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MSNBC Bizarrely Touts Special Election as a 'Win-Win' For Dems, Even if They Lose

Is there nothing MSNBC can't spin? A graphic on Tuesday's Morning Meeting hopefully announced, "NY-23: Win-Win For Dems?" Apparently, even if Democrats lose the special congressional election in New York to Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, it will just show how extreme the Republican Party has become.

In a not-exactly-balanced segment, host Dylan Ratigan talked to Representative and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen, liberal blogger Arianna Huffington and Professor Tom Schaller, who has written a book on how Democrats can win without the south.

The interview seemed very similar to one that appeared on Friday's Situation Room on CNN. That program featured a graphic that read: "If The Dems Lose Next Week: How it might help them in the long run." And that followed an October 6 blog by ABC reporter Claire Shipman in which she speculated that President Obama losing Chicago's Olympic bid was also a good thing.

Posted by Fred 2009-11-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Keith was busy working on his "Sarah Palin, worst person in the world, was the biggest loser last night! Yeah! That's it!" story. They'll have it ready for all seven of their morning viewers, don't worry.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-11-04 03:29|| 2009-11-04 03:29|| Front Page Top

#2 I agree, in the sense that even if Ogabe loses the 2012 elections, it's still a win for the Donks.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2009-11-04 08:29|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2009-11-04 08:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, I was wrong about the network and the announcer, but....Stephanopoulous (however you spell Georgie's name, you know who I'm talking about) and ABC have officially claimed that Sarah was the big loser yesterday.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-11-04 13:55|| 2009-11-04 13:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Hoffman didn't do too bad for a last minute effort in a clusterfvck kind of election complicated by stealth Donk candidate Scuzzy complicating things. She got 6% of the vote which had it gone to Hoffman, he would have won.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-11-04 14:24|| 2009-11-04 14:24|| Front Page Top

#5 yes, and if the yankees lose game 6 tonight it is somehow a moral victory that they get another shot at it tomorrow...idiocy.

Posted by Broadhead6 2009-11-04 21:10|| 2009-11-04 21:10|| Front Page Top

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