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December 25, 2004

Rumors of George Bush's Defeat Were Greatly Exaggerated

Kausfiles collects up Polipundit posts about the erroneous predictions made by Democrats and/or the media (one in the same, really).

It's just too damn sweet.


posted by Ace at 04:40 PM
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A customer who spent the last few months in NC recently returned to town...asked me how I liked the election. I smiled and said 'what a great week that was!'
He laughed, I laughed...

For many years I will remember the '04 Schadenfreude... I will keep some stored away for the future in a climate-controlled part of my mind.

*inhale the aroma, look at that color! swish, mmm*

... what a great vintage.
Savor it, peeps!

We may never see its peer.

Posted by: lauraw on December 25, 2004 06:34 PM

Ouch. Let's go with "one and the same." But don't take it too harshly, please. You've got the talent to be a great blogger. I've got the talent to make little grammatical improvements. We each do what we can.

Posted by: Count Fenring on December 26, 2004 03:21 AM

It's funny that these political campaign experts were so wrong, and yet I'm not surprised. By and large, they were the same people who thought Howard Dean had wrapped up the race at the same time he was self-destructing.

Folks inside the beltway are just too influenced by the conventional wisdom and the daily news cycle. They don't think enough about the macro trends.

Posted by: austin mls on December 26, 2004 06:36 AM
Posted by: Robert McClelland on December 26, 2004 09:23 AM

Um, Ace, you seem to be the victim of a massive spam attack. Hope you have Blacklist or something installed.

Posted by: someone on December 26, 2004 10:34 AM

I think Nelson Muntz put it best:

"Haw-ha!"

Posted by: TallDave on December 26, 2004 02:47 PM

All three exit polls tracking Sunday's Ukraine re-election project opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko as the winner by a large margin over Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

The Ukrainian Institute of Social Research and Social Monitoring Center showed Yushchenko winning with 58.1% of the vote to 38.4% for Yanukovych. The Razumkov Center of Political Studies and Kiev International Institute of Sociology showed Yushchenko winning with 56.5% to Yanukovych's 41.3% of the vote. A third exit poll, by Republican pollster Frank Luntz and Douglas Schoen showed Yushchenko winning with 56 to Yanukovych's 41%.

www.politicalthought.net

Posted by: Igor Volsky on December 26, 2004 05:33 PM
Posted by: Robert McClelland on December 26, 2004 05:39 PM

> Sucks to be you!

Brilliant! Now what was your point, exactly?

Posted by: Guy T. on December 26, 2004 10:26 PM
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