Dem Hack at CBS Hopes for 1932-Style Blowout: ‘Fear,’ ‘Panic’

[See NewsBusters for more.] CBS This Morning hosts on Monday brought on liberal historian and media pundit Doris Kearns Goodwin to discuss what she and other leftists in the media deeply hope for: That election day on Tuesday will be like 1932 and the landslide Democratic win of that year. Co-host Tony Dokoupil trotted out a favorite trope, setting her up for hyperbole: “People are saying that this particular election is the most important of all time or of our lifetimes. But this time, that may really be true. You go all the way back to 1932 to find any election that is as significant as this one.” Goodwin tried her best to equate 1932 with 2020: “I think there's no question but the level of fear, anxiety, panic, consequence that was felt in 1932 is where we'd have to go to give us a sense of where we are today. Just think of where we were in 1932: The Depression had gone on three years. It was getting worse and spiraling down. There was no national leadership.”