At 08:32 PM 11/6/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: >On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 17:49:10 -0800 (PST), Gautam Mukunda ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Since we've heard a lot about "Red States" and "Blue >> States" I thought posting a link to this graphic would >> be interesting. I'd been planning on making it >> myself, but luckily someone much better at computers >> beat me to it. Robert Vanderbei created a map of the >> US shaded down to the county level and shades each >> county according to the vote shares. Note just how >> purple the country looks. >> >> http://www.kieranhealy.org/files/misc/purple_america_2004_small.gif > >Interesting. So do you think we have the numbers we need to win the >peace? The war is becoming very unpopular in the UK, what if they pull >out? I guess what I'm asking is how do we win this thing? Does anyone >really believe that they'll hold elections in January and support for the >insurgency will dry up and they'll go away? It sure as hell didn't work >in Viet Nam.
First, am I the only one who found Doug's response here to be quite the non sequitur? Secondly, for whatever it is worth, I would point out that Kerry never indicated for a moment that he had a better plan for winning this thing than Bush did..>> JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
