Diebold.
Thank you, Sir.
I think this is the biggest one. The media was terrified of questioning the Bush admin before early 2004*, and apprehensive at best of doing it since then.
*I see Richard Clarke’s Against All Enemies as the single biggest turning point and a huge factor in the instance of a Kerry victory.
I think you misunderstand my point. Many voters are, how should I put this, not all that bright. We may hope that they decide their vote on the important issues of the day. The truth is that many go on such nebulous things as how the candidates look, what their friends think, or whether they got a raise this year. Among those criteria is what they think of the supporters of each candidate. Which team do they want to be rooting for. If Kerry supporters are percieved as whiny, sore losers, some people may be less likely to vote for him.
“We”? Your assumption is that the default position for this board is to be pro-Kerry. Very telling.
Osama bin Laden. Republicans said the video helped Bush, and so it did. What the Republicans didn’t admit is that this is probably what bin Laden wanted. I can’t imagine that bin Laden is naive to the outcome of his video clip, or that he would let it go if it wasn’t the outcome he desired. It makes sense for him to favor Bush, since Bush divides his enemies and plays the “evil Capitalist emporer” part well, making it easier for bin Laden to make his case and recruit new henchman.
Do you deny that anti-Bush stance dominates the SMDB ? I'd rather not pretend its balanced here.
Even if many aren't exactly pro-Kerry or even pro-Bush. At least you wouldn't be treated with answers I was elsewhere. Ad Hominem attacs aren't the standard of the SMDB.Seriously, I’m NOT saying all Bush supporters are like this but wouldn’t you say folks who:
- dropped out of high school
- believe the literal interpretation of the Bible
- don’t want big guv’ment in their lives
would be almost unanaimously pro-Bush?
Granted this was NOT his entire voting base but he was practically guaranteed 100% of this population sector. So, those are the folks he should thank.
Maybe since Andrew “Dice” Clay has faded from the public view, these folks needed to find a new “hero”.
Dosn’t matter - Democrats are trying to woo undecided voters and if they get insulted, they may not have voted for Bush, but they certainly won’t have voted for Kerry.
Works the other way around, too, of course.
If you want to woo a voter, you have to be honey and roses.
According to this CNN exit poll, Senator Kerry modestly won the high-school dropout vote.