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nice to have them aboard, but I was shrill when shrillness wasn't cool

nice to have them aboard, but I was shrill when shrillness wasn't cool

nice to have them aboard, but I was shrill when shrillness wasn't cool

Can we start a betting pool on the percentage of military vote Bush will still get? Usually 80%.

So David, you were, well, old school shrill? Sweet.

Brad, if you go over to Kos' Diskospedia, you'll see that there are a large number of Republicans who aren't voting for Bush, many of whom are voting for Kerry. They are dropping like flies, and if the election weren't for another month, I'd bet we'd see even more.

http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Republicans_for_Kerry_2004

Josh Rushing? Wasn't he the guy in Control Room?

Andrew Cholakian wrote, "Josh Rushing? Wasn't he the guy in Control Room?"

Looks that way; click on the link in my name.

A "little gift"? Doesn't that mean that the Bush team will have to reciprocate? Marcel Mauss sugested that "by giving, receiving and returning gifts, a moral bond is established between persons."

Hmmm

Patrick Henry: shrill

And Tinkerbelle won't die if you really believe.

Bush 52%
Kerry 45%
Also Ran 3%

Welcome to the Fourth Reich. Get over it.
Move on, and take your bengorre with you.

They're building detention camps all over the US.

I think there are enough people who are not inclined to vote for Bush; Kerry just needs to give them a reason to vote for him.

Why hasn't Kerry spoken more about the environment? Bush's record is abysmal, and most of the Republicans that I know (who are not a random sampling of Republicans) are very pro-environment. I I think the environment could have been an issue that would sway them in favor of actually voting for Kerry, as opposed to stem cell research, say. It's hard to say that 'we might have had a cure for x' had stem cell research been allowed; people have no way of knowing what they're missing. But the environment resonates with people. There are very few people (at least among my acquaintance) that are against environmental regulation, even those who tow the smaller-government line. In fact, I've noticed that a lot from the Republicans I know (who tend to be suburban professionals who are actually pretty liberal socially (pro-choice, pro-environment, pro-consumer protections)). If you ask them, they'll say that they're for less government and lower taxes, but if you ask them about specific legislation, you'll find them in favor of many of the laws that protect us and many of the programs that our taxes pay for.

Social Security is another issue that I think would give (moderately conservative) people a reason to vote for Kerry, and I was very pleased that Kerry actually explained the pay-as-you-go system during one of the debates and why privatisizing SS would take money away from SS. I think if people understood that, they would understand why Kerry is against privatization, instead of just thinking it's only an issue of who manages SS, the government or private corporations.

Maggie wrote, "It's hard to say that 'we might have had a cure for x' had stem cell research been allowed; people have no way of knowing what they're missing."

I completely agree. I think stem cells are overhyped.

*However*, that doesn't mean it's ineffective as campaign propaganda.

The Bob Smith endorsement is the worst news Kerry has had all week-- could cost him a few hundred crucial votes in New Hampshire, among Smith's neighbors who haven't forgotten that he's an obnoxious nutcase.

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