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http://www.politicalgarbagechute.com/republicans-getting-the-most-bat-shit-bang-for-their-buck/Republicans: Getting the Most Bat-Shit Bang For Their Buck
October 1, 2012
by James Schlarmann
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But in Republican-Land the polls are slanted in favor of the Democrats because a) Liberal media bias dictates it, b) supposedly pollsters are calling way more Democrats than Republicans (which simply is not true, and as Maddow pointed out recently, the truth is that there just happens to be more Democrat voters in the swing states, which would totally explain them leaning blue, or just going whole-hog for President Obama), or c) whatever other bat shit crazy idea they have as to why their candidate sucks out loud.
The polls arent biased, clearly. Its not like everyone in the media got together last year and decided this would be the year they started tabulating all the swing states for Obama. The truth is that Romney-Ryan is selling a load of bullshit, and a lot of Americans just simply arent buying it. The Republican argument is pretty simple. Lets go back to handing all the money to the rich people and then itll magically float down from heaven upon the serfs. But heres the thing: it didnt fucking work. What theyre hoping is that country as battered wife syndrome; that we know how bad for us the GOP is, but we cant quit them.
We are quitting them; the polls show it and theyre scared.
This all sort of flows back into one of the biggest narratives of the 2012 Presidential Election: The complete abandonment of reality and truth by the Republican party. Romney-Ryan is the ticket that wont be hampered by fact checkers. Mitts lying is so legendary in this election that President Clinton actually addressed it directly during his Democratic National Convention speech, saying flatly that Obama did not gut the work requirement in Welfare reform. Of course, hed already addressed it directly in ad as well, so its clear that the Republicans are just disconnected from reality in a way that is simultaneously hilarious and depressing, sort of like a clown car ramming into a brick wall and going up in flames. Sure, its funny watching fifty clowns get out of one small car, but then you realize that theres mass carnage involved and its really not funny at all. The Republican disconnect from reality is frightening because they get people to vote for them. The fact that even five states are Red means theres an essential element of life missing in those states: logic.
The election is still far from over. A month is a long time in politics sort of like the last two minutes of an NFL game. Anything can happen, and its still possible that Mitt Romney could win in November. After all, there are still some very crucial voter ID laws being challenged in important swing states. But thats another story for another time. The point is that its most certainly not time to pop open the bubbly if youre President Obama. But despite what the Right Wing is furiously trying to get everyone to buy into, the reality is that as bad as the economy is right now, the majority of the country knows its not because Obama didnt try, and its not that his ideas are bad. The majority, or at least the plurality, of the country truly believes Obama can right the ship, and any worries they have about him pulling it off come second behind worries they have about putting Mitt in office in the first place.
The polls arent skewed, the Republicans view of reality is.
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Republicans: Getting the Most Bat-Shit Bang For Their Buck (Original Post)
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The whole article but THIS..
This all sort of flows back into one of the biggest narratives of the 2012 Presidential Election: The complete abandonment of reality and truth by the Republican party. Romney-Ryan is the ticket that wont be hampered by fact checkers. Mitts lying is so legendary in this election that President Clinton actually addressed it directly during his Democratic National Convention speech, saying flatly that Obama did not gut the work requirement in Welfare reform. Of course, hed already addressed it directly in ad as well, so its clear that the Republicans are just disconnected from reality in a way that is simultaneously hilarious and depressing, sort of like a clown car ramming into a brick wall and going up in flames. Sure, its funny watching fifty clowns get out of one small car, but then you realize that theres mass carnage involved and its really not funny at all. The Republican disconnect from reality is frightening because they get people to vote for them. The fact that even five states are Red means theres an essential element of life missing in those states: logic.
Poor things are brainwashed.
And, there's Steve Benen's..
Now Steve Benen has accumulated Volume XXXV of Mitt's LIES.. With this caveat..
I thought many months ago that it was at least possible that Mitt Romney would be more cautious about telling falsehoods as the election drew closer. After all, candidates can get away with more in, say, April than in September -- there's far more scrutiny now.
Alas, Romney seems unfazed, both by the calendar and by life under a microscope -- he keeps repeating falsehoods without any real concern for consequences. In case there were any doubts about his worst habit, consider the 35th installment of my weekly series, chronicling Mitt's mendacity
Alas, Romney seems unfazed, both by the calendar and by life under a microscope -- he keeps repeating falsehoods without any real concern for consequences. In case there were any doubts about his worst habit, consider the 35th installment of my weekly series, chronicling Mitt's mendacity
The LIES..http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/09/21/14015581-chronicling-mitts-mendacity-vol-xxxv?lite
Benen had more hope for Romney than I did.