Posted on 01/05/2008 9:05:25 AM PST by pissant
Well, now that Hunter has at least one delegate, maybe you’ll get your wish, a dropout contract. If you’re so convinced Fred’s is overpriced, just short it and you’ll make money that way. Especially February, you’d make a lot more on that one, since it’s at 85%.
There's no reason it would. It doesn't work that way.
The contract value is worth $1 if he wins, not one penny for each percent he's polling.
You should stop posting about these things if you are so badly informed.
Do you think Hucklebee will fizzle? If so, where do you think his support would go? He’s a Pro-Life Evangelical, and so is Hunter. Thompson is a Pro-life, uh I dunno what he considers himself to be, he seems to have a Laodicean “I’m OK/You’re OK” spiritual outlook.
Thompson: ‘I’m OK with the Lord, and the Lord is OK with me’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934692/posts
In terms of the evie scale but he does not appear to be an evangelical. And his followers don’t seem to want to make evengelicals welcome, whereas evies would feel very welcome in the Hunter camp.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948397/posts
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Well, one reason might be because you bothered to find out what he really said, rather than accepting an 8-word snippet taken utterly out of context by a hostile journalist.
But that's just me. You decide your own way.
Hank
I do think he will fizzle. Since he is not a conservative I would not venture a guess at who he would endorse. I don’t believe Fred or Duncan would necessarily seek it although either would accept it. Trying to paint Fred as not being pro life is an exercise in futility. Finding a quote that can be construed a certain way means nothing. When he was in office his voting record was 100% pro-life.
From the Intrade website. Each point is worth 10cents. 100 points X 10cents = $10. Not $1.
Since you are so badly informed, I look forward to not seeing any posts from you on this subject... yeah, right, like you’re going to follow your own moral standard.
From Intrade:
Think in terms of points, when a contract trades from 63 to 73 - that’s 10 points. Each point is worth 10¢.
If you bought one George Bush re-election contract at 63 and he does win the election, that contract will close, or settle, at 100. Your profit will be 37 points x 10¢ per each point or $3.70.
Settlement price – purchase price = your profit
OR
100 – 63 = 37 points X 10¢ per point = $3.70 a profit
On the other hand, if he does not win re-election that contract will settle at 0 and your loss would be 63 points.
0 – 63 = – 63 X 10¢ per point = – $6.30 a loss
Remember, you do NOT have to hold onto any contracts you buy or sell until the election, you can trade out of them any time!
Let’s take another example, you buy 6 contracts at 50 in the morning and sell them out at 73 later that day. You collect 23 points (73 – 50) times 6 contracts times $.10 for each point or $13.80 in profit.
23 points X 6 contracts X $.10 = $13.80
A penny of contract price is worth one tenth of that in real money.
I was referring to contract price.
Yet another of your precious Perry Mason gotcha moments has failed. It’s getting really embarrassing for you.
Who’s painting Fred as not Pro-Life? Typical Fred Follower straw argument.
When Tancredo quit, he endorsed Romney, to many Freepers’ surprise. But most of his followers appear to have wandered into Team Hunter or even Team Fred. It doesn’t matter that much who the candidate endorses, unless a VP slot is being promised.
Would you ever vote for a non-evangelical? Is it possible?
And his followers don’t seem to want to make evengelicals welcome...
Bearing false witness again?
I challenge you to a debate, over on the Intrade forum.
We cut & paste this argument over there, let them weigh in, and whoever wins will post “My candidate wins this round” and the loser will respond with: Congratulations.
Over on the Intrade forum, I post as ko.
I don't care. You're not equipped to discuss this.
If the local HS Model U.N. challenges Condy Rice to a debate, she should say no.
No straw argument! That's how I read your post. I think the evangelicals would support Fred or Duncan. They supported the first Bush knowing Barbra Bush was wishy washy on abortion. Abortion is the only major thing Huckabee is conservative on. His supporters could go anywhere truth be known.
No, they did that with their complete disregard for Hunter.
Would you ever vote for a non-evangelical? Is it possible?
***Yes, I would and I have. And I will vote for Fred if he is nominated, but he is a lesser man than Hunter.
Bearing false witness again?
***NO. As a matter of fact, you are one of the worst Fred Followers when it comes to the evangelical thing. You say yourself you are NOT an evangelical, and that Dobson is a jackass. As far as I can see you have a real burr in your saddle when it comes to evangelicals. If this is how you treat evangelical conservatives on an conservative forum supporting a conservative candidate, I can imagine you wouldn’t treat evangelical moderates who supported Huckabee very well. I leave it to the readers to decide. Maybe you just have a lot of burrs in your saddle.
Nope. You keep repeating it even though I told you it is not true.
My issue is with Big Jim Dobson, who feels empowered to judge a man's faith from a distance, without so much as meeting him or (as I think he admitted), even researching the matter.
That's within my personal definition of a jackass.
I thought you would decline.
Let the readers decide for themselves. In particular, the Huckabee evangelical Pro-life supporters, look how you’d be welcome in camp Hunter versus being kicked around in camp Thompson.
You're bearing false witness again.
Thanks for your personal definition. I’m sure when your private emails become public information, everyone will be just as charitable as you.
Heh.
If I ever leak a private email that states you are not a Christian, especially since I have never met you, please feel free to call me a jackass.
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