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Enrique

(27,461 posts)
1. if that's spin, it's in the dems' favor
Fri Dec 23, 2011, 10:08 AM
Dec 2011

the GOP would like to downplay this victory by the dems. The dems would like to play it up as much as possible. To say it's the first victory of the year makes it look like a turning point, right in time for the 2012 elections.

hlthe2b

(102,262 posts)
2. There are some here who feel protective towards Luke and the criticism he incites...
Fri Dec 23, 2011, 10:12 AM
Dec 2011

I am NOT one of them. He got his job purely on the coattails and sympathy emanating from his Father's premature death. Had he acknowledged to himself that that "leg up" required him to work even harder to "hone his craft" and to learn how to analyze a news story by researching the facts, he'd be deserving of that defense. He has not. Not merely a "half-baked potato" at this point, but frequently a "half-rotten" potato.

 

elehhhhna

(32,076 posts)
11. TG they fit the veneers over his summer teeth
Fri Dec 23, 2011, 12:02 PM
Dec 2011

THAT was distracting.

wealthy parents and no orthodontia. weird.

PCIntern

(25,544 posts)
13. Wotta shitbag he's gonna be...
Fri Dec 23, 2011, 12:04 PM
Dec 2011

our kids are gonna be watching him where they're middle-aged when he's anchoring election night coverage, and they're not going to have any idea what a vomity cub-reporter he is/was.

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