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2002 Predictions
12/21/01

Posted on 12/21/2001 12:22:18 PM PST by Mensch

I'll start the ball rolling by predicting that the anthrax scare will be found to have been perpetrated by a domestic leftist. We will be fighting in Iraq. The GOP will regain the Senate. Hillary will be outed. Bubba will be indicted. Rush will regain fully functional hearing. US-China relations will have deteriorated. The economy will have rebounded, and Daschle will be very disappointed.


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To: Central Scrutiniser
Well, speaking of departure of some of our heroes, I'll offer a few predictions on who may survive the next year. Unfortunately, I don't know how much longer either Ronald Reagan or Strom Thurmond will make it. It was great to see the Reagan celebrations of his 90th birthday last February, which really helped boost his ratings up to being the winner of the Best President Ever awards for a number of polling stations. I hate to make a list like this, but it's inevitable, unfortunately. Alas, tis the cycle of life.

As for Rush, I heard his ear surgery went well, and he may even get partial hearing back. Here's to hoping that he does.

41 posted on 12/21/2001 1:00:21 PM PST by Dan Nunn
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To: Central Scrutiniser
some guy has 9 out of 10 so far this year!
Who's number 10?
42 posted on 12/21/2001 1:04:08 PM PST by revtown
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To: L.N. Smithee
...and the sun will rise in the east every day of the year...

Not if the Cubs and Red Sox are in the Series!

43 posted on 12/21/2001 1:06:21 PM PST by Grut
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To: My2Cents
Giambi will bat over .300 with 30+ homers.

White will steal 30 bases. Mussina will win 30 games. Joe Pepitone is named batting coach.

Billy Martin will rise up from the grave to replace Willie Randolph as 3rd base coach.

In a suicide squeeze, Soriano steals home. Martin beats the $hit out of Emmett Ashford at home plate.

YANKEES WIN! THEEE YANKEES WIN!

44 posted on 12/21/2001 1:07:36 PM PST by johnny7
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To: Mensch
President Bush's approval rating will drop from 86% to 85% and the networks will announce that the public's opinion of the president is on the decline.
45 posted on 12/21/2001 1:17:48 PM PST by mtngrl@vrwc
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To: Mensch
The economy will rebound, but slowly. Housing will lead the way.

Bin Laden will be accounted for.

Taxes (total bill, not just fed) will go up.

Gov Don Singleterm (D-Idiot) will lose the Alabama governership. (Halleluah!)

The Republican who replaces him will be either an idiot or a crook, or both. (Can't escape history!)

Pubs will retake the Senate by a small margin.

Lord of the Rings will blow Harry Potter away at the box office. (no, I haven't seen it yet)

Bubba will be Bubba.

Hitlery will be booed.

I will celebrate my 25th wedding anniversary!

46 posted on 12/21/2001 1:27:12 PM PST by 6ppc
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To: revtown
Who's number 10?

I'd hate to be him!

47 posted on 12/21/2001 1:29:26 PM PST by 6ppc
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To: Mensch
An NFL player will be charged with a violent crime; the Washington Wizzards will finish with a better record than the New York Knocks.
48 posted on 12/21/2001 1:32:17 PM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: Jhoffa_
Merry Christmas!!!!!!
49 posted on 12/21/2001 1:33:54 PM PST by cmsgop
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To: cmsgop
To you also MR. CMSGOP!
50 posted on 12/21/2001 1:35:20 PM PST by Jhoffa_
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To: Mensch
Bill Clinton will keep returning like a herpes infection.
51 posted on 12/21/2001 1:36:30 PM PST by steve-b
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To: 6ppc
I will celebrate my 25th wedding anniversary!

Me too!

52 posted on 12/21/2001 1:41:50 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Mensch
Hillary will be seen wearing a black pantsuit.
53 posted on 12/21/2001 1:47:17 PM PST by white rose
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To: Mensch
And I believe in the Tooth Fairy!

Boy, your Christmas 'wish list' isn't very large, is it? Whew!

54 posted on 12/21/2001 1:49:41 PM PST by SlightOfTongue
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To: Mensch
Here are my predictions:

1) The economy will rebound, albeit slightly. Probably around 2% for the year, although one quarter may be spiked higher due to the way the statistics are compiled.

