Right after I shut down the computer last night, MSNBC went to a panel including Joe Scarborough, who said people shouldn’t be critical of the punditocracy getting the Hillary thing so wrong because it was like sportswriters predicting the Yankees would beat the Red Sox (in the 2004 ALCS) after having a 3-0 lead.
Ugh. This just in: Sportswriters said what they said about the Yankees it because it was true. The Yankees did have a 3-0 lead, historically insurmountable, based on actual baseball games that they actually won.
Political pundits said what they said re the N.H. primary based on polls and “inside info,” and their Mark Twain-esque ability to take America’s pulse and their Carnac the Magnificent-like ability to fortell the future.
In other words, based on bull***t.
That’s the difference, Joe.
I fear I’ve just defamed the bull community.
Glenn Grunwald has a terrific breakdown of all this on Salon.com today.
And finally: A woman cries and wins an election. To Erica Jong, this is evidence that in America, women aren’t allowed to cry and can’t win elections.
