Posted on 07/16/2012 7:16:40 AM PDT by Lazamataz
Nobody has a lock on predicting the future, especially your humble author. There are certain things and certain events I expected, that did not materialize (yet).
After the Occupy Wall Street protests last year, I fully expected a mass mobilization -- much larger this time -- of the same movement. I was sure they would be co-opted by the Marxists and Obama (but, I repeat myself). I thought the movement would be made more violent, on purpose, to give Obama a chance to either show leadership by taking them down, or to discourage voting in November, or even possibly to declare a national emergency and rule by diktat.
This doesn't seem to be materializing. It may still come to pass, but at this stage, it won't have as much time to make a large impact. I was wrong.
I also thought Donald Trump was a mole, saying things that would appeal to conservatives. The Democrats would then run him as a third-party, in the fashion of Ross Perot, to siphon off conservative votes and deliver the Presidency to Obama for the terminal second term.
It's too late for Donald to mount a meaningful run, yet he's still going out on network news and political shows, and taking Obama to task for his absurd and outright-Marxist positions and comments. I was wrong.
I won't even go into the debacle of the Obamacare Supreme Court decision, except to remark I was completely, utterly wrong.
Now that I have established my credentials, this is how I see the political season unfolding:
1) I expect Obama to start a war with Syria or Iran, and time it so that the historical peak of Presidential popularity overlaps perfectly with the vote in November.
2) Should Obama lose, I expect he will so misuse the Presidential Pardon, that there will be a hue and cry for it to be limited. Obama could even go as far as pardoning every felon in America, just to cause problems and chaos.
3) Should Obama win, I expect that there will be no more elections, for any position whatsoever, within one to two years. He will overthrow the system.
It’s Barry Half-White!
We will see. It will be interesting for sure.
Re: Occupy... Don’t count this one as a miss until the conventions are done.
I disagree with your post 58.
You, are awesome.
I am a satisfied customer.
Still have the “Whip It” article saved to my favorites.
According to the graph, it’s always a good time to Whip It, Whip It Good.
That reminds me, gotta run out and buy more ammo today.
And - big question - who do they have groomed and waiting in the wings for their next try?
I pray that you continue with your wrongness. But it wont surprise me if you are right on at least one account.
ROTFLOL
Laz, you just made my day. Thank you.
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