Tails I Win, Heads You Lose Of The Century

11:39 am EST June 22nd, 2008 | Media | 9 Comments

Scaife’s Tribune-Review opines that the 15% lead for Sen. Obama in that Newsweek poll is a clear sign of doom for the Obama campaign.

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9 Responses to “Tails I Win, Heads You Lose Of The Century”

  1. James E. Powell says:
    June 22, 2008 at 1:07 pm

    I do not agree with the Tribune-Review; a lead is a good thing. But I do recall that in 2000 every time Gore moved ahead of Bush the corporate press/media took it as a sign that they should work like demons to bring Gore down. Bob Somerby has documented this.

    I am expecting them to do the same with Obama.

  2. SaveFarris says:
    June 22, 2008 at 1:18 pm

    While a big lead now doesn’t automatically spell certain doom, it does give you a false confidence that makes you think you can get away with bonehead moves like re-making the Presidential Seal.

  3. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    June 22, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    “While a big lead now doesn’t automatically spell certain doom, it does give you a false confidence that makes you think you can get away with bonehead moves like re-making the Presidential Seal.”

    This sinks of false outrage. If it was the other way around, the right wouldn’t give a damn. Sort of like Kerry marrying a rich woman was a major issue, but McCain doing the same is fine.

  4. Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle says:
    June 22, 2008 at 6:25 pm

    OT: Megan Fox was in Philly recently. I didn’t know until I read it in the news paper today :-(

  5. Marty says:
    June 23, 2008 at 11:50 am

    Scaife’s Tribune-Review opines that the 15% lead for Sen. Obama in that Newsweek poll is a clear sign of doom for the Obama campaign.

    Wow- an opinion columnist’s blog post prompts a Media Matters ‘call for action.’ Talk about false outrage…

    (Do you mean that Newsweek poll that consisted of 38% registered Democrats and 22% registered Republicans with a majority of the remaining Independents stating they lean Democrat? I guess a bounce is a bounce, but that seems to be the ONLY poll that showed it.)

  6. Marty says:
    June 23, 2008 at 11:59 am

    Oh- and by the way Oliver…

    Perhaps in Ollie’s World a 15% lead in a poll several months before an election is already a win (per your quite false analogies and catchy title) but I would imagine there are those who remember Kerry, Dukakis, Bill Buckner, and Chris (“time out”) Webber who might think otherwise.

  7. Oliver Willis says:
    June 23, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    There was no “call to action”, you just made that up. The absurdity was noted as well as how it fits into the fake narrative the right is trying to build. As far as the poll I’m the last person to translate that into a win, but its not often someone is up double digits in a poll and that gets interpreted by anyone but the mentally challenged as a sign of doom.

  8. Jay says:
    June 24, 2008 at 10:03 am

    Oliver, you interpreted what she wrote as a “sign of doom.” She doesn’t say anything about Obama losing.

    Perhaps it was more of a, “Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it” warning. Let’s be honest. Many, if not most Democrats are convinced Obama is going to win quite easily this November and will use this poll as ‘evidence’ of the groundswell of support.

    All it really means is nothing and that nobody should be too excited or too glum at this point because anything can happen. Remember, Hillary supporters thought they had the nomination in the bag in January.

  9. Marty says:
    June 25, 2008 at 8:45 am

    Nah- no call to action- just the everyday Media Matters ‘addresses to bitch to…’

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