Posted on 10/14/2004 3:31:10 AM PDT by foolscap
Well, that'll come in handy when sKerry uses stern language on the terrorists.
I agree with what I heard a caller to a local call-in program say this morning, "If you haven't made up your mind by now, you are too freakin stupid to vote. Just stay at home."
mewzilla wrote:
They're undecideds. They can't see jack anyway.
If "industrial designer Brian Sturkie" is so stupid that he can't decide for whom he should vote by now, he ought to simply stay home on Nov. 2. We don't need more idiots who have no clue casting ballots.
Typical moderates, they are just waiting to see a majority form and then they can join it.
Problem is, the mainstream media has done everything in its power to hide the fact that a majority has formed for Bush.
IMO, these "undecideds" are those who want it all. They want security, but don't want the "profiling" or other restrictions needed to achieve it. They want free Rx drugs, free healthcare, free everything, but don't want it to come out of their paycheck.
Well, too bad. You can't have it all. I agree that these people are mostly Dems. They want to take from the govt., "no strings attached". Sorry it doesn't work that way. At least these undecideds know there IS a price to pay for their demands. That's why they haven't pounced right on the Kerry bandwagon - yet. Hopefully they'll THINK about the price they'll pay by going with Kerry and ultimately choose Bush.
I have been reminded in the last week as Cheney, and then Bush in debates 2 & 3, have whalloped their opponent on inconsistancies and big government spending, that there is a giant force of people out there that want a slick-talking person over a person of conviction, and are looking for 'free' handouts from the government.
Ignoring the fact that the cost of 'free goodies' far outweigh the current system, they want to be pandered to and feel like they are somehow gaining something from the government that they 'don't have to pay for'. I just hope that these people number below 49%.
I think you are right. Most elections, undecided voters make up their minds as they enter the polling booth. This time, if they are still undecided, I think they just won't vote.
This article is a big pile of B.S. Can anyone be THAT stupid?
If you are still undecided you have your head up your a$$.
What it takes to make the right choice is gut instinct. Of course some education and knowledge help, but is not essential.
I have a confession to make. Bush41 defeated himself. I voted for Clinton in '92 with the certain knowledge that he would screw things up so badly that my strategic aims would be satisfied. After all, I reasoned, I am better equipped to deal with the resulting chaos than the significant percentage that was determined to take a sharp left turn and embrace socialism, the nanny state.
I was wrong. I was humbled and that was a mistake I shall not repeat again.
The main point of this confession, howerver, is the power of bullshit. I listened to most of Clinton's major speeches; one specifically, delivered at Georgetown, a school my daughter was attending, I recall induced awe in the delivery, the timing, the smooth cadence, the illusion of sincerity and honesty, that afterwards left a warm glow of admiration. Akin, I suppose, to the effect a cobra has on its victims. I recovered rather quickly every time, since among the speeches was the equally sincere, "I did not have sex with that woman--- Ms. Lewinski".
But I assume the effect among those weak of mind and spirit, ignorant and eager to embrace the demagogue, was permanent and, to them, a sign of greatness. An Elmer Gantry of politics. Convincing lies by charlatans and people who are evil in results if not in intention, can not only exist, but is quite common.
That a lie can be pathological and not under the control of the speaker, or deliberate in intent, is irrelevant to me. The result is equally destructive. I can pity Kerrey his delusions and uncontrollable need to make things up in his quest for power, but I certainly can't picture him in the position to guide the lives of 320 million people.
Some men are born to greatness; some have greatness thrust upon them, and redeem themselves with grace and competence. Harry Truman comes to mind, although I did not agree with every decision he made. George W. Bush is also such a man, and I admire his unsmooth innate goodness as much as I despise Kerrey's profound incompetence and phonyness.
What a crude, horrid thing to say.
Worse still... you're right.
Dan
/c8
Excellent thoughts!
Memo to undecideds: Please Stay home on Nov 2
Thank you.
I think they're UIPOs. Undecided In Print (or Polls) Only.
BUMP!
Wrong headline.
It should be "Local man Sturkie a Moron"
Hmmm... Would I rather have bread and circuses, or have the Legions fight the Barbarians? Decisions, decisions.
They'll still be undecided after election day.
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