It Is What It Is

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Part of a phrase attributed to Benjamin Disraeli and popularized in the U.S. by Mark Twain states that there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Aphorisms, however, generalize to make a point.

Occasionally a statistic is telling as is the following from the Associated Press:

Mar 4, 7:44 PM EST
Highlights of preliminary results from exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks in Tuesday's presidential primaries in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont:
Obama won more than 9 in 10 blacks.

The above quoted statistic tells me that, for this demographic, only one issue matters. And that's no lie.