Sunday, October 16, 2016

Ixnay on the Ipflopflay

When your LakeCountyEye asked the Magic 8-Ball ...
Is Peter Roskam a Flip-Flopper?
The Magic 8-Ball said ...
REPLY HAZY TRY AGAIN
Haha, as readers of this blog are aware ...
Flip. Flop. Repeat.
Peter Roskam's mood-swings over GOP presidential nominee, Donald Trump, have grown so frequent that the media has taken notice:
Just hours after saying U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam was planning to vote for Donald Trump, spokesman David Pasch on Tuesday rescinded the remark.
Roskam flip-flops on Trump; now undecided
Sharpeyed Operatives, however, tell your LakeCountyEye that the link above goes to a Daily Herald story with a different headline:
Just hours after saying U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam was planning to vote for Donald Trump, spokesman David Pasch on Tuesday rescinded the remark.
In one day, Roskam goes from planning to vote for Donald Trump to undecided
The same story now has a headline with the word Flip-Flop omitted.

As luck would have it, old Daily Herald stories are frequently preserved by the Internet Archive. And a quick check shows that as of October 11 the Daily Herald headline indeed had been:
Roskam flip-flops on Trump; now undecided


Internet Archive: Wayback Machine
Did the Roskam campaign use its influence to get the F-Word removed from this Daily Herald headline?

The Magic 8-Ball says ...
WITHOUT A DOUBT

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