John McCain is truly fucked, and here's why (not so much to do with his Token Veep pick)

[FrenchieCat]

Here's why McCain is totally fucked......
a candidate cannot break all historical records known to man in the annals of history
and lose the race. That defies any odds, period.

I realize that we are all going to work doubly hard, because we are all Fired up
and ready to take our country back...but I'm just saying,
don't believe the polls,
it ain't happening the way that the corporate media is telling it.

Our man will win.

Obama’s acceptance speech breaks records for political convention TV viewing
http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/773931.html

The largest number attended acceptance speech by a presidential nominee ever
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=0CEBD8C0-18FE-70B2-A84747922C695F0A

Obama's VP text message reached 2.9 million people;
making it "one of the most important text messages" ever and "one of the most successful
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/08/obamas-vp-text.html

Obama sets fundraising record with $55 million
that's for one month.
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/07/nation/na-money7

Obama Breaks Fundraising Record In SF
that's in one night
http://cbs5.com/local/obama.san.francisco.2.797572.html

Obama pushes his fundraising total to $390 million, a record
That's for overall, and we aren't finished
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-money17-2008aug17,0,1268193.story?track=rss

Senator Barack Obama drew the largest crowd of his campaign so far
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/us/politics/19campaign.html?bl&ex=1211428800&en=88e6ca6f2872149b&ei=5087%0A

Some 200,000 Gather to Hear Obama in Germany
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/07/24/some-200000-gather-to-hear-obama-in-germany/

Obama Donor List Is 'Gigantic'
http://www.google.com/search?q=donors%2C+list%2C+largest%2C+obama&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GZYZ

also the most campaign offices, the most on facebook, the most viral video (We Want Change),
the most viewed youtube speech (race speech), etc, etc, etc....


OREGON, 75,000


EUROPE, 200,000


CONVENTION, 85,000

[peoli]

1. i like the part where you said 'fucked'. K&R for that!

[FrenchieCat]

5. You like that, hey?

:rofl:

Me too!

[Bobbie Jo]

2. Yeah...THAT'S My President. K&R

:patriot: :kick:

[FrenchieCat]

8. Ours.......cause it's gonna happen!

Otherwise, everyone will know what's up.

[Bobbie Jo]

11. Ours, of course.

Theft Insured

:applause:

[eshfemme]

3. NICE! K&R!

:kick:

[NYC_SKP]

4. K,R, and We Will Win...

And if we don't, it will have been for having had it stolen from us, and we'd better not just let it go.

:patriot:

[FrenchieCat]

9. They ain't gonna be able to steal it......

[BrklynLiberal]

6. Great pictures!!!!

[BlooInBloo]

7. Biggest. Inauguration. EVER.

Woot!


EDIT: Subject typo.

[Bobbie Jo]

10. What a genuine celebration that will be.

:party:

[FrenchieCat]

19. Whoo...that is gonna be something!

Can't wait.

[Eric J in MN]

12. John Kerry rally in Ohio with 35,000 people...

...October 28, 2004:



Let's not get overconfident. We still have a lot to do to win.

[FrenchieCat]

14. This is not the same thing at all, and you know it.

Obama received most of his records before he even became the nominee.
Obama's largest crowd as still a primary candidate
was twice as large as John Kerry's crowd after he was the actual nominee.

Not getting overconfident ever....but my OP is addressed to the future nervous nellies.

It is important that we have confidence and faith in our candidate.....
instead of second guessing him all of the damn time; everytime a new poll comes out,
for example.

[Eric J in MN]

17. What was Obama's largest crowd? NT

NT

[FrenchieCat]

18. Obama's largest crowd as a primary candidate was 75,000 in Oregon

[melody]

21. RW ops use discouragement to dampen Democratic spirits

We can't have enough optimism ...

We're going to win.

[FrenchieCat]

22. Yes we can!

:patriot:

[melody]

23. Amen n/t

[NightOwwl]

24. You can't compare Kerry's election to Obama's

Obama is a once in a lifetime leader. People are voting for him because they want to, not because they have to. Even Kerry knows that.

[cliffordu]

13. K&R

[opihimoimoi]

15. McPains coronation suspended till futher notice,,,,no one came

Not enough to consume the 200 hot dogs and lobster tails...

[adamuu]

16. over 2 million individual donors n/t

[FrenchieCat]

20. And growing.....

[NightOwwl]

25. It's gonna be a blowout.

And it is un-fucking-believable that the media is still trying to force this "oh-so-close" election scenario to the public.

[AtomicKitten]

26. It is already written.

[samsingh]

27. i hope you're right, but the poles show a tight race

within 8 points.

some are showing mccain leading by 2 (Zogby).

[samsingh]

28. i hope you're right, but the poles show a tight race

within 8 points.

some are showing mccain leading by 2 (Zogby).

[Life Long Dem]

29. Nice post

Especially this sentence. "A candidate cannot break all historical records known to man in the annals of history
and lose the race."


Breaking all historical records win races
Obama is breaking all historical records
Therefore Obama will win the races.

[Cha]

30. Super Roundup of histoical records by our candidate, Barack Obama!

This article at one of links cracked me up.. I would think if you're going to pay "$14,000 to see Barack Obama you're gonna have a little more confidence but that may just me.

<snip>

"The American people want results. Talk is cheap for everyone. Time will only prove whether change is good or not," said Peter Shah, of Salinas, who paid $14,000 to meet Obama."

Obama also told Sunday night's dinner crowd he knows they're "nervous and skittish" about the close campaign, but they shouldn't stress out. He was just as reassuring earlier in the day at a town hall meeting in Reno, Nevada."

<snip>

He told the Fairmont audience that America is still getting past his funny name, but with all that money he could be ready to unleash the greatest campaign the country's ever seen.

http://cbs5.com/local/obama.san.francisco.2.797572.html