Spin much?
Perish the thought!!
Distort, obfuscate, dissemble, "spike," maybe, but "spin?" Never! /s
Posted on 06/07/2012 2:26:56 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Spin much?
Perish the thought!!
Distort, obfuscate, dissemble, "spike," maybe, but "spin?" Never! /s
Nobody wants to say that they wouldn’t vote to elect the black man, that is called the “Wilder effect”. In 1990 Douglas Wilder became the first African American to be elected as governor of Virginia, by a very narrow margin. For the white population of Virginia, anxious to lose their “racist” label, this effect suggested that white voters were more likely to tell pollsters that they would support non-white candidates in given contests than to actually cast their votes for them.
I suspect the same thing is going on now.
but Obama did win in the end
“Nobody wants to say that they wouldn’t vote to elect the black man”
Nobody CAN say that anymore.
One thing I find uplifting is that the Dems have done so poorly since Obama was elected in states that he won in 2008 (NJ, MA, VA, now WI) - and when you factor in the mid-term results, I honestly believe he will get crushed because votes, not polls, decide outcomes.
People on both sides wondered why he didn’t assume a role in the WI battle; he knew it was a lost cause and he didn’t want to be perceived as “the loser”. He’s been losing since he was elected.
Agree with your post 6.
There are absolutely no “coattails” with Zippy.
That is why no one WANTS him to campaign with them.
I have never seen anything like it—no Dem wants the leader of their party anywhere near them.
Agree with your post 6.
There are absolutely no “coat-tails” with Zippy.
That is why no one WANTS him to campaign with them.
I have never seen anything like it—no Dem wants the leader of their party anywhere near them.
The media is in full-cover up mode as usual.
Nightline couldn’t even cover the election results on Tuesday evening. That’s how I knew Walker won. Not a peep out of them. I figured it had to be Walker in a landslide.
On Wednesday evening, a full day later, while channel surfing, Gwen Eiffel (PBS) was still quoting the bogus exit poll numbers with Obama leading Romney in Wisconsin.
They just ignore any news that’s unfavorable to them. They really have contempt for their viewers.
Just like living in the USSR. Goebbels would be proud.
This is further evidence that liberalism is a mental disorder. The "elite" media are headed for oblivion because they continue to irrationally spin results instead of learning from their mistakes. Of course, having disordered minds, it is not possible for them to change, IMO.
That is true, because of the heavy “PC” situation this country is now in, you got to keep your voting choices to yourself.
The Wisconsin State Motto is ....Forward.
Not only that, but there is also the issue of union members who might have very valid reasons to lie about what their actual vote was, fearing reprisals.
There is much to like in this piece but so typically of Townhall Towery, so often undone by something so casually wrong.
Missouri is not a swing state. A state that hasn't electorally voted Democrat in 16 years is not a swing state, Matt.
Particularly when the Show Me State broke their 13-straight pick-the-President streak to stay red.
Furthermore, in 2008 the margin for McCain was 3,632, in a high-watermark year for Obama. Which means Obama should fully expect to be on the receiving end of a drubbing in November, losing to Mittens by oh, say by a couple of extra Zeros - 363,200 - not unironically (with Bobo's people flatly stating they're playing off the 'Kerry map') mirroring the Bush margin over Kerry, 53-46
You may be right, I just wish that people would get over worrying about whether someone may call them a racist if they don’t vote for the candidate who claims to be black although he is obviously AT LEAST fifty percent Caucasian. I will vote for the darker skinned candidate when that candidate deserves my vote and never otherwise and I will gladly tell any pollster that Obama never has and never will deserve my vote or the vote of anyone else who believes in America.
It’s typical, remember how they reported on the 2000 election which they still claim was stolen by George W. Bush, they conveniently ignore the fact that all recounts showed Bush winning if only by a small margin. They also ignore the fact that Rather called Florida for Gore well before the polls closed in the panhandle which is largely Republican. There were reports of people stopping and turning around on the way to the polls because they heard Rather on radio. Had Rather kept his mouth shut Bush would no doubt have won Florida by a much larger margin. They also ignore that Tennessee, which Gore claims as his home state, the state that elected him to the Senate, went for Bush, in other words those who knew him best did not want him in the white house! Had Gore carried his own home state he would have won without Florida yet they persist in pushing the meme that Bush “stole” the 2000 election. I believe the obvious truth is that Gore, aided by the media, TRIED AND FAILED to steal the 2000 election.
I have seen it before - it happened later in BJ Clinton’s 2nd term.
“That is true, because of the heavy “PC” situation this country is now in, you got to keep your voting choices to yourself.”
It doesn’t bode well for Dems that the only time ANY Americans get to vent is in the privacy of the voting booth, and that can be organized in anonymity online - there are no people to intimidate in terms of their livelihoods, no places to demonstrate, etc.
As indicated by all elections since Obama took office, Americans DO vent.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.