So was I right or wrong when I posted this in December of 2006?

[mtnsnake]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=3033492

:smoke: :smoke: :smoke:

[Ian David]

1. You were right, of course.

But on the same day, you also posted a thread saying he would lose.

No, you didn't.

But you probably could have gotten away with it, if you wanted to.

That would've been funny.

[mtnsnake]

2. I hope you edit that

thanks for doing so.

[Ian David]

3. But inside the body of the message I point out that the subject line is a lie.

A joke is a matter of timing.

Putting the punchline in the subject would ruin the whole thing.

Cover... Discover!

Come on...

Do I have to?

[mtnsnake]

5. Yes, I'm glad you admit your subject line was a lie

but it's a clever way of passing something off, too, by hoping the readers don't read past the subject line.

[Ian David]

9. Actually, I *did* want readers to go past the subject line.

But if it really bothers you, I'll change it.

[mtnsnake]

18. thanks

:)

[onenote]

4. yes you were. but you were wrong in April 2008.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=5711268

But I'm glad you saw the light both before and after that moment.

[Starry Messenger]

6. Wow, I thought that was going to be an April Fool's joke. n/t

[mtnsnake]

7. Yeah, those were fun times

Too bad you didn't have a little more of a sense of humor back then, eh

[Crunchy Frog]

14. I think we were all a little lacking in humor at that point.

Didn't you manage to get TS'd for awhile? :D

[mtnsnake]

16. LOL!

No, never got TS'd. Probably came close a few times, though!

[Crunchy Frog]

21. Dammit, I coulda sworn!

And I try to keep really close track of these things too. :D

[babylonsister]

8. ROFL!!! nt

[Ian David]

10. OMG! My original joke was almost (sort of) true! n/t

[JTFrog]

11. Bwahahahahaha!

:rofl:
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[sniffa]

31. Oops!

:rofl:

[Kahuna]

40. Good work. I wonder if Mtnsnake ever paid off on those bets he was taking..

that Hillary would win the nomination. :rofl:

[onenote]

42. To be clear, I just posted that for fun.

It was pretty crazy here back in the spring, but those that stuck around came together nicely in the fall. The fact that some are trying to relive those old battles in discussing Obama's cabinet picks is actually kind of sad, isnt' it?

[mtnsnake]

43. !#%@#!X%

Dammit you're not supposed to remind anyone of that. lol

Hey, the bet they should have taken me up on was the one I offered last week where I offered to bet anyone that Hillary would not be the SOS despite all the rumors. Everyone could've cleaned up on that one but there were no takers. I'd still bet on that, although not necessarily monetarily, only now I'd want 100 to 1 odds at least, since it looks like it's almost a done deal.

[Kahuna]

46. Still, it IS pretty impressive that in December of 06 you called the general..

So - :toast:

[AllentownJake]

48. Where the hell was I in that flame war?

Must have had Snake on ignore back than :rofl:

Oh looking back how crazy we were. Also alot of TS in that thread. Some people I wish would have behaved themselves better so they were still around.

[mtnsnake]

49. Yikes! It's a good thing nobody can respond to that thread anymore

or I'd be getting my ass kicked even more! LOL!

Yeah, where the heck were you that night, Jake? :evilgrin:

[AllentownJake]

51. I had you on ignore for two weeks

PA Primary was raw and you were too gloating. I took everyone off ignore after NC and IN...than promptly put half the people back on :rofl:

Looking back...we were all fucking nuts.

[JNelson6563]

12. You were batting .500

Obviously Clark wasn't the guy for VP.

Julie

[mtnsnake]

15. Yup, I got the part about Clark wrong

Oh well, can't be right about everything :evilgrin:

[JNelson6563]

22. You did better than I.

I really couldn't guess if it would be Obama or Clinton as our Nominee. I did believe if it were Obama it would be easier to win in some ways.

Cheers,
Julie

[cwydro]

13. Is this an "I told you so" thread?

How quaint.

[mtnsnake]

17. Actually

it's more to show you can love more than one Democrat even if they're butting heads during a Primary. Too many people think that Hillary supporters never liked Obama or vice versa. You don't have to be soley for one or the other. You can like both.

Having said that....yeah, it was kind of a "pat myself on the back" thing, too. ;)

[SemiCharmedQuark]

19. *pat* *pat*

Well done!

[mtnsnake]

20. thank you!

Now THAT felt good :)

[onenote]

23. as I said, I'm glad you got it right before and after the primaries, During them, not so much.

And while I will accept that you "liked" both obama and clinton, some of your posts certainly didn't suggest that:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=5850924

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=5876906

[mtnsnake]

24. While your searching, here let me save you some time

All you'll ever find on me, as far as "dissing" Obama during the primaries is where I pointed out that he was prized by the DLC people like Harold Ford.

