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Obama Just Lost Colorado

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On September 9th, it looked like Barack Obama had the Colorado vote all wrapped up when Sarah Palin went swaggering around holding a Red Wings jersey.  Sure enough, Obama's poll numbers went up in that battleground state, to the point that he now enjoys a comfortable lead.  But, as seen in the photo above, he's tossed all that achievement aside just to pander to the unwashed savages of the wretched hell hole that is Michigan.

Also unfortunate: I now won't be voting in the election.  But considering some of the really stupid reasons people have for choosing a candidate, I suppose my reason for sitting this one out is perfectly legit.

Rooting for the Red Wings is not The Change We Need.

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So does this mean Colorado is not a battle state anymore? In that no one there is voting.

by Drakenlot on Sep 29, 2008 8:45 AM MDT reply actions  

Bob Barr is now expected to win handily.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Sep 29, 2008 8:46 AM MDT up reply actions  

Who?

Sorry, I’m in Canada so all we hear about is Obama/McCain.

Just behind our own candidates, of which there are too many to list.

by Drakenlot on Sep 29, 2008 8:49 AM MDT up reply actions  

Bob Barr

3rd party Libertarian candidate. Probably will get less than 1% of the vote everywhere (ecept Colorado).

I believe in Peter Budaj

by Jibblescribbits on Sep 29, 2008 8:50 AM MDT up reply actions  

So he’s exactly like the independents we have. Campaigning on pocket change and get around 15 total votes come election night.

by Drakenlot on Sep 29, 2008 8:53 AM MDT up reply actions  

Yeah, more or less.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Sep 29, 2008 9:29 AM MDT up reply actions  

Why couldn’t it have been a Lions jersey instead? Or Tigers? Or Pistons? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY???

by Mike @ MHH on Sep 29, 2008 8:48 AM MDT reply actions  

In fairness

no one wants to be seen in a Lions jersey

I believe in Peter Budaj

by Jibblescribbits on Sep 29, 2008 8:50 AM MDT up reply actions  

Or a Tigers jersey. Or a Pistons jersey.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Sep 29, 2008 9:29 AM MDT up reply actions  

Lions and Tigers and Piston, OH MY!

Now and then we had the hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be PIRATES.
-Mark Twain-

by Americanario on Sep 29, 2008 1:51 PM MDT up reply actions  

Yikes!

The terrorists have now officially won. Btw, OT, but does anyone else think that McCain looks like an older Wallace from Wallace and Grommit?

MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.

by Bob in Boulder on Sep 29, 2008 9:54 AM MDT reply actions  

Oh, no doubt about it. But does that mean Palin is his affable dog? Is that really a comparison we want to make? I’d hate to be misconstrued as some kind of sexist monster.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Sep 29, 2008 10:03 AM MDT up reply actions  

But Grommit isn’t a pitbull. And doesn’t wear lipstick. So no, I don’t think Palin can be Grommit. What if Grommit were a pig with lipstick?

MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.

by Bob in Boulder on Sep 29, 2008 11:14 AM MDT up reply actions  

This entire campaign season is going to give me an aneurysm.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Sep 29, 2008 11:57 AM MDT up reply actions  

A Campaign you can believe in:

I believe in Peter Budaj.

I believe in Peter Budaj

by Jibblescribbits on Sep 29, 2008 12:21 PM MDT up reply actions  

I strongly support Budaj’s platform of rampant adultery.

Reminds me of Bill Clinton.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Sep 29, 2008 1:27 PM MDT up reply actions  

And thanks for the Avatar

I planned on switching to something Avs related come the season. You made my search early. I probably shouldn’t download it on my work computer though.

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Sep 29, 2008 1:36 PM MDT up reply actions  

His number’s 08! I get it!

I'm sorry, Mr. Hossa, but I'm afraid we can't be friends anymore. Why? Because I hate you.

by JDunman on Sep 29, 2008 9:55 AM MDT reply actions  

It took me like forever to figure it out! Geez.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Sep 29, 2008 10:03 AM MDT up reply actions  

The first candidate...

…to hold up a Charleston Chiefs sweater gets my vote.

I believe in Peter Budaj

by Jibblescribbits on Sep 29, 2008 11:05 AM MDT reply actions  

NADER 08

Seeing as how he hasnt been seen with a red wings jersey yet

by avsfan20101 on Sep 29, 2008 3:43 PM MDT reply actions  

Hey I’m not voting either. Hell, with Wings-supporting candidates like this, it becomes like that one South Park episode, do I have to choose between a Turd Sandwich and a Giant Douche?

Uh-oh, here comes Diddy, I guess I do… lol

by Mike the Avs Fan on Sep 29, 2008 11:52 PM MDT reply actions  

It’s probably just my overseas perspective talking, but surely helping decide who’s best to control the world’s most powerful nation and biggest economy is more important than whether some douchebag local functionary at a campaign stop in Detroit gave him a jersey to hold up.

Think of the bad publicity if he hadn’t held it up when offered.

by eltharion_doa on Sep 30, 2008 2:56 AM MDT reply actions  

Nope, sorry. In the US, we make decisions based only on raw impulse and gut reactions. No time for reason or deep thought.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Sep 30, 2008 4:37 AM MDT up reply actions  

How else do you think Bush got in again if it wasn’t lack of thought.

I really shouldn’t rag on US, we voted Mini-Bush in, and looks like he’s getting more time as PM.

by Drakenlot on Sep 30, 2008 11:48 AM MDT up reply actions  

Seriously small positives

He’s holding up the back with his name, not the front so we don’t have to see the stupid winged wheel(is that not the stupidest logo ever, whats your logo, an A with a puck leading snow down it. What about yours, a wheel with a wing on it. What the hell is it meant to signify?) and he doesn’t look happy about it either, although his wife does.
I think he’s in danger of losing his hometown support as well, he is from Chicago, right.

"To have arrived on this Earth as a product of a biological accident, only to depart through human arrogance, would be the ultimate irony"
R. Leakey, Origins; 1977
"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Sep 30, 2008 2:56 AM MDT reply actions  

The 27 remaining Blackhawks fans are going to be pissed.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Sep 30, 2008 4:36 AM MDT up reply actions  

I think his wife is just happy that nobody has been shot yet. They are, after all, in Detroit.

MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.

by Bob in Boulder on Sep 30, 2008 10:28 AM MDT up reply actions  

But if any politician’s gonna survive Detroit, it’d be Obama. He blends in much better than McCain.

"To have arrived on this Earth as a product of a biological accident, only to depart through human arrogance, would be the ultimate irony"
R. Leakey, Origins; 1977
"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Oct 1, 2008 3:44 AM MDT up reply actions  

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