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October 14, 2004
| Forget Red v. Blue ... How About Skins v. Pack?

This from Snopes:

the results of the last game played at home by the NFL’s Washington Redskins (a football team based in the national capital, Washington, D.C.) before the U.S. presidential elections has accurately foretold the winner of the last fifteen of those political contests, going back to 1944. If the Redskins win their last home game before the election, the party that occupies the White House continues to hold it; if the Redskins lose that last home game, the challenging party’s candidate unseats the incumbent president. While we don’t presume there is anything more than a random correlation between these factors, it is the case that the pattern has held true even longer than claimed, stretching back over seventeen presidential elections since 1936.

The Redskins’ last home game before the 2 November 2004 election? A Halloween Day tilt against the Green Bay Packers.



Posted by Alan at October 14, 2004 08:03 AM | TrackBack
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Well then, it sucks to be me.

Packers fan and Bush voter.

Posted by: Michele [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 14, 2004 08:50 AM

kerry thinks the packers play at “lambert Field”

Posted by: navyvetagainstkerry [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 14, 2004 09:18 AM

Go Packers! :)

Posted by: Solonor [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 14, 2004 09:22 AM

well, a Bush victory for sure, the Pack couldn’t fight there way out of a wet paper sack this year! Far-ve (spell it like you say it!) will be leaving the NFL on a bad year.

SKOL VIKINGS!

WPoS

Posted by: WPoS [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 14, 2004 01:24 PM

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