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| 2006-10-13 |
| The mid-term elections are 24 days away. I've been out of touch with the "people" due to the responsibilities I have for our cats and for the lovely wife. You, dear reader, know that I'll be voting Republican this Fall. It won't matter, since both Louise Slaughter and Hillary Clinton are overwhelmingly favored to win, as is the Democratic candidate for Governor. As are my local officials. However, the fate of the nation as a whole hangs in the balance, according to pundits across the political spectrum. I have some advice for those who read pundits. Politics are local. The elections for Congress will have much more to do with local conditions and issues than with Masturgate or Harry "Gimme" Reid. Get out the vote efforts are crucial. People just don't automaticly get up and go vote. You can lose an election by one vote. Polls are fickle. The only one that counts is the one on Election Day. Voters do notice negative campaigning. You may win with it, or you may lose. Losing sucks. All sides in an election will committ voter fraud. Some folks will be caught at it. On average, it will not matter. You can be too stupid to vote. On average, the stupid voters can influence the results of an election. See Florida 2000. News media do not influence most elections. They think they do. You can run a dead body in most elelctions and stand a great chance of winning. That suggests that most voters see their elected officials in a different light than those officials do. Feet on the ground will always beat fingers on the keyboard. Internet campaigns are gravey, not meat. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #7 #5 - After an election we all take it in suppository form. Same as it has ever been. |
| Posted by: Moonbat 2006-10-13 22:13 |
| #6 The Central Committee would shape up these fat Americans. Who cares if 3 million more stupid Americans voted for criminal Bush than Comrade Kerry. As Fearless Stalin said, It's not who votes that count, but who counts the votes. Long Live the Revolution! |
| Posted by: Pravda 2006-10-13 22:12 |
| #5 Pharmaceuticals? How do you take 'em? One at a time or by the fistful? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-10-13 22:09 |
| #4 I agree with #3. I could vote republican (Insurance companies & Pharmaceuticals) or Democrat (Lawyers & Pharmaceuticals). In either case my national vote goes to a candidate that represents nothing I care about. Voting is still a meaningless activity. The Electorial COllege will pick your next president as it has picked the last 2 terms of the boarderline retard in charge now that more than half of the country didn't vote for. The only thing keeping this moron alive is the fact that the next one in charge is evil and cunning. It is the opposite of his dad's term. |
| Posted by: Hupolurong Speater5008 2006-10-13 22:03 |
| #3 Regardless of what happens elex-wise this fall, the GOP-Conservative agenda is NOT in danger. The Amer people will continue to overwhelmingly support fighting the enemy "over there" than over here, i.e. to NOT "Cut-and-Run". Remember, the WOT for OWG-, Commie-, and SOcialist-leaning DemoLefties > KIND/TYPE OF CONSERVATIVE AGENDA, NOT ALTERNATIST, LIBERAL/LIBERTARIANIST, ETAL. As per usual, the chicken-little Waffle-cratic Lefties are working generally for the Conservative agenda while simul working to NOT GET BLAMED FOR IT. LEFTIES > ARE FOR ALL SIDES AND NO SIDES EXCEPT THEIR POWER. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-10-13 21:52 |
| #2 Maybe they should think about the seething lunacy that has characterized the Dems when they were out of power and then think what, once in power, the Dems will do to prevent ever being removed from power again. I wouldn't trust the Dems as far as I could throw Ted Kennedy. |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-10-13 12:16 |
| #1 True, but not relevant. No amount of get-out-the-vote efforts will get Republicans who think that their party needs some time out of power to get up and pull the lever for the GOP candidate. Noting that Democrats = impeachment hearings and retreat doesn't seem to persuade the ones who think that GOP leaders need to be taught a lesson. I'm afraid we're going to have to put up with at least 2 years of real chaos and failure before these voters realize that we don't have room for sending messages anymore. |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2006-10-13 11:30 |