It happened twice. hmm. I think they are frantic at the moment, and are resorting to scare tactics so low, that they are trying to depress conservatives to a point of not even bothering to show up and vote. If the voters see this they might think "Well Obama
must have this in the bag". This race is about who shows up on election day, and Romney has the momentum within his base. You don't hear about independents swaying to Obama, you only hear them leaning to Romney.
That 17% 3rd party figure is absolutely laughable.