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Originally Posted by rabbitproof
It's not so much that Romney lost, you support who you want.. it's how poorly the Republicans forecasted their own fates despite all the facts and polls going into Election Day that makes things sad.
Is it a Fox thing?
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Epistemic closure. Anything that defied their narrative became untrustworthy, not because of its processes but because it didn't tell them what they wanted to hear. Hell, the economic fundamentals weren't even on their side - the economy has been adding jobs for years now. UnskewedPolls!
It's something they've been doing for years. Two months after inauguration day they did their first Tea Party protests (taxed enough already!) arguing against a president who didn't raise their taxes, and had in fact recently passed a large tax cut in the form of the stimulus bill. It's like Clint Eastwood arguing with an empty chair. It's easier to deal with things when you don't have to engage with reality.