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Posted by .com 2004-11-02 1:06:10 PM|| || Front Page|| [11137 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 im predict ima vote for nader and itn come true. im predict thisn election not settle today. im predict lizards chainey and skerry doin battle in em courts. im predict teraysa says somthin stoopid.
Posted by muck4doo 2004-11-02 1:12:05 PM|| [http://compassionatelizards.blogspot.com/]  2004-11-02 1:12:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Bush 300+ EV and +5%
Senate: GOP +3
House: GOP +5 (at least)
Posted by AzCat 2004-11-02 1:13:34 PM||   2004-11-02 1:13:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Bush 290 / 52% of popular vote.
Posted by lex 2004-11-02 1:14:51 PM||   2004-11-02 1:14:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 .com are you predicting the disappearance of 10 senators? Now that's a bold prophecy.
Posted by Shipman 2004-11-02 1:26:07 PM||   2004-11-02 1:26:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 lol ship.
Posted by Seafarious  2004-11-02 1:29:53 PM||   2004-11-02 1:29:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Oops, lol, posted my estimated 'sure bets' instead of final prediction! I've been reading about these damned races so much I'm going blind, heh.

Senate:
Pubs - 55
Donks - 44
Indi(my ass) - 1
Posted by .com 2004-11-02 1:30:27 PM||   2004-11-02 1:30:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 We have two here in CA that wouldn't be missed.
Posted by AzCat 2004-11-02 1:30:38 PM||   2004-11-02 1:30:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 You can have mine, too.
I'll go with 53-46 Bush.
Posted by tu3031 2004-11-02 1:32:35 PM||   2004-11-02 1:32:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 predictions
1. the winner will be someone i have little respect for
2. the winner will be someone whose voice grates on me
3. The winner will be someone whose face im already tired of seeing.
4. The losing party will have a grand opportunity to pick someone better in 2008.
5. A large number of truely obnoxious people will gloat after their man wins.
6. A large number of truely obnoxious people will be very disappointed - but will blame it on their side being too moderate. And on events beyond their candidates control.
Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-11-02 1:37:09 PM||   2004-11-02 1:37:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 LH - LOL! Total wimp-out? Or just "prepping" us?
Posted by .com 2004-11-02 1:39:37 PM||   2004-11-02 1:39:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 WTF... I'll predict one of tomorrow's headlines:

"Malibu official: Scene at Streisand mansion 'like Heaven's Gate'; Moore, Carter autopsy results expected shortly"
Posted by Dave D. 2004-11-02 1:39:46 PM||   2004-11-02 1:39:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Lh - that's the sprirt! Ain't democracy wonderful. Wouldn't have it any other way.
Posted by Bulldog  2004-11-02 1:40:46 PM||   2004-11-02 1:40:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 My completely arbitrary divination:

Posted by Lux 2004-11-02 1:41:06 PM||   2004-11-02 1:41:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 I believe LH is covering both cheeks of his ass.
Posted by tu3031 2004-11-02 1:41:34 PM||   2004-11-02 1:41:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Lux, you should have put IA and either WI or MN in red also. That gets me to 290 for Bush.
Posted by lex 2004-11-02 1:43:42 PM||   2004-11-02 1:43:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Lux sets the standard...

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Posted by .com 2004-11-02 2:03:19 PM||   2004-11-02 2:03:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 I hope it's a blowout, that way we don't have to listen to the constant whining for another four years. I predict Bush – 300, Kerry - 238. Thune in SD, Martinez in FL, and Coors in CO. Daschele will mount a court fight to throw out Military and some prov ballots, but will lose the battle after an appeal. Kerry will claim ‘dirty politics’ caused his loss and will join the Dean/Gore screaming tour for 'Progressive' politics. Theraysa will move back to Africa and declare herself ‘White Queen’ of Tanzania. Edwards will retire to the Cayman Islands and will die in a violent hurricane next year. Michael Moore will launch his 'Election 2004' movie and it will flop both here and Europe. In a strange twist it will win an award at the Cannes. GO BUSH!
Posted by Cyber Sarge  2004-11-02 2:05:54 PM||   2004-11-02 2:05:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 I will predict 1400 posts before tomorrow 8 a.m. with 7% trollage.
Posted by Shipman 2004-11-02 2:06:35 PM||   2004-11-02 2:06:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 mucky has it. Terayza will say something incredibly stupid no matter what.

