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2004-03-10 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by mhw 2004-03-10 8:42:36 AM|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Same thing down here in Texas. The Demo race is over, except for some local races there is not much to get people out to the polls.

Posted by Steve 2004-3-10 8:57:33 AM|| 2004-3-10 8:57:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 not to hear the spin by the DNC:
"the base couldn't be more excited behind the dynamic leadership shown by our nominee John Kerry-Heinz, who, by the way, served in Viet Nam"

Posted by Frank G 2004-3-10 10:29:15 AM|| 2004-3-10 10:29:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Kerry: Boringly familiar!"

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-3-10 10:35:23 AM|| 2004-3-10 10:35:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Link not working. Where's this info from?

Posted by growler 2004-3-10 10:39:02 AM|| 2004-3-10 10:39:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Didn't go to the polls, or couldn't get to the polls?

" Marcy, where's my walking stick?"
" Sir, you need to lie down, you have alzheimers."
" Nonsense! I need to get out and vote for JFK! That bullet couldn't keep him down!"

Posted by Charles 2004-3-10 10:54:54 AM|| 2004-3-10 10:54:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 growler,

no link because the press did NOT write this story.

If you combine all 4 States, Kerry only received about 1,300,000 votes (110k in LA, 60k in MS and 560k in TX in addition to the FL votes). We are talking about 5% of the registered voters here.

Posted by mhw 2004-3-10 11:12:57 AM|| 2004-3-10 11:12:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 The St.Pete Times in Florida did do a story on low turnout.Reasons given mainly revolved around why bother to vote when Kerry's serious competition had quit race.

Posted by Stephen 2004-3-10 12:12:12 PM|| 2004-3-10 12:12:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Stephen,

but in contrast to 1996 when about 9% of the Dem primary registered voters went to the polls to vote for Bill Clinton, the presumptive candidate, in 2004 only about 5% of Dem primary registered voters went to the polls to vote for Kerry - also the presumptive candidate

Posted by mhw 2004-3-10 12:39:37 PM|| 2004-3-10 12:39:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 According to Rush Limbaugh this a.m., Bay County Fla. is already holding a recount...'cuz Gephardt was leading 2-1!

Posted by Anonymous 2004-3-10 1:12:55 PM|| 2004-3-10 1:12:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Kerry is a fool. He should have been rallying the troops and getting out the vote. Even if you don't vote for me, get out and vote because there are propositions and ammendments and other positions on that ballot that needs to be voted on, and we need to test and get familiar with the new voting systems. Get out and vote!

Of course he didn't say that because they might vote for Sharpton and he'd rather not have a large turnout than have anything remotely closer than a landslide.

Posted by ruprecht 2004-3-10 2:17:02 PM|| 2004-3-10 2:17:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I just realized another headline could have been "Kucinich showing dissappointing" because the angry dwarf actually finished below 3rd in all 4 primaries and 5th in two of them.

Posted by mhw 2004-3-10 7:41:00 PM|| 2004-3-10 7:41:00 PM|| Front Page Top

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