Posted on 09/25/2004 10:49:30 PM PDT by justaboutanybody
WITH A month and a half to go Kerry has belatedly come out swinging at Bush, especially over the disastrous war in Iraq. But it's not clear those attacks will bring positive results.
The following are 10 reasons why Bush is likely to win, 10 reasons why Kerry might yet pull off an upset. The lists are hardly comprehensive. But they do hint at what are and aren't despite mainstream U.S. media obsessions the real issues in the race.
WHY BUSH IS LIKELY TO WIN
1. Vice-President Dick Cheney. Right up until the Republican convention it was speculated that Bush might drop the unpopular Cheney from his ticket. But the notion that Kerry's vice-presidential nominee, John Edwards, would give the Democratic challenger an advantage over Bush has been proved wrong. Edwards caused barely a flutter in polls and has since looked lightweight in comparison to Cheney, who invigorates the Republican hard right with his arch-conservative rhetoric, and whose acid criticisms of Kerry regularly find their mark. Expect Cheney to lose no ground for Republicans in vice-presidential debates the Democrats once eagerly anticipated.
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This hardly qualifies as breaking news.
borders on ZOT material
A sane liberal's take on the state of the election. All this will be lost on the DU Dummies living in their liberal fantasyland. They really believe somehow Kerry will close the deal with the voters. Hope on the Left is the last thing to die.
I smell OZONE
What is this? Liberal psycho spins paranoid fantasies, and whines about it?
justaboutanybody
Since Sep 25, 2004
Okay, you all, calm down!
I checked the breaking news box by accident. There's no way to undo it after the post has been made, and it was after the post that I discovered my mistake.
Part of what makes the post interesting is that it's by a liberal. "Keep your friends close, and keep your enemies even closer!"
It's an opinion piece, and one that some may feel needs to be responded to!
"3. It is God's will. The Christian Right, following the dictates of its pastors, preachers, priests, and ministers, will turn out in droves for Bush. Many have explained his undemocratic 2000 election loss/victory to themselves by accepting that it was divine intervention. Many believe the Bush family is a gift from God. Here we must include another kind of divine intervention what insurers call "Acts of God" since Hurricanes Charley, Frances, and Ivan have enabled Bush to shower millions in reconstruction aid on the crucial electoral state of Florida which had until recently been trending Democrat."
Signed on 9/25/04 -Why would you post this garbage? Are you looking to get the "BIG 'Z'"?
Yes, and you have a problem with that?
Kopka is leftish trash! He's into socialist teach-ins and other traitorous garbage. Anyway, Kerry won't win because a tree has more personality than he does. That is what my sister says who doesn't like Bush but hate Kerry's personality so she's voting for Bush most likely.
De writer, he be smokin too much Ganja, Mon!
The delusions and contradictions in this piece make it prime meat for a true journalism class. I especially like how the writer says most pundits aren't aware of the "image" thing (#5) and then in #6 says the pundits are all paying too much attention to #5. Say what?
True. He absolutely CANNOT connect with voters the way Bush can.
The author of this smarmy little article purports to see a Bush victory by using every untrue cliche about Bush from the left. I believe this author is as big an idiot as he attempts to make President Bush seem.
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