Coop, this whole thing started when I suggested that Irey tack away from this issue and focus elsewhere, in preparation for the possibility that Murtha could spin this to his advantage.
I suggested that Irey is a one-trick pony. It looks like you are also a one-trick pony, Coop.
And I've yet to see a fact from you, Coop. Just alot of crapola. And now you are calling in your "reinforcements". How very silly.
That I believe. Because you refuse to do even the most basic research. For example, accusing me of not having data to support Bush taking 49% in PA-12. When all the time it's linked to my home page! :-D Oopsie, Counselor!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1601047/posts?page=80#80
And AuH2O's previous post, pulled due to formatting problems, is here (I saved it. How about that?!?):
AuH2O:My source for stating that Kerry carried Murtha's PA-12 by only 51%-49% is Michael Barone's 2006 Almanac of American Politics. Barone reported that Kerry got 141,046 votes to President Bush's 133,088 in 2004; I just did the math, and it would give President Bush 48.55% (rounded up to 49%) to Kerry's 51.45% (rounded down to 51%).
Barone got his numbers from Polidata, which apparently was unable to compute the number of votes obtained in the district by third-party candidates, but it was certainly more than 0, so the CD's percentages for both Kerry and Bush are a bit inflated.
Third-party candidates got 0.65% in PA in 2004, and assuming that they got the same percentage in the PA-12, they would have gotten 1,801 votes there, increasing the total votes cast to 275,935. Thus, under such an assumption, President Bush actually got 48.23% (rounded down to 48%) while Kerry got 51.12% (rounded down to 51%).
Here's the page of Barone's Almanac that covers the PA-12, with the presidential info on the bottom of the page (I hope this works)
Like taking candy from a baby. Next blowhard attorney!