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After the second Republican debate, we had the pleasure of reading a plethora of reviews of who did and didn’t do well. And none managed to do it as biased as Time<\/a>, who put all the front runners (McCain, Guiliani, Romney) as their top 3 performers of the debate and classified Ron Paul as unelectable because he looks like Mr. Magoo. Check out the pictures below and notice the lack of mentioning of foreign policy or anything else worthwhile for the candidates, unless of course you consider comparisons to cartoon characters an objective part of political reporting:<\/p>\n

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Keep up the good work, Mainstream Media!<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> If you’re interested in where this story was placed on CNN, look below:<\/p>\n

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Yay, politics is barely above the best American Idol performances — this is in goddamn Time, for christs sake<\/em>. But in the end, I should be thankful, because my two hands are already occupied plugging up my ears, so it’s nice to have the extra Mainstream Media appendage to put the complimentary thumb up my ass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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