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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (1260)	10/4/2000 7:38:10 PM
From: MJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Augustus and others A little reminder here. The Gender Gap was supposed to also stop Reagan who was elected twice in spite of his 100% anti-abortion stand. In fact, Reagan even published a book on his view. Women are very sophisticated voters. I believe most will vote their pocketbook----the economy, taxes, quality in return for education dollars spent whether or not it is in the public schools, homeschooling or private schools. Strong defense to assure this country doesn't get blown away by some country or terrorist seeking to destroy---or anihilated with germ warfare. The Gender Gap has been used for at least 20 years to play upon the fears of some women. Women are no longer single-issue voters such as was the case in the 1980's when Roe V Wade was first introduced and also the ill-fated Equal Rights Amendment. Roe V. Wade has been watered down by the public as a full discussion of abortion has taken place in the USA. ERA was never ratified by the States even after the rules of the game were changed and an extension was granted for ratification. Enough said on the Gender Gap by yours truly. mj

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (1260)	10/4/2000 8:09:15 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Respond to of 10042

Hi Gloop, Been following this discussion a little and while I have no desire to join it, I think many of the points made (by you and others) have been well taken. With regard to the gender gap, I read somewhere an interesting post-mortem on the 96 election. If you divided the electorate into quadrants (married men, married women, unmarried men, unmarried women -- presumably Melissa Etheridge and Ellen DeGeneres fell into category 4), Clinton in 96 beat Dole in only ONE of the four quadrants. You only need one guess as to which one it is. I think there is a very good chance that the same will be true this time -- Bush will win three of those four quadrants, and lose the election. I just can't watch this stuff anymore.... I'd rather watch my money evaporating on CNBC than watch windbags lie to me. I ceded my vote to a friend this year. Asked the person who I should vote for and why. They told me. And that's the way I'm gonna vote.