tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post8651627905481363649..comments2024-02-08T01:44:24.272-05:00Comments on ModeratePoli: The Political Lie Machine: Self-serving predictionsModeratePolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-45262448770585906342015-01-22T21:37:14.331-05:002015-01-22T21:37:14.331-05:00Some of it is self-deception, other times it is re...Some of it is self-deception, other times it is real deception. Jennifer Rubin basically admitted after the election that she was predicting a Romney victory in the hopes that saying it would boost his chances (by creating a self-fulfilling prophecy, I suppose). My suspicion is that Pruden falls into that category. This is the Washington Times we're talking about, his reasoning was patently absurd, and he actually cited with approval the esteemed Dick Morris (who had the distinction of making an electoral projection that was nearly a perfect mirror image of what happened--he predicted Romney would win 325-213 EVs; Obama ended up winning 332-206).Kylopodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932528611103718373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-27802331530802350212015-01-22T16:28:09.616-05:002015-01-22T16:28:09.616-05:00@kylopod, yes, it's a parade of self-deception...@kylopod, yes, it's a parade of self-deception everywhere.ModeratePolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-61736014471390143792015-01-22T01:54:48.685-05:002015-01-22T01:54:48.685-05:00No, I'd never heard of him until now. I just h...No, I'd never heard of him until now. I just happened to have an inkling that if he wrote a column like this, he was probably among the conservatives confidently predicting a Romney victory in 2012. So I did a little Google search and quickly found my intuition confirmed.Kylopodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932528611103718373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-24393655539381181492015-01-21T23:01:28.991-05:002015-01-21T23:01:28.991-05:00@kylopod, do you know this guy? Luckily I don'...@kylopod, do you know this guy? Luckily I don't. I just saw the headline and clicked through for a laugh. ModeratePolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-13159340283883348462015-01-21T08:30:18.048-05:002015-01-21T08:30:18.048-05:00Well, if Hillary were to announce her candidacy ea...Well, if Hillary were to announce her candidacy early next week, it wouldn't set any record for the shortest time a Wesley Pruden column has been <a href="http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/pruden110212.php3" rel="nofollow">proven wrong</a>.Kylopodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932528611103718373noreply@blogger.com