Letters to the Editor
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scare tactics
It makes so much sense now. The Republican Party has convinced Fox News to manipulate its poll to scare its viewers into voting. Meanwhile, the Republican Party has also convinced CNN to manipulate its poll to lull its Democratic viewers into a false sense of security, increasing the odds that Democratic turnout will be low.
To quote Homer Simpson, "In case you couldn't tell, I was being sarcastic!"
I have read some absurd conspiracy theories in the War Room comments the past two days. Here's a sample:
"That' the real obscenity is that whether the voting machines work or not, the results were tabulated long ago."
"The pollsters are all moving into line with Karl Rove's command--er, prediction, so that no one questions whether the elections were rigged when the Republicans "win big" on Tuesday."
"I think these straw polls help to reflect and reinforce any sort of wrongly begotten numbers these not-so-tamperproof Accu-Vote machines will spew out tomorrow."
Of course, none of these are backed up with a shred of evidence. We accuse Republicans and their supporters of being ignorant, while proudly claiming membership in the reality-based community. Yet, if these comments are any indication, liberals are equally capable of distorting information to support their prejudices.