Just find the FR live thread from Election Day for evidence of the 6-hour flu that swept the GOP. I succumbed myself, and didn't believe those stalwart Freepers who insisted it was all in our minds.
I was amazed that folks were just accepting what the MSM was telling them, and that INCLUDES Drudge!! It seemed that he was accepting the figures and passing them along without editorial comment early on. I wasn't watching TV early in the day, and only realized what was happening when I checked with FR around mid-day. I didn't believe the exit polls, so I turned on Rush, and he was talking about just how BOGUS the numbers were. I knew that the President's team had the numbers they needed because of the confidence they were exuding in the days leading up to the vote.
Jay Severin, on talk radio here in the Boston area, made the mistake of taking what the MSM said as gospel the last few weeks before the election. He was a REAL downer and predicted a Kerry win. I just stopped listening to him because I was seeing the state polls, and what he was saying bore no relation to them. His biggest fear was vote fraud, but I didn't think it would be as big a problem as it might have been in 2000 because the Repubs. were ready for it.