I agree completely. There's a feeling in this country (especially, dare I say, in the Blue states) that Bush was an awful candidate and only a huge fumble could result in him winning.
The fact is that Bush is a great candidate for an American election. His messages are simple, clear and never change: people like that. He's considered charming and down to earth: people like that. American campaigns are not about an ability to do the job, they're about an ability to win an election. Bush has that ability. People liked Kerry as well: just not quite as much. I still think that Kerry's only real "mistake" (and it wasn't really his, but rather his supporters) - one that's still being made - is to underestimate this fact. Too many people tried to rally the "young vote" that just didn't materialize. Too many people called Bush supporters "idiots" and "fools". The conservative base responded to this by hitting the polls in droves. Smart people, a lot of them, voted for Bush. The Democrats (and more importantly their supporters) need to finally recognize this. Jim Davis -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 3:05 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Election Audit Petition On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:50:50 -0800, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There was something amiss. The Dems blew it. Bad candidate. Bad campaign. Bah. That's only true if by "blew it" you just mean "didn't win". Based on the 3% margin of difference, Kerry was a good candidate. The country just happens to be more pro-war and more religious-right right now. But it was a tight race by anyone's measure and as I read it, it shows that Kerry was appealing enough to the undecided some of the right to get so close. The Dems really would have blown it, IMO, if they'd picked a more solidly left candidate like Dean. It would have been a more interesting race in many ways, but more polarized and probably more futile. I still think that Kerry was the most viable choice, not my personal preference over all, but certainly most viable. -Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135764 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
