# I can hardly stand the suspense! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 5, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943 "2012-11-05T09:58:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/61 "2012-11-05T21:57:13Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > What a great thread. It started out with a solid OP and just keeps getting better and better. Well done, everyone! Let’s give ourselves a round of applause! > > (Seriously, this thread distills everything that sucks about message boards around election season. You should all be deeply ashamed of yourselves.) Oh, calm down. The Magic Box doesn’t have a real cat in it. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/62 "2012-11-05T22:04:11Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > The OP attacked the Messiah!!! > > (OK, I’ve tee’d it up…) 'e’s not the Messiah, 'e’s a very naughty [word redacted due to political correctness]. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/63 "2012-11-05T23:08:06Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > I’m not getting why people are waffling, I believe my dog could make this choice, and correctly. Before or after he’s been tied to the top of the car? ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/64 "2012-11-05T23:24:43Z")
I, too, can hardly stand the suspense. That is, waiting to see what **OMG** and **adaher** will have to say about the polling after Obama wins (I’m calling north of 320 electoral votes … who’s with me?). Seriously, **OMG** has put a huuuuuge amount of time and effort into finding “errors” in the polling methodology - mainly because they don’t say what he wants them to say. I will anxiously await his mea culpas come Wednesday. I shan’t think I will hold my breath, however. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/65 "2012-11-05T23:47:24Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > Seriously, **OMG** has put a huuuuuge amount of time and effort into finding “errors” in the polling methodology - mainly because they don’t say what he wants them to say. I will anxiously await his mea culpas come Wednesday. I shan’t think I will hold my breath, however. The question is: What/who will he blame? I can’t see him saying anything along the lines of “Well, it looks like my calculations were totally in error. I was wrong.” ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/66 "2012-11-06T02:41:35Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > The question is: What/who will he blame? I can’t see him saying anything along the lines of “Well, it looks like my calculations were totally in error. I was wrong.” [Republicans Have Their Scapegoat Ready If Romney Loses](http://www.businessinsider.com/gop-have-their-scapegoat-if-romney-loses-2012-11) Her name is Sandy. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/67 "2012-11-06T03:17:02Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > [Republicans Have Their Scapegoat Ready If Romney Loses](http://www.businessinsider.com/gop-have-their-scapegoat-if-romney-loses-2012-11) > > Her name is Sandy. Rove Sez: > [@](#): > > “If you hadn’t had the storm, there would have been more of a chance for the [Mitt] Romney campaign to talk about the deficit, the debt, the economy,” Yes, it’s so sad that Romney had no chance at all during this campaign to talk about the deficit, the debt and the economy. Right from when he announced his intention to run, April 2011, hurricane preparation filled his days. And, during the GOP primaries, he was thinking all the time about the coming hurricane season - this really threw him off his game. And of course, right after the GOP convention on Aug 28, the coming future hurricane preparations took pretty much all of his time. The 3 debates, of course, were knocked right off course by all the talk of hurricane season, and the possibility of a hurricane starting with the letter “S”. If only, if ONLY he’d been able to sneak in a reference to the economy during one of those debates! Things might have been different. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/68 "2012-11-06T04:18:27Z")
**TL:DR** : Sandy blows, Romney sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/69 "2012-11-06T04:48:52Z")
LMAO Euphonious Polemic ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/70 "2012-11-06T06:14:41Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > …protecting torturers isn’t enough for you to question voting for Obama? I honestly don’t know what you’re referring to. I might guess, but I would genuinely like to know. > [@Grumman](#): > > I _wish_ these were Republican Talking Points, because then you Democrats might actually feel some shame about voting for a fuckstick that gloats about how many whistleblowers he’s persecuted. Er, what? I wouldn’t call Tariq a whistleblower. Do you have somebody else in mind? 2. Those were genuine questions. Now for the snark. Remember when I documented the way your Chicago-boy libertarians cuddled up to Pinochet? And you baselessly accused me of dishonesty? And I substantiated my claims? I have no doubt that you Anne Rand wannabees would dismantling all manner of sanctions and curbs against vicious human rights abusers in the name of freedom. The only advantage (not a small one) is that Ron Paul et al would pull us out of pointless wars with greater alacrity. Libertarian purity is entirely due to a refusal to engage with the real world. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/71 "2012-11-06T06:19:31Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > [Republicans Have Their Scapegoat Ready If Romney Loses](http://www.businessinsider.com/gop-have-their-scapegoat-if-romney-loses-2012-11) > > Her name is Sandy. If Obama wins, I can’t really see the Republicans wanting to argue that it was down to an act of God. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/72 "2012-11-06T12:51:25Z")
Or could it be…Satan? ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/73 "2012-11-06T15:32:35Z")
It’s probably something biblical along the line of God letting the Babylonians enslave the children of Israel because they were insufficiently enforcing the rules. Expect more extreme religious/politcal reaction if/when Obama takes a second term. It can only be that God is punishing the righteous for letting standards slip. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943/74 "2012-11-06T17:39:07Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Or could it be…Satan? I heard this in [ChurchLady](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EewQzi4RhGQ) voice. I hope everyone else did as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-hardly-stand-the-suspense/639943.md?page=3)