CW: I am with you. but 2 & 3 depend on whether that damn congress behaves (unlikely). Saw gas at 2.97 here yesterday.
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *Hi Frank! Suffice it to say McCain was not my first choice. I am, like > Mark, a real conservative and not one of these pro-choice Neocon cowboys we > see here daily. I strongly believe most people will see McCain as the only > choice and will say no how, no way, Nobama. LOL <That was fun> I am also > counting on the "Bradley Effect".* > ** > *I have been working the phones for the McCain campaign here in (the > heavily Democratic) Cuyahoga County and I will tell you Obama will make a > very strong showing in the city of Cleveland itself but McCain leads in the > western and far eastern suburbs. It will come down to who shows up to > vote. Southern Ohio tends to be more conservative and hopefully will show > up and vote for McCain because he can't win if he doesn't take Ohio.* > ** > *Only 28 more days of Obamanation. On a real message board we could > sticky this "Predictions" thread. Is that possible here?* > ** > *CW* > *Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning, the > devil says, "Oh, crap, she's up." > * > *----- Original Message ----- * *From: "frankg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> > *>* > *To: "PoliticalForum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[email protected]> > *>* > *Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 5:40 PM* > *Subject: Re: Predictions* > * > * > > *CW, > > I'll bet against you. McCain has a few very serious hurdles I don't > think he can clear; > > - People are fed up with Bush and Obama has successfully > interconnected McCain and Bush. > - The Palin smear campaign has worked. Eventually, even the SNL skits > take their toll. > - The MSM bias is too great to overcome and most people don't seem > capable of critical thinking on their own. > - McCain and the Republicans don't seem to have a clue how to attack > Obama. I don't mean the stupid, snide commercials.. I mean the major, > fundamental differences. Let's see if he shows anything tonight. > > I'll go so far as to say it will be a electoral college landslide > (popular vote won't be as overwhelming) and the MSM will be talking > about an Obama mandate. > > > On Oct 7, 3:27 pm, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>*> > wrote: > > This is the Land of Liberal Lotus-Eaters! Forget "sky blue > > waters". :-) > > > > On Oct 7, 2:19 pm, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Great quote Rigsy! So you are up there in Minnesota. I haven't seen an > > > Obama sign in my very white suburban area but if I drove into Cleveland > I > > > would see plenty. > > > > > CW > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "rigsy03" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>*> > > > To: "PoliticalForum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[email protected]> > *> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 2:50 PM > > > Subject: Re: Predictions > > > > > I'm not a gambler- I just let Fate have its way. I hope you are right > > > but all I see on my way to anywhere is Obama and Franken signs/bumper > > > stickers. Yesterday, after a third nasty e-mail about McCain from a > > > friend of 32 years, I called and left a civilized message about her > > > telling me NOT to vote, etc. Since she doesn't allow criticism, this > > > is probably a finale. But then, she edits what she tells her husband > > > and one often nods as she passes judgement on EVERYTHING/ONE just to > > > avoid the flares of her temperament. I read a wise quote > > > yesterday:"You often learn who you are by realizing who you are not." > > > Lisa Belkin- NYTImes- "The Motherlode Blog" She will probably toss my > > > nine paintings... > > > > > On Oct 7, 1:32 pm, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *> wrote: > > > > I predict that 30 days from today: > > > > > > 1. John McCain will be President-Elect > > > > of the United States. > > > > > > 2. Regular gasoline will be widely avail- > > > > able at $2.49/gal or less. > > > > > > 3. The economic 'crisis,' ie, credit crunch, > > > > will be largely over. > > > > > > Anyone care to bet against me?- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > * > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
