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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:06 PM
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Red Sox win- Good omen for Kerry?
That's one hell of a comeback that Kerry, I mean the Red Sox, made, there.

Think God's telling us something again?
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flowomo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:07 PM
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1. are you kidding? It'll be a Massachusetts v. Texas World Series/election
and the Bay State is takin' home both prizes!
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MassLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:54 PM
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46. Mike Timlin just said
he's from Texas but he's proud to have the word "Boston" on his chest and he feels like a son of Massachusetts. Another Texas/Massachusetts connection, and again the State o' Liberals comes out looking good!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:57 PM
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51. Mike Timlin is from
Midland, Texas!
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friesianrider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:08 PM
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2. I was thinking the same...
And I surely hope so! ;)
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dogtag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:08 PM
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3. It has the whiff of inevitability, doesn't it?
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:09 PM
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4. Yes, I think it is!
Look at what this DUer said tonight..

"lolamio (18 posts) Wed Oct-20-04 10:41 PM
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52. I was born and raised in the Bronx, so I am suffering right now, but...


I can accept a Boston win tonight on one condition: the momentum from this win *must* carry over to John Kerry. I believe that a Red Sox win will unite all of New England and thus give us the swing states of New Hampshire and Maine, and in turn, the election.

So with that said, I will take off my Yankees cap and bow to the Red Sox tonight. Bring it home Sox and bring it home John Kerry!"



Beautiful..
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Proud liberal Kat Donating Member (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:09 PM
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5. I have yet to type this or say it aloud
Edited on Wed Oct-20-04 11:11 PM by KerryKat
As a Red Sox fan born and raised in Red Sox country I have had this feeling that the momentum and the mojo and all that was tied between the Red Sox and Kerry, specifically the Yankees vs. Red Sox. In true Red Sox superstitious fashion I kept my big trap shut to avoid bringing the curse on us!

But I must say ohhhhh I have a good feeling, we're taking the country back from straight out of Boston!!!!!!!!!!
Kathy
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union_maid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:14 PM
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13. I'm sooo trying not to tie this to the election in my head
But it's hard not to. Especially since there could still be a MA/TX World Series. It does seem like good times for MA, though, doesn't it? Congratulations to all Sox fans. We're a Mets family ourselves, but we've got a soft spot for the Red Sox for a lot of reasons.
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:10 PM
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6. Kerry probably can't
Edited on Wed Oct-20-04 11:10 PM by BrentTaylor
even control himself right now. He may challenge Bush to a boxing match tonight after this. lol
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GainesT1958 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:20 PM
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19. Right about now Teresa's pinning hubby to the sofa...
Because he's taking his 6'4" frame and doing CARTWHEELS in front of her in their suite!:D

Why is our nominee smiling tonight?:eyes:

LOTS of reasons!:7

B-)
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MassLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:10 PM
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7. great state of Massachusetts
having its day in the sun...with more to come
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lolamio Donating Member (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:11 PM
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8. I think it is a very good omen for him
New England will pull together to support both the Red Sox and John Kerry. Count on New Hampshire and Maine going to Kerry!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:17 PM
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16. I hope you don't mind ..I've been quoting
you all over the place ..I thought what you said in that thread about .."I will take off my Yankees cap and bow to the Red Sox tonight. Bring it home Sox and bring it home John Kerry!"..was great!

See post #4.

And Welcome to DU! :toast:
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lolamio Donating Member (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:20 PM
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22. Thank you.
Feel free to quote away! It was tough to watch the Yankees lose, but I need to keep a perspective on what is important right now, kwim? I am trying to look at this in a positive light.

Cheers! :)
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:13 PM
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9. Here's a great way to look at it....
Not counting the cheerleader crap on top of 3000 corpses on 9-14-01, what was Junior's first public appearance in NYC after 9-11-01??

Throwing out the first pitch at a Yankees game.

Bush - arrogant dictator who thinks he owns the world

Yankees - arrogant corporation who thinks they can buy championships.

Symbolic that a team from Boston brought down the BCE of major league baseball? Sounds logical to me.

