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Predict the big scandal

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Lugnuts, May 30, 2008.

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What will be the big scandal of the general election?

  1. McCain sex scandal

    1 vote(s)
    3.0%
  2. Obama sex scandal

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  3. McCain funny money business (a payoff/slush fund/tax issue/etc)

    7 vote(s)
    21.2%
  4. Obama funny money business (a payoff/slush fund/tax issue/etc)

    1 vote(s)
    3.0%
  5. McCain says something truly inappropriate

    3 vote(s)
    9.1%
  6. Obama gets another Jeremiah Wright-type eruption

    4 vote(s)
    12.1%
  7. Something with Cindy

    1 vote(s)
    3.0%
  8. Something with Michelle

    4 vote(s)
    12.1%
  9. Other (please explain)

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. Nothing, really - just drips and drabs of shit nobody cares about

    12 vote(s)
    36.4%
  1. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Sorry, my eyes have missed the sarcasm font a couple times today... :D
     
  2. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    I will volunteer to be mixed up in a drug and sex scandal with Cindy.
     
  3. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I think Cindy will be widely ignored. I think people are indifferent to her and I think the republicans want it to stay that way.

    Michelle could be a liability for the Dems if she doesn't choose her words better.

    For the most part, I don't think there will be any substantial scandal between the conventions and the general election.
     
  4. Don't blame me.

    I voted Mini Ditka.
     
  5. Lugnuts

    Lugnuts Well-Known Member

    Unless he's medicated, I think the wear and tear of the campaign will eventually cause McCain to fly off the handle at somebody. Youtube kind of moment.
     
  6. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    I don't think either candidate will have a major scandal. But I could see something like a Mark Foley scandal crop up at the wrong time and hurt one of the candidates.
     
  7. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Interesting that after eight years of the most corrupt and law-breaking administration in U.S. history, the definition of "scandal" has devolved to "trivial bullshit allowing people to express fake outrage." That's both sides, too.
     
  8. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    The American people have proven that they have the attention spans of five-year-olds. The media (left and right) play on that.

    Ask most Americans if they would rather read a 10-page report on the problems our country has in defending against terror attacks or watch a 30-second video clip of a sex scandal and see what they choose.
     
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