Actuarial statistics give McCain a 1 in 8 chance of not surviving a first term. Based on average people, of course, who don't have the medical resources available to a President of the United States. Obama's odds, being a smoker, range at about 1 in 42.

These numbers can swing both ways, depending on assumptions

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That's assuming McCain wins the election, of course, which Democrats seem to feel is nearly impossible if you ask them.

So there it is--one chance in eight Palin will become president.

The odds are a lot higher that Obama will become President. He isn't going to take office if someone else happens to die in the next four years.

The Democrats picked a radical leftist who isn't nearly as brilliant or qualified as they're desperately trying to paint him. His so-called "experience" is a matter of record. His "judgment" is reflected in his history and background. His foreign policy and economic ideas are laughable, as if his debate comments didn't make that clear enough. Oh, yes, I paid attention to the comments, not how big Obama's ears were or whether or not somebody stuttered or McCain said "my friends."

I've tried to drag you and others into this arena, sometimes with outright provocation, and you just aren't having it.

Neither is the media, who seem terribly concerned about what political party Palin's husband belonged to years ago, or Palin getting a free facial, but apparently have no frigging idea who Ayers, Wright, or Rezko are.

You have gotten damn near everything wrong in the past...

This mantra is beginning to sound desperate, and you know better. So does everyone else here.