Concession means nothing.
If a candidate concedes but still wins, he wins, period. Concession is a quaint little custom that, when coupled with $1.50, will get you a ride on the CTA (for the next couple of weeks, anyway...then it'll take more like a buck-seventyfive).
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jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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jb4
Nov. 3, 2004, 12:50:48 PM EST