After all, as Hugh says, "They can't cheat if it's not close"!
I'm reading this book right now - captivating. Otta B Sleepin
Hugh Hewitt's NEW book
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Posted on 10/20/2004 12:39:43 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
By Hugh Hewitt
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
I have devoted a lot of space and time at my blog to prompting and collecting the responses from hundreds of bloggers to the questions: Why vote for Bush and what's wrong with Kerry. These bloggers run the gamut from homeschooling moms to busy doctors and lawyers to retired intelligence operatives and professors of every sort. Their contributions to the debate on why George W. Bush ought to be re-elected is superb, and I invite to you to spend time reviewing their submissions and strengthening your own arguments for the closing laps of Campaign 2004.
Of course, the Bush campaign is concentrating on blocking and tackling right now, and the key will be the success of the 96-hour effort. There are some structural advantages running strongly in the president's favor which you should remind any of the weak-kneed in your family or wider circle.
First, 4 million evangelicals stayed home in 2000. That isn't going to happen this year – not with appreciation for the president at a peak in this community, and with concern over both the war on terror and the protection of traditional marriage. This is a huge advantage over the president's position in 2000, and one not easily understood by pollsters using turnout models based on the 2000 election.
Then there's the black, Jewish and Catholic votes.
Blacks turned out at a very high rate of 54 percent in 2000, and voted 91 percent for Gore. Recent polling suggests that the president may have doubled his share of the African American vote.
Jewish Americans account for only 4 percent of the vote overall, but many of those votes are cast in battleground states like Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Jews voted for Al Gore over George Bush by a margin of 81 percent to 19 percent in 2000. The president's strong support for Israel and Kerry's back-flip on the fence and on Arafat will help the president improve his performance here.
Then there's the Catholic vote, which makes up slightly more than 25 percent of the electorate. It broke for Gore by about 53 percent to 47 percent in 2000, but this year Kerry's extremism on abortion – favoring taxpayer-funded abortions, refusing to vote to ban partial-birth abortions or to require parental notification – has caused many church leaders to remind their congregations of the centrality of the abortion issue to the church's dogma. Bush should increase his total share of the Catholic vote.
To these structural advantages add the fact that on the conduct of the war on terror, Bush enjoys a huge lead over Kerry – a "last minute decider issue" if there ever was one.
And of course, the 96-hour effort that was tested so successfully in 2002 is fully deployed and already in operation.
Whether or not the pollsters take accurate pictures over the next two weeks, understand that all the dynamics are working in favor of the re-election of George W. Bush. And there is not "DUI bombshell" dirty trick waiting to be dropped this time around, and no early call of Florida for Kerry to help suppress GOP turn-out across the country.
Lots of good signs for Bush, and not much to cheer a Kerry supporter except perhaps replaying "F911" for the hundredth time.
Just curious, does anyone see the Red Sox and Astros playing in the world series?
Would that be ironic or what? Kerry would have to say something positive about the Red Sox which IMHO might put NY in play.
Just curious, does anyone see the Red Sox and Astros playing in the world series?
NO!
Dubya is looking good and more so than Kerry is looking bad!
True...on a number of levels, ask yourself, Do I really what to look at and listen to john Kerry for the next 4 years?
Just curious, does anyone see the Red Sox and Astros playing in the world series?
Meanwhile back in the REAL world....:-)
You are now ON my Hugh Hewitt PING list!
I generally send out 2-3 pings to that list every week - sometmes a few more.
If it ever gets too much for you, just let me know,
Ron
PS - See also an OLDER thread - about HH and FR:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/552924/posts
After all, as Hugh says, "They can't cheat if it's not close"!
I'm reading this book right now - captivating. Otta B Sleepin
The Anti-Terrorism Dream Team?
Click:
I SAY YOU RATS BRING IT ON. President Bush owns the DOJ.
Big Hugh Hewitt ~ Bump!
Good to read Hugh this AM...lifts the spirits and brings common sense back into the emotional turmoil of this incredibly important election.
Thanks for the ping!
Also, no 3rd party candidate like Perot or Buchanan that would
have drawn a lot of R votes. 1992, 96 and 2000, this was not the case.
Please add me to the list, too. Thank You!
Hewitt nails it here.
A blogger is a bunch of people in pajamas keeping Dan Rather and the MSM honest. ;)
Please excuse my ignorance, but what is the 96 hour plan??
Don't forget http://www.lileks.com
Another new book of note:
 by David HorowitzHardcover - (September 2004) - $27.95 In this tour de force on the most important issue of our time, David Horowitz, confronts the paradox of how so many Americans, including the leadership of the Democratic Party, could turn against the War on Terror. He finds an answer in a political Left that shares a view of America as the “Great Satan” with America’s radical Islamic enemies. In a remarkable exploration of the “Mind of the Left,” Horowitz traces the evolution of American radicalism from its Communist past to its “anti-war” present. He then shows how this Left was able to turn the Democratic Party presidential campaign around and reshape its views on the War on Terror.    |
Very encouraging!
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