The 2008 US Election thread

[magickingdom]

i cant see anything but an obama win at this stage, palin is at the gurrier stuff which is a sure sign the republicans know the game is up..

[J70]

i cant see anything but an obama win at this stage, palin is at the gurrier stuff which is a sure sign the republicans know the game is up..

Don't ever underestimate the capacity of the Democrats to screw things up!

Also, the right wing are pushing hard about this Khalidi tape that the LA Times says they can't release. Expect that and the socialism charges (as well as the Rev Wright stuff which is being advertised in non-campaign ads in some states) to shave another couple of points. I think it will be close. God help us all if Palin becomes VP and probable GOP candidate in '12.

BTW, where's Tyrone's Own these days? I haven't seen any comments from him in quite a while.

[muppet]

How far to the right is Tyrone's Own?

[magickingdom]

well its always possible to screw it up j70 but looking at the stats theres not a budge in the polls that favours mccain in the last 6 weeks. its been quite boring imo, hes screwed in the swing states and thats all that counts. would have loved to have seen hillary get in tho and stick it to the republicans, obama is too much of an unknown for me.

ibtw f the la times tapes had anything in them they'd be out long ago

[Mentalman]

ibtw f the la times tapes had anything in them they'd be out long ago

Followed a link from a BBC blog today to one of these discussion boards about these Khalidi tapes. They are alleging that Obama makes two key statements (1) Israel has no God given right to the territory of Palestine and (2) Israel is responsible for massacres in the occupied territories. Only in America could those be considered controversial statements.

[Tyrones own]

BTW, where's Tyrone's Own these days? I haven't seen any comments from him in quite a while.

No worries me old mucker... I've been in the background taking great craic out of reading some of the posts here
I figured I should back off and give some of the younger kids here a chance to voice their learned multi-national
expert notions without me embarrassing them at every turn and it worked a treat... the thread had dropped off
to the 5th page at one point owing to them running out of things to hate  at least they put some bit
of thought into their rage filled ideology when they knew I'd be calling them on it but with me disappearing the guard dropped and the real
expertise began to surface    Fcuk it the cats out of the bag now... back to Wikipedia, MSNBC or the Huffington post now girls

[J70]

well its always possible to screw it up j70 but looking at the stats theres not a budge in the polls that favours mccain in the last 6 weeks. its been quite boring imo, hes screwed in the swing states and thats all that counts. would have loved to have seen hillary get in tho and stick it to the republicans, obama is too much of an unknown for me.

ibtw f the la times tapes had anything in them they'd be out long ago

According to Fox News there a few minutes ago its down to the margin of error, with Obama at 47% and McCain 44% nationally. Maybe they're just trying to motivate their base and play up the idea that swing voters are going to "play it safe" and go with McCain. I am worried though, although they did a lot of the same in the run-up to the mid-terms in '06 when the Democrats kicked the Republicans' arses.

[J70]

BTW, where's Tyrone's Own these days? I haven't seen any comments from him in quite a while.

No worries me old mucker... I've been in the background taking great craic out of reading some of the posts here
I figured I should back off and give some of the younger kids here a chance to voice their learned multi-national
expert notions without me embarrassing them at every turn and it worked a treat... the thread had dropped off
to the 5th page at one point owing to them running out of things to hate  at least they put some bit
of thought into their rage filled ideology when they knew I'd be calling them on it but with me disappearing the guard dropped and the real
expertise began to surface    Fcuk it the cats out of the bag now... back to Wikipedia, MSNBC or the Huffington post now girls

Just checking to see if you're still with us!

[Tyrones own]

 Life is good

[under the bar]

Sadly it looks like Barack Hussein Obama is headed for the White House now. Can't see even the finest hanging chads preventing that.

Yes lets get McCain in and kill another million worthless Iraqi and Afghan civilians then start on Iran.  Also lets allow George Bush snr and his cronies blast & bulldoze away the Pascua Lama glacier to get at the gold deposits underneath.   

Then when McCain retires thru ill health stick Palin in as president and really show us how to f**k the world up!

