I bet $1000 on a Kerry win today

[LTRS]

Yep, this obnoxious con kept claiming to me that Bush is going to win, so I finally said, "Wanna bet? Put up or shut up. $1000 bucks says your guy is toast!"

He gulped real hard and said, kind of meekly, okay. So the bet is on. It will do my heart good to take $1000 dollars off this guy. I can't wait. Because I KNOW Kerry is going to win. There is not a doubt about it in my mind.

[RunningFromCongress]

1. I have about $500 in different bets

riding on Kerry. My favorite bet though is my one friend who wants Kerry to win and will vote for kerry but really thinks bush is going to win, he says: "Well if Bush wins, I've made $100, which is about what the tax cut I got was, so I'll feel good. And if Kerry wins, I'll consider it money well spent, and I'll feel better"

[truthpusher]

2. I had to pony up $100 to my boss in 2000. The pain..unbearable!!

[Julien Sorel]

4. You bet on Bush?

[truthpusher]

11. Wait...I need to get my goddamn money back!!!

Thanks for the reality check :eyes:

[aquart]

3. I hope you're lucky.

I'm not lucky. It would be a whole lot safer if I bet on Bush to win. Better still, stay out of the whole thing.

[LTRS]

7. Safe to bet on Bush? No way!

He is going down. I feel it with every fiber of my being. (And I saw some non-public campaign polls over the weekend). Be optimistic - Kerry IS going to be your next president.

[aquart]

9. Especially if I bet on him to win. I did mention I'm not lucky that way?

[LTRS]

10. Well by all means, bet Bush then

Here, bet me a buck. I'll take Kerry, you take Bush. LOL!

[Lord_StarFyre]

5. If you win (I'm thinking you will)

Donate a few bones to some Good Charity (Personal favorite Make a Wish Foundation)

Or even better, pick some group dumbshitya haaaaaaaates, and donate it in his name

[LTRS]

8. I will donate it ALL to charity

That's a given. :)

[Seabiscuit]

13. Donating to Kerry is donating to charity ("a good cause")

[LTRS]

15. I have already done plenty of that

... and couldn't agree more!

[KareBear]

16. I've got a $20 bet with a coworker

I told her I'd use the money to buy F 9/11 on DVD. That REALLY irked her.

[nostalgicaboutmyfutr]

6. When you win donate it to the Kerry Campaign ! eom

[Seabiscuit]

12. I personally have $7K betting on Kerry.

And worth every cent of it.

[Awsi Dooger]

14. You picked the right candidate, but got lousy odds

At offshore sportsbooks that $1000 could have been worth a $1600 profit, not even money. A couple of weeks ago Kerry was 2/1, meaning the $1000 could have been tripled to $3000 total.

Not that I was smart enough to jump on that 2/1. I'll wait until the final weekend and wager heavily on some individual states plus senate and gov races.

[LTRS]

17. True enough...

but you're underestimating the joy I am going to get by taking the money from a freeper. Can't get that ANYWHERE else.

[siliconefreak]

18. according to who?

How are you going to determine who won? Have you chosen a polling company beforehand?

[LittleClarkie]

19. I bet a measley $5

I'm thinking of going double or nothing in the case of a landslide, if only to collect another spit take when I suggest it to him.

[daydreamer]

20. I already won

My co-worker repub bet me $20.00 that Bush will win by 7% popular. He admit he lost.

[Awsi Dooger]

21. Man-to-man bets are the best; suckers abound

Gad, I would have loved a piece of that 7% action. Best election bet I've heard in quite a while. Bush was just slightly less than even money all year yet your co-worker decides to stack the deck against himself by forfeiting a full 7%. Amazing.

I take advantage of that type of outlandish claim all the time in Las Vegas sportsbooks. Last season some loudmouth bet me the Lakers would not lose two straight games all year. I beat him in the first week. A few months earlier a cocky kid who was betting huge on college basketball asserted Duke had only won two college basketball championships. When I told him he was out of his mind he pulled out $4000 and challenged me to match it and bet. Unfortunately, I got a little too loud and told him I'd throw in my Infiniti out in the parking lot along with my $4000 if he was correct. That caused the guy to reassess and wimpily walk out the door while we yelled insults at him. Duke won back-to-back in 1991 and 1992 and again in 2001.

[helpisontheway]

22. Okay...iti s one thing to be

positive but all of you are sound over-confident. Much like the Kerry campaign was sounding today. All of them came out talking abouthow Kerry was going to win the debates. Shouldn't they be lowering expectations?

[Awsi Dooger]

23. I would be counting my money at +7%

Otherwise I'm hardly overconfident. In fact, DUers often cite the numbers I post as overly pessimistic. I do have a tendency to respond more to the giggly cheerleader threads with absurdly optimistic claims than I do to posts that underestimate our chances.

Bush is a slight favorite and that's probably legit, given the states he has locked up.