You Really Think Obama is Going to Win?

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    b,121Are you guys really putting that much stock in the number of bumper stickers you see on a particular stretch of road somewhere or how many racist uncles you know that won't vote for Obama? C'mon, it's a big country out there. I'm no fan of polls, but at least there is *some* science to it.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Besides, I HATE when people (mainly the media) act like Smalltown USA is the only USA there is. Just 'cause you saw a mess of McCain stickers in Tree Stump County or Slab Fork Boulevard, that doesn't speak for the rest of us.

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    b,121Y'all - y'all's - y'all?
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    b,121I find it very hard to believe that you actually speak like this.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Really, I say y'all all the time.b,121b,121That said, I think it's gonna be a squeaker. At least, Obama's strategists clearly are very good at working all 50 states to their strengths and weaknesses. After all, they were able to overcome the Clinton machine and a large initial deficit of super delegates. Of course, that relied heavily on working the caucus states. No caucuses in the Presidential race.

  • To answer the original question, yes.

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    b,121Besides, I HATE when people (mainly the media) act like Smalltown USA is the only USA there is.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Or its cousin, "Smalltown USA is the only USA that has any value, you city-dwelling commie nazi atheist islamofascist!"b,121b,121Go fi1[/i]uck a duck, dickheads.

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    b,121Are you guys really putting that much stock in the number of bumper stickers you see on a particular stretch of road somewhere or how many racist uncles you know that won't vote for Obama? C'mon, it's a big country out there. I'm no fan of polls, but at least there is *some* science to it.
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    b,121Besides, I HATE when people (mainly the media) act like Smalltown USA is the only USA there is. Just 'cause you saw a mess of McCain stickers in Tree Stump County or Slab Fork Boulevard, that doesn't speak for the rest of us.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121b,121Truth. Everyone flips when they see that red state/blue state map, but forget that most of the bodies (human that is, not cows or sheep) are in those blue states.

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    b,121I went on a road trip across PA this past weekend and saw house after house, a sea of McCain banners in people's yards. Not One Obama banner. Anywhere. In fact, the only ones I've seen have been up at Penn State (home to many liberal professors). I'm convinced much of America is what I saw driving. Just making an observation. Some of you might be delusional. It didn't help that Obama got sonned at the debate either.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121With all due respect, I know this is your messageboard but please STFU. b,121b,121b,121edit:b,121b,121and some of the poats after Raj's are straight pathetic.

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    b,121Change would entail sacrifice and hardly anyone is actually interested in that.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Plaese to elaborate.b,121b,121/font1
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    b,121To answer the original question, yes.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Glad you've come around, I'm pretty sure you started a "McCain is going to win, get used to it" post a couple months back.b,121b,121I think it's gonna be very close, but Barack will win unless something major happens to change that (Bush late October surprise related).

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
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    b,121I went on a road trip across PA this past weekend and saw house after house, a sea of McCain banners in people's yards. Not One Obama banner. Anywhere. In fact, the only ones I've seen have been up at Penn State (home to many liberal professors). I'm convinced much of America is what I saw driving. Just making an observation. Some of you might be delusional. It didn't help that Obama got sonned at the debate either.
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    b,121With all due respect, I know this is your messageboard but please STFU.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Are you going to slice your wrists if Obama loses.... sounds like it.

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    b,121Y'all - y'all's - y'all?
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121Sayin'. Coupled with the fact that he likes to deliver it as he's looking down his nose at Soulstrutb,121b,121b,121b,121img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j112/artmeister/megaeyeroll.gif"1

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    b,121Sayin'. Coupled with the fact that he likes to deliver it as he's looking down his nose at Soulstrut
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Dudes, all these posts where people talk shit about middle America and look down on southern/country accents is why Democrats lose. Well, at least part of it anyway. That is what feeds the "liberal elite" argument. If liberals weren't so condescending so much of the time then more people would listen to them.

  • YNOTYNOT in a studio apt mixing tuna with the ramen 417 Posts
    Since Bush got re-elected I've given up all hope for the common sense of our country. In addition one must question the intellegence of most American voters.

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    b,121Besides, I HATE when people (mainly the media) act like Smalltown USA is the only USA there is.
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    b,121Or its cousin, "Smalltown USA is the only USA that has any value, you city-dwelling commie nazi atheist islamofascist!"
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    b,121I hope that America elects Obama, i really do. But i have a feeling that America will elect McCain.
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    b,121in fact, i have more than a feeling: i have 100 Euros riding on it.
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    b,121Prove me wrong USA, i dare ya.
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    b,121I understand where you're coming from,
    but when you live here like I do, you have no reason to walk around predicting a McCain win unless you are supporting him./b1 I'm a little too close to it to be objective - OBAMA ALL THE WAY. A change is not gonna come when you're moping around on message boards predicting enemy victory. Just cast your goddamned vote and don't start analyzing shit till the votes roll in. America is too uptight today for this kind of pessimism messing up your program.b,121b,121No offense, but just because somebody saw too many McCain signs in one place, that's no reason to start rapping on Obama as if he were Nader. Buck up and quit crying. b,121b,121h,121
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  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,473 Posts
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    b,121Besides, I HATE when people (mainly the media) act like Smalltown USA is the only USA there is.
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    b,121Or its cousin, "Smalltown USA is the only USA that has any value, you city-dwelling commie nazi atheist islamofascist!"
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121True, but it is cathartic. I feel better now.

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
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    b,121Since Bush got re-elected I've given up all hope for the common sense of our country. In addition one must question the intellegence of most American voters.
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    b,121Y'all - y'all's - y'all?
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    b,121I find it very hard to believe that you actually speak like this.
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    b,121Dudes, all these posts where people talk shit about middle America and look down on southern/country accents is why Democrats lose. Well, at least part of it anyway. That is what feeds the "liberal elite" argument. If liberals weren't so condescending so much of the time then more people would listen to them.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121Holmes:b,121b,121What are y'all tawn' 'bout? I'm just yammerin' 'bout Rashied y'all.

