Earnabuck, CFS may be wrong on McCain winning big - I think he is - or even on his winning at all.  I personally think Obama is the odds-on favorite in this very Democratic leaning year.  But Obama does not have a lock, and he can be beaten IMO.

BTW, I would be careful about calling CFS "consistently wrong".  He has not been on every time, but he's been on the money with his political predictions more often than not over the years.

Significantly, CFS won our Politics Forum Election poll in 2004 for the best prediction of the results from among 50+ participants.  (I remember it well, since  I  ran the poll and had promised to contribute to the charity of choice for the winner, which I did ;-)

BTW, we may wish to recall that a whole lot of folks thought Bush was dead meat for reelection back at this time in '04.  But it didn't work out that way :-)

This is not 2004.  Every election year is different.  Still, I would not be so eager to count my chickens just yet if I were you earnabuck.  Just a thought ;-)

(CFS - I'm outta here for two weeks (annual mission team church building trip - to SE Ohio this year.  Hope the weather cools off a bit.  Catch you when I return.)

MWL

Thanks for dropping by and thanks for the comments. President Obama? It is NOT going to happen, shipmates. JSM is really lucky about having BHO as his opponent. As I have said ad nauseam, the 2008 presidential election is for the GOP to lose. The DEM has learned the art of losing presidential elections. DEM retains the US Senate, DEM retains the US House of Reps, and the GOP retains the White House. It is slam dunk. Thanks for reading !!!

Lots of surprises on this listing? My favorite town of ST GEORGE UTAH is listed !!!

http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/105431/Where-the-Jobs-Are

 

Famous last words: The war in Iraq is LOST.

Guess what ..... We are winning in IRAQ !!!

Click here for more. 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080726/ap_on_an/iraq_winning_the_war

And here, one more time, cfs 2008 prediction number 3:

3. AMERICAN TROOPS IN IRAQ. The number of American fatalities will drop to less than 10 per month, with the majority of fatalities not combat related. Significant progress made across the board in Iraq, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will continue to insist that the war in Iraq is lost. The war president will out-flank his opposition, and will embarrass the Do-Nothing Democratic Congress by giving a de facto VI DAY (Victory in Iraq) proclamation prior to the general election. The war president will implement an accelerated withdrawal plan for American troops out of the country, but not as fast as demanded by the Do-Nothing Democratic Congress. Less than 130,000 troops in Iraq by the end of July. Less than 120,000 troops in Iraq before Election Day. Less than 110,000 troops in Iraq by the end of the year. Total troops withdrawal will be a turnover item for the next administration.

Click here for the rest of the cfs 2008 predictions:

http://lowestrated.com/2007/12/predictions-2008.html

See I told you so, politics is FUN, and beating the heck of the IFWs in IRAQ is REAL fun!!!

Thanks for reading.

 

Here is a good op-ed from the LA Times.  A couple of quotes

But the irony is we have a presidential contest between Obama, whose entire primary candidacy was driven by his unshakable position as the toughest and most pessimistic critic of the war, and John McCain, an unrepentant supporter of the war who called for the surge at a time when the rest of the establishment was running for cover.

Yet during Obama's visit to Iraq last week, it was the presumptive Democratic nominee who was enjoying a love fest with embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, who told the world -- including U.S. voters -- that Obama's timetable was on the right track and that the quicker U.S. forces got out of Iraq, the better. 
 

And there is more, check this link. 

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-mead27-2008jul27,0,7118072.story

Thanks for reading.

Another DOLEsque act by the McCain team. 

Shame on all involved in the politicization of our soldiers !!!!

Click [here] for more.

The more I see the McCain team in action, the more I like Bob Barr for president.

See I told you so, politics is FUN, and watching JSM's DOLEsque team in action is REAL fun !!!

Thanks for reading. 

 

Dare to take the Political Compass test!

http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

Full disclosure, here is my score:

Economic Left/Right: -1.88 //Social Libertarian/Authoritarian:  -2.36

Dare to take it - and repeat after me:  Politics is FUN!!!

Thanks for reading.

 

 

C F S:

Dare to take the Political Compass test!

http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

Full disclosure, here is my score:

Economic Left/Right: -1.88 //Social Libertarian/Authoritarian:  -2.36

Dare to take it - and repeat after me:  Politics is FUN!!!

Thanks for reading.

 

 

 

According to the points plotted on the international leaders graph, looks like His Holiness The Dalai Lama and I are twins.  Political quizzes are fun. Om mani padme hum.

;)

Hetty

 

Hetty

Thanks for dropping by and thanks for taking the test,  I like my score and I like those next to me on the international leaders graph.

See, I told you so, politics is FUN !!!

Thanks for reading.

Fun read

Here is a good article on WHO is really playing the race card.

Click [here]  for more.

See I told you so, politics is FUN, and for one political party playing the race card is REAL FUN!

Thanks for reading. 

 

YES you can FOOL some of the people ALL the time

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/mccain_obama_poll

See I told you so, politics is FUN!

Thanks for reading.

Now that John Edwards is DONE with this affair now in the open, I can imagine both camps, JSM and BHO, checking things out with the National Enquirer and the rest of the Muckrakers looking for some type of trash on their opponent. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muckraker 

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