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Posted by Jim Oberg on October 8, 2006, 10:33 pm
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> Agreed - the Dems have no excuse for not being able to offer a viable
> alternative to a simpleton like Bush. The voters, I think, are smarter
> than either party gives them credit for being.
Bush was first elected because 'simpletons' the dems were counting on
to vote faithfully, couldn't figure out a Democrat-designed ballot that
even 2nd graders later used perfectly in a TV news replay. And after
simpletons in the national news media declared Florida for Gore before
all the polls had closed, later claiming they just 'forgot' that the western
part of the state was on CST -- even after the same newspeople had
discussed that very issue in their 1996 coverage. It's always a delight
seeing people accusing others of lack of intelligence, being themselves
so stupid.
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Posted by Herb Schaltegger on October 9, 2006, 8:30 am
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On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 21:33:22 -0500, Jim Oberg wrote
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>> Agreed - the Dems have no excuse for not being able to offer a viable
>> alternative to a simpleton like Bush. The voters, I think, are smarter
>> than either party gives them credit for being.
>
> Bush was first elected because 'simpletons' the dems were counting on
> to vote faithfully, couldn't figure out a Democrat-designed ballot that
> even 2nd graders later used perfectly in a TV news replay. And after
> simpletons in the national news media declared Florida for Gore before
> all the polls had closed, later claiming they just 'forgot' that the western
> part of the state was on CST -- even after the same newspeople had
> discussed that very issue in their 1996 coverage. It's always a delight
> seeing people accusing others of lack of intelligence, being themselves
> so stupid.
You know Jim, when you're not "dem"-bashing, you're a delight to read.
When you are, you sound distressingly like Rand. :-/
That being said, the single biggest mistake the Democrats made in 2000
was taking Gore's home state for granted. Had he carried Tennessee,
the whole debacle in Florida would just have been an absurd sidelight.
That he DIDN'T carry Tennessee is reflective of a great many problems
within the Gore campaign and the DNC as a whole.
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Herb Schaltegger
"You can run on for a long time . . . sooner or later, God'll cut you
down." - Johnny Cash
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Posted by Brian Thorn on October 9, 2006, 10:52 am
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>That being said, the single biggest mistake the Democrats made in 2000
>was taking Gore's home state for granted. Had he carried Tennessee,
>the whole debacle in Florida would just have been an absurd sidelight.
>That he DIDN'T carry Tennessee is reflective of a great many problems
>within the Gore campaign and the DNC as a whole.
So the state that knew him best... didn't support him, and you still
wanted him to be President?
Brian
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Posted by Herb Schaltegger on October 9, 2006, 11:01 am
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> So the state that knew him best... didn't support him, and you still wanted
> him to be President?
In the face of the alternative at the time, yes. In retrospect, HELL
yes.
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Posted by Rand Simberg on October 22, 2006, 10:00 pm
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phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:
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>On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 09:52:23 -0500, Brian Thorn wrote
>> So the state that knew him best... didn't support him, and you still wanted
>> him to be President?
>In the face of the alternative at the time, yes. In retrospect, HELL
>yes.
Regardless of the cluelessness of that post, Brian's comment should
still give you (and your party) pause.
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> alternative to a simpleton like Bush. The voters, I think, are smarter
> than either party gives them credit for being.