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Mira

(22,380 posts)
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 09:35 PM Sep 2015

Millions Watch American Democracy’s Final Episode - Borowitz is on it



SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (The Borowitz Report)—American democracy, a long-running institution whose popularity endured for over two hundred years, drew millions of viewers to its final episode Wednesday night.

While the official ratings for democracy’s finale will not be available until Thursday, initial reports indicated that a larger than expected number tuned in to witness the last moments of the nation’s system of government.

Network executives had warned that the final episode was not for the squeamish, but many viewers were still shocked by how dark and apocalyptic it turned out to be.
One reviewer, calling the finale a “shattering conclusion,” wrote, “For casual fans of American democracy who weren’t paying much attention to it lately, what they saw in Wednesday’s episode must have come as a shock: a cast of characters who were thoroughly unlikable, unappealing, and, in the end, totally unredeemed.”

Still, based on the strong ratings for Wednesday’s episode, network executives decided to “supersize” democracy’s death throes by scheduling a dozen additional episodes between now and November, 2016.

In the words of one executive, “American democracy is not as popular as it once was, but a lot of people still want to see how it ends.”

www.borowitzreport.com
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Millions Watch American Democracy’s Final Episode - Borowitz is on it (Original Post) Mira Sep 2015 OP
First show I've ever watched where I hope they all die in the end world wide wally Sep 2015 #1
I did not know how this could be resolved Mira Sep 2015 #2
The better human in me doesn't wish death on anyone Marie Marie Sep 2015 #3
ROLF! dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #5
Thanks you for finding the words I could not find.. mountain grammy Sep 2015 #6
I'd have been happier if they died in the beginning rpannier Sep 2015 #7
^^^this^^^ L0oniX Sep 2015 #9
duzy! lovemydog Sep 2015 #12
But while we all watch the clown show, we must be careful not to let the DLC and DNC steal our rhett o rick Sep 2015 #4
Right now the DNC and DWS don't give a flying turd way about real Democracy. L0oniX Sep 2015 #8
Chaos on Bullshit Mountain!!!!! LongTomH Sep 2015 #10
I watched roomtomove Sep 2015 #11

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
3. The better human in me doesn't wish death on anyone
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 09:44 PM
Sep 2015

however, the American in me who recoils in horror at ANY of these fools running our country, well:

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
4. But while we all watch the clown show, we must be careful not to let the DLC and DNC steal our
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 09:49 PM
Sep 2015

wallets. Borowitz points at the Repblicon clowns and says that they represent the death of democracy but I don't agree. We know they are clowns, we know they lie, but we need to look at the Democratic Party Elites, that aren't doing their part to save democracy.

roomtomove

(217 posts)
11. I watched
Thu Sep 17, 2015, 12:39 AM
Sep 2015

for the entertainment of it all, to find out who was the best masterbaterdebator, invoking their wet dream fantasies of being the next POTUS.

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