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Edited on Tue Jul-13-04 08:59 AM by impeachdubya
one or the other. Either she's so wedded to the idea that Democrats are coming to take all her money away, or she just can't turn off the portions of FOX News and AM Hate Radio that she's internalized.
Take a different tack: Point out that GW Bush isn't a "real" conservative, that he's spending "her" money willy-nilly, running the deficit through the roof, etc. etc. If it's the war and national security she's got the proverbial hard-on about, point out that Bush's policies are making us less safe, not more. Point out that, while Bush plays army dress-up, Kerry has lived it- and, like it or not, he earned the right to protest vietnam by putting his life on the line over there, repeatedly. And Bush has done nothing but screw over the average, underpaid serviceperson. Unfortunately, she probably wouldn't go see F911 (not with blathering about "michael moore") because that movie does an excellent job of showing how "the troops" don't support Bush, because they know how bad he's screwing them. Point out that someone like Joe Biden is a Democrat, and he's no dove on national security issues.. She still may have some kind of knee-jerk aversion to voting for a democrat that is impossible to overcome (Hell, if someone I really respect- like, say, the Dalai Lama- ran as a Republican, I probably still wouldn't be able to bring myself to punch the ticket, when push came to shove) but you may still be able to wave her off of voting for Bush. Point out that Bush's appointees, from Ashcroft to W. David Hager, are not only committed to criminalizing abortion, but also to criminalizing birth control as well. Point out that environmental protection under Bush is a joke, as witnessed by the treatment of Christie Todd Whitman. Point out all these things. Maybe she'll vote for someone else besides Bush, or stay home, if she still can't vote for Kerry.
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