Wages Of Perfidy
By Mitch Berg
I went into a neighborhood store the other day. The guy behind the counter is someone I talk politics with on occasion; he knows I’m a Republican, he is too (we all know each other in Saint Paul), and knows that I do a talk show.
“So how bad is it?” he asked. “Emmer down by 12 points?”
I spent about twenty minutes talking him off the ledge, explaining all the methodological problems in the “Minnesota Poll” and the “Humphrey Institute” polls. By the time I left, he’d put the sharp objects back in their places.
But as I walked back to the car, I thought if you’re one of the DFL’s opinion-manipulation technicians, that’s gotta be music to your ears. Good Republicans losing heart in the month before an election that, by all rights, we should win and win big.
And all because of lies, and a couple of polls that, in a just world, would be called push polls, or just-plain propaganda.
So my mission is clear. Dispel the DFL’s and media’s (pardon the redundancy) lies, one at a time.
October 4th, 2010 at 8:41 am
A Herculean task. Good luck.
October 4th, 2010 at 8:51 am
Yesterday Mr. Dayton said he didn’t need to have a complete budget ready until after the election (perhaps taking a cue from Congress). Surely the left and the media (PTR) will be pressing him for details.
October 4th, 2010 at 8:54 am
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October 4th, 2010 at 9:02 am
How do you know a Democrat is behind in an election? They tell the public that there Republican opponent wants to end social security. Last night Clark had a TV commerical saying that Bachmann wants to end said program. This morning St Paul paper had a Bachmann staffer’s letter saying all Republicans, including Betty’s opponent, want to end social security.
October 4th, 2010 at 10:02 am
It sounds to me like they are appealing to greed and fear, Chuck.
October 4th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Yes, God forbid that Social Security is privatized or put into the (in most cases) more capable hands of the account owners, thereby closing the lefties piggy bank!