Comments on: What Possessed You to Vote for Bush?

By: Watcher of Weasels

Watcher of Weasels — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 05:53:37 +0000

Submitted for Your Approval
First off… any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here. Die spambots, die! And now… here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher’s Council for this week’s vote. Council li…

By: Sneakeasy's Joint

Sneakeasy's Joint — Sun, 07 Nov 2004 09:55:39 +0000

Waving the Bear Flag 9: Election Blow-out
Round 2: Continuing a trip thru the Bear Flag League in the aftermath of the Election. 1. Da Goddess: Offering up a plan for Campaign Reform 2. Daily Pundit: Thoughts on the Dems, on Bush, and the next 4 years

By: Kevin Murphy

Kevin Murphy — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 21:13:01 +0000

My take on the same:

1) John Kerry has a history of opposing national security in all its forms. It would be like choosing Chamberlain or Attlee to run WW2.

2) Bush took strong and resolute action regarding 9-11. Yes, it may have been unsubtle, and there may have been better ways. But far better quick and decisive than late and subtle. Kerry’s rants about Tora Bora were particularly annoying: to listen to him, OBL was in a hut at the top of a lonely hill, and all we had to do was walk up and grab him. Think more like “somehwere in the Swiss Alps honey-combed with caves that your people know nothing of.” And Kerry at the time called Bush’s tactics “smart.” 20/20 hindsight isn’t becoming.

3) US schools need massive reform. Kerry is owned by the intransigent school bureaucracy.

4) It was in my economic interest.

5) It annoyed the right people.

6) The only misgivings I have are that I am NOT on the social right.

By: clark

clark — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 02:08:30 +0000

I don’t know why you wasted your time.

The worth of Xrlq’s post doesn’t stand or fall based on publication in the Guardian. It stands on its own merits, and is in my opinion a d*mned good post. :-)

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 01:07:18 +0000

Actually, the Guardian printed quite a few good letters from Americans who weren’t amused by their efforts to influence the Ohio vote.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 00:55:09 +0000

Whoops! I said the Guardian didn’t I. Well, I voted for Bush too, so my ignorance is excusable.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 00:52:41 +0000

I don’t know why you wasted your time. Something tells me your chances of having your letter published in the Guardian would have been much better if you simply had written: “i voters four gorge bush protexts me frum the terrerests”.