# Focus on the family's 'Letter from 2012' predictions in 2008

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/focus-on-the-familys-letter-from-2012-predictions-in-2008/636983>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 7, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/focus-on-the-familys-letter-from-2012-predictions-in-2008/636983 "2012-10-07T13:36:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![SmartAlecCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SmartAlecCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAlecCat)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/focus-on-the-familys-letter-from-2012-predictions-in-2008/636983/1 "2012-10-07T13:36:21Z")

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[A documented case of false prophecy: Four years later, ‘Letter from 2012′ makes Focus on the Family look ridiculous](http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2012/10/01/a-documented-case-of-false-prophecy-four-years-later-letter-from-2012-makes-focus-on-the-family-look-ridiculous/)

Out of 34 predictions they got 0 right. (Though they get half credit for predicting the end of Don’t Ask Don’t, but none of the predicted dire consequences of that actually occured)

These have a definite Christianist focus, but I find them an interesting contrast to the threads here predicting what we might expect from a Romney or Obama administration.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/focus-on-the-familys-letter-from-2012-predictions-in-2008/636983/2 "2012-10-07T14:07:18Z")

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A [recent discussion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=667717) of said letter.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/focus-on-the-familys-letter-from-2012-predictions-in-2008/636983/3 "2012-10-07T14:25:25Z")

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He’s secretly waiting to do all those things in his second term, duh!!

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/focus-on-the-familys-letter-from-2012-predictions-in-2008/636983/4 "2012-10-07T14:33:03Z")

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Actually, everything on that list \*did \*go down exactly as predicted…accomplished by invisible Obama. \*He’s \*a rotten bastard. Didn’t you see how it went down between him and Eastwood?