Dave Tahija
location: Butte, Montana, en route from San Francisco to Juneau
listening to: Train - Save me, San Francisco
registered: 1999.12.27
posts: 261
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I don't think many of Bush's supporters are going to be
converted by anything. It's a hard thing to do, to announce
that you were wrong about something you feel deepy about.
Instead, the best strategy to get Bush voted out would be to
sow the seeds of doubt in his supporters' minds, so they
won't enthusiastically support the man and might even decide
to go duck hunting the first week of November.I like Dean, but the strongest reason I can see to support
somebody else in the Democratic pack is the violent dislike he
seems to provoke in the right-wingers. Whenever I happen to
see Fox News, there always seems to be a piece either
attacking him or gloating over his imminent fall. It reminds
me of their relentless Clinton bashing, which maybe it's
replaced. In any event, if he were the nominee, the
Republicans might be able to mobilize their fellow travelers to
get out and vote against him.There is no doubt that the Democratic voters will be out in
force come November: they hate Bush and will do anything
they can to defeat him. Their best tactic to succeed in this is
to keep the passions on the other side banked down, to let
wavering Bush-doubters decide he's not worth their support.
They won't ever oppose him.
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Dave Tahija
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I don't think many of Bush's supporters are going to be
converted by anything. It's a hard thing to do, to announce
that you were wrong about something you feel deepy about.
Instead, the best strategy to get Bush voted out would be to
sow the seeds of doubt in his supporters' minds, so they
won't enthusiastically support the man and might even decide
to go duck hunting the first week of November.I like Dean, but the strongest reason I can see to support
somebody else in the Democratic pack is the violent dislike he
seems to provoke in the right-wingers. Whenever I happen to
see Fox News, there always seems to be a piece either
attacking him or gloating over his imminent fall. It reminds
me of their relentless Clinton bashing, which maybe it's
replaced. In any event, if he were the nominee, the
Republicans might be able to mobilize their fellow travelers to
get out and vote against him.There is no doubt that the Democratic voters will be out in
force come November: they hate Bush and will do anything
they can to defeat him. Their best tactic to succeed in this is
to keep the passions on the other side banked down, to let
wavering Bush-doubters decide he's not worth their support.
They won't ever oppose him.
