For Kerry Supporters Only

[bubie2.5]

Hi Miss Jasmine, I understand where you're coming from.

 

[Lebjwb]

Originally posted by faithinkarma
I don't think they have realized it yet. I think they just have the beginning of a suspicion. And even that is making them run around ( as my mother used to say ) like chickens with their heads cut off. The actual realization and subsequent implosion next Tuesday is going to be fun to watch.

Thanks everyone for the good wishes.

Oooo....implosion...I like that...very good. It makes for such a pleasant visual. WHhhhoooommmmpppp!

 

[faithinkarma]

Caroline Kennedy slaps him down and Drudge reports it LOL

WASHINGTON, DC *In response to George W. Bush's invocation of prominent Democrats including President John F. Kennedy, Kennedy's daughter Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg issued this statement. "It's hard for me to listen to President Bush invoking my father's memory to attack John Kerry. Senator Kerry has demonstrated his courage and commitment to a stronger America throughout his entire career. President Kennedy inspired and united the country and so will John Kerry. President Bush is doing just the opposite. All of us who revere the strength and resolve of President Kennedy will be supporting John Kerry on Election Day."

http://www.drudgereport.com/flashcs.htm

 

[peachgirl]

Originally posted by denisenh
You are a sweetheart!

Gotta' tell ya'.....that's the first time that particular word has ever been used to describe me on these boards!!! Thanks!

Ok, I am going back in again.
Holding breath and diving. LOL

Ok, but if you're not back in 10 minutes we're sending someone in to get you!!!

 

[faithinkarma]

Want to see if Gallup would consider you a likely voter? Take the test.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/graphics/electionquiz/flash.htm

 

[caitycaity]

fik - i'm so happy for you! good luck.

I recall one thread on the DB where some people criticized this area claiming it was not the greatest place to live. I for one, am thrilled to live here. The medical facilities are superb. And don't even get me started on Wegman's and Kaufmann's ! And what's a little snow after all?

HEY! i didn't know you were from the syracuse area. that's where i grew up.

 

[faithinkarma]

Originally posted by caitycaity
fik - i'm so happy for you! good luck.



HEY! i didn't know you were from the syracuse area. that's where i grew up.

Thanks caitycaity. I've only been here 18 months...came under protest LOL all that snow! But, I am really growing to love it here.

 

[peachgirl]

Originally posted by faithinkarma
Want to see if Gallup would consider you a likely voter? Take the test.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/graphics/electionquiz/flash.htm

Wow, now I see why some people are saying that the Gallup polls are not giving enough weight to new voters.

I qualified as likely to vote (what a surprise!!) , but it only takes one no choice to rule you out....

 

[dmadman43]

Originally posted by faithinkarma
Caroline Kennedy slaps him down and Drudge reports it LOL

WASHINGTON, DC *In response to George W. Bush's invocation of prominent Democrats including President John F. Kennedy, Kennedy's daughter Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg issued this statement. "It's hard for me to listen to President Bush invoking my father's memory to attack John Kerry. Senator Kerry has demonstrated his courage and commitment to a stronger America throughout his entire career. President Kennedy inspired and united the country and so will John Kerry. President Bush is doing just the opposite. All of us who revere the strength and resolve of President Kennedy will be supporting John Kerry on Election Day."

http://www.drudgereport.com/flashcs.htm

But, JFK is no JFK, by any measure. The only thing they both have in common is serving on a boat during a war. Like I've repeatedly said, if the REAL JFK were running today, I would be voting for him over Bush.

 

[crazyforgoofy]

dmanman34, I have to ask you: What part of "For Kerry Supporters Only" do you not get.

Am I being rude? Sorry, but I'm taking my lead from you. I'm not reading or posting on the Bush Supporters thread because I'M NOT A BUSH SUPPORTER.

I'd don't want to know on a Kerry Supporter thread why you won't be voting for Kerry. Why do you feel you need to continue?