Bye bye John.
Posted by Crikey 2004-11-02 2:08:25 PM||   2004-11-02 2:08:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Has CBS/NBC/ABC/CNN/BBC called the election for Kerry yet? I mean its 11:17 Pacific time......
Posted by CrazyFool  2004-11-02 2:16:08 PM||   2004-11-02 2:16:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 CS - Excellent summation, lol! The White Queen, indeed! Lol!

Ship - C'mon, step up to the plate big boy, heh. Is Lh's duck quacking too loud for you? Or, perhaps I should ask, "So when did you first begin to notice these feelings of inadequacy and doubt?" ;-)
Posted by .com 2004-11-02 2:16:51 PM||   2004-11-02 2:16:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 Prediction: No Presidential race legal challenges.
Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-11-02 2:20:54 PM||   2004-11-02 2:20:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 Has CBS/NBC/ABC/CNN/BBC called the election for Kerry yet? I mean its 11:17 Pacific time......

Close. Their early exit polls have Kerry over 50% in almost all battleground states.
Posted by AzCat 2004-11-02 2:28:39 PM||   2004-11-02 2:28:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 Wow, check out this polling place in Lower Manhattan.
Posted by AzCat 2004-11-02 2:32:45 PM||   2004-11-02 2:32:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 AzCat - Oh man, where to begin... The "election judge(s)" operating this shithole joke for a polling place (obviously Precinct 38) should be up on electioneering charges. These photos could easily end up in court as evidence against them.

Amazing. Outrageous.
Posted by .com 2004-11-02 2:37:56 PM||   2004-11-02 2:37:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#26 thatn not fotoshopped?
Posted by muck4doo 2004-11-02 2:38:42 PM|| [http://compassionatelizards.blogspot.com/]  2004-11-02 2:38:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#27 muck - I don't think so they photos are from a friend of an LGF regular. They're most probably legit.
Posted by AzCat 2004-11-02 2:41:12 PM||   2004-11-02 2:41:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#28 Rantburg hijacked when i tried to issue comments.
Btw what is happening with Blogs cant access Instapundit, Samizdata etc.

Prediction 52/47 Bush
Posted by anon 2004-11-02 2:43:57 PM||   2004-11-02 2:43:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#29 im would think the athorities wuldve been call by now. if that not elecshuneering ima dont what is.
Posted by muck4doo 2004-11-02 2:44:26 PM|| [http://compassionatelizards.blogspot.com/]  2004-11-02 2:44:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#30 If there are one or two brave Bush supporters in Precinct 38, they could corroborate the photos in court. If this is legit, I hope these people serve time - and are assigned to learn the Constitution and Bill of Rights, by heart. Then fined to Hell and back. Then...
Posted by .com 2004-11-02 2:44:48 PM||   2004-11-02 2:44:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#31 anon - I'll bet the internet traffic to the big sites is hitting / blowing away all records, today. Keep trying.
Posted by .com 2004-11-02 2:46:36 PM||   2004-11-02 2:46:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#32 I live in asshat country (SF Bay Area). I am depressed. Maybe I should be more confident, but the media is a powerful tool and as we all know, they are a tool for Kerry. I think he will edge it out, by hook or by crook. Watch to see Flordida called early again. Watch to see ballott stuffing in SD. I so want to be pleasantly suprised, but I fear I will not be. Hunker down folks. It may be a long four years.
Posted by remote man 2004-11-02 2:53:59 PM||   2004-11-02 2:53:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#33 Mrs D-I hope you're right, but I have a feeling we will see legal challenges. Had to laugh-last night I heard Kerry being questioned about the potential legal challenges; he said he didn't think there would be a need, and that they have 10,000 lawyers.

