Posted on 10/31/2004 2:02:12 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
Clinton 1, Redskins 0
On Tuesday we discussed the "Redskins rule," according to which if the Washington NFL team wins its last game before a presidential election, the incumbent party prevails; otherwise, it goes down to defeat. "As in sports," we noted, quoting an earlier article of ours, "streaks and slumps in politics go on only until they end."
Well, it turns out this particular streak already ended, eight years ago. According to blogger Justin Taylor, on whose posting we relied, the Redskins beat the Indianapolis Colts in 1996's last pre-election game, and the incumbent, Bill Clinton, was re-elected.
It's true of course that Clinton won, and the Redskins did beat the Colts, 31-16--but that game took place Oct. 27, eight years ago yesterday. On Nov. 3, the 7-1 Skins lost to the 5-3 Buffalo Bills, 38-13--and the incumbent president won two days later.
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Hey guys, how about my new theory....
Winner is to Green Bay as G.B. is to George Bush and Green Bay = Winner (it's called new math lol)
Undersand? LOL
It is Halloween "trick or treating" time in my neighborhood in 15 minutes....is it really wrong to pray that not many kids show so I can satisfy my chocolate fix???
Those who look for these coincidental occurrences had to go to "home game" victories to find this mystical relationship. Apparently no team has won or lost games before the election which would have been even more definative. I'm proud that the Packers will be the team to help dispell this illogical musing.
well, let's face it, it is ALL the dems have, let them have their fantasies tonight because reality will set in on Tues when Bush wins in a landslide!
Good one. Yes he removed the curse of sKerry.
Well if Boston Red Sox's curse of the Bambino was broken so can this....By the way the Redskin started this when they were in Boston
K'nay! From your keyboard to God's inbox.
Yeah, you are right -- usually, they are shot by a firing squad for treason.
Do what I do -- turn off the lights and eat the candy.
USA quoting the same story:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/2004-10-31-redskins-politics_x.htm
I love how the media keeps 'touting' this myth, especially since it was changed eight years ago to the 'home' game from the 'last' game.
And, of course, the President has his own indicator: The Lakers in basketball. If the Lakers are in the finals during an election year, the Republican always wins.
Bet you won't hear THAT one from the media for the next two days.
Let it go.
Voodoo is unbecoming to principles based on facts and reason.
"It turns out the source on which we relied for "Redskins rule" got it wrong: The rule posits a correlation between the Washington Redskins' last home game before a presidential election and the election's outcome, not the last game. The 1996 loss to the Bills that we cited yesterday was a road game, so it doesn't count.Well, fair enough. But what isn't as widely known is that the Redskins haven't played in Washington since 1996, when they began playing "home" games in Maryland. The team played its last true home game Dec. 22, 1996, beating the Dallas Cowboys 37-10. If the Redskins rule--victory means a win for the incumbent party--applied, Al Gore would now be president.
The inescapable conclusion is that the Redskins rule doesn't predict the actual election, only the popular vote."
So information gets spread around, nobody bothers to check it out and disprove it, and nothing gets corrected until one week later. This is just so annoying.
The Maryland Redskins
It turns out the source on which we relied for "Redskins rule" got it wrong: The rule posits a correlation between the Washington Redskins' last home game before a presidential election and the election's outcome, not the last game. The 1996 loss to the Bills that we cited yesterday was a road game, so it doesn't count.
Well, fair enough. But what isn't as widely known is that the Redskins haven't played in Washington since 1996, when they began playing "home" games in Maryland. The team played its last true home game Dec. 22, 1996, beating the Dallas Cowboys 37-10. If the Redskins rule--victory means a win for the incumbent party--applied, Al Gore would now be president.
The inescapable conclusion is that the Redskins rule doesn't predict the actual election, only the popular vote.
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If the Texans win their last game before the election, and one of the candidates is a Texan, he wins. Hasn't failed yet.
Well, it looks like the Dems can stay home and relax now - they've got it in the bag. It's guaranteed that Kerry will win, so they may as well stay our of the rain and long lines.
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