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29. These days, it's hard to be too cynical

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 07:31 PM

Nov 2012

... but some people around here seem to be willing to go that extra mile. I have to stop short of attributing psychic powers to anyone.

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About that horserace we were duped with. [View all] Whisp Nov 2012 OP

I couldn't agree more. 99Forever Nov 2012 #1

Ratings trump reality every time. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2012 #2

the media is shameless. spanone Nov 2012 #3

Relax. Not everyone was duped. randome Nov 2012 #4

This is why we have DU aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #6

This is what calmed me down - this thread by John Lucas. Whisp Nov 2012 #12

Every time that music kicked in on MSNBC early election night Greybnk48 Nov 2012 #8

But I have to ask sandyshoes17 Nov 2012 #10

sometimes Secretariat wins by 31 lengths Johonny Nov 2012 #14

Proving once again that hindsight is 20/20 William Seger Nov 2012 #15

msnbc wanted the ad revenue right to the finish Whisp Nov 2012 #16

"Yes, they knew. All of them." William Seger Nov 2012 #27

she knew too Whisp Nov 2012 #28

These days, it's hard to be too cynical William Seger Nov 2012 #29

that's the way media rolls, man Whisp Nov 2012 #30

I'm not going to complain nobodyspecial Nov 2012 #18

I think the GOP voter suppression threats were the motivators Whisp Nov 2012 #19

The least they could've did was to simply give us the polling Jamaal510 Nov 2012 #20

I totally agree, they were all doing it including Rachel flamingdem Nov 2012 #22

It was not terror and fear in my case, but my wife and I were considering coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #23

We weren't all duped NNN0LHI Nov 2012 #24

I wasn't duped MrScorpio Nov 2012 #26