Lots of divorces happening post-election in the campaign team? Pre-emptive hiring phase for elderly voters slipping on wet poll pavement? Or just Edwards 10,000 closest friends?
Posted by Jules 187 2004-11-02 3:01:47 PM||   2004-11-02 3:01:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#34 As a furriner I demand a vote in your election!
Posted by Rafael for Bush 2004-11-02 3:30:29 PM||   2004-11-02 3:30:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#35 Drudge, et al., release very shaky exit polling data showing Kerry doing very well (up by 20 in PA!) and the Dow is back to a gain of single digits (from at least the 70s earlier). NASDAQ down to +10 (from +25 earlier). Who does Wall Street want?
Posted by Tibor 2004-11-02 3:31:26 PM||   2004-11-02 3:31:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#36 I think I heard this right-Hannity saying the exit polls favoring Kerry because of high percentage of early voting by females.
Posted by Jules 187 2004-11-02 3:34:30 PM||   2004-11-02 3:34:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#37 Drudge published numbers from Wonkette's site that even Wonkette is warning are way off. The female / male ratio was 59/41 in those polls.
Posted by AzCat 2004-11-02 3:42:03 PM||   2004-11-02 3:42:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#38 I am with Cyber Sarge, I am looking for a blow out either way. A split nation is not good for our future. There are too many enemies that want to destroy us and we cannot allow ourselves to be destroyed from within.

I can't the site of Kerry, but I think he is going to win the election. I know that makes me unpopular over here but there are way too many check and balances in this country for any one person to bring this country down. Power to the people!!!! BTW, if Bush looses, it will be his que to flatten the Sunni triangle. Destroy everyone of those bastards.
Posted by Poison Reverse 2004-11-02 3:46:28 PM||   2004-11-02 3:46:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#39 Folks: BUCK UP. The only way Kerry can win is if-- and note, this a necessary but not sufficient condition-- his turnout machine is superior to Rove's. Seriously, what are the chances of that?

Think about it: if you had to put a large chunk of your portfolio on one of two corporations, one of which has a tired product but a twenty-year track record of delivering superior results in its target market, and the other of which has a new product and a flashy new brand campaign but a spotty record at best when it comes to generating sales in its notoriously fickle and flaky core market, whwere would you put your money?

The Dems always talk big when it comes to "vastly increasing turnout" in the afr-american community, but it rarely happens. Never in presidential elections. I'll bet on Rove and his 4 million evangelicals, thanks.
Posted by lex 2004-11-02 3:47:55 PM||   2004-11-02 3:47:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#40 In Aust, media is predicting very tight race. Bush approval rating only 47% going in. Howard just won by a landslide here, and he supports Bush (thanks to that annoying teresa woman interfering right before our election: whatta way to win friends and influence folks!)

I predict Bush but a recount in a marginal electorate to decide.

I want a landslide for Bush but judging by what I've been hearing that aint gonna happen.
Posted by Anon1 2004-11-02 4:14:14 PM||   2004-11-02 4:14:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#41 You've hurt me feelings .com!

Okay... Bush 50 Kerry 49 Other 1
Kerry takes, Florida, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin and the Presidency.

Senate 54 Republican 46 Donk (Fuck Jeffords he's a Donk)

Republicans gain 12 seats in the house.

Idiot turnout in Tallahasee is off the wall. :(
I am a pessimist by nature tho. I am seeking out auto bartender.

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-02 4:39:32 PM||   2004-11-02 4:39:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#42 here shipman mebbe thisn cheer you up
Posted by muck4doo 2004-11-02 4:47:05 PM|| [http://compassionatelizards.blogspot.com/]  2004-11-02 4:47:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#43 I will stick with my original prediction from a week ago about the presidential election.

