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Election Night '84 - 9:35
9:35
And I’m afraid we have to make another correction. Ladies and gentlemen, this is unprecedented. We’re going to have to put Ohio back in the undecided column. I just want to take a minute to defend our team here tonight, we’re finding we have to throw out basically everything we know about calling an American election. It’s clear the old rules do not apply, this is a whole new ball game. We’re going to slow things down again and try to be as certain as possible of our results before we announce them. This may mean, if you’re a channel-flipper, that you’ll start to see different results being announced by different networks. Please note- and I will remind you throughout the night- that we have elected to be extra cautious in our projections from this point on tonight in an effort to avoid further confusion. We apologize once again. More coverage of Election Night ‘84 after this.
Anderson: 23
Buckley: 54
Lamm: 45
“FUCK.”
“Are you kidding me?”
“FUCK.”
“Are you kidding me?”
“FUCK.”
And I’m afraid we have to make another correction. Ladies and gentlemen, this is unprecedented. We’re going to have to put Ohio back in the undecided column. I just want to take a minute to defend our team here tonight, we’re finding we have to throw out basically everything we know about calling an American election. It’s clear the old rules do not apply, this is a whole new ball game. We’re going to slow things down again and try to be as certain as possible of our results before we announce them. This may mean, if you’re a channel-flipper, that you’ll start to see different results being announced by different networks. Please note- and I will remind you throughout the night- that we have elected to be extra cautious in our projections from this point on tonight in an effort to avoid further confusion. We apologize once again. More coverage of Election Night ‘84 after this.
Anderson: 23
Buckley: 54
Lamm: 45
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