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    I think I have to join Jon Stewart in saying, "Who the are these guys!?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rythmic View Post
    I think I have to join Jon Stewart in saying, "Who the are these guys!?"
    Paid fortune tellers and self proclaimed oracles who profess to have their finger on the pulse of the subject at hand frequently find that it is best not to be too explicit. If one could examine their track records I imagine you would find that most can't prognosticate the future any more accurately than Magic Eight Ball.

    But hey, it generates a paycheck and provides comic relief so there are benefits to society.
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    You own a magic 8 ball? I do, it can right on a surprising amount of times.
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    You mean I could get paid for punditry?!!!!!!
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    "Sen. Obama cannot possibly believe, and doesn't even act as if he believes, that he can be elected president of the United States next year," -- Christopher Hitchens, September 24, 2007

    "Polarizing the contest into whites versus blacks will work just fine for Hillary," -- Dick Morris, January 23, 2008.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
    Never, ever, link to Dick Morris again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CountArach View Post
    Never, ever, link to Dick Morris again.
    Why?

    He's just as likely to be fabulously wrong as the next "oracle." Did he send mean notes to your sister or some such?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gregoshi View Post
    You mean I could get paid for punditry?!!!!!!
    Greg, you could be the Tiger Woods of that club, get an agent. Remember me when you hit the big time.
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