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To: BillyBoy
That was great. Take a bow. And true.

The other thing I noticed was that just twenty years ago, CNN didn't completely suck. The article was factual, and fairly balanced. It's amazing how far they've descended.

13 posted on 11/21/2020 4:36:50 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: DoodleBob; GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; NFHale; DarthVader; LS
Well social media and the world wide web was in its infancy 20 years ago. But yeah, if they were as in the tank for Bush as they are for Biden now, they would have constantly referred to Bush as "President-Elect Bush" a day after the election. Any time that Al Gore or someone from the Gore campaign contested the numbers in FL showing Bush was ahead, the media would promptly "fact check" Gore's statement, rate it "mostly false" or "deliberately misleading", and AOL software would pop up "updates" constantly with bullet points saying stuff like "Florida elections have a reputation for being safe and secure" and "Hanging chads and punch cards are known to be tamper proof and used in the vast majority of elections across the US" and "Vice President Gore has provided no evidence that FL Gov. Jeb Bush is 'biased' towards the Republican nominee". Reporters would ask RAT politicians constantly "Why has Vice President Gore not conceded yet and accepted the will of the people?" and wonder aloud if Gore will have to "be dragged kicking and screaming from One Observatory Circle when Dick Cheney moves in". Jean Chrétien, John Howard, Tony Blair, and Ehud Barak would have all issued statements in November saying stuff like "We extend well wishes for George W. Bush for winning the U.S. presidential election and look forward to working with him, having shared a warm friendship with him since he was a baseball comissioner. It is refreshing to see the American people want change and a return to normalcy after the shameful Monica Lewinski episode!
14 posted on 11/21/2020 6:30:16 PM PST by BillyBoy ("States rights" is NOT a suicide pact.)
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