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Wikipedia Edits Forecast Romney's Vice Presidential Pick
Hugh Pickens writes writes "In 2008, as The Washington Post wrote at the time, 'just hours before [Sen. John] McCain declared his veep choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, her Wiki page saw a flurry of activity, with editors adding details about Palin's approval rating and husband's employment. ... Palin's entry was updated at least 68 times, with at least an additional 54 changes made to her entry over the preceding five days.' The obvious — in hindsight — implications of the Wiki activity: Aides were going into the entries to tune them up and clean out any material that was either embarrassing or erroneous. Now Mark Memmott writes on NPR that today's Wikipedia activity may lend a clue to Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick, expected to be announced within a few days. So what's going on now with some of those said to be among the leading possibilities to be joining Mitt Romney on the Republican ticket? On August 7, Rob Portman's Wikipedia page was revised 100 times, the Wikipedia page for Marco Rubio was revised 22 times, and the page for Tim Pawlenty was revised only 5 times. Of course, Memmott adds, somebody who knows about the 2008 Wiki tea leaves may just be messing with our minds."
He's activated the Colbert Nation to edit Wikipedia yet again on his show last night.
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...did the GOP start believing in Wikipedia?
Curiously, the entry for Beelzebub was edited 250 times, Quetzalcoatl 100 times and Ronald Reagan's Zombie an astonishing 345 times.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Great, now that's two missing tax returns.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Well... every smartass has to point out there is some bad information in Wikipedia. The GOP should be right at home there.
Rob is probably one Portman that you don't want to see naked and petrified.
Your theory requires careful planning AND execution of a plan by a politician. Somehow, I find myself looking for other more credible explanations.
This is most assuredly false as Mitch Daniels has been named to head Purdue University starting in January.
A education-hating man that pulled all the funding he could out of Indiana's great University system... named president of a University. Welcome to 2012.
Tea Party --> Freedom from government and lawyers
SOPA --> More power to government and lawyers
Wikipedia opposes SOPA, tea party supports Wikipedia??
Free unix account: freeshell.org
Whatever sacrificial lamb the GOP picks to 'run with Romney' will never be heard of in presidential politics again, once Millard "Mitt" "He's a mormon (not that that really matters (of course not)) shh!" Romney loses.
It was inevitable that Romney would 'win' the candidacy and it is inevitable that he will lose the race. No one could have beaten Obama outside of Reagan so the GOP took good ol' Mitt out, shined him up, and ran him as their idea of a 'equality' candidate. The GOP stance is that every religion is equal and now they've proven it by running a Mormon in a race where no one could win. Mitt will walk away a little bruised, ghost-write some books, and fade into history and all those Mormons will stay in the GOP camp because the GOP 'had the balls' to run a Mormon candidate.
This is all just a game. You people aren't even players -- you're the pieces.
Don't vote, it just encourages them.
Yeah, his and Harry Reid's.
Party loyalist = useful idiot
This got modded flamebait while the post it responded to is +1. I've been noticing this recently - posts that seem to come from conservatives are getting down-modded a lot. I'm wishing I had done some meta-moderating. When I had the chance. I'm not getting the invitations to do so - perhaps because I've recently been getting negative mods for conservative comments.
Yeah, I know, this will be modded down too.
I often don't like the choices people make, but I like the fact that people make choices. That's why I'm a conservative.
Ahh...the good old days...before all the modern problems started...
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........