You're comment is in itself nothing but an ad hominem attack.
All it takes is a quick glance at the polls in which Thompson is still in second place to see the author is either overtly biased, and idiot, or both.
There's little need to make baseless attacks when the facts are clearly in opposition to what the author is saying.
So what's your reason for the ad hominem attack? Just trolling?
I can see you’re definitely an UNTRAINED skeptic. You’re version of skepticism is to jump headfirst to your desired conclusion, and use (LOL) polls to support you. My approach is to google the author, check out his recent work, and draw a reasoned conclusion based on facts.