Zogby Engages in Apparent Push Polling for Right-Wing Website
The conservative website HowObamaGotElected.com reports that it has commissioned Zogby International to conduct a poll of 512 Barack Obama voters as part of what can best be described as a viral marketing effort to discredit the intelligence of Obama supporters.
The website, created by former radio talk show host John Ziegler to promote a forthcoming documentary, features a YouTube clip of interviews with 12 Obama voters who “were chosen for their apparent intelligence/verbal abilities and willingness to express their opinions to a large audience”. The clip portrays the Obama supporters as giving “incorrect” answers to political questions such as “which candidate said his policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry and make energy rates skyrocket”.
Over 66 million people cast a vote for Obama for President. I’m sure it was a real challenge to find 512 of them who aren’t very bright and didn’t have an educated, well-reasoned basis for voting as they did.
I sincerely hope someone creates a rebuttal with clips like the one of the guy at the McCain/Palin rally with the “Little Hussein” monkey doll, and interviews with all the racist hillbillies talking about how they’d never vote for a black man.
No Presidential candidate ever has a monopoly on ignorant voters. Showing only one side of the picture is grossly misleading, which of course is the hallmark of rightwing radio talk show hosts. I’m not surprised by this, but it’s riling nonetheless.
UPDATE: Wow. You gotta check out Nate’s interview with Ziegler.
