A Thumpin'

Each week at volleyball, teams are chosen more or less randomly, and we go out and play. Tonight, the team I was on didn't win a single game all night. In 2 hours of playing, a total of about 8 or 9 games, we didn't win even once. Totally, completely shut out.

It was kind of like being a Republican for a night.

THE PRESIDENT: ... If you look at race by race, it was close. The cumulative effect, however, was not too close. It was a thumping.
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Q Thank you, Mr. President. You just described the election
results as a "thumping."
THE PRESIDENT: ... I said that the elections were close; the cumulative effect --
Q Is a thumping.
THE PRESIDENT: -- thumping.
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Q And that was thumpin' without a "g," correct? I just want to make sure we have it right for the transcript.