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misanthrope

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26. The fact he has a costume for his role --

Reply to brush (Reply #16)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:48 AM

Nov 2020

-- light-colored dress shirt with sleeves rolled up, tie, brown pants -- tells you what you need to know. It's as much a play as it is news.

On nights when Kornacki filled in for hosts like Brian Williams, he steps from behind the desk, removes his jacket and dons his costume to launch into his "numbers nerd" shtick when it comes time to discuss polling/returns/numbers/stats. He gets into character.

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Kornacki keeps talking about vote dumps from Maricopa County... [View all] brush Nov 2020 OP

Thank you Delarage Nov 2020 #1

Concerned also cleolew Nov 2020 #2

The problem is that some of these "dumps" are coming from mail in ballots dropped Hoyt Nov 2020 #3

Were those ballots from Maricopa or other blue areas? tia uponit7771 Nov 2020 #5

Pretty sure Maricopa. The theory is GOPers tended to drop off Hoyt Nov 2020 #8

What's weird is that in 2018 the drop off ballots radius777 Nov 2020 #28

Hope so. But apparently Biden campaign is acknowledging the remaining ballots skew trump. Hoyt Nov 2020 #30

Agree, we just have to hope it holds radius777 Nov 2020 #31

As Axelrod said tonight, "Look, Biden has several paths to 270. For trump Hoyt Nov 2020 #32

Why do you think mail-in ballots skew for trump? That's the... brush Nov 2020 #12

Because that's what Kornacki and John King said on the last day drop offs. Hoyt Nov 2020 #18

King and Kornacki seem to also have missed the nation-wide pattern. brush Nov 2020 #25

59% trump for the 75K dropped off last day in AZ is more specific than National pattern. Hoyt Nov 2020 #27

See Chris Haye's show about 7 minutes in with Kornacki explaining the 59% trump. Hoyt Nov 2020 #33

I'm actually watching the repeat of it now. He says trump has to... brush Nov 2020 #34

He said that the 75K skewed trump by 59%. If remaining votes are from same bucket Hoyt Nov 2020 #35

Not exactly. It was explained that many of those votes were... brush Nov 2020 #36

He's explained well, elleng Nov 2020 #4

He's only mentioned Pima County in passing. brush Nov 2020 #10

he probably didn't say it enough, but... Chili Nov 2020 #23

Tucson has always been an island of relative sanity there Warpy Nov 2020 #6

Still worried cleolew Nov 2020 #7

He has no fucking understanding of Arizona. Complete moron. Vote dump. Jeeze. kairos12 Nov 2020 #9

Still worried cleolew Nov 2020 #11

You have stated this three times in this post Sunsky Nov 2020 #17

USA Today has a check mark next to Biden's name in AZ Rice4VP Nov 2020 #13

They're using the AP's decision. The AP called it. So has FOX News. Drunken Irishman Nov 2020 #14

Please hear and see everything from him through this filter misanthrope Nov 2020 #15

You're absolutely right. He does do that. I just want him to... brush Nov 2020 #16

The fact he has a costume for his role -- misanthrope Nov 2020 #26

Yes. Good observations. brush Nov 2020 #29

He's running on Diet Coke and zero sleep. herding cats Nov 2020 #19

Horse race. Don't even mention PA will likely go blue Tribetime Nov 2020 #20

CNN is better BainsBane Nov 2020 #22

I agree Sunsky Nov 2020 #24

Biden will hold on in Az BainsBane Nov 2020 #21