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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue May 28, 2013, 12:29 PM May 2013

The Man Behind 'Unskewed Polls' Levels Up in Conspiracy Theories

ABBY OHLHEISER MAY 27, 2013

Dean Chambers, the man who started up the now discredited "Unskewed Polls" after he thought 2012's election polls were part of the whole biased liberal media conspiracy thing, is back. And this time, he thinks the president was high on cocaine during the Benghazi attack.

In an article published to the Examiner on Sunday (and noticed by Ezra Klein, who called it "the most amazing article I've ever read&quot , Chambers experimented with the word "allegedly." Apparently, it can go in front of anything! As in, "While our consulate in Benghazi was attacked during the night of September 11 of last year, our fearless leader was allegedly hiding away somewhere getting 'high as a kite' on cocaine."

The idea, which actually comes from a blog post by Kevin DuJan, revolves around a sticking point for Benghazi conspiracy theorists: where was the president during the night of the Benghazi attacks? This question was reasserted in a Politico piece by the National Review's Rich Lowry last week, to which DuJan's post is apparently a response. Here's HIS timeline of events for the President on September 11, 2012:

"Barack Obama retired to his private quarters (perhaps with Reggie Love…or maybe one of the other low-ranking young men who are forever suspiciously palling around with this president, unlike any president before him) sometime around 6pm EST or so on 9/11/12. He then seems to have taken drugs (which I believe most likely involved cocaine). Hillary Clinton either showed up to kill his buzz or she kept calling on the phone over and over again until he answered at 10pm. I’m sure he hung up on her as fast as he could, because the woman scares him (and no doubt scolds his sorry ass every chance she gets).

From then until the staff was finally able to rouse, dress, and make him presentable enough for the public at 1030am the next day Barack Obama appears to have been out of his mind high on drugs."


full article
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/05/man-behind-unskewed-polls-levels-conspiracy-theories/65626/
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Rozlee

(2,529 posts)
2. And the nutters keep eating it up.
Tue May 28, 2013, 01:06 PM
May 2013

I was lurking on World Nut Daily last night and those posters were going batshit crazy, talking it up about how Ambassador Stevens and Obama had a gay relationship and Obama had used his Muslim connections in Libya to get him killed because Stevens was stinging from his rejection and threatening to go public with their relationship. These people are so consumed by their hatred, no conspiracy theory is too wild for them.

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
3. Besides being unaware of what a Presidential "body man" is (and like every President ever
Tue May 28, 2013, 01:12 PM
May 2013

has had one), Chambers is showing remarkable levels of paranoia and idiocy here.

I guess that's to be expected from the guy who was convinced Nate Silver was wrong because Nate Silver was small, skinny, and gay.

catbyte

(34,333 posts)
4. Kevin DuJan is a real head case, although his election night blog was hilarious
Tue May 28, 2013, 01:27 PM
May 2013

He spent all day watching MSNBC, convinced that Romney would win and that everyone on MSNBC would freak out. It was so sweet seeing that particular delusion crash and burn as the night progressed. It was all the sweeter when in fact it was Karl Rove that freaked out on live TV. I still smile just thinking about it.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
5. why doesn't some "journalist" ask this asswipe why he thinks he's even relevant..
Tue May 28, 2013, 03:20 PM
May 2013

or has any credibility whatsoever?

sigmasix

(794 posts)
6. fox "news" calls him an expert and a journalist
Tue May 28, 2013, 03:36 PM
May 2013

With "expert" "journalism" like this I can understand the need to have the DOJ keep an eye on Fox "news" and thier entertainers/journalists. American news media has become a haven for right wing extremism and AntiAmerican conspiracy theories- why do these traitors deserve the respect and protection only extended to real news agencies? Fox "news" personalities could eat a baby live on television and their viewers would blame Obama.

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