But then ANYBODY beating the Yankees would have been good enough for me. Never could stand them. Or the Bushes either :evilgrin:
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:14 PM
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14. You're RIGHT. There are SO many
connections. This is crazy.

We still gotta beat Houston, though.
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DaveinMD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:16 PM
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15. please stop
this is bullshit. This Yankees fan has been a good dem all his life and don't need to be demeaned on this depressing night.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:17 PM
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17. Sorry, man.
Edited on Wed Oct-20-04 11:18 PM by BullGooseLoony
Just be a Sox for one series with us, K?

Hey, I'm a Giants fan, you know.
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DaveinMD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:23 PM
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23. I can't
I am about to cry. I'll just spend even more time working for Kerry. There is no way I can watch the world series. This is so depressing.
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AnIndependentTexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:30 PM
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29. Think of it this way
would you rather have Bush corrupt the Yankee's with four more years or Kerry have a confidence builder from his team winning? This will be a great boost for him. What is more important one game or 4 years with a great President?
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DaveinMD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:32 PM
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32. it really has nothing to do
with the election. But if I had to choose one win, of course I would choose winning the election. My child's future is more important than a baseball game. I'll just look forward to her birth and forget about baseball.
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:31 PM
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30. Sorry Dave
But at least your team has won about 3 million times! Try being a Cubs fan some time. Then you'll know pain.

Anyway, if it can't be the Cubs, I'm glad it's the Red Sox!

Just think, with a little tea party all those years ago in Boston we got our country out of the hands of an empire. And now Boston will be the symbol of Americans taking their country back from an emperor.

Go Red Sox. GO JOHN KERRY!
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DaveinMD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:33 PM
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33. I'm also
a New York Giants fan and new york Knicks fan. So I know what its like. I feel good for the Boston fans. I just feel bad for me.
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:40 PM
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38. Aw...the Cubs! And hey, I'm here in Dodger country...
I am sorry for the Yankee fans, but Boston hasn't won in donkey's years, have they? Don't follow baseball all that closely, but I tend to go with the underdog. And an occasional Dodger dog. But the Cubs! I always loved the late Steve Goodman's "A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request."
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lolamio Donating Member (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:36 PM
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36. Being a Yankee fan is in my blood
So I feel your pain. Keep the faith, friend, and know that the Yankees will be back next year, and when they do come back, there will be a good Democrat in the White House. :hug: Peace.
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DaveinMD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:37 PM
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37. agreed
Kerry better win or my fall will really suck. Of course, winter will be great when my wife gives birth to our baby.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:41 PM
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39. Hey I'm a life long Yankees fan and I was happy to see Boston win
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:19 PM
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18. I know ..I thought of that at the time and was
so glad when the Diamondbacks beat the yankees cause of bush..that's just the way I think..when "90% of the Country was behind him."
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:13 PM
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10. I think it's a fantastic omen
Especially if it convinces the fundies that's it's a sign from God that he's no longer on speaking terms with Bush!

:headbang:
rocknation
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DaveinMD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:13 PM
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11. please stop
I'm a good Democrat and don't deserve this. I am depressed.
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ruggerson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:20 PM
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21. Ok, how's this
Don't those Mets bite the big one?
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Clinton Crusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:26 PM
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27. you should probably leave the thread....
cant be easy for you.

:kick:
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Hello_Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:33 PM
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34. But Dave, it's all about the American League now.
Think about it like you were a Dean supporter and now your supporting Kerry because he won the primary. So root for the Red Sox, especially if they play against the Ass-tros, b/c you KNOW that's who the Chimp will be rooting for.
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DaveinMD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:35 PM
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35. if its the Astros
its a tough decision. I'll be rooting for St. Louis tomorrow.
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:14 PM
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12. Yes - But the Pundit will be having a field day
The Bush-Kerry World Series :puke:
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snowbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:20 PM
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20. Gosh..
Dave,

Don't feel bad! :( It was FINALLY time for the Sox. That's all..

