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MSNBC’s Four Stages of Political Grief

What do you do if you host a program for MSNBC and Republican Scott Walker not only wins his recall election in Wisconsin, but (a) wins more votes and wins by a larger margin than he did in 2010 and (b) deals a devastating blow to organized labor?

Easy. First you pretend a near-landslide election is going to be razor-thin. Then you toss out charges that Governor Walker may well be indicted in the coming days. Then you deny the Wisconsin loss hurts President Obama. And then you insist the election actually helps Obama.

Call it the four stages of liberal grief. You can watch the whole pathetic, desperate drama play out here .

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8 Responses to “MSNBC’s Four Stages of Political Grief”

  1. Empress_Trudy says:

    I think Ed Shultz may blown his brains out on camera tonight.

  2. Keith Rice says:

    How is it that these people continue to remind me of Saddam's spokesman during the invasion? Do they take intentionally their journalistic tone from such obvious propagandists or is it just a certain level of self-delusion that produces such remarkable results?

  3. Jim V says:

    Those creatures at MSNBC are ridiculous. John Nichols is a scary guy.

  4. John says:

    More people voted for Walker then watched CNN & MSNBC combined

  5. I watched some of the coverage on both MSNBC and CNN last night and they couldn't stop talking about how the exit polls showed all this love and support for Obama even though those same polls were wrong about the election itself. This was when they weren't talking about how much money Walker spent to beat back the recall. A fight he never asked for, I guess he's to blame for actually rising to the challenge. How dare he!! But let's talk some more about the exit polls showing Obama trouncing Romney.

  6. augustine25 says:

    It makes sense to me that the same exit polls that showed a neck to neck race are also probably wrong about Obama's lead over Romney that day.

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