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malaise

(269,054 posts)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:32 PM Nov 2012

DUers calm your nerves - 100m winner might hold clue to US presidency - Bolt to the finish!!

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20121104/lead/lead1.html
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The clue to whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will win the presidential battle come Tuesday may rest with the holder of the 100-metre sprint title.

American writer Edward McClelland recently did the checks and noted that in every year an American has won the Olympics 100 metres men's gold medal, a Republican has won that fall's presidential race.

In every year a runner born in the Caribbean has won, a Democrat has become president.

Jamaica's Usain Bolt is now the undisputed champion of the sprints and his victory in 2008 coincided with Obama's victory.

This matrix seems not to have been lost on the US president, as two months ago he warned supporters that the race to re-election was not similar to a Bolt contest.
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DUers calm your nerves - 100m winner might hold clue to US presidency - Bolt to the finish!! (Original Post) malaise Nov 2012 OP
Jamaica like most countries are rooting for Obama HipChick Nov 2012 #1
You Betcha malaise Nov 2012 #2
As I was grabbing my flight back to States this week HipChick Nov 2012 #5
By the way this is the lead story on the front page of the Gleaner today malaise Nov 2012 #3
what happened when a drug assisted Jamaican-Canadian won? Viking12 Nov 2012 #4
GHW Bush won malaise Nov 2012 #6

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
5. As I was grabbing my flight back to States this week
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:51 PM
Nov 2012

A woman grabbed me, and said they are all praying for President Obama...even though they can't vote...brought a smile to my face..

malaise

(269,054 posts)
3. By the way this is the lead story on the front page of the Gleaner today
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:40 PM
Nov 2012

and the background is light blue

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