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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
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 Posted - 10/13/2004 : 05:48:12
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Amazing but true.
http://www.snopes.com/sports/football/election.asp
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The Washington Redskins have proved to be a time-tested election predictor. In the previous 15 elections, if the Washington Redskins have lost their last home game prior to the election, the incumbent party has lost the White House. When they have won, the incumbent has stayed in power.
This election year, that deciding game takes place on Sunday, October 31 ... vs. Green Bay.
Go Pack!!!
Both teams won their first but have after that lost four consecutive games...
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
 Posted - 10/14/2004 : 22:25:35 [Permalink]
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So is snopes saying go Packards?  Or does 'pack' mean something else? |
| Edited by - beskeptigal on 10/14/2004 22:25:53 |
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
2322 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2004 : 07:15:37 [Permalink]
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| That's really weird... but... -cheers for anyone that's not the Redskins anyway. Just in case.- |
"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 00:32:06 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
I find it hard to believe that nobody's yet mentioned that Kerry won the election... Er, I mean that the Redskins lost the game.
We were visiting some friends who live in San Francisco. (It was a beautiful day in that city. Our friend lives in a high-rise apartment overlooking the bay.) Noting the history of Redskins wins and incumbent Presidential victories, just for fun ( and with some trepidation,) we checked the looming score via a laptop -- when the Redskins lost, we all jumped up and applauded loudly on the balcony for all to hear. More than a few car horns beeped simultaneously around Northbeach so I think other folks were also reveling in the freedom of temporarily embracing the superstition for its positive prediction of Bush's defeat.
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5311 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 03:34:27 [Permalink]
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| Sometimes superstition is good. |
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 04:12:41 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Gorgo
Sometimes superstition is good.
Well, certainly comforting, anyway.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow, and then, I hope, I'll really be looking forward to January.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 07:09:15 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
I find it hard to believe that nobody's yet mentioned that Kerry won the election... Er, I mean that the Redskins lost the game.
Amazingly, they were talking about it on ESPN's football wrap-up. When Berman was doing the highlights, he kept calling Green Bay 'Democrats" and Washington "Repulibcans." Good stuff. |
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
2322 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 08:45:02 [Permalink]
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I just hope the tradition goes on.
Really. |
"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9698 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 14:18:38 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
I just hope the tradition goes on.
Really.
Indeed, I do to!  |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 16:42:40 [Permalink]
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If I could predict the future, I'd predict another legal battle and the Supreme Court appointing another president, probably Bush.
But hey, I can always hope that the kids (18-24) get off their lazy (and mostly democrat) asses and vote. It could make a difference in a close race. |
Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26034 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 21:57:22 [Permalink]
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Dude wrote:quote:
But hey, I can always hope that the kids (18-24) get off their lazy (and mostly democrat) asses and vote.
Sox won the World Series, so anything is possible!  |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
1613 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2004 : 01:38:41 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
Dude wrote:quote:
But hey, I can always hope that the kids (18-24) get off their lazy (and mostly democrat) asses and vote.
Sox won the World Series, so anything is possible!
I'll bet Ralphie N is a Cubs fan. |
"Any religion that makes a form of torture into an icon that they worship seems to me a pretty sick sort of religion quite honestly"
-- Terry Jones |
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 01:14:53 [Permalink]
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| Sigh.....so much hope here before 11-2. What happened to the all the people my parents warned me about? How has the country become such a haven for ignorance? |
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