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ProSense

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14. Whining about polls reach EPIC FAIL level

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Thu Sep 27, 2012, 02:22 PM

Sep 2012

Top Romney Adviser: ‘Some Of These Polls Have Been Called Into Question’

By Aviva Shen

As nearly every major public opinion poll puts President Obama ahead of Mitt Romney, conservative pundits’ new favorite accusation is that the polls are biased because the media is oversampling Democrats. On Thursday, Romney’s senior adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom, repeated this line on Fox News to explain why the polls couldn’t be trusted:

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"Mitt's campaign has a 'no whining rule'"? (LOL!) [View all] ProSense Sep 2012 OP

STOP IT!!! This is hard nt SunsetDreams Sep 2012 #1

They meant a no not whining rule alcibiades_mystery Sep 2012 #2

I think he said "No WINNING rule". aletier_v Sep 2012 #3

That was the first thing that came to my mind! etherealtruth Sep 2012 #6

that would explain a lot Enrique Sep 2012 #11

Doubly funny when paired with "We just deal with the facts� pinboy3niner Sep 2012 #4

We're not going to have our whining dictated by fact-checkers central scrutinizer Sep 2012 #8

And we're not going to have our "facts" questioned by reality-based people!1!! pinboy3niner Sep 2012 #9

Don't like bringing up religion... DreamGypsy Sep 2012 #5

They DO SO have a "no whining" rule. surrealAmerican Sep 2012 #7

I never understand this reasoning. Doesn't blow out poll numbers reduce turnout on both sides ... GOTV Sep 2012 #10

Overthinking. By the same token, ProSense Sep 2012 #13

Oh Lo'dy! M_M Sep 2012 #12

Whining about polls reach EPIC FAIL level ProSense Sep 2012 #14