You were honest and right up front that you didn't vote for him. I respect you for that.
During the 2000 election, the mantra of some third party people was that we will never vote for GW because of what his dad did for us. They didn't vote for GW. Then shazam in 2001, they start threatening him/us that they will never vote for him again even if he said the sun will rise in the east and set in the west. In about 3 weeks, it lost any impact with those of us who did vote for GW, worked to elect him, fought to keep the Goron from stealing the election and will vote for him in 2004! They hollered "Wolf" too many times.
Many on this board claim that they will never vote for GW again, and then in a lapse, they admit that they didn't vote for him.
One of the realities of life that comes with maturity if we allow it to come, is the realization that you can never lose anything that you never had. It might have been nice to have had it, but since you didn't have it, you didn't lose it. Mature people don't worry and fret about losing something they never had. Others spend their lives as depressed and miserable people over losing something that they never had.
The stats show that if all of the active third party conservatives don't vote for GW in 2004, they will have nada impact. GW did not have their vote in 2000 like he didn't have your vote in 2000.
GW has picked up huge support with the Jewish American voters who have been for a large part an in the pocket vote for the Rats. A rat poll recently completed in Kalifornia, showed that GW would beat Goron if the election was held today. California alone going to GW would insure defeat for the Rat candidate in 2004. Loss of the Jewish America vote is a massive loss of votes and money for the Rats.
Out here we are seeing a huge turn around of the soccer moms since 9/11. They have become pro GW supporters and increase in their conservative outlook on a regular basis. They don't want their children killed for political reasons from the Islamic terrorists or those in America trying to win an election or for spite by trying to bring down their President.
Have a good day. I will be limited to my time here as our Grand Daughter is having her 3rd birthday party. Tough duty, but we will be helping set up the party, watching 20 kids from 1 to 5 and cleaning up after the party.
That *is* tough duty. ;)
Thank you for the explanation. I wasn't around here much during the last election, so I wasn't aware of this phenomenon.
I'll just add that I hope that Bush lives up to your expectations. No matter what else happens, he will be a president long remembered.
Tuor