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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMillions 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 democracys 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 nations 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 werent paying much attention to it lately, what they saw in Wednesdays 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 Wednesdays episode, network executives decided to supersize democracys 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.
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Millions Watch American Democracy’s Final Episode - Borowitz is on it (Original Post)
Mira
Sep 2015
OP
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
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world wide wally
(21,745 posts)1. First show I've ever watched where I hope they all die in the end
Mira
(22,380 posts)2. I did not know how this could be resolved
and you walked in and showed me
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)3. The better human in me doesn't wish death on anyone
however, the American in me who recoils in horror at ANY of these fools running our country, well:
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)5. ROLF!
mountain grammy
(26,626 posts)6. Thanks you for finding the words I could not find..
rpannier
(24,330 posts)7. I'd have been happier if they died in the beginning
rather than on stage
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)9. ^^^this^^^
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)12. duzy!
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
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.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)8. Right now the DNC and DWS don't give a flying turd way about real Democracy.
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)10. Chaos on Bullshit Mountain!!!!!
We really needed Jon Stewart to cap up this crock tonight:
roomtomove
(217 posts)11. I watched
for the entertainment of it all, to find out who was the best masterbaterdebator, invoking their wet dream fantasies of being the next POTUS.