, if there is something out there that says those that are senile favored Bush, I'd be interested in seeing it. Still, if something like that existed, I think it would be made public by now.

ok. id submit that old people tend to be confused and senile no matter who they vote for, like the ones in florida who thought they voted for gore. it can go both ways. but i have no evidence that people who are both senile and old favor either party. the end.

[GFunk3379]

Originally Posted by cogy

95% who couldnt give the year are AARP. did they ask a control question, like who is the president, or where are your pants?

I would fail both of those questions.

[DaveNJ]

Originally Posted by cogy

ok. id submit that old people tend to be confused and senile no matter who they vote for, like the ones in florida who thought they voted for gore. it can go both ways. but i have no evidence that people who are both senile and old favor either party. the end.

I wasn't asking you, it was just a whim of mine. And I agree, senility can cause some major confusion. That ballot example is pretty darn apt for the situation.

[spooky]

it all depends on the people asked and how the questions were phrased. ask people on the street who richard cheney is, many wont know, not because they dont know who he is, but because they are unsure of themselves, because of the question, as he doesnt go by that name.

ask someone what year the 2nd terrorist attack on the world trade center was. i bet even New Yorkers would have trouble with it, as people dont think about the first failed terrorist attempt to bring down one of the towers. Or ask what year flight 77 crashed in Washington DC.

polls are more or less worthless, because anyone can easily spin the facts, the questions, the results, ask skewed demographics, and essentially get them to say anything they want. and just saying they are a reputable poll company doesnt mean anything, either. FOX, CNN, BBC all also claim to be unbiased, do you believe all 3 are?

[aptmunich]

63% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

[Daemonik]

I try to not get upset about shit like this mainly because human stupidity doesn't really surprise me anymore.

Functionally, the average IQ of your average human is 100. 70 is mentally handicaped, 130 is high. On that scale, yeah 30% retarded is probably pretty accurate.

Just remember that it's not just Americans, these are the norms for our species, folks.