Tea Party Tuesday: "Uneven"

[Samson]

Here's MSNBC's unbias view of politics June 9, 2010

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It was an uneven performance for the loose coalition of conservative and disenchanted voters called a tea party.

Movement candidates won in Nevada, South Carolina, Georgia and Maine.

But in Virginia, three tea party congressional candidates lost.

The Washington Post-ABC News poll showed the percentage of Americans who hold an unfavorable view of the movement has jumped from 39 percent in March to 50 percent.

It's not that voters are any happier than they were three months ago. Perhaps some are starting to view the tea party — and its controversial candidates — as something else not to like about politics.

A. winning in 4 of 5 states doesn't sound "uneven."
B. The 50% "Unfavorable view" appears immaterial
C. The conclusion that "some are starting to view the tea party = something else not to like" is absurd.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Considering MSNBC audience is nonexistent, it's a nice balance

 

[Big Fitz]

They're probably counting all three losses in Virginia as three separate losses.

As for the unfavorable view, they probably got out their roladex of liberal voters and polled them and are surprised not more of them hate the tea party.

And lastly, should have the disclaimer "And it is this newsroom's feverish hope that..."


BTW, the link is busted or won't load for dialup.

 

[Samson]

BTW, the link is busted or won't load for dialup.

The link works, but your computer probably has a stupidity filter.

 

[Oddball]

Humorous spin:

Lincoln's comeback strategy was twofold: She took the anti-incumbent mood head on — "I know you're angry at Washington," she said in one ad — while making out-of-state unions a political boogeyman more scary than even, well, a Washington incumbent.

These outsiders, she said, "try to tell us who we are and buy our votes."

Former President Bill Clinton, still popular in his home state, especially among black voters, echoed Lincoln's messages.

With Clinton and Arkansas business leaders behind Lincoln, the race became a fight between the state's establishment (Lincoln, Clinton and the Chamber of Commerce) and the Washington establishment (unions).

It couldn't possibly be that Lincoln's opponent was so far left, so as to make himself an unsuitable choice to Arkansas democratics, let alone viable in the general this fall, could it?

 

[Big Fitz]

BTW, the link is busted or won't load for dialup.

The link works, but your computer probably has a stupidity filter.

Oh thank God that filter's working! Saved from more grand idiocy. I was worried it stopped functioning.