2) Argentina will become an even bigger mess as no one will bail them out for all their fiscal mismanagement.

3) In the US elections, the Republicans will pick up seven seats in the House of Representatives, largely due to redistricting. Connecticut will be represented by three Republicans and only two Democrats, as Joe Maloney will lose his election to Nancy Johnson (RINO), as they would share districts. Republicans also score key victories in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas (somewhat surprisingly), and California, which is thoroughly disgusted with Condit and Davis.

4) The Senate is another story, and Democrats make stunning gains, picking up three Senate seats. Among those defeated are Elizabeth Dole, Tim Hutchinson, Richard Durbin, Bob Smith, and Gordon Smith. Republicans pick up two seats: Tim Johnson of SD and Max Baucus of Montana. Daschle's glee is somewhat muted by Johnson's loss.

5) FBI Agents will thwart a significant terrorist plot, although not a plot like September 11. However, it's still a confidence booster for the population to know the FBI is on the job. New videos of shadowy figures will be speaking Arabic discussing how Allah wants them to blow up a bunch of infidels.

6) The Dow Jones average will close above 11,000 in 2002, a gain of about 10% for the year. The Nasdaq will gain 15% for the year, largely due to the reweighting of the index with more biotech stocks.

7) The Yankees will win the World Series again, and MLB will begin a review of revenue sharing as fan interest and merchandising income starts to drop, although it's only a slight drop.

8) Jim McGreevey will really botch the governship job in NJ, and declare that increased taxes and tolls are necessary. This will further NJ's economic decline, as businesses start relocating to other states.

9) The new government will still be in power in Afghanistan with heavy international support. However, nothing in the country will really work, and the government won't have any power outside of the major cities.

10) Mike Bloomberg will find that running NYC isn't so easy, and the populace will begin to long for Rudy.

55 posted on 12/21/2001 1:55:39 PM PST by Koblenz
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To: OneIfByLand
.....the anthrax scare will be found to have been perpetrated by a domestic leftist.NO

I agree with this if you imply that the perp(s) will never be known by anyone outside of the shadow government.

56 posted on 12/21/2001 2:03:22 PM PST by rightofrush
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To: Mensch
We will be fighting in Iraq. The GOP will regain the Senate. Hillary will be outed. Bubba will be indicted. Rush will regain fully functional hearing. US-China relations will have deteriorated. The economy will have rebounded, and Daschle will be very disappointed.

And I hope they all come true, by March 2002......... :-)

57 posted on 12/21/2001 2:06:37 PM PST by b4its2late
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To: Mensch
The Southern Party will be able to run a candidate in South Carolina governor's race.
58 posted on 12/21/2001 2:08:03 PM PST by Captain Shady
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To: IRtorqued
#37 LMAO
59 posted on 12/21/2001 2:10:32 PM PST by asneditor
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To: Mensch
Campaign ads on black radio stations saying that his/her Republican opponent is racist/evil/Hitler/Satan/out to kill your children will be a feature of some Democratic Senate and Gubernatorial campaigns. (Not exactly out on a limb).

Dem's will win all the close Senate races in urbanized states, with overall light turnout, but enormous margins in some urban precincts, enabling them to retain control of the Senate. Peter Jennings will announce that the failure to recapture the Senate is a repudiation of President Bush.

Al Hunt will assert in a column that "Everyone now agrees, with the exception of lunatics like Dan Burton, that the Clinton administration was one of the least corrupt in history."

Robert Torricelli is easily reelected to the Senate after a remarkably ineffective and under financed campaign by his GOP opponent.

George Pataki is ousted in an upset win by Andrew Cuomo.

Duke repeats as national champs. (Not exactly out on a limb there either.)

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is elected Governor of Maryland in a squeaker, benefiting from some suspiciously late returns from Baltimore that just put her over the top.

Japanese economy remains mired in recession as they continue to refuse to cut taxes.

Washington D.C. or Northern VA gets a major league baseball team.

49'ers win the Super Bowl.

60 posted on 12/21/2001 2:27:26 PM PST by lasereye
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