Effin's coming to Steubenville, Ohio today, about a 30 minute drive from our home. Alas, we'll be elsewhere, exploring American colonial history with the nieces and so cannot freep him, but are we to believe this crap from the local Dem organizer (quoted in this morning's paper):
Wilson said those coming to pick up tickets at the furniture store (for the Kerry appearance) have readily expressed their opinions to him regarding the race. He said many are undecided voters who also attended President Bush's visit to Wheeling last Sunday. "One lady told me she voted for President Bush in the last election, but probably not now," he said. "She said a friend of hers had been experiencing problems with her retirement and pension benefits."
A friend of hers has problems with her pension, and so she's not going to vote for the president who is protecting her from Islamic terrorists and rebuilding the economy? Are people really that stupid as to believe Bush has anything to do with their friends' pensions? Or is it Mr. Wilson who believes we're so stupid we'll believe that someone would stand in line two hours to get tickets to Bush's appearance, then stand in line and wait a few more hours to see the president, and sit through his speech, still wouldn't vote for him because of a pension problem with which he has absolutely nothing to do? Unfortunately, I suppose he does, and I suppose there are people that mindless. I just hope they don't vote.
At any rate, less than 60 minutes after President Bush gave a sober, graceful, droll and moving address, Kerry decided to hit back. In the midnight hour, he climbed out of his political coffin, and before his thousands of aides could grab the garlic from Teresa's kitchen and start waving it at him, he found himself in front of an audience and started giving a speech. As in Vietnam, he was in no mood to take prisoners: ''I have five words for Americans,'' he thundered. ''This is your wake up call!''
Is that five words? Or is it six? Well, it's all very nuanced, according to whether you hyphenate the ''wake-up.'' Maybe he should have said, ''I have four words plus a common hyphenated expression for Americans.'' I'd suggest the rewrite to him personally, but I don't want him to stare huffily at me and drone, "How dare you attack my patriotism."
By about nine words into John Kerry's wake up call, I was sound asleep again.
so she's not going to vote for the president who is protecting her from Islamic terrorists and rebuilding the economy?
I spoke with two women yesterday. The first has cancer, can't work and is on assistance. She didn't like either Kerry or Bush. We had a talk. I reminded her that my hobby is politics and I have watched GWB very closely. GWB is a good man I explained and for good measure I threw in, what happens if terrorists start attacking us here in the U.S.? The economy will tank, there will be no health care, no education, no Social Security, etc... She will think it over but she definitely won't vote for Kerry because he's gay. Oy vey!
The second lady is an old friend of mine. She didn't care one way or the other. I asked how her brother, the one who almost lost his arm in Viet Nam would feel if she voted for Kerry. Nuff said.
I wonder, do these type of people make up these inane excuses just so they won't have to make a choice because they're too lazy or they're not interested? Maybe they're afraid their choice will lose and they would then see themselves as a loser? *now my head hurts!*