Sometimes this stuff just makes you laugh (inappropriately) out loud, at the worst possible moments…. Way, W.A.Y, too funny:

WASHINGTON TIMES – The Commission on Presidential Debates announced on Monday the five polls it will use to determine which candidates receive invitations to the upcoming debates in September and October. The national polls that will be used to determine eligibility for the three presidential debates are the ABC-Washington Post, CBS-New York Times, CNN-Opinion Research Corporation, Fox News and NBC-Wall Street Journal polls.

The commission said the polls were chosen with the professional advice of Frank Newport, editor-in-chief of Gallup, and that they were selected based on the reliable frequency of polling and sample size, the soundness of the survey methodology, and the longevity and reputation of the polling organizations. (read more)

Notice how all the “debate qualifying polls” just happen to be “media polls“?

ABC-Wasington Post = George Stephanopoulos and Jeff Bezos

CBS-New York Times = David Rhodes / Carlos Slim

CNN-ORC = Turner Broadcasting (Clinton News Network)

Fox News = Daron Shaw (Shaw Research and Associates) / Murdoch, Salmon

NBC/WSJ = Mark Murray (Pollster) and Rupert Murdoch.

If you haven’t been following along and can’t see the humor – read THIS and also THIS.

#BestSummerEver

This is what it looks like in the Riverfront Sports Complex before venue shrinking screens are put in place.

This is what it looks like after the crowd and venue shrinking screens are added:

Why add venue shrinking screens?

Dozens of “enthusiastic” Hillary Voters wait patiently ↑

Hundreds show up ↓

Just so the media can sell this:

And give the evening’s barking moonbats something to broadcast.

Now do you see why the “Potemkin Village” references are so valid?

The optics are not reality. Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton are doing this:

…and the media is selling it.

However, here’s what it looked like two weeks ago when Candidate Donald Trump was in Scranton Pennsylvania: