I'm a Democrat for Bush

The Sunday Times - Review ^ | 10-17-2004 | Sarah Baxter

[cinives]

Sarah Baxter is a life-long Labour voter in Britain and a registered Democrat in the United States. So how come she wants George W Bush to remain president?

It was the kind of glittering occasion at which John Kerry and his wife would feel at home. There were millionaires in tuxedos with their Botoxed and bejewelled wives, graceful daughters with flawless skin in evening gowns, members of the Kennedy and Hearst dynasties and, because this is New York high society, there were artists surrounded by their patrons and benefactors.

So here I am in deep Kerry territory, surrounded by designer Democrats who are far wealthier than me, harbouring a secret and deeply untrendy thought.

Darn them all, despite being a registered Democrat — and in my London days a staunch Labour supporter — I am going to vote for George Dubya.

When the metrosexual chap standing next to me confides that urban sophisticates prefer Kerry because “you have to have a low IQ to appreciate Bush”, I know I am making the right decision.

Perhaps I can enlighten him. I will be one of the millions voting for Bush because I trust the president’s judgment on the war on terror more than Kerry’s. In this election, I am a single-issue voter. It is that simple. Even in the New York metropolis, there are more of us out there than he imagines.

well worth reading the rest of the article - 4 pages in all

[cinives]

page 4 - As for Kerry, he has been sounding more and more cynical with each passing suicide and car bomb. He is giving Iraqi insurgents — who, true to their form under Saddam, relish killing their own people most of all — every reason to step up their attacks in the hope of sabotaging their own elections and replacing Bush in the White House. It is the behaviour of a politician with more ambition than conscience.

More good stuff throughout the article.

[SteveMcKing]

Then why be a democrat?

[Ptarmigan]

Looks like more Democrats are leaving the boat against John Kerry.

[Ptarmigan]

Kerry is on a sinking ship, while the Dems are on a lifeboat leaving.

[Jeff Head]

So is Zell Miller.

[Tom602]

"Looks like more Democrats are leaving the boat against John Kerry."

I know of at least three demonrats~ that are going to be voting for President Bush this time around.

I don't know of ANY pubbies that are going to be voting for sKerry.

[trashcanbred]

Yeah but Zell is an "old Southern Democrat"... when they were much more religious and conservative than the New England Republican elite. things change but Zell is dedicated. He said on CNN to Judi Whatshername that he was born a Democrat and would die one too.

[Slyfox]

FYI: Thus began his years as “Cash and Kerry”: he has the distinction of having taken more money from lobbyists in Washington than any other senator, Democrat or Republican.

[AmericanMade1776]

This article is a great read, I posted it once on this thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1247787/posts, Mad Ivan posted it here on this thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1247787/posts. Both threads have good responses to this article.

[yooper]

No one is "born" a democrat. At some point they make a decision to become a democrat. It's akin to homosexuality...

[trashcanbred]

Um... I disagree. If you are brought up as a Democrat like your parents you tend to stay that way. I think it is more devotion to his parents than to the party.