Let’s face it, conservatives are becoming more desperate and delusional every day. They hate their nominee for president and, in order to avoid the unthinkable prospect of President Obama’s reelection, they are literally hallucinating as they report on campaign events.
The Fox Nation posted an article they sourced from Twitter (that’s right, the anonymous news pros at Twitter) that featured a photo taken at Obama’s rally in Ohio yesterday. The headline reads “Not The ‘Overflow’ Crowd Obama Hoped For.” However, the photo contradicts the headline by showing thousands of supporters in the stadium’s stands. While it does not appear to be a full house, it is clearly well-attended. Officials estimated the crowd to be approximately 14,000. It should also be noted that the Twitter photo appears to have been taken prior to the start of the rally as other photos show the area in front of the stage to be packed with supporters.
The severity of delusional dysfunction was even more acute at Breitbart where they posted the same Twitter pic with the headline “Obama Launches Campaign In Empty Arena.” Empty? Really? Their readers must suffer from extreme cognitive impairment if they can read this tripe without falling down laughing. They even have a visual aid to make clear that the arena was far from empty. The arena holds 20,000, so it was more than two thirds full for an event six months prior to election day.
The brazen dishonesty of the the Breitbrats and the Fox Nationalists seems to have no lower boundary. They just keep descending into ever more surreal fantasy. By posting these hilariously mislabeled images they invite real world comparisons – which I have provided above. With rallies on the same weekend, Obama inspired thousands more than Romney’s paltry meetup. Which audience would you rather have if you were running for president?
You really have to wonder what motivates these wingnut propagandists. Surely they could produce better material than this. Maybe I’m giving them too much credit. Maybe this really is the best they can do. Or maybe the GOP has been overrun by a cell of Dadaist comedians and this is their idea of humor. God, I hope it’s the latter. That would explain things, because this is truly hysterical.
I guess reality is just too cruel for the Fox Nation. They can’t face the fact that they had a pool of brain dead lunatics to choose from and that the ultimate victor, Romney, had to become one of them, at least rhetorically, to become the party’s nominee. They know from his record that he was once considered a moderate and eventhough he has divorced himself from anythng he has said or done in the past that faintly showed any moderation they still can’t stand him. They much prefer a lunatic that has always been a lunatic, like Palin and others like her. If Obama gets to within 3 hours drive time of me during this campaign for a rally I will be there!
You should have no trouble finding a good seat.
I now have a great big red hand print on my forehead. Hilarious.
I was at the Columbus rally with my 2 boys who had a blast, hollering and cheering (although the 5 year old didn’t make it the whole way through, had to have a nap right after Obama came out). I don’t know how many people the arena holds but it had 3 levels of seats and all were full except for about half of the top level. I think the official estimate was 14,000 folks. Right before Obama came in, they opened up the floor and some people went down there although it seemed that most stayed in the seats to have a better view. More significant than the numbers, though, was the spirit. The people were stoked and insanely loud! Seemed like everyone was having a good time and getting very enthusiastic. Sorry, I just don’t see anyone, even Republicans, getting that jazzed up by Romney. Good luck to ’em.