Pyat makes a political prediction!

[pyat]

I predict John McCain will probably win the election down south, though perhaps by an inconcievably narrow margin. It strikes me that both sides draw support from very stratified classes of voters, and the numbers don't change much. (I ignore, for now, the possibility of coordinated voting fraud, though I do not think it a zany conspiracy theory. That sort of thing happens around the world, all the time.)

That said, choosing Palin as a veep will at least make the shallower sort of Republican happier about voting for McCain, because she's young(ish) and personable, and has never, ever sang "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" to the tune of "Barbara Ann".

Comments

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I am pretty excited, not least because calling an earlier election date would reflect badly on Prime Minister Whatshisname, given his promise to stick to firm election dates.

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

Because politicians never renege on promises, or are held to task for it. n.n

[relee.livejournal.com]

It seems like not only do politicians break their promises, but they always break their promises, and do exactly what they say they won't!

I'm starting to think it would be a good idea to vote for anarchists, so that we would get a stable government with a balanced budget and compassionate social programs.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

I'm still pretty sure he's a robot. An old one, too, one of those ticking mechanical Bradbury ones...

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, I didn't know he'd made that promise. Good lord.
It's Prime Minister Ken Doll, or Plastic Man, I think.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he actually set a solid date for October of 2009, claiming that calling an early elections was a dirty trick that the Liberals did to stay in power.

[relee.livejournal.com]

In other words, he's DEFINATELY going to call an early election.

[rentagurkha.livejournal.com]

Not a big deal I'm afraid. It's a small lie and frankly not a topic that people care that much about. Most voters won't even notice that he broke a promise.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

Or are glad that he did it...