Posted by
Zorro on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 4:17:36 PM
I've made several predictions that are closer to fulfillment, and I wanted to write them down before they are completely fulfilled. If they aren't, what the heck, I have a passion for going out on a limb with my predictions and bets.
The first prediction I made was that Obama would never be president. This was very early 2005 when a friend asked me if I thought he would be president, and I emphatically said he wouldn't. My reasoning then was that he was black and inexperienced. With my current knowledge I'll add that he is far left and is an empty suit.
More recently, as people have kept talking about how McCain is so popular and blah blah blah, I've said over and over that "he hasn't got a snowball's chance in hell" and I've maintained that stance for many moths now.
I've long thought that Romney would be president. Mainly because I thought that he was the best candidate. Of the republicans, once Allen went down, he was the best choice for conservatives. Giuliani? Condollezza? McCain? It's a dismall state for conservatives, and I just think (and hope) that Romney is the most conservative, because it's obvious that none of the other contenders are conserative enough for me or the conservative base. On top of that he's got a million other electable traits. Now early on, when nobody knows him, of course he's going to lose in polls, but he'll benefit greatly from people getting to know him, unlike the other candidates. Giuliani is great if you don't think too much about it, or you don't learn too much about him. And McCain has never had a chance for 2008. Hillary would be buried by Romney without media help (and I'm not sure whether she'll get it or not), and Obama is an empty shell. It's a romantic idea to give the presidency to Obama, but stack him against Romney and he's a midget in every category needed to win the presidency except blackness. And even blackness will help him with some people, hurt him with others, working out to be not a very big advantage.