• May 26, 2012
DC

February 12, 2008

Liveblogging the Potomac Primary Massacre

by Ken Layne  

Blue State CrabHow many times have CNN reporters announced the results before the polls closed? We’ve heard Suzanne Malveaux mention offhand — at 6:58 p.m. — that Hillary’s campaign was congratulating Obama for winning the Potomac Primaries and she wanted to put the terrible day behind her. A few minutes later, Candy Crowley was in Wisconsin talking about how Obama won all the primaries — when only the Virginia polls had closed. It’s an outrage! Let’s find even more other stuff to yell about!

7:05 PM — Obama has won every demographic except for “Members of the Clinton Family.”
7:07 PM — Women now hate Hillary as much as men. Lou Dobbs is intrigued!
7:09 PM — Too close to call for McCain v. Huckabee. Ron Paul can still win this thing!
7:13 PM — How much do you have to hate yourself and your political party to vote for Mitt Romney today?
7:19 PM — With 2% reporting, Obama’s got double Hillary’s vote. Which black people will Bill blame it on this time?
7:25 PM — Some Republicans voted for Hillary in Virginia’s open primary, because that’s how much they hate McCain.
7:35 PM — We are having trouble finding a funny picture for this post.
7:39 PM — Crabs! Chesapeake Bay Crab!
7:41 PM — Let’s hope Lou Dobbs actually punches Wolf Blitzer tonight.
7:43 PM — MARYLAND WILL NOT CLOSE THE POLLS!!! THEY ARE KEEPING THEM OPEN BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC.
7:44 PM — AND THE SNOW! Jim Newell was on the scene and he will soon post his eyewitness report.
7:47 PM — Shepard Smith on FOX just described the jam as “the worst traffic since the attacks of September 11, 2001.” Voting=Terrorism. Don’t Vote! Protect Your Heritage!
7:50 PM — The guys at MSNBC are going to chip in and buy the network a functional microphone.
7:50 PM — Then again, anything that keeps Olbermann quiet is sort of a technological miracle.
7:51 PM — Tim Russert says, “This race is tight as a tick.” What, did you borrow that from Dan Rather?
7:51 PM — Hillary is losing her main supporters: Old, lower-class people who are still stuck at work, in their dead-end jobs, working for Wal-Mart, which she owns.
7:52 PM — McCain’s headquarters just told CNN that no matter how many states Huckabee wins or even if Huckabee wins the nomination, McCain’s campaign will insist McCain has won the nomination.
7:59 PM — Turnout in Virginia for Democrats was double the GOP primary turnout.
8:00 PM — Let’s predict DC, 3:1 for Obama!

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