Back in 1907, Mark Twain first used in print the now-famous phrase, but was careful not to take credit for coining it. He attributed it to former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli as he was talking about his opponents’ use of statistics to make a point.
Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’
As we continue to pour through all of the exit polling and hard data from Election 2024, measuring the width, depth, and left-wing carnage in the wake of the red tsunami that took place Tuesday night, there are some big takeaways and projections to make…provided that President-Elect Donald Trump and the incoming 119th Congress deliver on their promise to fix things…
