[circlecity]

"So there you have it - ratings down due to bad weather, i.e. climate change."

They said it was because of the political campaign last year. They will jump on the most farfetched totally unrelated excuses rather than even consider the most obvious cause.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I never understood the election excuse. Because, the election was November 8th. The whole second half of the season was after the election, so presumeably those ratings for the last half of the season would be unaffected by the election.

[Dr. Sivana]

They said it was because of the political campaign last year. They will jump on the most farfetched totally unrelated excuses rather than even consider the most obvious cause.

They got their cue from the Soviets, who had to import western wheat for their huge land mass because of fifty years of bad weather.