[DrinkingHarp]

Sadly it looks like Barack Hussein Obama is headed for the White House now. Can't see even the finest hanging chads preventing that.

Yes lets get McCain in and kill another million worthless Iraqi and Afghan civilians then start on Iran.  Also lets allow George Bush snr and his cronies blast & bulldoze away the Pascua Lama glacier to get at the gold deposits underneath.   

Then when McCain retires thru ill health stick Palin in as president and really show us how to f**k the world up!

Agree with your statements but Barrick Gold Corporation is a Canadain Company, Bush Sr. sits on their International Advisory Board. I don't want your statement to lead readers to believe this is a U.S. Company tearing up a neighbor to the south.

Barrick has destroyed land throuhout the world - North America, South America, Australia and Africa.

What the plan to do in Chile/Argentina is a disgrace but profits again overshadow people . The citizens of the world have to wake up and protest acts of gross mistreatment of the land and people from companies like Barrick.

[magickingdom]

well its always possible to screw it up j70 but looking at the stats theres not a budge in the polls that favours mccain in the last 6 weeks. its been quite boring imo, hes screwed in the swing states and thats all that counts. would have loved to have seen hillary get in tho and stick it to the republicans, obama is too much of an unknown for me.

ibtw f the la times tapes had anything in them they'd be out long ago

According to Fox News there a few minutes ago its down to the margin of error, with Obama at 47% and McCain 44% nationally. Maybe they're just trying to motivate their base and play up the idea that swing voters are going to "play it safe" and go with McCain. I am worried though, although they did a lot of the same in the run-up to the mid-terms in '06 when the Democrats kicked the Republicans' arses.

national polls are irrelevant (ask al gore) its not a 'national' election its a state by state one. mccain is dead in too many swing states, if he loses n carolina and pennsylvania its over before it leaves the east coast

[J70]

well its always possible to screw it up j70 but looking at the stats theres not a budge in the polls that favours mccain in the last 6 weeks. its been quite boring imo, hes screwed in the swing states and thats all that counts. would have loved to have seen hillary get in tho and stick it to the republicans, obama is too much of an unknown for me.

ibtw f the la times tapes had anything in them they'd be out long ago

According to Fox News there a few minutes ago its down to the margin of error, with Obama at 47% and McCain 44% nationally. Maybe they're just trying to motivate their base and play up the idea that swing voters are going to "play it safe" and go with McCain. I am worried though, although they did a lot of the same in the run-up to the mid-terms in '06 when the Democrats kicked the Republicans' arses.

national polls are irrelevant (ask al gore) its not a 'national' election its a state by state one. mccain is dead in too many swing states, if he loses n carolina and pennsylvania its over before it leaves the east coast

I am well aware that national polls are, to some extent, irrelevant. However, if they are tightening up, the individual states may well be too, particularly those that have gone Republican in recent presidential elections, which are the vital ones that McCain has to win. I hope you are right, but I am not discounting anything at this stage.

[FL/MAYO]

I drove by an early polling station here in Florida this afternoon, it was raining and the line was around the block . There will be some turnout this year especially down here. Tuesday night should be good fun watching the results come in., if Obama wins Florida it is over for Mc Cain. This will be my third time voting in Florida, hopefully it will be the first time that a Democrat wins.

[tyssam5]

BTW, where's Tyrone's Own these days? I haven't seen any comments from him in quite a while.

No worries me old mucker... I've been in the background taking great craic out of reading some of the posts here
I figured I should back off and give some of the younger kids here a chance to voice their learned multi-national
expert notions without me embarrassing them at every turn and it worked a treat... the thread had dropped off
to the 5th page at one point owing to them running out of things to hate  at least they put some bit
of thought into their rage filled ideology when they knew I'd be calling them on it but with me disappearing the guard dropped and the real
expertise began to surface    Fcuk it the cats out of the bag now... back to Wikipedia, MSNBC or the Huffington post now girls

Being the smartest man in the room must be a real burden sometimes - how do you cope?