http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3835413Oh my.
OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-21-08 11:13 PM
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Poll question: What will the "October Surprise" be?
What will the rightys try to pull this time?
Poll result (27 votes)
Osama Bin Laden will suddenly appear in US custody, as if by magic? (8 votes, 30%)
Through the miracle of CGI animation, that Michelle Obama video Limbaugh speaks of will suddenly appear? (1 votes, 4%)
A missile base will be found under construction in Cuba? (0 votes, 0%)
Iran will announce they found the perfect warhead to match that missile they just launched? (1 votes, 4%)
Maybe we have a surprise for them this time? Impeachment, perhaps? (1 votes, 4%)
Other (10 votes, 37%)
No surprises - just the same old mudslinging (6 votes, 22%)
I dunno. There's a Great Discombobulation coming for the primitives of Skins's island, but through the process of elimination, it probably won't be any of the above.
The gut senses some Great Discombobulation any time between Labor Day and the end of October, that's going to make the Bostonian Drunkard's Fitzmas and Doug's ex-wife's stupid prank look minor in comparison.
ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-21-08 11:22 PM
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1. If I tell ya it won't be a surprise now will it.
MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-22-08 12:04 AM
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3. Other
I still can't believe that Bush won't leave office without bombing some Iranian real estate.
LSdemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-22-08 12:12 AM
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5. Announcement of further sped up Iraq withdrawals
Dreamer Tatum (748 posts) Fri Aug-22-08 01:57 AM
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11. This is like DU's Great Pumpkin
Every year...every single year.
MiltonF Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-22-08 01:59 AM
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12. What was the October Surprise in 2004?
I can't remember what it was back then, my prediction is some kind of estranged family issue for Obama from his fathers side.
beltanefauve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-22-08 03:14 AM
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13. The release of a Bin Laden tape one week before the election. Suuuuurrre it was real!
Indi Guy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-22-08 03:22 AM
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14. None of the above...
The August surprise (Russia v Georgia) is all that's gonna happen to bolster McCain.
Uh, I dunno. When the Great Discombobulation occurs, it'll make everybody forget the War for the Survival of Georgia.
conspirator (947 posts) Fri Aug-22-08 06:24 AM
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17. Other: Diebold Suprise v2.0
brettdale (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-22-08 07:03 AM
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18. The same old one
Bin Laden video on thursday before election.
Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-22-08 08:18 AM
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20. Suitcase nuclear bomb in a medium-sized city by "Islamic extremists."
Watch.
Hmmmm.
conspirator (947 posts) Fri Aug-22-08 09:40 AM
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23. Or baloon full on ANTRAX blows up in major city during rush hour
Hmmmm again.
pampango Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-22-08 08:35 AM
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22. We will "make" Russia attack Ukraine and/or Poland.
It could very well happen that there is no "October Surprise" at all, but remember, there's a difference between an "October Surprise," which would affect the electorate as a whole, and the Great Discombobulation, which would devastate Skins's island, not affecting the real world at all.
