"Based on our analysis MSNBC has declared Donald Trump the winner of Tomorrow's Election"

[Armstead]

"Bom Bom Bom Bom de Bom Bom Bom...Breaking News from MSNBC! We have an announcement!"

"We have conducted detailed statistical analysis, run all of our polls through our super dooper computers, interviewed a wide range of voters and political leaders, and can now Call It for Donald Trump as the declared winner of tomorrow's General Election."

"Although late polls are tight, our Hallowed Experts Who Know Better Than You have concluded that it is statistically impossible for Hillary Clinton to defeat Donald trump in the key states. Therefore the actual vote tomorrow has been predetermined, and you all can stay home if you have other things to do."

Followed by the media's "we can't help but do these things" mea culpas.

"We know this is unprecedented, and we Media Elites will yank our cranks arguing that we should not be calling an election before the polls open......But hey. The devil made us do it. We have decided that we cannot wait until tomorrow night after the polls have closed."


I'm sure that would go over real big among Democrats. No complaints. The press is just doing its job to report the news.

[Trust Buster]

1. This is silly. AP and NBC were merely stating the obvious. 24 hours would not have changed that.

[Codeine]

2. Except they didn't call an election,

they reported delegate totals pledged and promised. Very poor analogy.

[Armstead]

5. No they did not. They framed it as declaring her the winner.

That's a whole lot different than "Clinton has a strong lead.....etc."

[Tarc]

3. grapes

*pucker*

The AP jumped the gun. We'll be done in 11h anyways

[Armstead]

6. I will eagerly await your reaction if there are such things done in the General

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. I am declaring the Golden State Warriors the 2016 NBA Champions.

[Armstead]

7. I know nothing about pro sports, but I assume there's some cute little swipe there

But I guess the media should have declared the 2000 election before Election Day too.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. It was a prediction based on a statistically likely outcome.

What the AP did was simply a head count.

[Armstead]

10. Hey if you are happy with elections being privatized go ahead

We'll see how that works out in November, if there is rigging against Clinton. I expect you will be intellectually consistent.

By the way, a sports team is a small number of players. A prediction does not affect them in the same way it affects the dynamics of elections with millions of voters involved.

[MyNameGoesHere]

8. Not even close to a real comparison

You don't even get points for trying it is that lame.

[Armstead]

11. yeah the media NEVER stretches the boundaries of what is accepted behavior

[MyNameGoesHere]

12. Yeah but they do it much better than you

As I said your effort is a fail.