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To: Austin Willard Wright
"Conservatives did vote in 2002. They shunned all third party candidates and voted GOP."

Could you please cite some sources to validate your continued assertions that conservatives supported Bush and the GOP in droves during the 2000 election? Thanks!

I ask because since the election, I have yet to see any documented evidence that this was the case. In fact, I have seen just the opposite. Karl Rove's analysis (posted on a recent FR thread, I believe) indicated that conservatives stayed home in much greater numbers than they were anticipating, contributing to the closeness of the contest. Just because 3rd party candidates' numbers were down, it does not necessarily follow that conservatives voted for Bush and the GOP; it could just as easily mean that they didn't vote, period.

And I shudder at the implications if conservatives really did flock to the polls for the GOP in 2000. If so, then judging by the Democrats' gains in both Houses of Congress, it must mean there aren't nearly as many conservatives out there as we think.

109 posted on 05/29/2002 10:05:06 AM PDT by BlackRazor
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To: BlackRazor
You also have to remember, the liberal media was calling states as a dem win. Remember Florida? That in itself was inexcusable. Folks on the west coast may have just said, 'no use for me to vote now'. There is hope, we just have to grap it. The opportunity is there. We may never be in a position like today again.

We have to push hard to remove the commie loving, liberal socialist lefties. They are the enemy. I will not bow to a "Queen Hillary".

134 posted on 05/29/2002 10:27:32 AM PDT by WIMom
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