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I’m trying to decide if this is one of the better, or worse, reasons to vote one way or another<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Planets governing President Bush are eclipsed and in an uncomfortable position, making his tenure controversial and his re-election bid unsuccessful, the [Indian] soothsayers said on Friday, four days before the vote.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the planets of Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry were in the ascendant, ensuring him success in competitions.<\/p>\n

“Saturn, which is the lord of health and fortune for President Bush, has been eclipsed by the Sun, which is unfortunate and gives him a clear defeat,” Lachhman Das Madan, editor of a popular astrology magazine, told Reuters.<\/p>\n

“Kerry will win,” said Madan, who is also known as “the emperor of astrologers.” “It is cosmic writ that George W. Bush cannot become president of United States again.”<\/p>\n

Bets that, if Bush wins, Pat Robertson will comment on this? (Which, in and of itself, might be a reason to vote …)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m trying to decide if this is one of the better, or worse, reasons to vote one way or another: Planets governing President Bush are eclipsed and in an uncomfortable…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-2004"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6263,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/09\/30\/the_presidentia.html","url_meta":{"origin":7099,"position":0},"title":"The Presidential Debate Drinking Game","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 30-Sep-04 9:05am","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm not going to be watching, but if I were, I'd certainly want something like this to entertain\/numb me: Every time Bush mangles a word that he, as President of...","rel":"","context":"In "Elections 2004"","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2004","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2004"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6335,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/09\/20\/hawks_for_kerry.html","url_meta":{"origin":7099,"position":1},"title":"Hawks for Kerry","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 20-Sep-04 11:03am","format":false,"excerpt":"Michael Totten has the first of two articles he's writing on why to vote for the \"other side.\" This one is on the Hawkish case for Kerry, and it's an...","rel":"","context":"In "Elections 2004"","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2004","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2004"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7103,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/10\/29\/angst_watch_200-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":7099,"position":2},"title":"Angst Watch 2004 – The Decision","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 29-Oct-04 7:27am","format":false,"excerpt":"Changed my mind again -- or, rather, changed my mind about when I was going to post this. 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