2008 Presidential Election - Obama v McCain (2 Viewers)

[Trefoil]

Nah, apparently Obama is actually the anti-Christ masquerading as a saviour.

I heard it on the Drudge Report.

 

[moll.]

ladies and gentlemen, republican and democrats, leftist and right wingers, come November the 5th, the people of the untied states of America will swore in the next president of the USA. messiah barrack Hussein obama.

He doesn't get sworn in til next year. Bush'll still be there with his finger over the nuclear holocaust button for another few months.
And it might take them more than a day to get the results, especially considering the 7 hours difference between timezones for the states. It took about 4 days for the 2000 election, but that included the scandal with Florida and the 537 votes, so who knows.

 

[Iron]

McCain will conceed before 6.30 so he can go to bed

 

[moll.]

Or before 5.00pm so he can get the early-bird special for dinner.

 

[Iron]

Good one ya little jerk

 

[moll.]

I pride myself on my jerkiness.

 

[A.Chair]

Re: Barrack OBama or John Mccain?

Mccain is too old. He'll probably die in office form all the stress and pressure.

so then what would be worse, having a black man in charge, or a hillbilly woman?

 

[moll.]

Re: Barrack OBama or John Mccain?

An educated man or an insane right wing conservative christian.

Jesus or Satan.

 

[Trefoil]

Re: Barrack OBama or John Mccain?

Science or Religion

 

[moll.]

Curious how you put Satan and religion under the one banner...
Ironic some would call it.
lol

 

[Iron]

Some US ballots leave a blank space where you can fill in a candidate not listed. My Prof says that he supports the candidate with the best ad, so he's voting Paris Hilton

Favourite ad of the campaign?

I give it to McCain's introductory one, 624787 whatever: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=j-QYIP7o2-A

 

[Trefoil]

I give it to this one: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=BncNpB6IZ9I

 

[Iron]

I give it to this one: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=BncNpB6IZ9I

Was shithouse, and not a campaign ad

Also really liked the theme music of Hillary's, with the trumpet and sense of storming, inevitable victory. Cant find it

oo letterman!

 

[Trefoil]

Latest polling is crazy, btw. The average for yesterday's polling was about +8% for Obama, and the first three released today have all been +10% for Obama.

 

[bigboyjames]

link?

edit: lol msnbc

 

[Trefoil]

link?

http://www.dailykos.com/trendlines
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1604
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122462257051655701.html

Some of yesterdays polls:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/111298/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Holds-Lead-Various-Scenarios.aspx
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/postpoll_102108.html
http://people-press.org/report/462/obamas-lead-widens
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/327/story/54535.html

The Pew poll is nasty: Obama +14%. It's not really wrong, though. Research 2000's for 3 day average is Obama +10% and specifically Obama +12% today.

 

[Iron]

Gallup's the only poll worth noting. Been right 15/15 times in last 40yrs

 

[Trefoil]

Gallup's the only poll worth noting. Been right 15/15 times in last 40yrs

Yeah, Gallup is decent. It can be a bit too hyperactive, though. Gallup currently has Obama +10%.

I prefer Rasmussen because it is more conservative (in terms of avoiding short trends). It currently has Obama +4%, which is his lowest in a while, but at the same time it's been +4% for 3 days now, so I doubt he'll drop further.

Very telling is the fact that North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Georgia are probably going to vote for Obama: http://www.electoral-vote.com/

 

[Iron]

Yeah, all that's really left is how big the Bradley effect will be. There's no way to measure this. Obama will most likely offset it by increasing the historically low turnout of his loyal groups: blacks and young. Also racists etc may swallow their discrimination because they trust Obama more with the bigger issue of the economy

 

[bigboyjames]

REVERSE bradley effect?