According to Fox News it is. I recorded Fox News post debate. At the start of the Hannity Show he went to Frank Luntz in a room of undecided voters- around 30 of them. I wish you all could have seen this. Several of them weren’t even close to be undecided- they were for Romney. There was this one woman there who was as whacked-out anti-Obama as anyone you might have ever seen or heard. A few were possibly undecided.
I title my diary “Is America Stupid?” because that is the title of my book. As many of you know, Fairleigh Dickinson University conducted a poll and found that people who don’t watch the news at all are more informed than Fox News’ viewers. And the fact that Fox News would run a segment like I just mentioned, is as clear as any indicator how much Fox is all about connecting to the stupid. I wish you could have seen this one woman.
Regarding who won the debate tonight may even be less of an issue than Fox News being the equivalent of Professional Wrestling. I know that it’s important- who won the debate- but the message is that Fox thinks (or knows) that millions of Americans are dumber than most of us have ever imagined. As I said, I wish you could have seen this one “undecided” woman.
As for the debate, Romney didn’t show up. Seriously, he really didn’t. It was a push button doll. He repeated himself around 4 times. He said exactly what he said in the previous debates- which he also repeated over and over again. He said nothing new that was of any significance. He agreed with Obama around 80%.
So, if he wins, the storyline is going to read: “Romney makes ingenious last second shift to the center.” He cheated.* But big deal. Who cares.
And in the rest of our minds: “He has the worst campaign ever (especially over the summer), the 47% tape, only around 30% of Rep voters seemed to like him during the primaries, the Rep candidates didn’t like or trust him, weak endorsements, he’s obviously hiding something in his taxes, he chooses “Son of Ayn Rand” for his VP. etc., etc. etc. Obama has one slip- not showing up for 1st debate- but Romney didn’t show up for 3rd debate. What happened? How did this happen?”
Is America stupid? I’m just asking.
*And the weird thing is- he may actually believe the center stuff more than the far right stuff. He probably does, but what does it matter. It's all sickening, but everyone has to get fired up.