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Fiendish Thingy

(15,369 posts)
Wed Nov 3, 2021, 09:29 PM Nov 2021

Rachel gets it - no panic, no freak out, no hand wringing over election [View all]

She put it all in context of the “normal ebb and flow” of electoral politics and historical patterns for VA and NJ (which broke with the normal pattern with Murphy winning)

She said Dems should not be freaking out over the election, but over all the insane background noise that maintains the Big Lie.

She neglected to criticize her colleagues in the media who are incorrectly framing this election as a catastrophe for the Dems.

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We should ALL be so rational. elleng Nov 2021 #1
+1 c-rational Nov 2021 #13
Great show. chowder66 Nov 2021 #2
Good..Rachael knows..if she is calm about it, then I will be too! PortTack Nov 2021 #3
She certainly did a good job of calming me down! 😊 ShazzieB Nov 2021 #23
k&r n/t lordsummerisle Nov 2021 #4
Great show. chowder66 Nov 2021 #5
She's the best. dchill Nov 2021 #6
"It's all about the bloodline!" dchill Nov 2021 #7
We might suspect if we knew Patton considered the SS "very good people," Hortensis Nov 2021 #28
Q! No, not THAT Q! ... Oh.... electric_blue68 Nov 2021 #8
I've been saying all day, yesterday's votes weren't catastrophes. We lost Virginian. But we WON.... George II Nov 2021 #9
She did call today's headlines "hysterical." So there's that. ancianita Nov 2021 #10
it was a winnable election AlexSFCA Nov 2021 #11
Exactly. Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2021 #14
The message for CRT is getting warped Buddy1 Nov 2021 #17
I was looking for a new CRT to replace the old. DiamondShark Nov 2021 #30
The presidents party ALWAYS loses VA gov race, and almost always loses the house in 1st midterms Fiendish Thingy Nov 2021 #18
Weren't we just feeling heartened by Newsom's victory 8 or so weeks ago? BadgerMom Nov 2021 #12
Amen. nt Wednesdays Nov 2021 #29
As election rebounds go, this was halfways mild bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #15
For your consideration regarding the normal ebb and flow in U.S. politics: LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2021 #16
Except Rachel, the 'normal ebb and flow' this time means democracy is done in 2024. Jon King Nov 2021 #19
Yeah, I was torn by what she did last night. Mike 03 Nov 2021 #27
How was she last night during it? cilla4progress Nov 2021 #20
The only part I saw was her and Kornacki- pretty data focused Fiendish Thingy Nov 2021 #24
Sometimes a cigar is just a bad candidate, I mean, a cigar UTUSN Nov 2021 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author cilla4progress Nov 2021 #22
Yes. Best journalist in the business by far. lees1975 Nov 2021 #25
I'm not panicking either mvd Nov 2021 #26
Sometimes a cigar is just a bad candidate, I mean, a cigar. UTUSN Nov 2021 #31
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