Category: 2004 Election

51% Bush + 48% Kerry =” from jwz

“…a poll taken just before the elections showed that 75 percent of Mr. Bush’s supporters believe Iraq either worked closely with Al Qaeda or was directly involved in the attacks of 9/11.” (NYT 11/04/04.) Not only that, according to the original report, they also thought this was the belief of “experts” in the field. We’ve…

I ported my last entry (What do Democrats stand for?) over to my diary at Daily Kos and added a poll asking people what single principle most unites the Democratic party. If you’d like to vote over there, visit the poll there and help me sort it all out. Of course there’s an Other category…

For starters, visit this site. I’ve stumbled on two excellent interviews with these people today — Air America Radio was hyping the hell out of them. If you’re concerned about voter fraud, these folks appear to be on the front line. How much is your democracy worth to you? I gave a little money, and…

jwz‘s much smarter than I am and he’s got some suspicions about statistical variances in our ever-so-tight race (election rigging). In some weird sense I just want people in the future to be able to know for sure what really happened in 2000 and 2004.

Xian called the election a “blowout”. I call it a poor performance by George W. Bush. This was no blowout. Bush and his minders will yell over and over through the so-called liberal media that he has a real mandate, that this was a landslide, that the middle of the country’s road is conservative. But…