Are we seeing an unexpected response of the OBL tape? (Vanity)

MMKennedy | 11/1/04 | MMKennedy

[MMkennedy]

I am not certain what is happening or what happened over the weekend, but morale has dipped far further than I have seen it throughout the entirity of this campaign.

I don't know why most of the weekend polls including Gallup show a Kerry push. But there is one very ugly possibility. I was certain that the OBL tape would give president Bush a huge push going into Tuesday because I assumed that the American people are made of sterner stuff than the Spanish. But, perhaps this is untrue? Perhaps 30-40 years of therapeutic counseling rather than moral instruction has turned this nation into a large group of sniveling appeasers? I hope not. I think not. But maybe. Maybe the OBL tape has hurt the president because the American people no longer possess the moral fortitude to face down evil?

[fooman]

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Can we PLEASE stop this stuff until AT LEAST WED?

[johniegrad]

If we continue to post vanity after vanity this site will become worthless to us on election night. Can't we please refrain from this for a little while?

[r9etb]

We're DOOOOOOOOMED

[MrFred]

hmmmm.... thats not what I am seeing

[tomahawk]

Weekend polls favor Democrats.

[PowerPro]

that's the dem spin but i think it can be attributed to the standard "reps poll worse on weekends" trend...

[drangundsturm]

Weekend polls undercount republicans. There is a clear statistical effect that many pollsters have come to recognize.

This was set up from the beginning to show a "tightening" of the race, just due to the way the polls are conducted. Good for ratings.

Personally, if it motivates repubs to go out and vote and makes some dems think it's in the bag, it's ok by me.

[Darkwolf377]

We'll find out tomorrow. Considering that the tape didn't produce the movement to W that was expected, your theiry has a solid basis. If Kerry wins, I know it's what I'll be thinking is the reason.

[Howlin]

but morale has dipped far further than I have seen it throughout the entirity of this campaign.

Speak for yourself.

[TJC]

Stay tone .... more to follow NOV. 2 2004.
DON'T COUNT ON IT (IMHO).

[stopillegalimmigration]

FNC getting ready to do story on what OBL really said (initial translation does not tell full Kerry endorsement that states voting for Kerry will be safe).

[Dog Gone]

The only pessimism I see is in your dumb post.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

From Mermaid Man (Ernest Borgnine),

"EVILLLLL!!"

[Just mythoughts]

Fox News just announced a mistranslation of OBL latest pro-Kerry rant.

[MMkennedy]

Take a look at almost every freeper thread this morning and you'll see I'm not just speaking for myself.

[angcat]

How come today everything is gloomy. I'm going to shut TV and log off computer for the rest of the day!

[Camachee]

I voted on Saturday. I don't CARE about polls. I did my job. Do your's and forget this stuff before you get an ulser.

[MMkennedy]

Then you are blind. It's all over the net this morning

[Darkwolf377]

LOL! Man, some people need their hands held, don't they? I got a panicky letter from a friend because he saw ONE LOCAL newspaper's prediction of a Kerry win. After literally hundreds of pieces of data, he's been feeling fine, and now--"Oh no, the local rag says it's Kerry!" I wrote him back and said I wasn't gonna hold his hand all day every time the media coughed up another pro-Kerry piece.

While I wouldn't be surprised if some Americans are moved to Kerry by this stuff, as I said earlier, I wish we'd all show a little more backbone, considering we're ahead in most reliable polls, even the bizarro Gallup one.