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Nambe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 02:27 AM Original message |
Obama a Shoe-in, Say Bookies |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. That one Irish bookie, Paddy Power, already paid off the Obama bettors! |
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Mr Hedley Bowes (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. Print this out and stick it on the fridge |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. What did the bookies say about Gore 2000 and Kerry 2004? |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Not sure about 2000, but Intrade predicted a Bush victory in 2004. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 03:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Okay. By the way, did you see this?... |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 03:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. LMAO |
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legin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. For 2004 |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's shoo-in. Unless they mean Obama is going to give McCain the boot. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 04:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You beat me to it |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 07:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Elliptical reference to a Sole Brother? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Really? What's the derivation? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. You shoo the flies away from the pie, kind of wave at them easily. No strain, no sweat. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I think you know the answer: "Google is your friend." |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. That is true enough - |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I gotta admit |
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yava (384 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. funny bumper sticker of the past :) |
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machI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. Just winning is not good enough, Let's go for the landslide! |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 06:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I'm with you... |
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llmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. I think I saw it here on DU.... |
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machI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Plus a big margin of victory throws a wrench in the Republican plans to steal via DieBold |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. That's "shoo-in," not "shoe-in" |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 06:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. And, ironically, it comes from horse racing |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Excellent. Answers the question I had about derivation. nt |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. And, Viola! |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. As in, "yeah, yeah, he's in - let him through" |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
15. When did it become legal to bet on elections? |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Betters could become our best advocates for clean elections that are not fixed |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Tralala. Today is the day of the language police. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. You betcha' |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. 1960, for Ladbrookes |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
17. Correction please, |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
20. Hatch then count. Please. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. HA! Indeed. |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 07:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Well said! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. Hear that, Diebold? |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
36. & with the winnings we will send them bookies to spelling/idiom school!1 n/t |
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