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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: redfish who wrote (39626)	8/2/2004 8:38:55 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 81568

Washington, DC — Kerry (48%) holds on to his lead over Bush (41%) among under-30 voters in the latest GENEXT poll conducted by Ipsos-Public Affairs for Newsweek.com. Among their respective supporters, Kerry and Bush have equally strong allegiance. Half of those who declare support or Kerry (54%) and Bush (57%) say they will “definitely” vote for their candidate in November. Strong Kerry supporters tend to be found among residents of urban areas (38%) and the western U.S. (30%), those who are unmarried (30%) and have no children (29%), and renters (28%) or those living with their parents (29%). Strong Bush supporters are more common among men (27%), those in their late 20s (28% of those age 26-29), white (28%), rural residents (30%), married people (35%) and homeowners (34%). ipsos-na.com

To: redfish who wrote (39626)	8/2/2004 10:43:35 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

redfish: the author of this article thinks Kerry is making a big mistake...fyi... commondreams.org <<... know, I know: It's essential to remove George W. Bush from the White House, and Kerry is the instrument at hand. I fully share this sentiment. But I am not running for anything, and my job is not to carry water for any party but to stand as far apart from the magnetic field of power as I can and tell the truth as I see it. And it's not too early to worry about the dangers posed by the Democrats' strategy. In the first place, they have staked their future and the country's on a political calculation, but it may be wrong. By suffocating their own passion, they may lose the energy that has brought them this far. They have confronted Bush's policy of denial with a politics of avoidance. Bush is adamant in error; they are feeble in dedication to truth. If strong and wrong is really the winning formula, Bush may be the public's choice. In the second place, if Kerry does win, he will inherit the war wedded to a potentially disastrous strategy. If he tries to change course, Republicans -- and hawkish Democrats (Senator Joe Lieberman has just joined in a revival of the Committee on the Present Danger) -- will not fail to remind him of his commitment to stay the course and renew the charge of flip-flopping. But the course, as retired Gen. Anthony Zinni has commented, may take the country over Niagara Falls. Then Kerry may wish that he and his admirers at this year's convention had thought to place a higher value on his service to his country when he opposed the Vietnam War...>>