Why Bush is going to win

New York Daily News ^ | 8/04/04 | Zev Chafets

[GulliverSwift]

Kerry will lose. Modern politics is more about personality than anything else.

[SamAdams76]

I've seen Bush bumper stickers here in the Bay State also. The only Kerry bumper stickers I've seen are in the downtown Boston/Cambridge area where you would expect that kind of thing.

I'd put a Bush bumper sticker on too but I'm driving a company car these days.

[landorepub]

I take a run through DU on a daily basis for kicks and giggles. Those folks over there are the most paranoid, conspiracy breeding slugs I have ever seen. I have to admit I get really sick after reading some of their posts......

[wideawake]

I did a similar thing on vacation myself, but I was in central MD, western Virginia, NC, SC, and central GA.

In Atlanta I saw so many leftist bumper stickers - my wife had to stop me from confronting a b*tch who had one that read "Our grief is not a cry for war" (I was working in Manhattan on 9/11, a guy I grew up with was one of the firefighting heroes).

I'm from liberalish suburban NJ and I have never seen as many limousine liberal bumper stickers in one area ever as I saw in Atlanta.

By contrast, every place else I went had tons of Bush/Cheney stickers.

[gunnygail]

Well, collectively speaking, and the socialists/commies on DU are big on THAT, they are operating on one brain cell, well, maybe two.

[searchandrecovery]

Kerry is the opposite. He can't say what he is truly thinking or feeling, and therefore already restricts himself to babbling.
I can't watch Kerry on tv for more than a minute - he never says anything of substance, just speaks in vague generalities ("we must move forward", "a better America"). And his delivery seems like monotone droning - even when he's not reading a speech, it sounds like he is. It sounds like he doesn't believe in what he's saying, and isn't excited about it. No charisma, no spontenaity. And most important - no detectable sense of humor.

On a more positive note, Kerry may help scientists find a cure for insomnia (hey, algore invented the internet, it could happen).

[Taxman]

Obligatory "Flush the Johns in '04!" bump.

[A. Pole]

These people don't comprise a majority of the electorate or even Democratic voters (how could they and remain an elite?), but they have convinced themselves that they and their candidate - if packaged properly - will prove irresistibly attractive to lesser Americans.

Homo marriage and abortion is not so popular among Reagan Democrats.

[Unknowing]

Good point: the subsequent rescue was where JFK's merit was earned, with the swimming, cut feet, etc.

[Semper Paratus]

My wife is a Massacusetts state worker and she says everybody in her office is too depressed to even talk about Kerry.

[Mr Rogers]

This seems like a good thread to post this joke on. If not...

One sunny day in 2005 an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Kerry."

The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Kerry was not elected President."

The old man said, "Okay" and walked away.

The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Kerry." The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Kerry was not elected president and does not reside here."

The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.

The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same U. S. Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President Kerry."

The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Kerry. I told you already that Mr. Kerry was not elected president and does not reside here. Don't you understand?"

The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it."

The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, sir"

[tdadams]

I don't live in such a rarified world, but most of my friends are voting for John Kerry. And I imagine that a good many will be shocked when President Bush wins in November.

I'm sort of in the same position. I keep telling all my lefty friends to wake up and get their heads out of their Noam Chomsky books and the Village Voice. Outside of the world dominated by Air America and Ben Affleck, there's very little support for John Kerry.

He's utterly lackluster at best, and a traitorous vacillator at worst. They'll be shocked - SHOCKED - when Kerry loses by ten points in November and cluelessly blame Republican corruption and vote fraud.

[7thson]

This is the point of the article where I stopped reading, for exactly the reasons you stated.

[gunnygail]

Depressed that Bush is going to stomp him or depressed that Hanoi John is running?

[7thson]

I tend to believe this is a good indication. During 2002, in Maryland, I saw many more Erhlich stickers and signs than KKT. Then, the last week or so before the election, KKT was still trying to get her base together in heavily Dem counties. I think the bumper sticker and yard sign sightings are key indicators in this election.

[I still care]

I hope and pray this election isn't close for Bush. If the demos drag us though another Florida mess, I will hate them forever.

In fact, down here in FL, I've been telling people vote for Bush because Kerry's promised to drag us through hell if it's close.

[white trash redneck]

Since the 2000 election, shifts in population have added seven electoral votes to the Red Bush states and subtracted seven from Goreland

I hate to advertise my ignorance, but I don't see how this helps Bush. For example, when I lived in (red state) AZ, we were inundated by (blue state) CA emigrants. Now, while this drove up real estate prices and clogged the roads, I don't have any reason to think that the Californicators suddenly got religion once they crossed the state line and started voting like proper red staters. Rather, I suspect that they kept their heads wedged firmly up their backsides and continued to buy the RAT party line lock stock and barrel, making elections a little bit tighter. So, while these red states experiencing net population transfers from blue states may be increasing their electoral clout, at the same time it is more likely that they could fall into the wrong column on election day.

Am I missing something?

[Happygal]

In short, he (Kerry) is the standard bearer for the unbearable.

THIS is a great line!

[The Wizard]

this gentleman is always great, and responds to emails

[I still care]

Here in FL during the 2000 election I saw tons of Bush stickers, not one Gore one. Even by election day they were few and far between. I always felt they simply didn't have them available.

Months ago, the kerry stickers started to come out, and I saw them everywhere - no Bush ones. Just now the Bush ones are coming out. I just felt the Dems didn't want to get caught short again.