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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums108 years of history.
There are great-grandparents that were born and have died since the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. It is a story of massive import. There is historic meaning in this event.
It gives me hope that this arc of history will continue this coming Tuesday. There has never been a woman President. This time, a woman leads our country thru a crisis even before she is elected our next President. Make no mistake, Donald Trump has put our nation into a crisis unlike any our generation has ever seen before.
But, if the Cubs can win the World Series, why can't a woman win the Presidency?
I feel better about Hillary's chances today, for some odd reason...
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)Who would thunk it 4 years ago? They lost 101 games and now they win 103 and the WS. I guess anything is possible.
global1
(25,270 posts)The Cubs really did win the World Series?
allan01
(1,950 posts)AirmensMom
(14,648 posts)When the score got tied, I started to worry about the election. Whatever odd reason is making you feel better about Hillary's chances is doing the same to me. (Of course, she did run better ads during the game, too.)
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)and it didn't help Kerry, who was from Massachusetts. But those were different times, a different election season.
TNNurse
(6,929 posts)This is different.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)LittleGirl
(8,291 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)Yeah, I know, not much chance of that happening this year.
mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)and they're looking good this year. How long has it been?
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)Since the Raiders last won the Superbowl
Won :
1977
1981
1984
mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)my Raider fan friends won't let me.. 1981, from wild card to Super Bowl Champs.
As a Bronco fan, I should be a raider hater, but some of my best friends are Raider fans and good Democrats too, so no hate in this Bronco heart. Go Raiders (unless they're playing the Broncos.)
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)He is a full Lakota and going to UCLA THIS YEAR.. HERE I wanted to give him a bad time about the Raiders being in first place and He is going on about how great it is to go to UCLA, and I am happy for him!
mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)always a good thing!
malaise
(269,157 posts)The last time the Cubs won, women didn't even have the right to vote.
Add to that the fact that both Obama and Hillary have major Chicago bonds.
Yes I hate the fugging owner, but sometimes symbolism is bigger than owners.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,020 posts)Historic indeed!
roamer65
(36,747 posts)That gives perspective.
47of74
(18,470 posts)New Mexico and Arizona joined in 1912, and Alaska and Hawaii in 1959.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Drop it.
Ishoutandscream2
(6,663 posts)You've always been funny as hell. Don't stop.
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)-- Mal
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Chicago Cubs, Hillary from Chicago, felt right.
mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)if the National League wins the series in an election year, good for Democrats.. I was for the Cubbies all the way.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻
GO HILLARY!!
kentuck
(111,110 posts)I am fascinated by numbers and their deep, hidden meanings.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)when then win again in 108 years.
The2ndWheel
(7,947 posts)Or there's a Chicago guy in the White House heading out, and the Cubs end the long curse the same year, and the White Sox won sort of just as Obama broke onto the big stage, and the Cubs winning is just the other bookend, and that's the end of the story. Or, if the Cubs can win the World Series, what other world ending event could possibly happen?