Popular Vote:
Bush 52%
Kerry 47%
Other 1%

Electoral Vote:
Bush 322 (maybe 326)
Kerry 216 (maybe 212)
Posted by Chemist 2004-11-02 4:57:57 PM||   2004-11-02 4:57:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#44 "You've hurt me feelings .com!"

Finally! Double-heh. Shot that f**kin' duck, huh? Bet the dawgs liked getting out, lol!
Posted by .com 2004-11-02 5:09:30 PM||   2004-11-02 5:09:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#45 muck4doo, that's quite a belly on that happy Blue Camper of yours... Al-Gore silhouette, perhaps?
Posted by lex 2004-11-02 5:12:51 PM||   2004-11-02 5:12:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#46 Bar's open, Shipman... getcher ass over there.
Posted by AutoBartender 2004-11-02 5:35:48 PM||   2004-11-02 5:35:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#47 LOL .com! and M4D is that like the hard core of America?

I am by nature a hedger in these matters, the numbers I used are what I wagered on. I win financially or morally. I prefer morally.
Posted by Shipman 2004-11-02 5:42:45 PM||   2004-11-02 5:42:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#48 I will note that the student and African-American precincts (in TLH) have now gone flat, while the suburban precincts are holding medium-heavy/steady.
Posted by Shipman 2004-11-02 5:47:11 PM||   2004-11-02 5:47:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#49 Okay, triple post... it's the grain... Mucky I can't see why West Va is so attractive. It's kinda seamy.
Posted by Shipman 2004-11-02 5:49:17 PM||   2004-11-02 5:49:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#50 lmao ship!
Posted by muck4doo 2004-11-02 5:53:54 PM|| [http://compassionatelizards.blogspot.com/]  2004-11-02 5:53:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#51 hit em autobartend some more and itn get beter lookin. :)

zogby is have skerry winin the electral colege and chainey the popular vote. ima figure numbers even out later as workin peples are probly vote later than the jobless.
Posted by muck4doo 2004-11-02 5:57:51 PM|| [http://compassionatelizards.blogspot.com/]  2004-11-02 5:57:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#52 I am by nature unable to even speculate this type of thing, I'd be all upset all night that I'd be wrong, that RBrs would think badly of me. Prefering to wait and see. Then ponder what were the root causes. Thats the safe thing,
prudent.

Whatum didum sign sayum? "War is fear"
Posted by Lucky 2004-11-02 6:09:49 PM||   2004-11-02 6:09:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#53 "The electoral college: why does it hate us?"
Posted by Seafarious  2004-11-02 6:31:06 PM||   2004-11-02 6:31:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#54 The electoral college? Is that one of the Seven Twisted Sisters?
Posted by Eleanor R 2004-11-02 7:09:05 PM||   2004-11-02 7:09:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#55 Em - caught you double-dipping at Bill Quick's :-)
Posted by Frank G  2004-11-02 7:16:08 PM||   2004-11-02 7:16:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#56 For those with a strong stomach, I've posted my predictions on WHAT IF KERRY WINS?
Posted by Dave D. 2004-11-02 7:17:53 PM||   2004-11-02 7:17:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#57 Dave D - "There will be no wars of conquest and subjugation, either..."

