# sometimes, you should wait an hour or two before submitting an article

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 8, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-you-should-wait-an-hour-or-two-before-submitting-an-article/379587 "2006-11-08T18:39:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-you-should-wait-an-hour-or-two-before-submitting-an-article/379587/1 "2006-11-08T18:39:36Z")

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[http://elections.us.reuters.com/top/news/usnN03346707.html](http://elections.us.reuters.com/top/news/usnN03346707.html)

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-you-should-wait-an-hour-or-two-before-submitting-an-article/379587/2 "2006-11-08T18:50:05Z")

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In case the article gets pulled by Reuters (as did the one about Queen Elizabeth laying 2,000 eggs a day), here’s the thrust:

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> **Democrats’ win alone won’t drive Rumsfeld out**
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> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the face of U.S. war policy and a lightning rod for critics worldwide, will not be forced out just because he faces a tougher time from resurgent Democrats.

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**Author:** ![shizaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@shizaru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shizaru)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-you-should-wait-an-hour-or-two-before-submitting-an-article/379587/3 "2006-11-08T18:53:30Z")

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Oh man, this just gets better and better.

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**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-you-should-wait-an-hour-or-two-before-submitting-an-article/379587/4 "2006-11-08T19:24:50Z")

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if you look, the first link after the article is  
“rumsfield quits”