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Wednesday, November 8, 2006 12:00 AM

Elections coverage is fattening

Do female anchors avoid the campaign trail because they're watching their figures?

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  • Wednesday, November 8, 2006 05:07 PM

    math

    "the campaign trail" ... "requires far too much math".

    If what I caught on Fox news last night is any indication, the sort of math that is required is that which throws away facts completely "We don't yet have the numbers"... "only 7% of the votes"... "But we are ready to call this race for ..." I switched away in disgust. Women are smart enough to avoid that sort of math that has nothing to do with logic or reality. I'd like to think men are smart enough too.

    p.s. humor gets old when repeated so often that 80% of the population believes it to be true. Note that I have no statistics to back that number up.

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