He talks about it like this poll means something, like it's valid, like it's interesting.
Rick Santorum Winning More Support from Republican Women." Washington Post. We are talking about contraception because the mainstream news media controls the conversation. We're talking about it because Obama wants it discussed, and the media won't let it die no matter what the Republicans do. Amy Gardner at the Washington Post: "Over the past several weeks, Republicans have watched squeamishly as presidential contender Rick Santorum has waded into multiple controversies that risk alienating half the 2012 electorate: women.
"But in fact, Santorum has grown more popular among women while talking about his opposition to abortion, his disapproval of birth control and his view that the federal government shouldn’t pay for prenatal screenings. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows not only that Santorum is doing better among GOP women than he was a few weeks ago, but also that he is less unpopular ... among Democratic and independent women than his Republican rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich." He is less unpopular than those two among Democrat and independent women. How is this possible?
And unfortunately, while people who read Rush's transcripts can see the supporting link to the article - his listeners can't. So his listeners think that this little news article is true.
But if you actually read the article with its very deceiving headline, you find out that of the 1012 women that were talked to... 135 of them were Republican.
135!
And from this incredible drop-in-the-ocean amount of Republican women.. it's being reported as fact that Santorum's popularity with Republican women is on the rise?
That is ridiculous.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rick-santorum-winning-more-support-from-republican-women/2012/02/22/gIQAPDJjWR_story.html
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