If you were a Democrat it sucked, if you were an Obama fan it really sucked. I realize it can be pretty difficult to counter someone who lies every other sentence and presents about a dozen alternate reality versions of himself - but... really? I know being a Democrat is a fairly complicated proposition and reality has an unfortunate tendency to screw with our desires - but... really?
I have one piece of advice for the President to use in the upcoming debates:
Whatever it was you thought you were doing, STOP IT!
Thursday, October 04, 2012
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Polling The 47% Statement
NBC/WSJ did some polling and one of the questions was how did Mitt's 47% comment affect your view of him?
The media loves "a moment" in campaigns, the ones that change everything, so this thing takes on a life as one of them. The slow drip drip of GOPer bullshit from the Primaries on to now as an r-Money definer seems a lot more reasonable backed up by what this poll says. This is the guts of what I find offensive by the "a moment" theme in this case. If the definition continues on, what will happen is that r-Money gets the blame as a clueless bumbler for a loss that was avoidable minus this particular fumble.
If you think some really charismatic person could sell the bill of goods that Mittens has been peddling I'm really frightened for the America of that vision.
More positive ......................................................... 23
More negative ....................................................... 45
Not much difference .............................................. 24
Don’t know enough ............................................... 8Despite the media's obsession with this tape and its effects this thing shows what I've been dismissing. Yeah, a 45 more negative view isn't helpful, but look at the rest of it, if you add the rest together you get 53% that aren't pushed Obama's direction. I'm more than happy to go with the idea that the statement froze some leaners in Obama's camp, but that is far from agreeing with the idea that the statement is persuading people into voting for him that weren't already there. I'd be more inclined if that "more negative" number was in excess of Obama's general polling but it isn't.
The media loves "a moment" in campaigns, the ones that change everything, so this thing takes on a life as one of them. The slow drip drip of GOPer bullshit from the Primaries on to now as an r-Money definer seems a lot more reasonable backed up by what this poll says. This is the guts of what I find offensive by the "a moment" theme in this case. If the definition continues on, what will happen is that r-Money gets the blame as a clueless bumbler for a loss that was avoidable minus this particular fumble.
If you think some really charismatic person could sell the bill of goods that Mittens has been peddling I'm really frightened for the America of that vision.
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