Hey, onenote, since you're trying to dig up things on me, what about these?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=3104753

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=3675517

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2978738

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=3106883

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=3141418

[onenote]

32. not digging. just going through old bookmarks. And as I've said twice

I'm glad you saw the light both before and after the primaries. I thought you were over the top during primary season, but then again, the same could be said about a lot of folks from both "camps". You're still here, so that makes you okay by me!

[mtnsnake]

33. No problem, onenote. LOL, I'll be first to admit I deserve any ribbing I get over that

...esepcially considering how wild the Primaries were. And I would've done the same thing as you did if the shoe was on the other foot :evilgrin:

I thought you were over the top during primary season

Who, me? :shrug:

:evilgrin:

[onenote]

34. I know you'd have done the same! I take that as a compliment!

[mtnsnake]

36. That would be true!

:hi:

[Uzybone]

25. Not just you

there were a couple of others in that good thread who agreed with you. Especially Jab105, who actually called Obama "the One"!

[mtnsnake]

27. Ain't that the truth

It's kind of fun going back a couple years. I had forgotten all about Jab105 callng him "The One. Now THAT was hitting it on the head!

[onehandle]

26. Well, I predicted many times that anyone we ran would win as long as they were a moderate.

That would include the President-Elect.

Touch me.

[fortyfeetunder]

28. You are right -- and I'll R this one..

though you could have also asked:
K and R if you think I was right!

:hi:

[mtnsnake]

29. Hey thanks. All in fun

though you could have also asked:
K and R if you think I was right!

Nah, I'm not one for asking for recs, nor did I do this kind of a thread expecting to get any. Just did it for sake of fun and for looking back. Just a diversion, but thanks for the rec! :)

[liberalmuse]

30. Kudos for you.

Man, how does it feel to be right on? (I wouldn't know. I'm consistently wrong about everything.)

ALTHOUGH, even though he was about my 4th or 5th choice in the primaries:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=587565&mesg_id=587571

And read the rest of the thread if you are still wondering how Obama ended up as our President in 2008. This is from 2004. Isn't it amazing? I think a lot of people knew he would one day become President. Very few even knew who he was until 4 years ago.

[BlooInBloo]

35. I was right too! On a poll-version of the same idea!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=6188749


EDIT: hahahah! Looking back over some of the comments - comedy GOLD! "Obama's a flawed and fragile candidate." - BWAHAHAAHAH!!!!

[mtnsnake]

37. That was certainly a good call by you

and yeah, it is definitely fun looking back at some of the comments like the ones in your poll.

[BlooInBloo]

39. If I cared enough, I'd look up those Clinton supporters who said that he wouldn't win a single state

[Kingofalldems]

38. Congratulations, I didn't believe he could win back then

BTW, that thread should be titled "Tombstone Territory", lots of pizza showed up.

[Condem]

41. Good call, mountain!

I predicted Ron Paul with relative ease. Nah, not really.

[mtnsnake]

44. I wanna see the poster, if one is out there, who called for an Obama/Biden ticket 2 years ago

or anytime before the candidates announced their intent to run. If such a person exists, and I'll bet someone did call it, I'd like for them to give me some winning lottery numbers sometime.

Hows it going, Condem?

[Condem]

47. Good, mountain.

However, since you called this, look into your crystal ball and tell me about the automobile industry which is my livelihood. I won't hold you to it. I think no one knows the outcome. It doesn't look good, though.

[Clio the Leo]

45. Thank you. Very fun and interesting read.....

... so many of the things you said ... and Our President said back during his 2004 DNC speech are so mind blowing considering our present economic crisis. As bad as things SEEMED then, we had no idea of what was to come and how much we needed him.

[mtnsnake]

50. Glad you enjoyed it!

And yes, none of us really had any idea of what was really to transpire between then and now. Too fun!

[Clio the Leo]

53. Well, in that case, the two people I was reading it to...

... in the car (via my iPhone) enjoyed it too. They thought you (all) were very profound and insightful.

And if you have any thoughts on next week's Alabama/Florida game, they'd love to hear it! lol

[elkston]

52. "fuzzyball" and "Tactical Progressive" are eating their words now

fuzzyball was particularly nasty. Wouldn't surprise me if he went PUMA after a while.

[book_worm]

54. You were right on that one and wrong on the other one posted above

but hey, batting .500 isn't bad.

[Sheepshank]

55. Eerie premonitions going on all over the place

I read your post, and you certainly did hit the nail on the head. I was pretty interested in some of the responses. Many called it correctly on the hard one Primary and the hard campaininging. Many also called "Hussein" the non issue, that was going to be made into an issue by the GOP. But I was a little freaked out over:
jab105 response: "I think Obama is going to be **the one**."

All those biblical connotations thrown out so frequently by the GOP...they could never really decide if there was a Christ-like or anti-christ like quality about Obama and his followers. lol. :dilemma: BUT then, there was McCain's "that one" comment that was so close, as to be chilling in it's similarity to "the one". :sarcasm:

ps you talked about the economy...too bad you didn't remind everyone their 401K's would tank if they didn't "pull out"