 

[faithinkarma]

Originally posted by peachgirl
Wow, now I see why some people are saying that the Gallup polls are not giving enough weight to new voters.

I qualified as likely to vote (what a surprise!!) , but it only takes one no choice to rule you out....

They also rule out all noted lefties

 

[robinb]

Originally posted by Planogirl
I'm shocked at the number of anti-Kerry, anti-lib threads on the board right now. You've got to hand it to the guys in charge here. They're letting pretty much anything go nowadays.

Faithinkarma, I just read your news. That's wonderful!!!

I was curious about this very thing this morning. I set my view of the CB to see only the posts from the last day and counted them up. I counted 22 (!) anti-Kerry posts and only 2 anti-Bush posts in a 24 hour period. We were the only pro-Kerry thread.

On a happer note, I also want to congratulation FIK . A big whoo-hoo!

 

[bsnyder]

Originally posted by peachgirl
Wow, now I see why some people are saying that the Gallup polls are not giving enough weight to new voters.

I qualified as likely to vote (what a surprise!!) , but it only takes one no choice to rule you out....

Peachgirl, I don't understand what you're saying about "rule you out?"

They give a numerical number at the bottom as your score, and they weight the likely voters based on that....a 7 seems to be the highest score, and so those scoring a 7 on the questions would be weighted more than a 6, and so on.

Or am I missing something?

 

[tinkerbell of winter]

Wow our thread has twice as many posts as the Bush thread! There is hope! Be sure to go vote in my mock election poll on the community board!!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=671069

 

[Lebjwb]

Just saw this and had to share:



Send Bush To Baghdad
Oct. 27, 2004


This column from The American Prospect was written by Kenneth S. Baer.
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One deeply ingrained political superstition is to never talk about what will happen after the election until your candidate has won. These days, for instance, no matter what the polls say, every speechwriter pens both a victory and a concession speech (and now a third speech in case of a tie).

But at the risk of tempting fate, allow me to pose a question: What will George W. Bush do if he loses the presidency?

On January 20, 2005, Bush will be only 58 years old, and in good health. Unlike Gerald Ford, he is too young to hit the celebrity golf tournament circuit. Unlike Richard Nixon, he has shown none of the intellectual curiosity or aptitude to write tomes about foreign policy. Unlike Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter, he has shown little interest in becoming a world statesman, having alienated many of our allies and traveled little as president. And unlike a vice president, it would be unseemly for him to jump on corporate boards.

If George W. Bush loses this election, he will face a career crisis not seen since his days as a failed oil wildcatter before he was elected governor of Texas. But like all confused job seekers, Bush should follow his passion, which is clearly bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq. That is why if John Kerry is elected president, he should appoint Bush to be his ambassador to Iraq.

It would be an unprecedented move, to be sure. Yet ex-presidents have been used before for special diplomatic missions, and it’s been a long time since the United States faced a crisis like the one in Iraq.

Bush would be a perfect fit for the job in Iraq. No one can doubt his dedication to the cause. As he put it, "people in the Middle East want to be free," and that "freedom is the almighty God's gift to each man and woman in this world." Who can argue with that? Bush should be given the chance to deliver God’s gift to the Iraqi people.

Now, I know what you’re thinking: Iraq is too dangerous for an ex-president. After all, a large swath of the country is a no-go zone, and even the secure Green Zone in Baghdad was the scene of a recent bombing. Stop being so pessimistic! Although the president says that securing Iraq is "hard work," he also points out over and over again that "we’re making progress." Bush himself told us that there are only "pockets" of anti-coalition violence, and "Iraqis are ready to fight for their own freedom" (even though the Iraqi-led "Fallujah Brigade" disbanded in the face of attacks during recent fighting in Sadr City and 49 Iraqi National Guard recruits were massacred by insurgents this week).

