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In reply to the discussion: Hey, Mitt! You didn't just LOSE, you're being fucking ERASED! [View all]calimary
(81,670 posts)Glad you're here! His favorability numbers were always low. Consistently throughout the campaign, especially against Obama. The President beat mitt even during Obama's own shakier times.
What always annoyed me was this straining to press the case for false equivalence. There was a long span of time where CNN was describing one particular Obama lead of 48-40 as "neck and neck." WTF??? The media was bending over triple-backwards trying to portray this election as a dead heat. So misleading for almost the whole length of the campaign! It was such a loud, constant drumbeat that people here were freaking out. I should know - I certainly was one of them! I spent most of the campaign in a low-grade panic. Before the primary debate season even got halfway through, I was talking to myself every time I went out to walk the dog! I've been a tightly contained nervous wreck for more than a year!
Good Heavens! Is this what they call "pretzel logic"? Media relentlessly giving the benefit of the doubt to the wrong wing? As I observed through month after month of the campaign, it was damn near infuriating.