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To: Illinois Rep
Thanks for the replys (or replies). Sorry about the spelling and grammar. Guess that's why I'll never be an actual reporter.

Anyway, all my instincts tell me Bush will win. But they have been wrong before. Hope to see some more state polls later this week. I'd really like a Columbus Dispatch poll for OH. They have been pretty reliable over the years.

Maybe we all worry too much. I do, especially over all the polls. I know the media is biased and all. But I just don't believe all these pollsters are intentionally biasing their polls toward Kerry. They may be bad pollsters, but all biased? Bush seems really confident to me. And I don't think they are just trying to fake Kerry out by going to NJ. Bush kind of wears his heart on his sleeve. I remember election night in 2000. Had friends over watching the returns, hoping to celebrate. After they called FL for Bush, everyone else went home. Then they interviewed Bush on TV. He said, you need to wait, and not call FL so quickly. He said from our information, we feel really confident we are going to win FL. I thought at the time, Bush was just being overly optimistic. I turned off the TV, and just starting browsing the internet. Happened to hit FR, just to see how well everyone was taking the news of a Gore presidency, when I saw a post that said "Networks withdraw FL project for Gore". I went running upstairs to tell my wife. Called my family to see if they were watching. Couldn't believe the networks could be wrong. But they were

Stayed up watching TV until about 2am. Florida was down to about a 10,000 vote margin for Bush with about 94% reporting. I figured it wasn't going to be decided that night, so I went to bed. Got up the next morning, and found out they had called it for Bush, and then retracted it again.

Silly me. I thought they'd do a quick recount, and it would be officially Bush's by Thur or Fri of that week. Boy, was I wrong again. I cannot remember being on such a stressed out roller coaster for so many weeks during that time.

My point in all of this, is you gotta listen to Bush, and watch what he is doing. He looks like he is hitting his stride. Got the right message. The crowds at his events seem so enthusiastic. And you can tell he feeds off of them. Doesn't look like someone who thinks he has any chance of loosing. Hoping and praying it turns out OK, and that 2 weeks from now, we are already celebrating a Bush re-election blow out.

52 posted on 10/19/2004 7:52:20 PM PDT by gswilder
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To: gswilder
Stayed up watching TV until about 2am. Florida was down to about a 10,000 vote margin for Bush with about 94% reporting. I figured it wasn't going to be decided that night, so I went to bed. Got up the next morning, and found out they had called it for Bush, and then retracted it again.

LOL..as did many of us...as are many of us going to do two weeks from today. This is a great thread...and the activity on this site will be huge election night. But...have the faith...we pervailed in 2000....thanks to sites like this and the internet WE WILL pervail again (notice how silent Dan Rather is!)

P.S. I'll be wearing my favorite PJ's as I watch the returns :o)
60 posted on 10/19/2004 8:27:07 PM PDT by dutchess
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