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Illuminator
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Sylvia Browne's political "predictions"
Sylvia Browne makes her 2008 political choice via the SpiritNow video account on vimeo.com. The video was posted on October 9, 2008 and in it she says:
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Her guesses just get more silly. The 2008-2009 "Sylvia Browne Predictions" are here, and I quoted some gems below: On politics:
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It's good to have you back, QG.
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Since she doesn't "know", why should anyone care about what she thinks? She's just presenting it as opinion and not as a paranormal prediction (and she's hedging anyway, having predicted both Obama and McCain). |
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She certainly seems to have changed her tone. I'd like to think it's because she now knows she may be quoted and her words examined. Gone are the days when she could say anything she wanted to sound important and all-knowing, and get away with it. Thanks for posting this QG.
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Yes, and her followers will say that we have done it...we are responsible for the 'one person who can answer all of our questions' questioning their own ability! The Shame!!
Thanks QG ... I'll be blogging it soon!! I plan an all-out assault of facts and reminders of some of Robert's less recent articles but the predictions are always a heavily searched by her faithful now that we have the new site to link to... Sylvia had written something to the affect that the 2008 President would have the heart attack in one of her books but I've sent most of mine to RSL so I can't check it. The one book that had a bunch of predictions in it...someone else remembers I'm sure. There are also some predictions in an article on LivingLifeBoomerStyle that are laughable, at best and worth picking apart. TBT |
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What a piece of work she is. And she gets away with it on Montel and with her faithfuls. Sad.
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Thanks, good to be back.
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Already exist. The first one I seen was back in 1986 used for rehabilitation. The link says this company has been selling them for 14 years.
http://www.toneamatic.com/ |
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Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Aug 2001
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"Sometime after 2008" can mean any election after 2008.
"an unpopular and mistaken intention to declare war on North Korea...In the middle of efforts to declare war, I predict the Vice President will be assassinated" doesn't mean that a war on NK will happen. Just that there is intent. The President - sometime after 2008 - will die from a heart attack, after which the VP will work on declaring NK war, but will be assassinated. It better happen before 2100, though, because there won't even be a US President... |
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Originally Posted by Sylvia Browne
The Gallup poll the day before this "prediction:" Barack Obama with 52% over John McCain 41%. The result of the 2008 election: Barack Obama with 52% over John McCain 46%. It's clear from the numbers that the margin isn't "close" in comparison to the 2000 election where Al Gore won the popular vote, but Bush won the electoral vote. In 2000 "Sylvia has said repeatedly that Al Gore will win, she sticks to that prediction." Notably Browne didn't use the word "close" there. Now if you are a psychic making a prediction why not just say "X will win," why qualify it? Sabato's crystal ball (a political scientist, not psychic) gave Obama a victory on October 16, 2008. For a "psychic," Browne seems to lack confidence in her prediction. |
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Penultimate Amazing
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The more you say, the more chance of a later hit - somewhere, somehow.
Also, merely stating the result makes you seem as if you are merely throwing out a quick guess. You have to qualify the predictions in some way. |
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I just dug this up on a "black president":
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So in 2006 she predicted a black male president in 8 years. Well, Obama's black, it hasn't been 8 years and she didn't expect a black president this election. |
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Interesting things: 1) Browne predicted the next (2008) election would be McCain and Kerry. (Wrong. Frontrunner McCain did, but Kerry did not even seek the nomination.) 2) Browne predicted Arnold Schwarzenegger would not be relected. (Wrong.) 3) She did not see the 2006 midterm elections coming with the Democrats taking control of the House and Senate, which was huge news. |
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