This is not a story about a poll.
This is a story about the nation's leading conservative magazine, and how it has given a megaphone to someone who -- in the course of a single day -- can go from this:
48-47 for McCain [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
The latest Zogby, via Drudge. This is still competitive. Thank goodness ...
To this:
Zog [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
Listen, I am not a poll conspiracy theorist. At least I don't want to be. But what the heck? McCain was leading last night suddenly. Now he's most definitely not. What's up with that? I'll tell you what's up with that. The only poll that matters is real votes. See you on Election Day.
There is a place for serious, conservative discourse in our society.
And the National Review clearly thinks of itself as that place. Indeed, here's how the company describes itself:
National Review and NRO are America's most widely read and influential magazine and web site for Republican/conservative news, commentary, and opinion.
Here are the subjects of the last 10 posts at NRO's Corner:
- Obama's Aunt
- Wedding Announcements of Gay Couples in the NY Times
- Flip-Flop on Zogby Poll
- Lawn Sign Conspiracy
- Saturday Night Live
- "Good News" because Palin is in "super-rally" mode
- Obama's Aunt
- Obama's Aunt
- Obama Tax Policy
- Ole Miss Student Newspaper Endorsement
As I said, there is a place for serious, conservative discourse in our society.
NRO clearly isn't that place.