I haven't seen much commentary combining the subject of this post (rigged voting machines, vote suppression) and this one: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/11/tom-ferguson-massive-surge-of-republican-money-in-last-ditch-effort-to-sink-obama.html with the subject of your last one. How many of the conservatives who've been disputing the polls really thought they were wrong and how many were trying to muddy the water to make vote rigging less obvious? Even if you go with the less sinister idea that commentators like Scarborough thought a last minute spending surge would change enough minds to swing the election, they weren't about to say, in effect, "Citizens United is allowing us to buy elections." Of course, that would mean Scarborough types abandon all pretense of objectivity during elections and it would begin to explain the cluelessness (real or feigned) of journalists like Chris Cillizza.
2 comments:
I haven't seen much commentary combining the subject of this post (rigged
voting machines, vote suppression) and this one:
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/11/tom-ferguson-massive-surge-of-republican-money-in-last-ditch-effort-to-sink-obama.html
with the subject of your last one. How many of the conservatives
who've been disputing the polls really thought they were wrong and how
many were trying to muddy the water to make vote rigging less obvious?
Even if you go with the less sinister idea that commentators like
Scarborough thought a last minute spending surge would change enough
minds to swing the election, they weren't about to say, in effect,
"Citizens United is allowing us to buy elections."
Of course, that would mean Scarborough types abandon all pretense of
objectivity during elections and it would begin to explain the
cluelessness (real or feigned) of journalists like Chris Cillizza.
That should be "would not begin to explain the cluelessness..."
Post a Comment