Posted 3:13 PM by Scoobie Davis

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Greg Palast on Representative Tim Griffin, the GOP Convention's opening act and vote cager.

Posted 10:00 AM by Scoobie Davis

I posted a new update on the Paul Ryan/Ayn Rand Post
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Posted 7:30 AM by Scoobie Davis

Claire McCaskill's Exponential Curve
Intrade's view on McCaskill's chances of winning the Senate seate in Missouri over the past three weeks.  The last day indicates the response to her opponent's view on the mysterious mechanism that causes rape victims to avoid pregnancy:
Closing Prices chart - Democratic candidate to win

Posted 11:20 AM by Scoobie Davis

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Media Matters for America's comprehensive examination of Who's Counting? How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk by Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund and Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow Hans von Spakovsky

Posted 3:18 PM by Scoobie Davis

Will Paul Ryan's Miami of Ohio Connection Help Him in the Buckeye State?
Paul Ryan is speaking at his alma mater Miami University today.  I'm also a Miami of Ohio grad.  Will being a grad of a state university in Ohio help Ryan and Romney with the state's  voters?  Paula of the Redstate blog thinks so: 

. . . Paul Ryan is a graduate of Miami University in Ohio. He graduated in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in in economics and political science. While it probably won’t make a major difference in terms of peeling off Ohio votes, having a connection to the state certainly won’t hurt in this important swing state. Miami is a well-regarded university here, located in Oxford, Ohio, near Cincinnati. When I graduated from high school (a few years before Ryan), Miami was where the smart, preppy kids went to college – the kids who wore Izod sweaters and had goals in life. He can certainly use it to name drop and sell himself as the smartest kid in the room.

I think this is wishful thinking. Sure, a lot of Miami grads who live in Ohio are more likely to vote for the ticket. However, what do Ohioans think of Miami U.? I think most people in Ohio acknowledge that it's a good school academically.  However, it also has a reputation for being insular and whitebread--the very type of place that Miami students like Ryan pick up his Ayn Rand worship. When I tell people that I'm a Miami grad, I often add, "but I'm not a snob."

Posted 2:26 PM by Scoobie Davis

New post on the Sun Myung Moon blog
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Posted 9:14 AM by Scoobie Davis

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Paul Ryan didn't build that!

Posted 7:25 AM by Scoobie Davis

My Previous Posts On Paul Ryan
I went to Ryan's alma mater Miami University of Ohio so I had some unique insights on Ryan, the Miami of Ohio theodicy, and Ayn Rand's skeezerhood. I wrote a brief post about the Ayn Randian nature of the birthday cake that Ryan received from Chris Wallace while on Fox News Sunday.

Posted 8:32 AM by Scoobie Davis

Must Read: Early Military Voting in Ohio and the Fox News Disinformation Machine
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Posted 9:34 AM by Scoobie Davis

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Ryan J. Reilly on Voter Fraud "Study" Author Horace Cooper.