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LanternWaste

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14. Chicago Tribune wished it waited before printing 'Dewey Defeats Truman"
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 04:09 PM
Feb 2020

"Was he supposed to wait a week? No..."

Chicago Tribune wished it waited before printing 'Dewey Defeats Truman" one late afternoon in early November of 1948.

Premature claims of victory can bite a candidate in the butt and wind up being the only thing they're remembered for.

The primary will run its own course in its own time, regardless of the impatient fellows righteously yelling at the rain to stop falling on them.

Pete probably did win. And great for him! But 'probably' just ain't accurate enough to take to the bank.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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