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Sun Feb-01-04 12:25 AM
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Is the election our to loose????? |
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Sun Feb-01-04 12:27 AM
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1. the republic is ours to lose |
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Sun Feb-01-04 12:31 AM
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2. I wouldn't go that far. |
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Probably moreso than any election since '68, events beyond the control of the candidates could intervene.
But, discounting that, it's 50/50.
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Sun Feb-01-04 12:38 AM
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3. I think it's trending every so slightly to the Democrat |
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That negative bounce that Bush got from the SOTU speech is almost unprecedented and speaks loudly about the mindset of the nation as a whole. However, you can never discount the ability of the Rove machine to fold, spindle and mutilate reality between now and November. But I see us taking more 2000 Republican territory than they can take from our's.
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Sun Feb-01-04 12:40 AM
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4. When gas reaches $3 a gallon this summer |
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and the economy tanks more people will be even more willing to go ABB.
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Sun Feb-01-04 12:50 AM
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10. The Bushits won't let that happen......... |
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until after the election unless the PTB decide otherwise.
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Sun Feb-01-04 12:41 AM
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5. media spin - BBV - media spin - BBV - media spin - BBV - media spin - .... |
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Sun Feb-01-04 12:42 AM
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This election is Bush's to lose. When Bush must justify his going to war ten months after the fact, then he has a huge problem. He is on the defensive in this case. Pair that with a shower of bad press about a non-existent recovery, the workforce hemorraging jobs and an empty government-sponsored job training (training for what???) program and you'll see Bush cowering under the cover of his bigot base. "Gay rights? Who needs 'em?" - Bush will say. This is his campaign plank because he has nothing left.
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Sun Feb-01-04 12:43 AM
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7. never underestimate the BFEE and its friends . . . |
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I foresee a major crisis of some kind sometime between the Republican convention and election day . . . I foresee an announcement that bin Laden has been captured or killed sometime this year . . . I foresee several states where the recorded votes are greatly at odds with the exit polls (if there ARE exit polls), and to Bush's advantage . . . with the kinds of things an unethical and amoral fundamentalist incumbent can do, it's not so much ours to lose as it is theirs to steal . . . imo . . .
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Sun Feb-01-04 12:45 AM
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8. As soon as we fall for that one...We lose. |
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Sun Feb-01-04 01:16 AM
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... a very tough election to win. I'm incredulous at how people think. I noticed the Newsweek poll showed something like 49% of the people think Iraq was DIRECTLY involved in 9/11.
Getting votes is one thing -- un-brainwashing the public is another.
And they will have $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
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