Tom Brokaw\'s poker references
 

Tom just said that the dems were hoping for an "inside straight" to with North Carolina, since Edwards is from that state. However they did not invest heavily to win there. Interesting analogy... do you think TB is a player?

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Re: Tom Brokaw\'s poker references
 

that was george will.......and no.

Re: Tom Brokaw\'s poker references
 

Yeah, are you sure this was Brokaw and are you sure you were watching NBC? I was watching ABC and the little dude with the bow tie said winning the election without getting any southern states would be like hitting and inside straight. Maybe they both said something about it...

Re: Tom Brokaw\'s poker references
 

Someone said on CNN that blah blah hitting flush on river. Cool!

James Carville is the 2nd one to use the \"inside straight\" reference
 

and he said it twice in 1 minute.

Rather 3rd
 

Dan Rather just did it like 12:18 AM ish.

Re: Rather 3rd
 

Looks like all the newsmen play poker... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Re: Rather 3rd
 

Jackpot Jay was a newsman at the Washington Post for many years, partnered with Bob Woodward (did I spell his name right?). And yes... Bob palayed poker.

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Re: Tom Brokaw\'s poker references
 

I think James Carville was the first one to compare Kerry's chances to an inside straight last night. He was also the first Democrat to concede the election on national TV. I think his wife has trained him well. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I think James Carville was the first one to compare Kerry's chances to an inside straight last night. He was also the first Democrat to concede the election on national TV. I think his wife has trained him well. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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It was Carville who first made the referece and then everyone around him started repeating it instead of using other generic phrases like "longshot"