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A Conspiracy for the Taking
October 25, 2025
Pre-election jitters or evidence of a rattled mind? Driving back from picking up Mr. Ollie at the groomers, (see picture above) I was entertained by the following tidbit from Frank Lutz, polling savant to the political right wing, speaking through the megaphone of PBS:
‘Ever since Kamala started getting negative, her polls numbers have dropped. I mean, she was ahead 5 points after she declared her candidacy and her message carried joy; now she is sounding negative and she is 2 points behind in the polls.’ (loose transcript)
Where have we heard this positive-negative posturing garbage before?
Why, courtesy of Russia!
Russia, the country that sends the world its best hackers, trollers, and conspiracy mavens. Who know how to bifurcate a poll or two.
Russia, the country that brings us those who are paid to trash democracy.
It’s all about being positive, right? Of course, that’s who wins: let’s be positive.
A conspiracy for the taking.
Not to be overly skeptical, I picked up a thread to a New York Times opinion piece by Nate Silver, the guy who keeps us up at night, fretting at the prospect of another 2016. Mr. Silver’s gut says its Trump by a nose. Don’t get upset… it's just his…
