Five People Who Thought John McCain Would Win

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1. Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio host

Limbaugh, host of "The Rush Limbaugh Show," told Newsmax on Oct. 31 that McCain would win Florida, Ohio, and Nevada. Asked if Obama would take the election, Limbaugh said, "No, I don’t see it...I think [Obama has] been dead in the water since the primaries. He is going to need to be up 10 to 12 points to win by 3 or 4.”

2. Fred Barnes, executive editor of "The Weekly Standard," former co-host of Fox News's "The Beltway Boys"

On his old Fox News show, "The Betlway Boys," Fred Branes called it for McCain on Nov. 3, comparing Obama to Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis: "For the electoral vote," said Barnes, "I predict McCain squeaks out a win with 286 electoral votes. Mort gives the nod to Obama in a blowout, 379 to 159. Here are my reasons why I think McCain will win. Number one, doubts about Obama. We still don't know much about him at all. He's run as a guy that's going to brings us together. His senate record is one where he's the most liberal senator and he's one of the most partisan. Number two, we're a center-right country. He's a northern liberal. They usually lose. Remember Walter Mondale, remember John Kerry, Mike Dukakis."

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[marezdotes]

1. 5 People? I'm going with 5 numbskulls.

[klook]

2. I clearly remember Karl Rove talking to Robert Siegel on NPR

right before the 2008 election and insisting he was in touch with "THE math." And "THE math" clearly showed McCain-Palin winning.

[budkin]

4. That was the midterms in 2006

[klook]

8. Thanks for the clarification. The point stands. (n/t)

[Cali_Democrat]

3. Limbaugh: "Obama is going to need to be up 10 to 12 points to win by 3 or 4"

[yellowcanine]

5. Dick Morris and William Kristol were on that list also.

Actually Kristol was # 6, he didn't actually predict a McCain win, just suggested how it might happen. More like a Kristol wet dream I suppose.

[LiberalFighter]

7. Someone needs to create the material that mimics a wet dream

and slime Republicans with it.

[SheilaT]

6. Okay, so this is very sexist of me,

and not that we women don't have some idiots in our gender like Sarah Palin and Michelle Malkin, but notice that every one of those five is a middle-aged white man. Over the years I have been struck by how many men are unable to distinguish fantasy from reality, wishful thinking from facts. Women, in general in my experience, are better at these things, and they often do a better job of paying attention to who the messenger is.

I know that not all men are like this, but it's astonishing how many of them get paid to spout nonsense in public.