[CyberAnt]

"For them to be caught so off guard is surprising to me"

You shouldn't be surprised. Dan was eagerly willing to believe forged documents fed to him by the Kerry campaign .. The MSM was willing to stop crediting Bush with states he won .. The MSM was willing to hide Kerry's true record.

THEY WANTED TO BELIEVE THE NUMBERS .. THEY BELIEVED THEIR OWN ERRONEOUS PRESS. That's why they're unfit to lead America.

[airborne]

But in all of that, they all knew what was fake and what was the truth. With the election exit polls, they knew (I'm assuming now) that the numbers were cooked. Why would they take such an enormous chance in not knowing the truth?

"They wanted to believe" is amatuerish for professional con men like the DNC and MSM.

I'm not saying you're wrong. It just doesn't pass my own personal suspicious 'smell test'.