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The power of Tim Tebow, Colorado, and the 2012 presidential election
October 26, 2011 | techno

Posted on 10/26/2011 9:10:23 PM PDT by techno

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To: techno

I believe the officials decide more close games then the players in the NFL, so it could happen, but Cain is going to be pulling the train.


21 posted on 10/26/2011 9:50:21 PM PDT by Big Horn (Rebuild the GOP to a conservative party)
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To: techno

I held my nose and voted for McCain and will probably do the same for Romney if he wins the nomination. (I would vote for Romney over McCain in that hypothetical - the main selling points on McCain were his age and his VP nominee.)

I do wish someone else in the field would get some traction. I’m not sold on Cain yet, but I’m still open to the possibility. Maybe he can get Palin to do the VP gig again so we can just chop the Mc off of the old bumper stickers.


22 posted on 10/26/2011 9:56:14 PM PDT by Gil4 (Sometimes it's not low self-esteem - it's just accurate self-assessment.)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

Bob Barr doesn’t think the premise of Obama winning Georgia is ridiculous and neither does GOP Georgian political consultant Mark Roundtree.

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_135/Georgia-Barack-Obama-Electoral-Chances-206245-1.html


23 posted on 10/26/2011 9:57:12 PM PDT by techno
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To: techno

Embarrassingly silly.


24 posted on 10/26/2011 10:01:40 PM PDT by Dave W
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To: Dave W

In what respect?

That Tebow could take the Broncos to the playoffs or that Colorado could prove pivotal in the electoral college in 2012.


25 posted on 10/26/2011 10:06:24 PM PDT by techno
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To: techno

“And I would not put it past Team Obama and George Soros to try to bribe NFL officials to ensure that Tebow is more likely to lose than to win football games.”

I bet the Bilderbergs, Trilateral Commission, the KGB and the quarter used in Bronco game coin flips are also in on this conspiracy.


26 posted on 10/26/2011 10:11:52 PM PDT by trumandogz (In Rick Perry's Nanny State, the state will drive your kids to the dentist at tax payer expense)
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To: techno

And if I met the Pope tomorrow I could be beatified. :)


27 posted on 10/26/2011 10:41:15 PM PDT by BenKenobi (Honkeys for Herman! 10 percent is enough for God; 9 percent is enough for government)
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To: aliquando
Well lets look at the religion involved.
Obama is Muslim, Tebow is Christian, Romney is Mormon.
Now how do we call it?
28 posted on 10/26/2011 10:41:30 PM PDT by JSteff ((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
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To: Gil4

Become a Chargers fan instead. :)


29 posted on 10/26/2011 10:41:42 PM PDT by BenKenobi (Honkeys for Herman! 10 percent is enough for God; 9 percent is enough for government)
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To: techno

LOL @ this theory.

In CO, Tom Tancredo > Tim Tebow. Would the greatest human being college football player in the history of all mankind be able to save Rick Perry in a state that views immigration as pretty dang important? I think not. So what makes you think they’ll be fooled by an even bigger RINO in Mitt Romney. Running moderates in CO have about the same effect as they do in VA, which isn’t a very good track record.

Now, if Obama had a pulse, he could pull off GA, but Obama is so weak, he isn’t going to be able to take advantage of it. Whatever “independents” come out to vote in GA will almost certainly vote GOP or third party.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#GAP00p1

These numbers aren’t too bad for McCain. The final tally made it look closer than what it really was. McCain won GA by roughly 205,000 votes. And this, despite the fact that Obama picked up over 500,000 more votes than Kerry. Even if McCain hadn’t picked up any additional votes from Bush’s 2004 margin, who would have still won GA by about 70,000 votes. And like other states, McCain ran poorly among women, moderates, and young people.

It is highly doubtful Obama, as weak as he is will be able to maintain the same level of support he got in 2008. Assuming that Obama stayed at the same level, Romney could lose almost 10% of McCain’s vote total and still win GA. But Obama, while he’ll lead the categories he lead last time, it won’t be as dominant, and he’ll have no chance to capitalize in GA, just like he wouldn’t have a chance to capitalize in any of the other red states from 2008.


