Hah! This reminds me of the famous columnist (so famous, I can't remember her name) who was aghast that Nixon had won in a landslide, because she didn't know anybody who had voted for him!
We'll see in November, Mr. Know-It-All! (Not The Bandit, but the author of this article ;-) )
Katherine Graham?
Pauline Kael, the well-known movie reviewer for New Yorker magazine. She was one of the first American movie critics to give positive reviews to the gritty youth-oriented films of the late 60s: movies such as Midnight Cowboy, Five Easy Pieces, Easy Rider, etc.
I don't put much into this article either, but wouldn't some of you agree that its at least a troubling sign that a guy so far to the left has managed to stay so close or even slightly ahead in the polls? Kerry is one of the most liberal Senators ever. He would appoint judges who make Ginsburg look like a moderate. He would raise taxes. He would make the military vulnerable to the type of leftwing social engineering that the Clinton regime began ( and that the Bush adm has at least stalled, though they should be reversing them). The Supreme Court would be lost for decades if he were to win. Gay marriage would be imposed nationwide, late-term abortions will never be restricted, the Second Amendment may be eviscerated. One could go on and on.
That he has done as good as he has so far is worrisome. I think it speaks to some inherent weakness in Bush, and to a country that is slowly moving left to the point where some of Kerry's wacko, far left ideas don't seem so wacko anymore to a lot of people.
Now the good news is of course that he has done fairly well by keeping a relatively low profile because he and his handlers know that people don't really like him, that he's cold and patrician-like, and that in reality his record is so far to the left that even a nation that may be trending towards him is still a long ways from going that far. Also, he has been unable to open up a lasting significant lead despite months of bad Iraq news for Bush which again speaks to Kerry's inherent weakness.
Hopefully this will be Dukakis all over again. That liberal from Mass had a big early lead over Bush I before the campaign really got going in 1988, but once people got a good look at the guy it was all over for him. Hopefully the same will happen here and people will determine that despite their misgivings with and disappointments in Bush, he's still preferable to Kerry.
I went to a backyard picnic on the 4th. 50 miles from where W was speaking in West Virginia. A lady I have known for 40 years went on a 'tear' saying no church would be telling her how to cast her vote; and that even if she were personally opposed to abortion, she still did not have to vote for W but could choose Kerry. I didn't want to cause a scene at the picnic, but I am really tired of all the people who continue to rail against everything W represents!
How do other FReepers respond these days to the rants by 'friends?'
I went to a backyard picnic on the 4th. 50 miles from where W was speaking in West Virginia. A lady I have known for 40 years went on a 'tear' saying no church would be telling her how to cast her vote; and that even if she were personally opposed to abortion, she still did not have to vote for W but could choose Kerry. I didn't want to cause a scene at the picnic, but I am really tired of all the people who continue to rail against everything W represents!
How do other FReepers respond these days to the rants by 'friends?'
Was it Barbarah Walters??