CoffeeCat (19,082 posts)
Is it just me, or does the other side currently seem delusional and in denial?
I have become a crazy connoisseur of political news and I read just about everything.
I am getting quite disturbed by the far right of the Republican party. Has anyone ventured into the messageboards of these tea-party-type sights?
They are completely in denial, suggesting that Romney has "momentum" as they cling to right-leaning Rasmussen polls and opinion pieces that are not based in reality. They ignore the majority of polls that show Obama leading in the key swing states, and the Time poll is dismissed due to some creative denial they've got going on.
I read some of the stuff, and I'm truly frightened for these people. The opinion writers do a disservice to these people when they write about Obama having "low turnout at his rallies" (LOL!) or a lack of enthusiasm from the base (LOL again!).
Obama's crowds have been 10,000+ here in my swing state of Iowa and the ground game here is off-the-charts phenomenal. Early voting here in Iowa has registered Dems ahead of registered Republicans by 20 percent. These numbers are reflected in nearly every state.
I don't think the media (or right-wing mouthpieces) are doing these unstable tea partiers any favors. They're keeping them in denial. They are going to unravel at the seams on election night after Obama wins.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021632382If 0bama does win, we won't unravel, we won't be happy but we wont unravel. However when Romney wins you goons are going to become so unhinged that I will not be surprised if some of you do bodily harm to yourselves.
You call us delusional when your president has no record to run on, he has to lie, distort, and play silly games in order to keep from talking about how his first term has gone. In a sane country a president with his record would be down by 10 to 20 points.
CoffeeCat (19,082 posts)
9. I guess I've just never seen denial to this extent...
They dismiss the obvious signs that Obama has all of the advantages. They cling to partisan polls and bizarre half truths.
I guess when you really want something--and you can't face the truth--you can convince yourself of anything.
When I approach the election and what is happening--I like to scour all information and find the answers. Of course I want Obama to win, but I'm not an idiot. I wouldn't ignore obvious signals, like the recent Time Ohio poll and all of the other polls that show Obama ahead in Ohio. Common sense would dictate to me that if Romney doesn't win in Ohio, he's done. I find it hard that their conclusion is that Romney is going to win in a landslide because Rasmussen polls said so and because their right-wing mouthpiece of choice told them some anecdotal "stories".
It just seems weird to me.
Yet left wing polls and anecdotes posted at DU are proof that Romney is toast.
sadbear (2,784 posts)
11. They don't have much to cling to, do they?
History is leaving them in the dust. It is weird, but it's only going to get weirder once some reliably red states become blue (TX, AZ, etc.)
And we are delusional?
If we are as delusional as you idiots we would be claiming that we were going to take CA.
Mr.Bill (190 posts)
13. I saw a guy on a coservative website
saying that Romney was going to win California. Now that's delusional. He was totally serious, too.
Uh huh sure he was. He was either being sarcastic, or he is a mole, or you made the whole thing up.
CoffeeCat (19,082 posts)
12. And yes, 2004 was a great example...
I wanted Bush out more than anything. However, I knew what the reality was. I wasn't, and neither were you, full of delusions and crazy expectations that don't mesh with reality.
Also, like you--I cried a lot in 2004. I felt gobsmacked for several days. We cried, but what will these tea-party types do? They seem very, very angry and they spend most of their time amped up on fear from Glenn Beck, Hannity and other propagandists.
They're angrier and almost strung out--and now they're anesthetized with Rasmussen, right-wing radio and this silly "momentum" meme. What happens when that anesthesia wears off?
It just seems like a long, long way to fall for people who don't seem that sane.
Oh please you guys were so unhinged in 2004 it made 2000 look like you were sane in comparison.
JI7 (37,167 posts)
23. but we knew 2000 and 2004 was going to be close, yes, the "losses" hurt but we weren't living
in some fantasy about how we were going to win big.
History rewritten everyday at DU.
Hell till this day some of you still claim that Kerry really won in a landslide but Chimpy stole it.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody (8,879 posts)
22. Wait until November 7th
Enjoy this. This is actually the calm before the storm, they are utterly convinced they are winning. Wait until they get the actual results. Then the dangerously unhinged right will know no bounds.
Yeah we will be just as unhinged as we were in 2008, when we had the nerve to organize and start a comeback in 2010. We can't be sane like you guys and poop on cop cars and destroy public parks like you fine outstanding citizens.
