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Archae

(46,337 posts)
Fri Mar 28, 2014, 09:24 PM Mar 2014

No wonder Rand Paul is so bloody stupid...

Take a look at his "pollster."

Rand Paul And The Fringe Birther Media Have The Same Pollster

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has again dipped into the fringes of the conservative media for support. The Washington Post reported that Paul is building a national network to potentially support a 2016 presidential run, and is using Fritz Wenzel as his pollster.

Wenzel is a birther who has called President Obama an "imposter," and teamed up with conspiracy site WND to push dubious polling about the president's birth certificate. In addition to promoting conspiracy theories, Wenzel is also an objectively poor pollster. He has a long history of offering wild electoral predictions, prompting Slate reporter Dave Weigel to dub him the "pollster that's always wrong."

Wenzel's WND polling isn't limited to birtherism. WND articles about his polls carry headlines like, "AMERICANS WANT 'GAY' LESSONS BANISHED"; "POLL: SEEDS OF TYRANNY PRESENT IN AMERICA"; "ANSWER TO BENGHAZI OBFUSCATION? IMPEACHMENT"; and "POLL: PALIN WOULD STIR UP EVEN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY" (a poll that claimed Palin would be competitive against Obama in a Democratic primary).

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/03/28/rand-paul-and-the-fringe-birther-media-have-the/198660

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No wonder Rand Paul is so bloody stupid... (Original Post) Archae Mar 2014 OP
Rand Paul is a con man, so no surprise that his "pollster" is also a con man. Scuba Mar 2014 #1
I can see the bumbersticker Politicalboi Mar 2014 #2
:::Ahem!::: DonViejo Mar 2014 #3
Ron Paul and his equally creepy son swim in the shallow end of the gene pool. Zen Democrat Mar 2014 #4
Much too verbose. TexasTowelie Mar 2014 #7
Birdbrain! Segami Mar 2014 #5
I know it's not just me but G_j Mar 2014 #6
Keep it up stupid.. you're doing fine. Cha Mar 2014 #8

Zen Democrat

(5,901 posts)
4. Ron Paul and his equally creepy son swim in the shallow end of the gene pool.
Fri Mar 28, 2014, 09:59 PM
Mar 2014

They are first-class freaks and if you happen to find them credible on one issue, they fix that soon enough with their next issue, and the next. They are sick, greedy, racist loons.

TexasTowelie

(112,252 posts)
7. Much too verbose.
Fri Mar 28, 2014, 10:18 PM
Mar 2014

I'm thinking along the same lines as you, but I was willing to stop at "It's Genetic!".

G_j

(40,367 posts)
6. I know it's not just me but
Fri Mar 28, 2014, 10:16 PM
Mar 2014

I can't fathom how anyone would vote for someone who always looks cold, angry and mean, though it obviously happens.
It's like voting for the class room bully, picking the meanest person you can find to be your leader. I know people make fun of his hair, but that's superfluous, it's the look in his eyes that is scary.
Oh yea, and then there's his voice, and the mean spirited things he says...
A wise person once said, mean people suck!

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