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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 04:51 PM Sep 2020

Do you have a pulse? Can you express yourself in English using (mostly) complete sentences?

Do you have opinions?

Congratulations! You are as qualified as 90% of those now on TV filling air time with totally unsupported speculation and conjecture as to who will win the White House, who will control Congress and which states will vote for each party.

If you intend to apply for an on-air gig, here's a tip: practice reading the phone book with "breathless enthusiasm".

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Do you have a pulse? Can you express yourself in English using (mostly) complete sentences? (Original Post) Atticus Sep 2020 OP
and a few go-to phrases agingdem Sep 2020 #1
I'll Apply ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #2

agingdem

(7,849 posts)
1. and a few go-to phrases
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 06:13 PM
Sep 2020

I could be wrong..
Don't quote me on this...
This is pure speculation....
No new information but I'm guessing...
It's been reported...
There's talk...
Not confirmed however...
No word yet but....

ProfessorGAC

(65,010 posts)
2. I'll Apply
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 06:44 PM
Sep 2020

And my ponytail & goatee would give me an "old hipster" beatnik image!
And they could put PhD after my name so it would look official even though I never took a political science class!
Really! I think I could do it.
Oh yeah, and I just checked. I have a pulse!

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