Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:35:00
Why were CNN cheerleading for Dodd?
While I was at the gym earlier today (for three freaking hours!), I noticed that one of the TVs was showing something about Dodd doing well in the Iowa sideshow/freak act. I couldn’t hear it, but what I saw of the closed captioning was nothing but praise.
For a guy that has less of a Q score than Tucks Medicated Pads.
I mean, Chris Dodd? He’s still actually running? Really? He’s taking money from people and spending it on like, a campaign? Hard to believe, considering you probably know more about your mailman than you do about Chris Dodd, but I swear, he’s still running. And CNN is in love with him.
So I go to CNN to see the Iowa caucus results for Dodd. With 12% of precincts reporting, Dodd has...drumroll please...nothing. nada. Zip. Bupkis. Both jack and squat. Oh, wait! Another 2% just reported! No...nevermind, nothing for Chris.
If you want to track the dog & pony show that is Iowa, here’s CNN’s pretty useful stats page for Iowa. When I say “useful” I mean “updated frequently, well-designed and easy to navigate, even if the data being reported is about a circus.”
What was with the CNN strokefest? Did anyone else see that earlier, around 6 PM-ish? In fairness, they did mention that if he gets less than a certain number (which I think was 14%?) then he’ll throw his support and delegates to Obama. Which is kind of like throwing good money after bad, really.
Anyway, all of that was by way of saying that the Iowa caucuses are ri-goddamned-diculous, and the media is ever so out of touch with/trying to re-shape reality. I know, big revelation there. It’s brilliant analysis like that what keeps you coming back to read my wordsmithery.
Posted by JimK at 09:35 PM on January 03, 2008
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