Not a single Hillary is Ahead Poll on the front page

Instead the common word, "steal" repeated hundreds of times.


What does that tell you?

It reminds me of the Dan Rather story on Bush's truncated service in the National Guard. Ten zillion internet posters suddenly became experts on typewriter fonts from the 1970s.



As you follow the dueling quotes from the various news stories, you see the Karl Rove method at work. Hillary has a trustworthiness problem while Sanders -- honestly, due mainly due to his newness to fame -- has a favorable rating in that area.

Watch as these soldiers do their assigned jobs.



Before you soldiers swarm over this thread with more quotes, take note that at least this one Bernie supporter agrees that a thorough investigation is appropriate and it is possible that the Sanders campaign may deserve a negative consequence, if the facts -- rather than internet snarking -- justify it. Such a negative consequence might be as mild as an admonition to a formal demand that Sanders withdraw from the race.

I do have to say that stealing his data is not an appropriate consequence no matter how benign or evil the facts turn out to be. By the way, that is what the DNC did until returning it this morning.


These furious debates with dueling internet sources are a regular feature of the Information Age. They are all absurd. My favorite example was the death of Trayvon Martin three years ago. Some people just KNEW that Zimmerman tracked the kid down and murdered him in cold blood while gun nuts just KNEW that Zimmerman had to kill the kid to save his own life.

I still don't know what happened exactly and the only guy who really knows beat the rap -- not convincing me that he was innocent, but definitely showing how hard it is to know exactly what happens in the real world as opposed to what we want to be true.

But partisan hacks cannot stand the idea of missing an opportunity to grind their axes.