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wbtravis007 · #1 Post by **wbtravis007** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:49 pm

have gone ahead and declared that it'll be Obama vs. Romney.

Just like I predicted they would.

I tell ya ... I've gotten really good at predicting what they're gonna say. Maybe I ought to just fire them and come up with my own predictions.

I'll think about it after the holidays, I guess.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #2 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:53 pm

I think that it will be Clinton vs Guiliani.

starfish1113 · #3 Post by **starfish1113** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:41 pm

In 1988, I predicted Bob Dole vs. Paul Simon, so I have steered clear of predictions since then.

wbtravis007 · #4 Post by **wbtravis007** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:22 pm

starfish1113 wrote:In 1988, I predicted Bob Dole vs. Paul Simon, so I have steered clear of predictions since then.

Well, I'm pretty sure that your '06 predictions were damned close -- at least for the Senate races.

Seems like I remember the boys in Predictions telling me that they pretty much just copied off your paper, covered their tracks by making a change or two, and ended up perfect. It looked good in the Annual Report, that's for sure. Man, talk about a surge!

Anyway, since I've let the boys know that a Bloomberg/Hagel ticket might well get my vote, they don't want to take a position on the ultimate outcome yet.

peacock2121 · #5 Post by **peacock2121** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:11 am

I predict it won't be Kennedy vs. Craig.

peacock2121 · #6 Post by **peacock2121** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:13 am

It also won't be Frank vs Foley.

Rexer25 · #7 Post by **Rexer25** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:15 am

I may have to adjust my thinking...I was betting on Colbert vs. Pat Paulsen.

peacock2121 · #8 Post by **peacock2121** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:17 am

Rexer25 wrote:I may have to adjust my thinking...I was betting on Colbert vs. Pat Paulsen.

You should just keep thinking like that.

It's what we have come to expect.

You don't want to upset the balance.

Rexer25 · #9 Post by **Rexer25** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:24 am

Here's a shock - something totally off topic...

I need to keep posting because I love that picture of Molly. Annie took it with the digital camera a couple of weeks ago. That is Molly at her best.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #10 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:19 am

Rexer25 wrote:Here's a shock - something totally off topic...

I need to keep posting because I love that picture of Molly. Annie took it with the digital camera a couple of weeks ago. That is Molly at her best.

She is very cute!

peacock2121 · #11 Post by **peacock2121** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:19 am

She is genuinely happy.

That is the best.

wbtravis007 · #12 Post by **wbtravis007** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:43 pm

I just checked, and they're sticking by their prediction of a couple of months ago.

We'll see. I ain't ready to double down on it, that's for sure.

Beebs52 · #13 Post by **Beebs52** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:52 pm

wbtravis007 wrote:I just checked, and they're sticking by their prediction of a couple of months ago.

We'll see. I ain't ready to double down on it, that's for sure.

I wouldn't be surprised if you're right.

ulysses5019 · #14 Post by **ulysses5019** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:03 pm

Is Harold Stassen running again?

5LD · #15 Post by **5LD** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:17 pm

I have no idea who the dems will front, but I am guessing its McCain on the repub side.

peacock2121 · #16 Post by **peacock2121** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:21 pm

I think Hillary will be my party's candidate.

I think McCain will be the other party's.

Rexer25 · #17 Post by **Rexer25** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:24 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:Is Harold Stassen running again?

Who was that guy who ran about 8 times as the Communist Party candidate? Guy something or other?

And why haven't we heard from Lyndon LaRouche this campaign. IIRC, he was incarcerated and still managed to buy a half-hour of TV time somehow...

Tocqueville3 · #18 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:46 pm

wbtravis007 wrote:I just checked, and they're sticking by their prediction of a couple of months ago.

We'll see. I ain't ready to double down on it, that's for sure.

No, but I am sure that you'd like to have someone double down on you.

Hoo-ah!

earendel · #19 Post by **earendel** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:49 pm

Rexer25 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:Is Harold Stassen running again?
Who was that guy who ran about 8 times as the Communist Party candidate? Guy something or other?

Gus Hall.

wbtravis007 · #20 Post by **wbtravis007** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:20 pm

Just got off a conference call with the boys in (for now) Prediction Services. They said they haven't been proven wrong yet -- that McCain could still die or something. I told them that I'd wait till the convention before firing them.

Now they're saying that they never said which year.

Man, talk about not wanting to admit mistakes!

I tell ya. Some people!

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #21 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:34 pm

wbtravis007 wrote:Just got off a conference call with the boys in (for now) Prediction Services. They said they haven't been proven wrong yet -- that McCain could still die or something. I told them that I'd wait till the convention before firing them.

Now they're saying that they never said which year.

Man, talk about not wanting to admit mistakes!

I tell ya. Some people!

I would like them to predict Clinton vs McCain, or Clinton vs anyone.

wbtravis007 · #22 Post by **wbtravis007** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:56 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
wbtravis007 wrote:Just got off a conference call with the boys in (for now) Prediction Services. They said they haven't been proven wrong yet -- that McCain could still die or something. I told them that I'd wait till the convention before firing them.

Now they're saying that they never said which year.

Man, talk about not wanting to admit mistakes!

I tell ya. Some people!

I would like them to predict Clinton vs McCain, or Clinton vs anyone.

I passed this on to them and told them not to charge you, since you've been such a good customer and what not. [Still haven't gotten your response to the customer survey (re: the condom-mints), though!]

Their response: Ask again later.

So, I did.

Their response: Concentrate and ask again.

Me: You guys are using that g-damned Magic 8 Ball, again, aren't you?

Their response: Silence.

Me: That damned thing wasn't reliable 40 something years ago! You expect it to work now? I paid good money for that quija board, damnit! Get your asses on that thing and get me an answer! I swanee!

Anyway, long story short, according to Eleanor Roosevelt, Hillary would probably beat McCain. Almost too close to call, though.

To make sure that we don't end up with somebody who's not well-suited tempermentally to be the next president -- (and I'm not talking about Hillary here) -- people should vote for Obama.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #23 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:13 am

wbtravis007 wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
wbtravis007 wrote:Just got off a conference call with the boys in (for now) Prediction Services. They said they haven't been proven wrong yet -- that McCain could still die or something. I told them that I'd wait till the convention before firing them.

Now they're saying that they never said which year.

Man, talk about not wanting to admit mistakes!

I tell ya. Some people!

I would like them to predict Clinton vs McCain, or Clinton vs anyone.
I passed this on to them and told them not to charge you, since you've been such a good customer and what not. [Still haven't gotten your response to the customer survey (re: the condom-mints), though!]

I never got the survey, but I think that condom-mints is a brilliant idea.