Kerry Will Win US ELECTION ... A really weird theory!!!!

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Packers win, Kerry in?

There are certain sports trends that are strictly a coincidence, but there are a few that make you wonder.
The two most obvious brought up during the past two years have been the curses on the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs. It is amazing the Boston Red Sox last World Series was in 1918. The Florida Marlins have two rings, and they've only been in the league 11 years.

During the Packers game Sunday, Fox mentioned the trend several times. The Washington Redskins have predicted the outcome of the presidential election since 1932, spanning 17 presidential elections, based on the outcome of the final Washington pre-election home game.

If the Skins would have come back to beat the Pack, George W. Bush would have been safe for another four years. Since Green Bay won, incumbent John Kerry will win the election, according to the forecast.

In a press release, Kerry said he was thrilled with the outcome.

"This streak started with Herbert Hoover, and will continue this week when George Bush, the only president since Hoover to lose jobs, loses his."

Politics and sports should be separate topics, but they are mixed now more than ever.

President George W. Bush owned the Texas Rangers. That apparently makes him a big baseball fan.

Challenger John Kerry said he was sitting on the first-base side during the famous Red Sox Bill Buckner game in 1986. The game was in New York's Shea Stadium. Other reports have him at a banquet in Boston.

I don't believe Kerry is a big sports fan, but he tries to be one. He called the "frozen tundra" in Green Bay "Lambert Field," and said his favorite Red Sox player was "Manny Ortiz."

These politicians need to realize it's OK not to be a sports fan. But do you blame them for trying to connect with soccer moms and NASCAR dads?

This Redskins theory is eerie. Is it a fluke that Kerry is a senator from Massachusetts? Could a second streak be broken relating to Boston? Could the Red Sox be blamed if Kerry loses the election?

Another coincidence is that the Washington Redskins began as the Boston Braves in 1932.

Wisconsin sure is influential in this election. Some talking heads believe our state means the election. That's why Bush, Kerry and their clans have been spending so much time in the cheese state.

The last quirk goes back to the Pack. Isn't it strange that Green Bay hasn't played in Washington since 1979? Why now? The Redskins-Packers rivalry began in, you guessed it, 1932, the year the Redskins trend started. In 1932, the Boston Braves lost to the Chicago Bears; Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Hoover.

I know two diehard Packers fans, both Republicans, who were rooting for a Washington comeback in the backs of their minds.

Since when did the Packers have such a great effect on the future of the free world?

Sports and politics shouldn't be so intertwined. Professional sports are entertainment aimed to distract people from their everyday problems. Unfortunately, they are becoming hand-in-hand.

We'll find out soon whether the Redskins can predict the president or whether another sports tradition will end in 2004. A trend may continue or it could be stopped, again, because of a "team" from Massachusetts.
 

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Theories like this eventually are broken...whether in sport or politics it can't stand the test of time.

This will be proven when Melbourne makes the finals next year.
 

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MillerCHF said:
Theories like this eventually are broken...whether in sport or politics it can't stand the test of time.

This will be proven when Melbourne makes the finals next year.
Melb may make the finals, but they have no heart so will be bundled out very early.
 

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dan warna said:
Melb may make the finals, but they have no heart so will be bundled out very early.
I know this might be a big call, and I'm not saying it to ******** you off, but I genuinely believe St. Kilda will either just scrape into the finals next year or miss out altogether (in 9th). I know it's deemed unacceptable to predict such poor results for the Saints next year, but that is my genuine opinion.
 

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Reality finally trumped coincidence in 2004. Despite the Green Bay Packers' 28-14 defeat of the Redskins at the latter's home field on 31 October, presaging a victory for Democratic challenger John Kerry in upcoming the presidential election, two days later incumbent President George W. Bush was re-elected, breaking the Redskins' predictive pattern.

http://www.snopes.com/sports/football/election.asp

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