Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

We need to make sure Obama/Biden wins this November

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) Donate to DU
 
JKaiser Donating Member (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 07:03 PM
Original message
We need to make sure Obama/Biden wins this November
I just donated some money to Obama... I am a united Hillary supporter.. I will do anything I can to make sure McCain and that Bitch Palin doesn't get elected.. If anything I believe that the Palin pick united our party even more!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
Serial Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 07:14 PM
Response to Original message
1. I just donated again!
We need to get out as many people to vote as we can, especially the young voters who so fully supported Obama in the primary!

I am a boomer, but I will support letting those younger to take control of their destiny and their future NOW.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
mrJJ Donating Member (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 07:16 PM
Response to Original message
2. Obama/Biden better win
It's a macabre point (redacted) - but a look at the actuarial tables insurance companies use to evaluate customers shows that it's not an irrelevant one. According to these statistics, there is a roughly 1 in 3 chance that a 72-year-old man will not reach the age of 80, which is how old McCain would be at the end of a second presidential term. And that doesn't factor in individual medical history, such as McCain's battles with potentially lethal skin cancer.
...

The odds of a 72-year-old man living four more years, or one full White House term, are better. But for a man who has lived 72 years and 67 days (McCain's age on Election Day this year), there is between a 14.2 and 15.1 percent chance of dying before Inauguration Day 2013, according to the Social Security Administration's 2004 actuarial tables and the authoritative 2001 mortality statistics assembled by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Going by the Social Security Administration's tables, that's nearly ten times the likelihood that a man aged 47 years and 92 days (Barack Obama's age on Election Day this year) will die before Jan. 20, 2013.

C&P from BOR Burnt Orange Report
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Wed May 08th 2024, 06:29 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC