[ohioWfan]

I'll vote for a conservative. BTW, if Bush can't carry my state, he'd lose Texas too.

So in my case, the point is pretty moot. Not that I'm afraid of any debate but this isn't a swing state. Solid Red. I kind of hate to admit it...

OK, so translate this for my feeble mind, O wise one.......

Perhaps the problem is your inability to communicate what you're actually trying to say......

Tell me why your living in a 'red state' makes anything 'moot.'

[George W. Bush]

Tell me why your living in a 'red state' makes anything 'moot.'

Because this is one of the most reliably Republican states in the country. And it is monolithically Republican. Every county. I can almost count the Dims in my county on two hands.

Even if the more liberal metropolitan sections voted for Dims (normally, this would carry the state), my own congressional district would not. And Bush would get at least that electoral vote.

Therefore, you can assume my neighbors will, in fact, deliver my portion of the single electoral vote which I can influence to Bush in any event.

It's like a reflex. They're incapable of a Dim vote for president. The idea would actually confuse them.

BTW, in 2000 I did caution the Brigade about their vote if they were in a state where it might actually count. But I voted Bush anyway. Buchanan ran such an awful campaign I was too embarassed to actually vote for him. He would have been a more attractive candidate if he hadn't campaigned at all.