FLASHBACK: Hilariously Wrong Political Analysis at Politicon 2016

NewsBusters ^ | July 26, 2017 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

This weekend the annual Politicon political convention returns to Pasadena, California. There will be many panels and discussions but how seriously should we take them? Well, judging from Politicon 2016 perhaps we should take it all with a yuuuge grain of salt. A stroll down Memory Lane reveals that the discussions and most panelists were laughably off the mark especially as to anticipating what is now viewed as the greatest political upset in American political history a few months after that convention.

Let us now observe how the Politicon "experts" of 2016 opened themselves up to become the laughingstocks of 2017 starting with this observation by Democrat political strategist James Carville:

[PJ-Comix]

Maybe this year's Politicon should have a panel discussion called "Oops!"

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

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[Tzimisce]

I need a job as an expert.

I can be shocked when my predictions are all wrong too.

And no matter how often I’m wrong, I’m still called an “expert” and called in for my opinion.

[lightman]

Ex = has been
spurt = drip under pressure.

No expert rating for me, thank you.