Redskins Lost; Kerry Next President?

[sumairetsu]

The Redskins lost this weekend.

If history continues to repeat itself with the pre-election Redskins game, then John Kerry will be the next president.

It's an unscientific predictor, but here's what's been happening:

With the exception of one or two times, whenever the Redskins have won the game the weekend before the presidential election, the incumbent candidate has retained his seat in the White House. Whenever they've lost, the challenger has won the election.

Will this be the case this year? We'll find out for sure by Wednesday.

Also, some dodo was interviewed and mentioned on the news that Kerry would win the presidency when the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. Guess who won the World Series? :Smug:

 

[Edgecrusher]

Its gonna be close.

Closer than 2000's election.

 

[sumairetsu]

Its gonna be close.

Closer than 2000's election.

If it is, then there's the probability of voting fraud. 8 million new voters, primarily independents, have been added to the national election pool this year. You don't see that kind of registration build up if people are happy with the way things are going in this country.

 

[chris-o-fer]

hanging chad hmmmmm?

 

[Tool]

Kerry Lost.

 

[Kenneth R.]

too bad. 4 more years of shite

 

[Edgecrusher]

Kerry Lost.

Bush got the highest amount (or was it the highest percentage?) of the popular vote more than any other president in history.

 

[sumairetsu]

Bush got the highest amount (or was it the highest percentage?) of the popular vote more than any other president in history.

Wrong. This distortion by the mainstream press needs to be corrected. The turnout was the highest number for any presidential election, thus far. Take into account the population figures and make adjustments for percentages when you consider there are more people living in America than ever before. Of those eligible citizens that had registered to vote, over 60% cast ballots.

Bush only got about 3.5 million more popular votes of the people who voted and (currently) only 279 electoral college votes (of the 270 needed to win). Compare that to 1984 when Reagan won all but 4 of the electoral college votes and 88% of the popular vote in his race for the presidency against Walter Mondale.

Percentage wise, Bush only won by 3 percent (51% for Bush to 48% for Kerry) in the popular vote.

Either way, for an incumbent war time president, that's not a very impressive turnout, though it was enough for a victory.

Now, we get to hear about the lost votes in Ohio. Stay tuned.

 

[thespectralsorrows]

Fuck it, America voted for this guy, now they can reap the rewards or whatever comes to pass. And pass it will as the Republicians will pass quite a few new laws over the next 4 years. Some may be for the good of everyone, but many will be just for the elite as per the Bush policy. As for the draft rumor, well it's still just a rumor, but it would be quite funny if they tried to bring it back, maybe they can enlist all these hispanics who voted for Senor Bush.

 

[Pessimism]

baseball is a load of crap anyway

 

[sumairetsu]

baseball is a load of crap anyway

Football.

Fuck it, America voted for this guy, now they can reap the rewards or whatever comes to pass. And pass it will as the Republicians will pass quite a few new laws over the next 4 years. Some may be for the good of everyone, but many will be just for the elite as per the Bush policy. As for the draft rumor, well it's still just a rumor, but it would be quite funny if they tried to bring it back, maybe they can enlist all these hispanics who voted for Senor Bush.

But, did we really vote for this guy? Too many things aren't adding up...or, they are adding up and they're pointing to a fraud perpetrated on the American people.

1. Why is it that all the exit polls in Ohio for counties that had auditable paper ballots match the numbers of the votes counted, and those counties that showed Kerry ahead in exit polls in counties that voted electronically have Bush ahead by the same numbers?
2. Why is it that heavily democrat-dominated (i.e. 70% Democrat to 30% Republican) areas of Florida have percentages inversed favoring Bush in areas with electronic voting? (i.e. Bush taking 70% of the vote in areas with 70% democrats?)
3. Why is a for-profit corporation - Diebold - in charge of the software and hardware of Ohio's voting machines, especially when Diebold CEO Wally O'Dell printed on the invitations to a Republican fundraiser held at his mansion in Ohio in 2003 that he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes for the president next year."

Something is definitely wrong here.

By the way, there's an article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer regarding the draft dated October 30th, 2004. Those in charge of Selective Service are considering changing things around so that if there is a draft, it will include women and anyone between the ages of 18-34.