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Live and Learn

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8. Everybody loves a good circus.
Fri Aug 7, 2015, 02:42 PM
Aug 2015

ETA: Sorry Lefty just noticed your post. Great minds and all that... lol

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Viewers? Or gawkers? nt Xipe Totec Aug 2015 #1
Wonder if it includes all the people in airports, doctors' offices and supermarkets... femmocrat Aug 2015 #5
No no no no it doesn't yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #14
Nielsen ratings would not be available yet csziggy Aug 2015 #21
Of course I don't know specifics but one thing is yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #22
It was a fun experience but kind of a pain csziggy Aug 2015 #25
Does sound like a pain. Sounds like you did an yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #28
I did it about 20 years ago Yupster Aug 2015 #29
like nascar big_dog Aug 2015 #30
Interesting. jalan48 Aug 2015 #2
About 20,000,000 were watching ironically. Some were watching just praying for a crash and burn. marble falls Aug 2015 #3
Good William Seger Aug 2015 #4
A Democratic friend had a Debate/Clown Show party. CrispyQ Aug 2015 #6
Not surprised leftynyc Aug 2015 #7
Everybody loves a good circus. Live and Learn Aug 2015 #8
Everyone on the highway slows down to look at an accident. FSogol Aug 2015 #15
Most of them were there for the circus not the debate. jwirr Aug 2015 #9
Everyone wanted to see Donald Trump dominate all the losers. Be the last time fox gets Trump free. Sunlei Aug 2015 #10
Give them a couple months head start on capturing the minds. Heck of a job. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2015 #11
How many yawns? truthisfreedom Aug 2015 #12
100% scripted btw truthisfreedom Aug 2015 #13
Once they leave the safety of the Fox News playpen it will be interesting to see if the cstanleytech Aug 2015 #16
Reality TV is popular. JoePhilly Aug 2015 #17
Ironic or sincere, the watchers made up less than 8% of the country. Glad I didn't add to the count. ancianita Aug 2015 #18
They were laughing at them AC_Mem Aug 2015 #19
even I listened on the radio to hear what Trump would say Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #20
That's how I listened to it until I found a renigrade stream Purveyor Aug 2015 #24
I wonder where they got 23.9 million? Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Aug 2015 #23
HaHaa..Kim K's Selfies with Hillary got 34 million views! misterhighwasted Aug 2015 #26
Lots of viewers were surely Sports fans... ReallyIAmAnOptimist Aug 2015 #27
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