You can't possibly feel depressed when you think about the smile on Kerry's face, can you?

~~ :hug: Hug to Dave.
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whirlygigspin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:24 PM
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25. can this boost Kerry's numbers?
I hope so,...got the "god is trying to tell you something" from the color Purple sountrack playing, should be Kerry's new theme song.

We love you Boston!
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DaveinMD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:25 PM
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26. I am depressed
It sucks. It will go away in a day or two and I'll focus back on the important things.
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marlakay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:24 PM
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24. Giants fan too so we know how it feels to loose
especially the way they did to the angels. But it is great that Kerrys team won and would be interesting if Texas won too.
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whirlygigspin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:29 PM
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28. hey, don't feel bad
I'm an Expos fan happy for Boston today.

p.s. the Expos are going to D.C. with President Kerry next year!
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RafterMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:31 PM
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31. Omen? I got yer omen right here
New York's goin' RED. How's that for omens?

Seriously, please do not chain the future of the free world to Boston's baseball curse.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:44 PM
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40. The Curse has been lifted so
it's moot!
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DaveinMD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:46 PM
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42. you have to win
the world series for the curse to be lifted. If there is such a thing. I don't believe in curses.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:56 PM
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49. But I thought they hadn't been in the World Series
since 1918 and also someone in the stands tonight had a sign up that said the "Curse had been lifted".

I don't know if I believe in them either but it sure was a long time and now it can be laughed about.
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DaveinMD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:57 PM
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50. they haven't won the world series
they've been there 3 or 4 times since 1918. Most recently in 1986.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 12:07 AM
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53. Okay..I got it wrong then..
Well.. I hope they win the World Series just to get things really goin' in Boston!
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RafterMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:59 PM
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52. Google "Bill Buckner"
and get back to me.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:44 PM
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41. That made me feel good when I heard that...I think it is a good sign...
:)
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lakemonster11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:48 PM
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43. Of course!
I thought the same thing when, the same week as the Democratic convention, the Red Sox swept the Yankees after Kerry threw out their first pitch.
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indie_voter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:50 PM
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44. I am so jazzed. I don't believe in omens but who cares!
WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!!!

EVERYTHING!
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American liberal Donating Member (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:52 PM
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45. Congrats to all you Boston fans!!!
I've been a Cubs fan most of my life, so I can appreciate your longing.

Oh, how poetic when Boston trounces all over Crawford, I mean, Houston in the WS.

Go Red Sox!!!
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hansolsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:55 PM
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47. This was a good day for America, for baseball, for Boston, and for sons of
Boston.

Lady Luck is now with the Kerry campaign. And Christian fundamentalists might start thinking God has switched horses in mid stream. Good night fellow bloggers. Sweet dreams.

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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 11:55 PM
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48. All we need is to get a fundie on camera saying
"This is a sign that God wants us to vote for Kerry!"

:headbang:
rocknation
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nomatrix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 12:44 AM
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54. Hat trick, trifecta, triple crown
NE Patriots, Boston Red Sox and Massachusett liberal President John F. Kerry.

This is going to keep happening President John F. Kenned.... er Kerry.
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FrankenforMN Donating Member (239 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 12:49 AM
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55. I'm not sure the Kerry Campaign would be wise
to connect themselves to Boston and the curse, until it is over. Also, St. Louis is in a swing state and they take their baseball very seriously.
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Zinfandel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-21-04 12:58 AM
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56. Will it be Massachusetts against Texas (Boston vs, Houston) So Kerry...
Edited on Thu Oct-21-04 01:19 AM by Zinfandel
please don't make any predictions, except a congratulations to the Red Sox, but NO predictions!

Mindless folks may determine their vote as strange as it may seem, by our wonderful and silly American past-time and the prediction of who will win the World Series... (Let's hope St. Louis wins their game 7 tomorrow night to nullify it all, nothing agaist the Astros). Howevr, every single vote is extremely important.

Remember the "Patriots" winning after 9-11 almost as an Omen to the Bush crowd...as incredibly silly as this may sound.
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