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2008-10-23 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Yosemite Sam 2008-10-23 17:24|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I suspect the more lunatic fringes of the left will resort to loud protests and some localized looting, rioting, car burning. The real hand wringing will be the MSM for having been 'betrayed' and 'misled' by the polls.
look also for mass investigations (or calls for same) into voter fraud.
i do believe there if s going to be a continuing increase in violence against persons and property in the remaining days running up to the election; witness the Florida ATM customer attack, the shot up house and the numerous sign/ other low level vandalizations taking place.
i think we are going to actually see a road rage incident due to a bumper sticker from 'the other side' being blamed for it. while i believe it is more likely to be instigated by a Obama supporter, that is not necessarily a given. there are an awful lot of McPaulin huggers out there that have no room for the left.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-10-23 17:42|| 2008-10-23 17:42|| Front Page Top

#2 I expect that BDS will be replaced by MDS and PDS
(McCain and Palin derangement syndromes). Democrats and "progressives" will immediately upgrade George W. Bush to distinguished elder statesman.

Don't forget, the Dems hated Nixon and Newt Gingrich too, until they left office. The Derangement Syndrome is simply a method to destroy and attack a political opponent. It has nothing to do with anything that person did.

Once that person is out of office, they will drop the hatred just like they dropped the worship of Cindy Sheehan once she stopped being usefull to them.

Also, the MSM will continue to talk about the "New Depression" and how nothing seems to be going right. They will also whine about homelessness until the moment a Democratic president is in office. Then all economic problems will disappear (from the news).

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-10-23 18:04|| 2008-10-23 18:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Democrats will convince themselves that the right stole the election. They will become even more convinced that Republicans are the devil. Congress will obstruct anything and everything, and the media will back them up. Obama will fade into obscurity just like Gore and Kerry, and the Next Great Hope will arise from obscurity to save us all.

Posted by Iblis 2008-10-23 18:15|| 2008-10-23 18:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Nothing. The average Democrat isn't willing to risk his life for anything, and certainly for nothing so trivial as an election.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-10-23 18:46|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-10-23 18:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Say what you will about the contemporary Democrat party but one thing is for sure...they're opportunistic. If they can't win in this enviroment say goodbye to the notion of a legitimate candidate from their Progressive wing.

Posted by DepotGuy 2008-10-23 19:03|| 2008-10-23 19:03|| Front Page Top

#6 I predict that I'm going to laugh my ass off at the big Obambi Election Night Gala Event.

Other than that I predict some rioting - the MSM will make sure of it.

Posted by CrazyFool 2008-10-23 19:08|| 2008-10-23 19:08|| Front Page Top

#7 I predict the Dow will gain at least 1,000 points within two weeks of Obama losing.

And what CF said, but for an entire week.

Posted by Raj 2008-10-23 19:28|| 2008-10-23 19:28|| Front Page Top

#8 It's started already: look at drudge. I know what this makes me want to do to an Obama supporter. I'm sure that many with more energy and less impulse control than I will actually respond.

And oh, and BTW...that face disfigurement thing, that's a cultural thing, right?

Posted by Minister of funny walks 2008-10-23 19:29|| 2008-10-23 19:29|| Front Page Top

#9 I predict the Dow will gain at least 1,000 points within two weeks of McCain losing. I also predict an investor run on 401K's. Ditto on CF's election night gala event.

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Posted by Besoeker 2008-10-23 20:04|| 2008-10-23 20:04|| Front Page Top

#10 duuuuhhh LOSE 1000 points. Copy paste edit, copy paste edit, copy paste edit.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-10-23 20:05|| 2008-10-23 20:05|| Front Page Top

#11 If Obama loses most Dems will be happy that they won a huge majority in the Congress and they will make it very difficult for the new Administration.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-10-23 20:07|| 2008-10-23 20:07|| Front Page Top

#12 McCain will make the same mistake Bush did: he'll sign on to lefty legislation early on and won't stand up to Congress at they try to ram a socialist agenda down his throat. In four years the Republicans will be blamed for the damage done to the economy and the nation and we'll see a Democratic landslide. That outcome isn't in doubt so long as the media remains solidly leftist, only the timing is uncertain.

Posted by AzCat 2008-10-23 20:11|| 2008-10-23 20:11|| Front Page Top

#13 Honestly, and I've said this to several people already, I think in many ways the worst possible outcome in this election would be a razor thin margin of victory for McCain along the lines of the Bush win in 2000. In fact, as much as I cringe to say it, I would almost prefer that Obama win than we see a repeat of 2000 or something very much like it. My main reason for feeling this way lies in my belief that the short term damage a 2000-type "Bush" win could inflict on this country could come close to outweighing the long term damage of an Obama presidency (assuming it was limited to only one term).

