Wronger Together

Most everyone with access to ink has expressed thoughts about the election, let me take this chance to weigh in on the "news" folks that were so amazed.

So now we have a President
  That no one thought would be,
At least none of the talking heads
  Each evening on TV.

For months and months they told us
  That he could never win.
The time is now upon us.
  Hillary is getting in.

In meetings all last winter,
  The experts told us how
The dust would all be settled,
  We'd have a Clinton now.

That Sanders guy surprised us.
  He rallied pretty good.
But in the end she beat him
  Just like they said she would.

So she is set, her path is clear,
  The Democrat on top.
The talking heads all told us
  That she would never stop.

She wowed them in the cities
  On both ends of the land.
Her victory more certain
  With every shaken hand.

Meanwhile Trump stood on the stage
  With fourteen other guys,
Saying things a lot of folks
  Didn't think was wise.

He kept on till one by one
  He left the all behind.
Causing all the talking heads
  To say things quite unkind.

"The voters all will sober up,
  They can't be all that dumb.
In the end were sure he'll get
  A downward pointed thumb."

With glee they pointed to the folks
  In early voting lines.
"Hillary is winning,
 Just look at all the signs."

On the night they waited for,
  With maps of red and blue,
They spent their time telling us
  What they knew to be true.

As the evening did unfold,
  They sat with faces long.
Could it be for months and months
  All they had said was wrong?

When you work in public,
  It really hurts to be
Wrong in your predictions
  For all the world to see.

It pays to get the story right
  And to be seen as nice.
Since you folks did neither,
  Well here is my advice.

Just because you're wrong no need
  To live a life forlorn.
There's always the weather,
  Or advice for selling corn.