The Punditocracy's Seven Biggest Blunders of 2008

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The Punditocracy's Seven Biggest Blunders of 2008
Salon.com has a great piece on the seven worst blunders the TV talking heads have made this year. They are:

1. Sarah Palin was a brilliant pick as McCain's running mate.
2. Choosing Steve Schmidt to run McCain's campaign was a stroke of genius.
3. Gas prices on election day will determine who wins.
4. Obama should have taken public financing.
5. Obama was guilty of hubris for contesting North Carolina and other red states.
6. Obama will hurt Democrats downticket.
7. The Democratic PUMA (Party Unity My Ass) women will destroy Obama.


http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/23/campaign_myths/

Paraphrasing courtesy of electoral-vote.com

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1. The eight biggest mistake being

Assuming anybody gives a shit what they think

[bemildred]

2. They get paid to say what they are told to say.

Being right is not part of the job.

[Idealism]

4. Apparently the job description

DOES involve being ethically bankrupt. Bill-O and Rush get paid tens of millions a year, but they got nothing in the morality bank

[yurbud]

3. A common thread of all: those were wishful thinking about McCain winning