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    b,121Besides, I HATE when people (mainly the media) act like Smalltown USA is the only USA there is.
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    b,121Or its cousin, "Smalltown USA is the only USA that has any value, you city-dwelling commie nazi atheist islamofascist!"
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    b,121True, but it is cathartic. I feel better now.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Good. Now, smile on your brother. img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/595.gif" alt="" /1

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    b,121Since Bush got re-elected I've given up all hope for the common sense of our country. In addition one must question the intellegence of most American voters.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Our founding fathers knew we'd turn out to be a bunch of idiots, that's why they created the electoral college: so that the powerful and presumably intelligent among us could override the will of the people. Not such a bad idea really, but obviously that's not how it works.

  • PonyPony 2,283 Posts
    A lot of people don't want to vote for the A-RABS...b,121object width="425" height="344"1param name="movie" value=""1/param1param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"1/param1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"1/embed1/object1b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/WHYMUSTICRY.gif" alt="" /1

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    b,121Y'all - y'all's - y'all?
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    b,121I find it very hard to believe that you actually speak like this.
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    b,121Sayin'. Coupled with the fact that he likes to deliver it as he's looking down his nose at Soulstrut
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    b,121Dudes, all these posts where people talk shit about middle America and look down on southern/country accents is why Democrats lose. Well, at least part of it anyway. That is what feeds the "liberal elite" argument. If liberals weren't so condescending so much of the time then more people would listen to them.
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    b,121Holmes:
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    b,121What are y'all tawn' 'bout? I'm just yammerin' 'bout Rashied y'all.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Haha, wasn't talking just about your post, I hear this kind of talk everywhere and in lots of threads here. I agree that Harvey's posting style is probably even less productive towards winning arguments than what I mentioned, but I wish that more people would wake up to the fact that their condescending rhetoric is obscuring their message.

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    b,121Y'all - y'all's - y'all?
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    b,121I find it very hard to believe that you actually speak like this.
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    b,121Dudes, all these posts where people talk shit about middle America and look down on southern/country accents is why Democrats lose. Well, at least part of it anyway. That is what feeds the "liberal elite" argument. If liberals weren't so condescending so much of the time then more people would listen to them.
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    b,121Holmes:
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    b,121What are y'all tawn' 'bout? I'm just yammerin' 'bout Rashied y'all.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121b,121[northeastelite]I believe the spelling was "y'alls" y'all...[/northeastelite]

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    b,121I find it very hard to believe that you actually speak like this.
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    b,121Dudes, all these posts where people talk shit about middle America and look down on southern/country accents is why Democrats lose. Well, at least part of it anyway. That is what feeds the "liberal elite" argument. If liberals weren't so condescending so much of the time then more people would listen to them.
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    b,121Holmes:
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    b,121What are y'all tawn' 'bout? I'm just yammerin' 'bout Rashied y'all.
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    b,121Haha, wasn't talking just about your post, I hear this kind of talk everywhere and in lots of threads here. I agree that Harvey's posting style is probably even less productive towards winning arguments than what I mentioned, but I wish that more people would wake up to the fact that their condescending rhetoric is obscuring their message.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121It's not our fault that our ivory tower is so very high. We HAVE to look down on the rest of the country. It's science.b,121b,121img src="http://www.timshipman.com/images/tim misc/sears2.JPG"1

  • A lot of people say "y'all," including Jim Lehrer. There is no clear second person plural in English; saying "y'all" or "you all" is much clearer than saying "you" (plural implied but not stated). b,121b,121To those of you who think it sounds unintelligent, I'd be interested to know how often you pepper your conversations with the word "like."b,121b,121Put another way: QUIT HATIN' THE SOUTH.

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    b,121A lot of people say "y'all," including Jim Lehrer. There is no clear second person plural in English; saying "y'all" or "you all" is much clearer than saying "you" (plural implied but not stated).
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    b,121To those of you who think it sounds unintelligent, I'd be interested to know how often you pepper your conversations with the word "like."
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    b,121Put another way: QUIT HATIN' THE SOUTH.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121I actually say y'all too for the very reason you stated, and I'm a lifelong Bostonian.

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    b,121Dudes, all these posts where people talk shit about middle America and look down on southern/country accents is why Democrats lose. Well, at least part of it anyway. That is what feeds the "liberal elite" argument. If liberals weren't so condescending so much of the time then more people would listen to them.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121The door swings both ways! I'm sure McCain supporters probably sneer at Obama's folks, too!b,121b,121For the record...when I made that comment about people thinking Smalltown is the only "town" there is, I didn't like the implication that only one region of the country has the power. Smalltown ain't got it anymore than Bigtown does.

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    b,121Dudes, all these posts where people talk shit about middle America and look down on southern/country accents is why Democrats lose. Well, at least part of it anyway. That is what feeds the "liberal elite" argument. If liberals weren't so condescending so much of the time then more people would listen to them.
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    b,121The door swings both ways! I'm sure McCain supporters probably sneer at Obama's folks, too!
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121They sure do, they call us latte sipping elitists! Which is totally unfair because I prefer cafe americanas.

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    b,121I actually say y'all too for the very reason you stated, and I'm a lifelong Bostonian.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121And all the McCain supporters whose neighborhoods Raj drove through say "yinzerall," as "Yinzerall aren't goin' to vote for Obama, right?"

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  • Once Mccain is in the rich will get even more tax breaks and the economy will be like it is now...shit.b,121b,121Or Obama wins all you six figure folls will pay and the economy might improve.b,121b,121Basic politics!
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