Gallup tries to Cover its Ass

Yesterday Gallup sent an email to its entire mailing list.  The subject was, "From Gallup.com: Obama Favored in Key Muslim Countries."  Here is the text of the email:  

I thought to myself, "Damn. Gallup's feeding this slander about

 Obama."  But just four hours later Gallup sought to self-correct the politics of their lastest email.   I received nearly a dozen new emails from Gallup telling me what other people around the world thought about our election.  From Latin America to Japan to the Baltic States, Gallup hoped this barrage of global polling would drown out the controverial email about Muslim countries supporting Obama.

A reminder why this is controversial.  Since this campaign started fringe groups have lied that Obama is secretly a Muslim terrorist.  To stoke their misguided and inaccurate claim, Republicans have repeatedly claimed Obama has the support of Hamas, a terrorist group, and has cavorted with "terrorists" like Ayers.   Gallup messed up.  They stoked those xenophobic flames.  

I appreciate the late-night attempt to right a wrong, but flushing my email with lobster can't take away the smell of fish.