Posted on 07/14/2015 1:10:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
(Flag factory is still in business. I always order from them on line)
“presidential polls 1980” in a search engine turns up lots of interesting reading.
Carter was up by as much as 30 in early 1980, and still led Reagan by 7 or 8 into late summer/early fall. Only the last polls before the election were close to being accurate.
Then they are overestimating their troop's intelligence by a looooong shot. If he stays in, there will be a huge turnout of low info Dems voting for Trump.
“Over the years, I’ve seen RealClearPolitics has a bad habit of not showing polls they don’t like and using obscure polls to bump their favorite Demrat or RINO candidates. Always fudging the results.”
Thanks for explaining that. I have noticed something very strange about RCP polling averages, but I didn’t know exactly what was going on. Now it all makes sense.
Great, thanks!
“Flag factory is still in business. I always order from them on line”
Wait until the DEMOCRATS find out about that.
Thanks...I do also remember the landslide taking EVERYONE by surprise. Funny how that happens.
We must NEVER forget just what happens when a REAL CONSERVATIVE runs. Cruz fits that, Trump may get there, no one else can hold a candle to them.
Anyone who believes that Trump is the answer doesn’t know the question.
www.valleyforgeflag.com/36/100-Made-In-The-USA.htm
There are many questions, and so far Trump is the only one addressing most of them.
And cutesy and ommon little statements that might sound clever at first are usually just silly and irrelevant.
Of course they were all great minds and I knew one fairly well, von Braun. But there were many great Scots also, though their names may not be as familiar, they are nevertheless worthy of being classified “Great minds,” and others of sizeable influence on American lives.Among them,
Witherspoon - John (1723-1794) - Scottish minister urged the signing of the American Declaration of Independence.
Wilson - Alexander (1766-1813) - He published nine volumes of his illustrations of North American birds.
Watt - James (1736-1819) - His development of the steam engine was the springboard for the Industrial Revolution.
United States First Governors - Nine of the first governors of the 13 states were of Scottish ancestry.
Watson-Watt - Sir Robert (1892-1973) - Developed radar which helped to win the Battle of Britain in 1940.
Wallace - Sir William (?- 1305) - The freedom fighter who inspired a nation to fight back.
Transport and the Scots - Scots inventors from railways to steamboats and two-stroke engines.
Stevenson - Robert Louis (1850-1894) - Author of such classics as “Treasure Island” and “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”.
Smith - Adam (1723-1790) - Wrote the first “modern” book on economics, advocating free trade to increase wealth.
Simpson - Sir James Y (1811-1870) - Pioneer of the medical use of chloroform.
Scott - Sir Walter (1771-1832) - Author of novels such as “Ivanhoe” who also “invented” modern tartans.
Pinkerton - Allan (1819-1884) - Founded the Pinkerton Detective Agency in Chicago in 1850.
Murdoch - William (1754-1839) - Inventor who is best known for his manufacture of gas lighting.
Muir - John (1834-1914) - One of the founders of United States Conservation.
Miller - Hugh (1802-1856) - A pioneer of the science of geology.
Maxwell - James Clerk (1831-1879) - Created a profound change in the conception of reality in physics.
Maclean - Alistair (1922-1987) - Author of books such as “HMS Ulysses” and “The Guns of Navaronne”.
Macintosh - Charles (1766-1843) - His invention of waterproof clothing added his name to the English dictionary.
McAdam - John Loudon (1756-1836) - Improved a tar-based road surface which became known as “tarmac”.
Livingstone - Dr David (1813-1873) - African missionary and explorer.
Liddell - Eric Henry (1902-1945) - A great athlete, he became the subject of the film “Chariots of Fire”.
Lister - Lord Joseph (1827-1912) - Pioneer of modern surgery and antiseptics.
Liston - Robert (1794-1847) - A brilliant surgeon before the days of anaesthetics.
Kidd - Captain William (1645-1701) - The treasure of this famous pirate, hanged in 1701, has never been found.
Jones - John Paul (1747-1792) - America’s first naval hero.
Fleming - Sir Alexander (1881-1955) - Won the Nobel prize as discoverer of penicillin.
Dunlop - John Boyd (1840-1921) - Established the Dunlop Rubber Company.
Dewar - Sir James (1842-1923) - Inventor of the vacuum flask.
Douglas - David (1799-1834) - Botanist and explorer after whom the Douglas fir is named.
Doyle - Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) - Based his famous detective Sherlock Holmes on a forensic scientist.
Connery - Sir Sean (1930- ) - Regarded by some as the greatest president Scotland never had.
Carnegie - Andrew (1835-1919) - The railway, iron and steel tycoon who gave all his wealth away.
Bell - Alexander Graham (1847-1922) - Inventor of the telephone and involved in genetics and phonetics.
Brewster - Sir David (1781-1868) - Invented the kaleidoscope and the lenticular stereoscope.
Words invented by:
Decibel - Alexander Graham Bell
Kelvin - Lord Kelvin
Watt - James Watt
Graham’s Law - Thomas Graham
Maxwell’s Rule - James Clerk Maxwell
Brownian Movement - Robert Brown
James Watt also invented the formula to measure “horsepower” - and exaggerated it by 50% to encourage sales of his steam engine!
And JAMES MCHENRY, for whom Fort McHenry was named who was Scot/Irish and Washington’ and Adams Secretary of War.
Glad someone else smelled something stinky. These clowns get cited much in the news.
Reagan was no Reagan. He picked the worst possible running mate, that has utterly destroyed his legacy. And he trusted and did NOT verify Ted Kennedy's promises when he signed the 1986 amnesty.
In my book, that makes Scott Walker scum.
Nice list, but ancestry connection does not count hahaha
Only country of birth and where grew up and where received education counts. Because later on they tend to migrate to rich countries.
Whenever the press says the Dems are looking forward to something you can bet the opposite is true...
Ancestry connection?????
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland and came to Boston at the age of 24.
Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland and came to America in 1848 when he was 13.
John Paul Jones was born in Scotland in 1747 and came to America around 1772 to settle his brother’s affairs in Virginia.
I could go on, but time to sign off tonight.
Well said!
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