Or so the AP would have you believe. Do they have a copy editor over there?
So I start my Sunday like most, perusing various sites reading the news, when I come across thi article over @ Huffington post written by the AP.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
Now I am just enraged. It's bad enough that the media has created this narrative, and some of the numbers are far worse than what we'd want to see, but as you read it, notice the key theme, the main headline. Now take a second to process the key findings WRITTEN IN THEIR OWN ARTICLE:
"_76 percent of Obama voters say they will support the Democrat in their House district, while 8 percent plan to back the Republican and the rest are undecided.
_71 percent of McCain voters say they will vote for the Republican in their House district, while 9 percent plan to get behind Democrats and 20 percent haven't chosen a candidate."
How invested in a narrative do you have to be to not even notice this. So let me get this straight, in their findings, they've found that MORE OBAMA SUPPORTERS are supporting DEMS than MCCAIN SUPPORTERS are supporting REPUBLICANS. More McCain supporters are defecting than Obama supporters (although statistically insignificant). And more McCain supporters are undecided on party then Obama supporters. It's like a comedy show without a punchline. Black is now red and red is now yellow I guess. But this is why we ned to keep working, because this is what the media plan has been about the past year, from publicizing small groups of cranks yelling "keep the governments hands of my Medicare" to ignoring everything this administration has accomplished (although as we all know, Obama and his team have a LONG WAY to go).
So just remember, this election is not just about Democrats running against Republicans, we're also running against one of the most well funded, secretely bankrolled opponents in history, which will make it that much harder to be heard. We're dealing with groups that will just put the facts out there in plain sight while screaming the exact opposite and just hope we're too distracted, too worried to notice. Pathetic.
Update #1: Wow, Rec list, thanks to all, never expected that with a short diary such as this, but coming back from the store to see that was awesome, as my voice can often be jumbled by a certain lack of writing style on occassion. Also, this piece is now the top news story on Yahoo with a very ssimilar headline, as mentioned in comments. It's amazing the way this stuff spreads like wildfire without any regard for what is actually stated. Special thanks to indybend for pointing out my original title might be offputting due to the unclarity of what I might be stating.