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To: Semper Paratus

Correct. The President (or his advisors) are making a critical error here. In fact, it may be fatal when coupled with the immigration issue.

Right or wrong in this position, these campaign policy-makers appear to be isolated from reality. The concerned talk on the American street today is not terror, but is primarily related to jobs and the work place....i.e.....outsourcing, getting laid off, getting dismissed, immigrants taking jobs from Americans, trying to deal with employees who don't speak English, corporations moving overseas, immigrants working for lower wages than Americans, falling salaries or no raises, cuts in benefits, established, respected companies going bankrupt or out of business.....it goes on and on.

If conservatives try to explain some valid Bush or Republican logic on some of these issues, it falls on deaf ears. Folks in the workplace, whether white collar or the trades, are upset and are blaming everything on Bush. The level of discontent is more widespread and serious than conservatives allow themselves to think.

Leni

14 posted on 03/10/2004 5:08:07 AM PST by MinuteGal (Register now for "FReeps Ahoy 3" . A week of fun, food, freeperistics, starting in the low $700's!)

"The concerned talk on the American street today is not terror, but is primarily related to jobs and the work place...."

It's just sad that we have citizens that are selfish enough they would succomb to terror as long as they have a job! It shows the overall selfish attitude our citizens have adopted.

23 posted on 03/10/2004 5:21:26 AM PST by CSM (Theft is immoral, taxation is government endorsed theft!)

Absolutely correct analysis. An intellectual, free trade, argument will not help Bush in this case. The fear factor associated with the events you describe is far more powerful. Bush and Rove need to rethink their approach to Kerry on this issue.
All of these laid off/threatened voters really add up.

24 posted on 03/10/2004 5:23:34 AM PST by Truth29

Folks in the workplace, whether white collar or the trades, are upset and are blaming everything on Bush.

LOL. I'm not upset.

112 posted on 03/10/2004 6:17:52 AM PST by Prodigal Son (Liberal ideas are deadlier than second hand smoke.)

Correct. The President (or his advisers) are making a critical error here. In fact, it may be fatal when coupled with the immigration issue.

I fear that if gas prices keep going up, they will impact the vote. Could be as bad or worse than outsourcing. Dubya is not a gimme to win this thing!

254 posted on 03/10/2004 8:49:42 AM PST by night reader

263 posted on 03/10/2004 9:06:10 AM PST by brightx

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