GOP Can't See The Bull For The Shit
They went to the unusual length of arranging a focus group to test anti-Obama films. Conducted by Frank Luntz, the well-known Republican research analyst, a 30-person focus group looked at three choices: Dinesh DSouzas 2016: Obamas America, which theorizes that the presidents political beliefs were shaped by the radical anticolonial views of his Kenyan father; The Hope and the Change, a softer critique of the president that features interviews with disaffected former Obama supporters; and Dreams From My Real Father, which posits the implausible theory that the presidents real father is Mr. Davis, and that Mr. Davis indoctrinated him with Marxist views early on.
Left (surprisingly?) unsaid in all this:
whether or not the films were flatly untrue was of no apparent concern. For that matter, whether or not the films were the most wretched, conspiratorial slanders you could imagine did not particularly concern them either:
Focus groups were revolted by Dreams From My Real Father, with its conspiracy theory paranoia and dubious evidence. It compares photos of the president and Mr. Davis, noting that they have similar noses and freckles. It also purports to have uncovered nude photos of Mr. Obamas mother in a bondage magazine.
Mr. Luntzs clients were not surprised. Their thinking was, I want to know if its as bad as I think it is, Mr. Luntz said.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/27/1150168/-Conservatives-tested-which-anti-Obama-conspiracy-films-to-send-to-voters#comments
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/us/politics/strident-anti-obama-messages-flood-key-states.html?_r=3&