Bringing On the Crazy
Normally I don’t do partisan red meat, but today it seems Republicans are going out of their way to violate the First Law of Tropic Thunder.
Let’s start with Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman in NY-23. Today he un-conceded his race, claiming that “ACORN and labor unions” committed voter fraud. I really can’t do this justice, so I’ll let him explain:
“As evidence surfaces, we find out that reported results from election night were far from accurate. ACORN and the unions did their best to try and sway the results to Obamacare supporter Bill Owens,” Hoffman wrote on his campaign site. “Rest assured, they will not succeed, and I am therefore revoking my statement of concession.”
The next few paragraphs say it all:
And Hoffman’s claims are being undermined by his own staff and Republican election workers in the district. His campaign adviser, Rob Ryan, told the Syracuse Post-Standard that the campaign “knows chances for a victory grow more remote with each passing day.”
The Jefferson County Republican elections commissioner told the Watertown Daily Times that Hoffman’s allegations were “absolutely false.”
Sigh….Let’s move on to the GOP base in general. Public Policy Polling found that 52% of Republicans–an outright majority–believe Obama “stole” the 2008 election. The culprit? Of course, ACORN. How original.
Among Republicans, however, only 27% say Obama actually won the race, with 52% — an outright majority — saying that ACORN stole it, and 21% are undecided. Among McCain voters, the breakdown is 31%-49%-20%. By comparison, independents weigh in at 72%-18%-10%, and Democrats are 86%-9%-4%.
Yes, ACORN stole 9.5 million votes, and no one’s managed to find a shred of proof . All things considered, in relative terms this isn’t that bad. “Only” 42% of Republicans are birthers.
Finally, let’s look at everyone’s favorite hack, Mitt Romney. Today, he penned an op-ed in Politico attacking Obama for, amongst other things, lacking the experience to be president.
Governor, you may have overlooked one fact: he *is* the president. Only 43 people in history have more experience than he does, and you’re not one of them. The hills of New England are not the mountains of Afghanistan. There are plenty of legitimate critiques of Obama, but the experience angle should have been dropped the day he was inaugurated.
That’s quite a lot of stupid for one day, don’t you think?
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P.S. Not a Republican, but this caught my eye too: Dad Spoke Only Klingon To Son For Three Years. Crazy times we live in.