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Former RINO Mass Gov William Weld bolts for the Obama camp.

CAN WE F&%*$ING PURGE THE GOP OF THESE D@&% RINOs???

First Colon Bowel, then the traitor Scott McClellan, and now William Weld.


12 posted on 10/24/2008 8:57:53 AM PDT by Sir Hailstone (Just Another Bitter Republican Clinging to my Glock 19)
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To: Sir Hailstone

Hmm I am remembering Tuesday Weld


13 posted on 10/24/2008 8:59:23 AM PDT by RDasher (El Nino is climate, La Nina is weather)
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To: Sir Hailstone

“Former RINO Mass Gov William Weld bolts for the Obama camp.” ~ Sir Hailstone

Republican former Mass. governor endorses Obama (William Weld)
Kansas City ^ | 10/24/08
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2114013/posts

[snip]

“This is DISASTER! William Weld is a BELLWETHER for the Republican Party!!!” ~ Recovering_Democrat

My comment:

OMG you’re right! He’s just like the bellweather for the Patriots: golden-boy quarterback Tom Brady. No WAY could those 11.5 underdog Giants win the Super Bowl on February 3, 2008!!!

Oh WAIT!!! Hee hee hee

They Play the Games; They Hold the Elections
Rich Galen Friday October 24, 2008
http://www.mullings.com/index.htm

[see below for complete commentary that I posted in the thread]

38 posted on Friday, October 24, 2008 10:29:41 AM by Matchett-PI (2008 = The Year of the Toilet (for ‘rats))
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2114013/posts?page=38#38

They Play the Games; They Hold the Elections
Rich Galen Friday October 24, 2008
http://www.mullings.com/index.htm

From Charlotte, North Carolina Council of Industrial Boiler Owners Annual Meeting

“February 3, 2008.” That’s how I began my speech to the CIBO annual meeting last night in Charlotte. “11.5,” I added. “Remember that date and that number.”

I did my act for about 25 minutes and then came back to the date and the number. February 3 was the date of Superbowl XLII between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots.

The Patriots came into the game 18-0 and were 11-and-a-half point favorites to beat the Giants who were a mediocre 10-6 in the regular season.

The Giants hadn’t even won their division. The Dallas Cowboys at 13-3 had cruised to that honor.

The Pats had already beaten the Giants in New York with its golden-boy quarterback Tom Brady. The Giant’s quarterback was the lesser of the two Manning brothers - Eli - not the darling of TV commercial producers, brother Peyton was the Giant’s quarterback.

No one in the near solar system thought the Giants had a prayer, hence the bookies made them 11.5 point underdogs.

SIDEBAR

The point-spread is set to get as much money bet on the favorite as the underdog.

You might not think the Giants would win the game, but you might believe they could stay within 11 points of the Patriots, so you “take the points,” you bet that the Giants will not lose by 12 points or more.

END SIDEBAR

But, on February 3, they actually played the game and the Giants won 17-14 and Eli Manning was voted the game MVP.

I bring this up because the McCain/Palin team finds itself in much the same position as the Giants. McCain/Palin is behind Obama/Biden by somewhere between one percentage point (IBD/TIPP) and 13 percentage points (CBS/NY Times) in polls released on October 22.

No poll has McCain/Palin ahead.

Just like betting on the New York Giants last February, it would be foolhardy to bet on McCain to win a week from Tuesday. No chance. No how. No way.

So, naturally, the popular press has decided the race for President of the United States is over. It has already been won by Barak Obama. Ta-Dah!

Obama might win the election. If the constant, funereal drumbeat of the popular press declaring McCain’s loss becomes an article of faith among Republican and conservative independent voters, then Obama will win the election.

That is the nature of a self-fulfilling prophesy.

The declaration that the race is over is more insidious because, as we discussed the other day, Republicans will become discouraged and stay home, in effect punishing down-ballot candidates who will lose because GOP voters stayed home.

In the closing days of the race, the McCain campaign has to get persuadable voters to rethink their position on the two candidates. I was quoted in Newsday the other day as saying,

“The question the McCain campaign needs to have people asking themselves as they walk into the voting booth is, ‘In a perilous world, is this the time to give the keys to the car to the guy who just got his learner’s permit?’”

Which was a pretty good off-the-cuff remark so I won’t try to improve on it.

But that isn’t the question the popular press wants voters asking themselves, because it is a loser for Obama.

The press corps wants voters asking themselves whether the Republican National Committee spent too much on Gov. Sarah Palin’s cloths.

Remember, this is the same press corps which constantly chides the McCain campaign for being mean and petty.

No matter what, the election will be held on November 4 and shortly thereafter we will know who won. But we don’t know now.

Any more than we knew who was going to win that football game last February when the teams were still in the locker room.

bttt


25 posted on 10/24/2008 9:13:56 AM PDT by Matchett-PI (2008 = The Year of the Toilet (for 'rats))
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To: Sir Hailstone

I live in the Chicago area, which has many RINO’s. My congressman is Mark Kirk, a Republican who is pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, pro-gun control, pro-spending increases, and anti-Iraq surge. He went to the Mexican border and gave advice, to the illegals, to help them sneak across the border. I emailed Kirk, four times, and I asked why he’s a Republican. I haven’t received a response.


28 posted on 10/24/2008 9:15:05 AM PDT by PhilCollins
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To: Sir Hailstone
Former RINO Mass Gov William Weld bolts for the Obama camp. CAN WE F&%*$ING PURGE THE GOP OF THESE D@&% RINOs??? First Colon Bowel, then the traitor Scott McClellan, and now William Weld.

I might be joining the FALCON PARTY, so the RINOs like those 3 can RUIN the GOP!!

151 posted on 10/24/2008 10:19:48 AM PDT by EagleandLiberty (I rather get my Tax advice from Joe the Plumber then my plumbing advice from Obama)
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