Most of all, Bush will have help in Iraq; as he said during the first presidential debate in September, "Our alliance is strong." It doesn’t matter that 90 percent of the casualties are American, that the Spanish have pulled out, and that the Poles are itching to do the same. President Bush knows how to unite the world. This time, he can unite the world alongside, not against, the United States.

Once in place, Bush will at last have a chance to execute his plan for postwar Iraq, without the bothersome media "filter" that has plagued his presidency and hampered his efforts in Iraq during these past two years. As our man in Baghdad, he’ll no longer have to listen to those naysayers -- like the Joint Chiefs of Staff -- who contend that there was no realistic or comprehensive plan for the reconstruction of Iraq. Bush told us months before the invasion that "we will plan carefully." Let’s take him at his word and give him the chance as ambassador to put his plan into action.

First, Bush will have to help the Iraqis with their own elections planned for January, which he insisted during the first presidential debate will be held on schedule. In light of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement last month that continuing violence "may threaten elections planned for January and has forced U.N. international staff to be limited to 35," Bush will have to go to Baghdad himself and lend some of his expertise in the electoral process to the task of making sure that the elections do, in fact, happen.

Once a democratic government is in place, Ambassador Bush will have to work with the Iraqis to rebuild their country. So far, only $1 billion of the $18 billion reconstruction aid package has been spent, and only 12 of the 2,300 reconstruction projects have been completed. Senator Chuck Hagel, the Republican from Nebraska, has called this slow pace "beyond pitiful … beyond embarrassing … now in the zone of dangerous."

Clearly what is needed is new leadership. With Kerry in the White House and Bush in Baghdad, we’ll have it in both countries. Even better, we’ll have an ambassador who is personally invested in the future of Iraq like no other that I can think of. There is no politician in the country or leader in the world whose reputation hinges more on the outcome there than Bush’s. So the choice this November 2 is clear: Send Kerry to the White House and Bush to Baghdad.


Kenneth S. Baer, a former senior speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore, runs Baer Communications, a Democratic consulting firm.

 

[Alice in Cleveland]

Don't bother debating the BSers here on this thread. Let it go. Oh, BSers= Bush Supporters, or does it?

 

[septbride2002]

dmanman34, I have to ask you: What part of "For Kerry Supporters Only" do you not get.

While I don't agree with dmadman43's politics I don't think that we should deny him the right to speak here. I don't care as long as he can remain respectful.

~Amanda

 

[peachgirl]

Originally posted by faithinkarma
They also rule out all noted lefties

I guess you have to take the good with the bad....

Or am I missing something?

No, my wording was bad. I just meant to say that it took very little in order for your opinion not to count fully. For instance, if you've moved since the last time you voted, you're "penalized".

My guess is that there are a lot of people who, while they are very likely to vote, don't get their opinion given full weight.

 

[caitycaity]

Originally posted by bsnyder
Peachgirl, I don't understand what you're saying about "rule you out?"

They give a numerical number at the bottom as your score, and they weight the likely voters based on that....a 7 seems to be the highest score, and so those scoring a 7 on the questions would be weighted more than a 6, and so on.

Or am I missing something?

if you get a 5 or lower, they don't count you. you have to answer the last one as a 7, 8, 9, or 10 for it to count as a yes. so you could answer 1 question no and choose 6 for the last question and not be counted.

 

[LisaZoe]

Faithinkarma - Sounds like your username is working for you. Congratulations on the good news and pixie dust and karma coming your way for a quick recovery for both.

As for the Bush supporters who are posting so many new threads, the image that came to mind is roaches scurrying around trying to hide from the light. In this case, the "light" is the realization that Bush will be gone from the White House in a very short time and these posters will be eating crow for awhile on the CB or they'll have to post under an assumed name.

Oh yeah, one other thing. For those who haven't seen this thread, take a moment to "vote". Right now Bush has a significant lead... and I'd like to really cause panic in the rabid Bush supporters by getting Kerry's numbers up so high Bush couldn't catch up.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=671069