By Alec Kohut
Weeks ago, in the aftermath of Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comments, I wrote about the GOP’s “stupid problem.” Little did I know it would take such little time for them to again prove me right, and yes they have a serious ‘stupid’ problem. This week it was demonstrated by the growing conspiracy theory that pollsters and the media are skewing poll data to favor President Obama and suppress Republican voter turnout.
Weeks ago, in the aftermath of Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comments, I wrote about the GOP’s “stupid problem.” Little did I know it would take such little time for them to again prove me right, and yes they have a serious ‘stupid’ problem. This week it was demonstrated by the growing conspiracy theory that pollsters and the media are skewing poll data to favor President Obama and suppress Republican voter turnout.
Over the past two weeks, even the venerable Gallop Poll has
joined this dastardly plot to re-elect Barack Obama. But for Rush Limbaugh and
the stalwarts at Fox News, the public may have remained in the dark to these
liberal shenanigans. While the average person on the street may believe that
Romney’s drop in the polls has been caused by a lousy GOP convention
overshadowed by a great Democratic convention, Romney’s botched attempt to use
the Libyan attacks for political gain, his stating that middle income is
$200,000 and of course the release of the “47% video.”
But it is none of these things causing Mitt to drop in the
polls, oh no, it’s all a conspiracy perpetrated by the ‘liberal’ media. Bill
O’Reilly, the master of “no spin,” has bought in hook, line and sinker as he
welcomed on his show the ramblings and conspiratorial thoughts conceived in
Dick Morris’ syphilitic ravaged mind.
While some on left have written and spoke about why this
polling conspiracy is wrong, that in itself is an exercise in futility. The
idea that pollsters are engaged in a wide-ranging conspiracy to skew polls in
the favor of either candidate is so ridiculously stupid, that anyone who would
even consider it is an idiot. Granted, it’s no more stupid than Todd Akin’s
“legitimate rape” comments, or Sarah Palin stating as a foreign policy credential the ability to see Russia from Alaska.
But the pattern continues, those on the right-wing spew
nonsense that makes absolutely no sense to any rational person, then wonder why
mainstream America sees them as out-of-touch crazy people. To any rational
person, the reason is quite clear why Republicans are falling in the polls, it
can summed up in two words: Mitt Romney.
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