January 10, 2008

Well, aint that special

On the heels of the Glacier's return from the dead Tuesday night, Bloomy is getting frisky with the data:

Using the microtargeting model, research firms working for Bloomberg are gathering comprehensive information on voters throughout the country, such has who owns a home, has children in college, where they vacation, type of car or computer and past political support. All the puzzle pieces will then be arranged to create a picture of each individual.

Most of the data already exists in commercial databases that the multibillionaire Bloomberg can simply purchase. It will then be analyzed to determine how each voter fits into several categories: "strong supporter," "persuadable supporter," or "potential volunteer."

They need to add the category for "creeped out, ticked off middle-finger flipper to Nanny State jerkwads" to get a true profile of my sentiments here at Stately LLama Manor.

Posted by Steve-O at January 10, 2008 11:23 AM | TrackBack
Comments

If he were doing this homework in say, early 2006 it might be of use. But he's missed the bus on 2008.

Someone needs to explain to him how you need to have an R or a D next to your name to even be on the ballot in a lot of states; or alternatively, that to build an organization to do petition drives in enough states to get on the ballot to give you a shot at getting enough electoral votes to win is something that, well, he needs to have done already.

He can send me a check if he needs this explained to him. I'd save him a lot of money on those databases.

Posted by: The Abbot at January 10, 2008 11:54 AM