Specifically speaking, if Obama wins the popular vote but McCain wins the electoral vote, or McCain wins in similarly close fashion, I predict that after 8 years of BDS and the last several months of MPDS-- which the MSM has gone out of their way to inflame-- the Left will be unable to control their rage and fury any longer and we may very well see them come unhinged right before our very eyes. The best case scenario in this situation is that the backlash is contained to isolated and uncoordinated acts of childish rebellion, including but not limited to physical assaults, in several areas and places around the country, but concentrated in the more pro-Obama sectors (college campuses, urban areas, and the inner-city).

The reality is that the Left is so utterly convinced of a convincing Obama victory that anything less could easily prove a tipping point for them. This could quickly escalate into large-scale violent protests in the places mentioned above with outright rioting in the more extreme cases. Don't be surprised if race is an exacerbating factor in all of this, and a virulent one at that.

What I find most troubling right now is that despite the constant prediction of a landslide Obama victory in the MSM, you still have McCain supporters, like the 20 year-old girl in Pittsburgh and the middle-aged women in NYC, being physically assualted by Obama supporters. If that's how they are lashing out now, when everything seems to be going their way, is it unreasonable to suggest it will only get worse should things not go their way?

While I have yet to hear of one Obama supporter being physically assaulted by a McCain supporter, I don't dismiss the possibility out of hand. This is a highly-charged election, after all, and tempers are bound to boil over on both sides. Nonetheless, the incidents I referenced above have thus far been overlooked or ignored by the MSM, which I know comes as no surprise to anyone here. This is the same MSM that saw fit last week to broadcast an AP story alleging that a mysterious McCain-Palin supporter yelled "kill him!" in reference to Obama or Bill Ayers (they never clearly stated which one it was) at a recent McCain-Palin rally. Furthermore, the same MSM has failed to report that the AP story above-- which caused a considerable firestorm of damnation from self-righteous liberals and the like-- has since been discredited by the very people who are responsible for protecting high-level government officials, including presidential candidates. One would think the Secret Service has a vested interest in determining whether or not a threat against a presidential candidate, Obama included, was real. As was reported in a link here on this site just the other day, the Secret Service has found the allegations made by the AP story to be... unfounded.

All of this is to say that if this election is as close as reasonable people are inclined to believe, it could easily turn into a 2000 redux. Given the last 8 years and the way the media has been building this election up to be a mandate for Obama and his policies, I don't think it's unreasonable to be concerned about a massive backlash from the Left should Obama fail to emerge the next POTUS.

Then again, I could be wrong and Obama could win in a squeaker-- in which case I think the Right will accept it for what it is, albeit begrudgingly. Of course, Obama or McCain could win in decisive fashion, although I find that scenario unlikely. No matter who wins, I think this election is going to be significantly closer than the "polls" and the MSM are currently predicting.

Posted by eltoroverde 2008-10-23 21:03|| 2008-10-23 21:03|| Front Page Top

#14 One flaw in your analysis, Mr. Green Bull - the Left will go apeshit even if McCain wins by a large margin.

They expect their Messiah to be ~~crowned emperor~~ anointed, and they won't accept anything else.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-23 21:09|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-10-23 21:09|| Front Page Top

#15 Immediately, I predict some attempts at rioting, but police are prepared and in a bad mood, so it will be very limited.

That being said, Hillary will automatically be in charge of the party, and will purge it of the far left. While she will do this out of pure vengeance, it will make the DLC dominant and moderate a lot of their platform. The Moonbats will probably go Green, and get a half dozen seats in the next election, but nothing more.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-10-23 21:12|| 2008-10-23 21:12|| Front Page Top

#16 I don't think McCain's going to win, but in the event of a McCain win and subsequent rioting I would suspect that would do a lot to discredit the left in the wake of the storm.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2008-10-23 21:21|| 2008-10-23 21:21|| Front Page Top

#17 You know, I have to agree with you, Barbara.

You're right, it doesn't matter if McCain wins by a lot or a little. So I must retract my prior statement that I would prefer an Obama-Biden win over a narrow McCain-Palin victory.

McCain-Palin: Do or Die!

Posted by eltoroverde 2008-10-23 21:22|| 2008-10-23 21:22|| Front Page Top

#18 It's not PDS, it's Palin Madness Syndrome.

Posted by Steve White 2008-10-23 21:24|| 2008-10-23 21:24|| Front Page Top

#19 I predict unrest reminiscent of Rwanda.

Posted by Carbon Monoxide">Carbon Monoxide 2008-10-23 22:04|| 2008-10-23 22:04|| Front Page Top

#20 well, good thing I have arms, ammo, and cutlery, then

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-10-23 22:52|| 2008-10-23 22:52|| Front Page Top

#21 I expect the usual to happen when things don't go as expected (BO loses)--major rioting, looting, and shooting in Detroit, Chicago, LA, Atlanta, DC, Philadelphia. etc. It might happen if he wins.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-10-23 23:31|| 2008-10-23 23:31|| Front Page Top

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