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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:44 PM
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I was wrong.
Yesterday, I put up a post predicting a Coakley win. "Bank it" were the words I used specifically.

I apologize to anyone whose hopes I got up.

This.

Sucks.

:(
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varelse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:45 PM
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1. I'm sorry you were wrong
it's not your fault, though. :(
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Grand Taurean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:45 PM
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2. Horrible will.
:cry:
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:45 PM
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3. I'm sorry about this outcome.
:(
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MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:46 PM
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4. Well defeatism would have been worse.
And all those slots were already taken anyway. And then some.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:47 PM
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that's ok. I knew you were wrong, but I think it's fine you posted it.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:47 PM
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5. We're big girls and boys..
we can handle. Now we two years to get the brown out.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:47 PM
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6. Eh, sometimes the wind don't blow and the grass don't grow
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:47 PM
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7. I appreciate your attempt to shore up our hopes. I am just sorry that it didn't pan out. *hugs*
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:48 PM
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8. Heartfelt back atcha. nt
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:48 PM
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9. I'm sorry, Will.
:hug:
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:48 PM
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10. That's ok.
Edited on Tue Jan-19-10 10:49 PM by bigwillq
I thought she would pull it out too. And I posted that here on DU. Hopefully this is a wakeup call to our elected DEM officials. We shall see. Thanks for your hard work and your posts here. :hug: You're a good guy, even though you're a Red Sox fan.
My prediction
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7500950&mesg_id=7501139
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LiberalAndProud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:49 PM
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11. It hurts my heart, Will.
When I despaired of my own representatives, there was Teddy pulling for me. Now ...

sucks.

It's okay though. Your prediction didn't break my heart. The outcome did. On to 2012, right?

Right?


:grouphug:

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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:54 PM
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22. Right
:hug:
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:49 PM
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12. I'm sure you're even more disappointed
than those of us who aren't from Massachusetts.
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yodoobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:50 PM
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13. Ultimately, this is just a bump in the road
Edited on Tue Jan-19-10 10:51 PM by yodoobo
Historically insignificant.

One minor Senator is not going to set the agenda of our President.


We are now only ONE vote away from a supermajority.

Four years ago, we would have been thrilled to be where we are now.





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Tailormyst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:50 PM
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14. I really wish you had been right :(
I can't even think straight right now.
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:50 PM
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15. Blows Chunks, But All Is Not Lost
Edited on Tue Jan-19-10 10:55 PM by Beetwasher
Really. You better than most know that's true.

Hang in bro.

But goddamn, that fucking symbolism and irony and all that fucking shit just blows your fucking mind to tiny fragments then liquifies it in acid. I'll be damned if it doesn't and I'll be fucked if anyone would believe (up until recently) this could really happen.
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suffragette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:51 PM
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16. We all get it wrong sometimes
Wish you had been right, though.

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Better Believe It Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:51 PM
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17. I'm sorry you were wrong but everyone makes mistakes.

No need to apologize.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:52 PM
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18. Has to suck for you.
You were there. Watching it VERY up close, blogging as you were. I watched this shit from over a thousand miles away. I'm disappointed in my home state
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KonaKane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:03 AM
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32. Apparently this is only acceptable from the source.
Strange dynamic.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:27 AM
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36. What's that now?
And yeah, I saw your locked shit OP earlier so do please be specific and careful mate, right?
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:52 PM
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19. You were simply too close to see the reality
When Massachusetts wants to act like assholes, nobody does it better.
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:53 PM
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20. Hang in there.
We know how bad you feel.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:53 PM
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21. Welp how's Hairy Bastid?
Bet he doesn't give a fat fuck she lost. :shrug:
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 10:54 PM
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23. hang in there, Will
and remember, good does not always triumph over evil.

We just have to keep on keepin' on.

:hugs:
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Jester Messiah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 11:22 PM
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24. I wasn't. But I wish it were otherwise.
I'd really like to be less of a cynic, but experience keeps justifying the behavior... ah well. The battle is lost, but the war rages on.
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 11:22 PM
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25. .
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CoffinEd Donating Member (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 11:26 PM
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26. Temporary setback
We'll get over it. Let Scotty dance now 'cause his time in DC will be short. And if I may quote you, "bank it."
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apocalypsehow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 11:28 PM
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27. I didn't want you to be wrong. This is an honorable OP - kudos & due respect to you for it.
:thumbsup:
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Electric Monk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 11:53 PM
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28. k&r
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:00 AM
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29. Sorry Will
We gotta get Obama back focusing on mainstreet.
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Throd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:01 AM
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30. I lost money on the Chargers, these things happen.
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Terra Alta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:03 AM
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31. I was wrong, too.
I posted several times that Coakley would pull it off, and that there was no way in hell a Repuke would take Teddy's seat. And I believed it too... I guess that's why this loss comes as such a big shock to me.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:07 AM
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33. It's ok that you said "bank it."
As I said somewhere here tonight, it's always appropriate to predict victory for the Democrat. It's never cool to say otherwise. When the election is over, we can perform the autopsy, but we don't need to have the wake before the loss.
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pscot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:11 AM
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34. There's a first time for every thing
This is the first time you've ever been wrong, isn't it?
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:28 AM
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37. no apology needed
i almost get the sense that she was paid to sit on the sidelines as the Republican money rolled in to propagandize the masses, unchallenged by Martha. She seemed like she was happy the pressure was off.

my hopes weren't up, anyway.
it suck balls, there will be real suffering. ya think a revolution will happen or be needed?
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 01:02 AM
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38. One last kick
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 01:21 AM
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39. I'm still living down
"Kerry in a Landslide!"

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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 01:24 AM
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40. You and me both, sister
:banghead:

:hug:
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:04 PM
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41. Up
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