30 posted on 10/26/2011 10:51:47 PM PDT by parksstp (Articulate Conservatives look for Converts. RINO's look for Democrat Heretics.)
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To: techno
The first part you said about Tebow is correct, he is pilloried by the press because he is a devout Christian. The rest about a tie in to Romney is a stretch...a big stretch...a mammoth sized stretch...a galactic sized stretch.
31 posted on 10/26/2011 10:58:44 PM PDT by crazyhorse691 (Obama is just the symptom of what is destroying the U.S.)
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Hell, I didn’t think it possible the 49ers would beat the Lions the way the Lions were playing at that point. I certainly didn’t expect the Lions to lose two in a row. Now, however, I won’t discount the possibility.


32 posted on 10/26/2011 11:07:23 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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To: techno
And this where Tim Tebow comes in. Project ahead. Let's say Tebow takes the Denver Broncos to the playoffs this season

Let's not. John Elway dragged some very ordinary Broncos teams to the SB in the '80s, but Tebow is nowhere near Elway's league in talent and ability. He stunk up the field for nearly the entire game last weekend, making some incredibly amateurish throws before pulling out a win against one of the worst teams in the league. Tebow seems like a great kid, and the hostility he gets because of his outspoken faith is nauseating, but he's got a long, long way to go before he takes anyone to the playoffs without tickets.
33 posted on 10/26/2011 11:19:17 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: techno

Talking straight football here and nothing else (been a football fan since the 50s and was actually at the Ice Bowl) ... Tebow is not the answer for the Broncos. Great kid, but can’t play NFL QB.


34 posted on 10/26/2011 11:25:49 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: techno
And I am not going to bury my head in the sand: Without Sarah Palin in the 2012 race, Mitt Romney is assured of the GOP nomination. And I am predicting in 2012 he will win all 5 battleground states.

i stopped reading at this point.

35 posted on 10/26/2011 11:29:31 PM PDT by Defiant (We now have a Rabble-Rouser In Chief instead of a President.)
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To: techno
And I would not put it past Team Obama and George Soros to try to bribe NFL officials to ensure that Tebow is more likely to lose than to win football games.

I would, if Obama and Soros are seriously wasting their money bribing refs, good, because thats money they could have spent better somewhere else.

BTW, If Bret Farve, being a legend at one time in the state of Wis, couldn't deliver that state, with phone calls and campaigning, then Tebow isn't going to deliver Colorado.

Also, someone out there check this for me, but I think John Elway is a republican too, and it didn't do a lick of good for the GOP, Dan Marino is a big big republican, and that hasn't made a difference in Florida (Shula is a republican too). Joe Gibbs was/is a big Republican, and I doubt that he helped much. I also don't think Kurt Warner made a difference in any election either, though he is a big and proud supporter of the GOP. Mike Ditka used to be king of Illinois, and he isn't going to turn that state red.

We haven't even gotten to New Englands other son, Joe Brady, and last election, the entire region went blue, and he actually appeared for Bush at a SOTU speech. Sports endorsements are not a big deal, and don't carry much weight, no matter how popular the figure in question is.

36 posted on 10/26/2011 11:38:22 PM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: techno

Sam Bradford is also an outspoken Christian. Is the NFL trying to sabotage the Rams so Obama can win Missouri’s electoral votes? Or do the Rams just suck anyway?


37 posted on 10/27/2011 12:16:23 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
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To: techno
For those who think I am insane, ask yourself is there anything Team Obama wouldn't do to ensure a second term for the Messiah?

The two premises are not mutually exclusive.

38 posted on 10/27/2011 4:39:18 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the Terrorists Savages)
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Let's say Tebow takes the Denver Broncos to the playoffs this season...

Your conspiracy falls apart right off the bat on that point alone.

Conservatives, it's time we all become Denver Broncos' fans.

I'd...rather...die...first. Go Chiefs!

39 posted on 10/27/2011 4:43:50 AM PDT by SoJoCo
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To: techno

I’ll put my reputation of political prediction up against Barr and Roundtree. Mark this down, Obama will lose Georgia by at least 8% come November 2012 regardless of who we have as the nominee.


40 posted on 10/27/2011 5:16:48 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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