Quibble: CHINA
Posted by .com 2004-11-02 7:22:45 PM||   2004-11-02 7:22:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#58 I don't understand your quibble; I was referring to our wars, not any that China might undertake.
Posted by Dave D. 2004-11-02 7:32:18 PM||   2004-11-02 7:32:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#59 Oops - sorry, I misunderstoodimated! :-)
Posted by .com 2004-11-02 7:47:10 PM||   2004-11-02 7:47:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#60 so far ga wv ky and in for chainey and vt for skerry.
from here.
Posted by muck4doo 2004-11-02 7:49:51 PM|| [http://compassionatelizards.blogspot.com/]  2004-11-02 7:49:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#61 Anybody watching the MegaPundit returns page? Check out FL...
Posted by .com 2004-11-02 7:51:26 PM||   2004-11-02 7:51:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#62 hehe. beat you to it .com :)
Posted by muck4doo 2004-11-02 7:54:20 PM|| [http://compassionatelizards.blogspot.com/]  2004-11-02 7:54:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#63 S'okay - It's me 'n you, Mucky. Sorry 'bout the chainey thing - it's a package deal, bro. ;-)
Posted by .com 2004-11-02 7:54:39 PM||   2004-11-02 7:54:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#64 Oops - crosstalk. That you did, bro!
Posted by .com 2004-11-02 7:55:18 PM||   2004-11-02 7:55:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#65 Good post, Dave. I linked to it in a post at my blog.
Posted by Ptah  2004-11-02 7:58:28 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]  2004-11-02 7:58:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#66 Dave D. good write up and I can't quibble with any points you make. We are staring Carter #2 in the face. Hell, Kerry could make Carter look good and he certainly faces a far more difficult world than Carter did.

The only positive thing that I could see happening is that if the dominoes start to fall as you predict then Kerry will be impeached and the asshats on the left totally discredited. I mean totally. The fuckwhits in the news media will also be covered with the eggs that they have laid. It might be a time that the real America takes back the reigns of power with a decisiveness that is difficult to imagine. (Seriously, imagine what the US reaction would be if Iran nuked Israel, or the Norks did something drastic. If Kerry does nothing in the face of such an atrocity then well more than half this country would storm Washington and hang the MF'er.
Posted by remote man 2004-11-02 7:59:26 PM||   2004-11-02 7:59:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#67 whoa! now itn have kerry ahead. oh and fl the keys tho.
Posted by muck4doo 2004-11-02 8:01:33 PM|| [http://compassionatelizards.blogspot.com/]  2004-11-02 8:01:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#68 lizard peples nedum stay calm, mucky
Posted by Tom 2004-11-02 8:07:57 PM||   2004-11-02 8:07:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#69 we're liveblogging in the o-club
Posted by Seafarious  2004-11-02 8:10:24 PM||   2004-11-02 8:10:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#70 YOU may be liveblogging-- I'm just laying under the table, drunk outta my mind.
Posted by Dave D. 2004-11-02 8:13:58 PM||   2004-11-02 8:13:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#71 whatn an o club? isn that what you use to make em o face?
Posted by muck4doo 2004-11-02 8:15:22 PM|| [http://compassionatelizards.blogspot.com/]  2004-11-02 8:15:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#72 goddamer! megapundit isa went down! >:(
time go watch tv. have fun yalls.
Posted by muck4doo 2004-11-02 8:17:46 PM|| [http://compassionatelizards.blogspot.com/]  2004-11-02 8:17:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#73 rantburg.com/bb.asp
Posted by Seafarious  2004-11-02 8:23:23 PM||   2004-11-02 8:23:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#74 KERRY: WHY DOES HE HATE ELEPHANTS?
Posted by Chris W.  2004-11-02 8:36:52 PM||   2004-11-02 8:36:52 PM|| Front Page Top

23:44 Jabba the Nutt
23:40 Cyber Sarge
23:20 Phil Fraering
23:12 RWV
23:08 Carl in N.H.
22:54 djh_usmc
22:42 Darth VAda
22:25 Grunter
22:24 Don
22:18 Mark Espinola
21:49 trailing wife
21:40 Bulldog
21:24 anymouse
21:11 Asedwich
21:06 Asedwich
20:45 Tom
20:39 4 more years! of kerry!
20:36 Chris W.
20:33 Shipman
20:31 4 more years! of kerry!
20:29 mhw
20:23 Seafarious
20:17 muck4doo
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