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RStringfield said:
Liar

Ron Paul has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 75.0% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Paul did not vote.
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Are you dense or what, two seperate links with two seperate totals one was 20% no vote one was 75% voted with the republicans.
No wonder you want to vote for the guy.
Just not too bright huh ?
 
uscitizen said:
So In this last congress paul voted with the republicans 75% and did not vote 20% umm that only leave 5%
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This is what you wrote. The article said Paul voted with the Republicans 75% of the time which does not count the 20% of votes he missed. I'm not sure why your calling RS stupid for pointing your mistake out.
 
cawacko said:
This is what you wrote. The article said Paul voted with the Republicans 75% of the time which does not count the 20% of votes he missed. I'm not sure why your calling RS stupid for pointing your mistake out.
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Well if guys with reading comprehension porblems like you support paul .....
 
This is what you wrote. The article said Paul voted with the Republicans 75% of the time which does not count the 20% of votes he missed. I'm not sure why your calling RS stupid for pointing your mistake out.

yep it says he voted with the repubs 75% of the time. This 75% does not include the 20 % of the time he did not vote . Umm 75% + 20% = 95% leaves 5 percent of pauls votes that he might have voted differently than the republican party. simple math stupid.
 
uscitizen said:
This is what you wrote. The article said Paul voted with the Republicans 75% of the time which does not count the 20% of votes he missed. I'm not sure why your calling RS stupid for pointing your mistake out.

yep it says he voted with the repubs 75% of the time. This 75% does not include the 20 % of the time he did not vote . Umm 75% + 20% = 95% leaves 5 percent of pauls votes that he might have voted differently than the republican party. simple math stupid.
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I'm not that smart but you are completely missing the boat on this one.

Look at what your wrote. "This 75% DOES NOT INCLUDE the 20% of the time he did not vote."

and then you say "Umm 75% + 20% =95%"

You go from saying the 75% does not include the 20% to then adding them up. It is a complete contradiction.

"This 75% DOES NOT INCLUDE the 20% of the time he did not vote." - That means the 75% is from the 100% total OF HIS VOTES. Thus he voted against the Republican position 25% of the time.

If anyone else is reading this please feel free to tell me if I am wrong.
 
I'm not that smart but you are completely missing the boat on this one.

Look at what your wrote. "This 75% DOES NOT INCLUDE the 20% of the time he did not vote."

and then you say "Umm 75% + 20% =95%"

You go from saying the 75% does not include the 20% to then adding them up. It is a complete contradiction.

"This 75% DOES NOT INCLUDE the 20% of the time he did not vote." - That means the 75% is from the 100% total OF HIS VOTES. Thus he voted against the Republican position 25% of the time.

If anyone else is reading this please feel free to tell me if I am wrong.


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Of the total votes that came up on the floor with this congress Ron Paul did not vote for 20% fo them and of the remaining 80% of the votes on the floor he voted with the republican party 75% of the time.
If that does not get it I give up.

So that only leave 5 % of the votes on the floor for this congress that paul voted differently than the republicans.
So Ron Paul is only 5% different from the rank and file republicans based on his voting record.
 
not voting is also not voting with republicans. Adding them up is technically correct, but a bit slippery. It's semi-bs.

no wait. 75% with? then yeah, adding the 20 is dumb.
 
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~~~~~~~One more time~~~~~~
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Of the total votes that came up on the floor with this congress Ron Paul did not vote for 20% fo them and of the remaining 80% of the votes on the floor he voted with the republican party 75% of the time.
If that does not get it I give up.

So that only leave 5 % of the votes on the floor for this congress that paul voted differently than the republicans.
So Ron Paul is only 5% different from the rank and file republicans based on his voting record.[/QUOTE]

Yes, once again.

From the article you posted:

""Ron Paul has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 75.0% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Paul did not vote.""

When counting 100% of his votes he voted with the Republican Party 75% of the time. Thus he voted against Republicans 25% of the time.

The votes he missed do not count in his 100% vote total. That is clear as day but you choose not to see it.
 
uscitizen said:
This is what you wrote. The article said Paul voted with the Republicans 75% of the time which does not count the 20% of votes he missed. I'm not sure why your calling RS stupid for pointing your mistake out.

yep it says he voted with the repubs 75% of the time. This 75% does not include the 20 % of the time he did not vote . Umm 75% + 20% = 95% leaves 5 percent of pauls votes that he might have voted differently than the republican party. simple math stupid.
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The article says that the 20% that he didn't vote were not included in the average. Basically it says that on the times he votes he votes with republicans 75% of the time and against them 25% of the time.
 
Damocles said:
The article says that the 20% that he didn't vote were not included in the average. Basically it says that on the times he votes he votes with republicans 75% of the time and against them 25% of the time.
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Thank you. I have been sitting here banging my head against a wall. It's pretty damn clear what the article was saying.
 
cawacko said:
What other article? That's a diversion from what we've been discussing. We have both been using the same quote from the same article you are just comprehending it wrong.
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the other link I referred to that ndicated he did not vote on 20% of the votes on the floor.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/p000583/

I will go back to the article and review it. If it does indicate that the 75% was out of the times he voted and not out of the total votes available on the floor. Then I will sincerely apologize for my mistake.
But in any case I do not take kindly to being called a liar.

Perhaps string will get beaten up by a street muscian ;)


I will admit to a mistake.
 
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uscitizen said:
the other link I referred to tat ndicated he did not vote on 20% of the votes on the floor.

I will go back to the article and review it. If it does indicate that the 75% was out of the times he voted and not out of the total votes available on the floor. Then I will sincerely apologize for my mistake.
But in any case I do not take kindly to being called a liar.

Perhaps string will get beaten up by a street muscian ;)


I will admit to a mistake.
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I never called you a liar. I just said you were wrong. As one who has and will continue to make many mistakes I know the difference between being wrong and being a liar. You just got something in your head here that would not allow you to comprehend what you were reading.
 
cawacko said:
I never called you a liar. I just said you were wrong. As one who has and will continue to make many mistakes I know the difference between being wrong and being a liar. You just got something in your head here that would not allow you to comprehend what you were reading.
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String did Cawacko, I did not mean you.

I guess he is still in FP mode of operation....


also you might want to look at the list of things paul did not vote on and ask yourself why on some of them...
 
uscitizen said:
String did Cawacko, I did not mean you.

I guess he is still in FP mode of operation....


also you might want to look at the list of things paul did not vote on and ask yourself why on some of them...
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that's another discussion. We were talking strictly the math here.
 
I went back and reviewed the article...
Ok so I was wrong Ron paul voted with the republicans 75% out of 80% of the total votes available to him.

I sincerely apologize for any confusion I have caused.
But that does not exuse one other persons actions imho.
 
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