Comments on: Writing off the Redskins Rule

By: theclaim

theclaim — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:41:41 +0000

phonecops says:
Nov 6, 2012 6:57 PM
Correlation does not mean causation.

No matter what my lucky Packer shirt says.

Well said!

By: theclaim

theclaim — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:39:40 +0000

I am certain the Redskin Rule is nothing more than a coincidence but it’s a since 1932 infallible til now coincidence and THAT is FACT

By: ridingwithnohandlebars

ridingwithnohandlebars — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:25:31 +0000

Can’t count on the Redskins for anything.

By: ronaldmexico7

ronaldmexico7 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:53:05 +0000

I need my Obama money and my Obama phone…

By: whitecastleisafoodgroup

whitecastleisafoodgroup — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:18:59 +0000

For all the people who buy into this crap I am selling seats on my Ark that’s going to set sail early morning of 12/21/12. Kids and seniors sail free.

By: doylemcmuffin

doylemcmuffin — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:09:36 +0000

Looks like Romney is winning on this chat board. Very similar results will be found nationwide.

By: phonecops

phonecops — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:57:48 +0000

Correlation does not mean causation.

No matter what my lucky Packer shirt says.

By: fullbagg

fullbagg — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:16:09 +0000

I am no longer allowed to critique. Shanny is my coach and the skins are my team.

We have a QB, RB and PK though!!!

Thats… Thats all I can say……

By: thewizardofbs

thewizardofbs — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:38:59 +0000

Actually the democrats have taken it very seriously and are coming to the poles in huge numbers because they fear the Redskins rule will put Obama out of office. In this case the Redskins rule will help Obama by getting dems to the poles. It looks like another Obama landslide. Romney replied “What day is the election again?”

By: sactogary

sactogary — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:32:13 +0000

It’s only weird if it doesn’t work.

By: philswfc08

philswfc08 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:54:44 +0000

it should already be known that the coincidence holds true again this year…there are way too many people with less than reasonable intelligence that are making it close because they vote blindly.

By: dcsween

dcsween — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:52:28 +0000

Just to be clear, there were so many pencil and eraser smudges at right tackle, I intentionally did not include Jammal Brown.

By: duncanthecat

duncanthecat — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:38:16 +0000

I never thought something good would come out of my beloved Redskins losing.

By: smokingconch

smokingconch — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:28:11 +0000

The reason people don’t care that it didn’t work in 2004 is because that was the year Gore won the popular vote, but lost the election. The redskins rule still held, the challenger receieved more votes.

By: dukemarc

dukemarc — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:24:00 +0000

justintuckrule says:
Nov 6, 2012 3:38 PM
whatjusthapped says:
Nov 6, 2012 3:09 PM
I hope to God it applies in 2012 because that means the end of socialized medicine (Obamacare), the promotion of food stamps, and an increase in jobs and take home pay.
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Correctamundo. If Romney is elected it will mean the end of an increase in jobs and the end of an increase in take home pay.
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Like it has over the past four years? ::eye roll::

By: ubummer

ubummer — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:18:15 +0000

Actually, the real reason you’re addressing it is to dismiss it because you’ve shown your leftist bias in the past. If the Redskin Rule favored Obama, it would have been touted by all the lame stream media, and all you’re doing is toeing the company line.

By: kylexitron

kylexitron — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:16:20 +0000

the fact that it was wrong in 2004 only proves that bush should have never been the incumbant in the first place, but everone already knows that election was a sham.

By: texansmike

texansmike — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:12:21 +0000

and the Madden curse ain’t true either. Hum??

By: godofwine330

godofwine330 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:55:47 +0000

Tell ‘em Florio. It is silly that people still give these BS stories the time of day.

Now I am about to get off work in 30 minutes, vote for the incumbent and pray that my voting machine lets me do that unlike the machines in Pennsylvania who had people voting for the other guy when they picked another guy.

By: deltaoracle

deltaoracle — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:48:46 +0000

According to the ads and internet, we’re either going to be led by a Muslim who wants to take away our guns, beer and pickups and make us slave to support welfare queens, or by a modern Ebenezer Scrooge who only believes in saying anything that will get him elected and will make us slave to support his billionaire puppet masters. In other words, it’s a win either way.

By: dallascowboysdishingthereal

dallascowboysdishingthereal — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:39:56 +0000

I think the stats are stronger than a coincedence yet pretty much impossible to explain. Perhaps the Redskin nation feels good when they win about how things are going but bad when they lose so vote for change?

It can’t be explained but it has been consistent enough to not be ignored.

By: northshorejag

northshorejag — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:39:33 +0000

yes. it wasn’t true in 2004

the other 18 times it was

By: fancyleague

fancyleague — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:39:08 +0000

Well I’m writing back in the Redskins Rule! Double stamped it, no erasies!

And don’t even think about triple stamping my double stamp.

By: justintuckrule

justintuckrule — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:38:44 +0000

whatjusthapped says:
Nov 6, 2012 3:09 PM
I hope to God it applies in 2012 because that means the end of socialized medicine (Obamacare), the promotion of food stamps, and an increase in jobs and take home pay.
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Correctamundo. If Romney is elected it will mean the end of an increase in jobs and the end of an increase in take home pay.

By: surran70065

surran70065 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:38:11 +0000

Funny how everthing is a “stupid coincidence” when it favors the Republicans, but is considered gospel when it favors the Democrats.

By: justintuckrule

justintuckrule — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:34:21 +0000

By: CKL

CKL — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:32:46 +0000

I think it’s interesting but not “post hoc ergo propter hoc”. How different is it really from when media says things like “Reid never loses after a bye” etc. It doesn’t really mean anything prediction wise because “any given Sunday” any one team can beat another. Same goes for this fact.

By: xxwhodatxx

xxwhodatxx — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:21:52 +0000

I pray it stands true this election year.

By: bagatelle69

bagatelle69 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:21:19 +0000

There is also the coincidence that every election held on Nov. 6th is a win for Republicans (since 1860).

By: steelerben

steelerben — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:20:46 +0000

alphilip77 says:
Nov 6, 2012 3:11 PM
If it’s so stupid, why are you acknowledging it by writing an article about it?

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But I’ve decided that it’s worth addressing it, if only to say how ridiculous it is that anyone would give it any credence.