The GOP "Phony Jobs Report" Meme Will Work On Some Because ----

[TheMastersNemesis]

the right wing hate machine has a huge voice in areas where there is no other voice. And that is the danger of distortion and outright falsehood politics can have a real effect on the uninformed voter.

[still_one]

1. Some of the media was disgraceful in how they handled this. That they would even imply that the LBS

was somehow manipulating the figures for political purpose demonstrates just how bad they have become

[Waiting For Everyman]

2. Those who buy that are already zombie-ized rombots. n/t

[regnaD kciN]

3. Yes, but...

the right wing hate machine has a huge voice in areas where there is no other voice.

Those are areas unlikely to go for Obama anyway.

[Major Hogwash]

4. Not only that, but also because those people WANT to believe it because they are racists!

The official Romney campaign team laughed it off on Friday morning, yet all the while they were working behind the scenes to push that meme big-time all day on Friday.

It started with Joe Scarbrow when he said "These numbers can't be right." within just a few minutes of the jobs report being released.
Then about 8 minutes later, Jack Welch, the former CEO of General Electric, weighed in on Twitter saying "the boys in Chicago fudged the numbers. couldn't win the debate, so they changed the numbers."

It's a ridiculous and absurd notion, but the racists and the white supremacists around the country will believe it because they WANT to believe it.

[Cali_Democrat]

5. In order to believe it, you'd have to believe there's a huge conspiracy

You'd have to believe the Administration fixed the numbers for political purposes. If people are willing to believe Obama would do that, they wouldn't have voted for him anyway.